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Unit of Analysis: ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE

171011 Architects, except landscape and naval
251031 Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary

All States and the District of Columbia require individuals to be licensed (registered) before they may call themselves architects or contract to provide architectural services. During this time between graduation and becoming licensed, architecture school graduates generally work in the field under supervision of a licensed architect who takes legal responsibility for all work. Licensing requirements ...
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Program(s) of Study and Training
 
04.0201 Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD). A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of architecture and to conduct research in various aspects of the field. Includes instruction in architectural design, history, and theory; building structures and environmental systems; project and site planning; construction; professional responsibilities and standards; and related cultural, social, economic, and environmental issues.
 
04.0401 Environmental Design/Architecture
Environmental Design/Architecture. A program that prepares individuals to design public and private spaces, indoor and outdoor, for leisure, recreational, commercial, and living purposes, and for professional practice as environmental designers and architects. Includes instruction in the design and planning of public and private open spaces and their relationship to buildings and other aspects of the built environment; facilities management; related aspects of interior design and architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning; and professional responsibilities and standards.
 
04.0501 Interior Architecture
Interior Architecture. A program that prepares individuals to apply architectural principles in the design of structural interiors for living, recreational, and business purposes and to function as professional interior architects. Includes instruction in architecture, structural systems design, heating and cooling systems, occupational and safety standards, interior design, specific end-use applications, and professional responsibilities and standards.
 
04.0801 Architectural History and Criticism, General
Architectural History and Criticism, General. A general program that focuses on the aesthetic, technical, and social development of the built environment and the architectural profession from earliest times to the present. Includes instruction in the principles of architecture and related fields; art history; historiography of architecture; architectural theory and criticism; related aspects of the history of technology and social and economic history; and various period, cultural, and stylistic specializations.
 
04.9999 Architecture and Related Services, Other
Architecture and Related Services, Other. Any instructional program in architecture and related programs not listed above.
Occupation(s)
 
17-1011 Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Plan and design structures, such as private residences, office buildings, theaters, factories, and other structural property.
 
25-1031 Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in architecture and architectural design, such as architectural environmental design, interior architecture/design, and landscape architecture.

 
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