In the United States, most state registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit U.S. professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted a 6-year, 3-year, or 2-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.
The Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree that, when earned sequentially, constitute an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.
The Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs:
- Master of Architecture, Two-year track (pre-professional degree in Architecture + 60 credits required)
- Master of Architecture, Three-year track (non-pre-professional degree + 108 credits required)
The next accreditation visit for all programs: 2014
http://www.naab.org/accreditation/
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NAAB Documents:
- 2012 NAAB Final Report
- 2011 NAAB Final Report
- 2010 NAAB Special Program FE Report Decision
- 2012 NAAB Procedures for Accreditation
- 2010 NAAB Correspondence Re Special Focused Evaluation
- 2010 NAAB Special Program FE Report
- 2009 NAAB Conditions for Accreditation
- 2009 NAAB Annual Report Narrative
- 2009 NAAB Annual Report Statistical Data
- 2008 NAAB Visiting Team Report
- 2008 NAAB Decision Letter
- 2007-8 NAAB Architecture Program Report
