NewSchool of Architecture and Design helps prepare students to enter and advance in the study and practice of architecture and design. NSAD emphasizes sustainable thinking and materials, particularly in the urban environment. The school’s pragmatic approach is furthered by instructors who are highly experienced active practitioners and help prepare students by bringing the present and future of architecture and design into the classroom. NSAD’s campus, in the heart of the Urban Art Trail, provides students with invaluable access to a diverse mix of architectural history and innovation.
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NewSchool of Architecture and Design offers bachelor’s programs in Architecture, Construction Management, Landscape Architecture and Digital Media Arts; master’s programs in Architecture Landscape Architecture and Construction Management; and an Executive Master’s program in Architecture. Program courses and curricula are coordinated to maximize potential for collaboration and cross-disciplinary study. Digital Media Arts, for example, integrates architecture, graphic design, and 3D modeling/animation; the Master of Landscape Architecture program offers an area of concentration in Spatial Visualization that builds on this integration; and Architecture offers a minor in Digital Media Arts.NewSchool of Architecture and Design is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), and its architecture programs are accredited by the National Architecture Accrediting Board (NAAB). It is one of a handful of fully accredited architecture programs in the western United States
NewSchool of Architecture and Design is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), and its architecture programs are accredited by the National Architecture Accrediting Board (NAAB). It is one of a handful of fully accredited architecture programs in the western United States.
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. 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.
NewSchool of Architecture and Design offers the following degree program(s):
Undergraduate Programs:
- Bachelor of Architecture, First Professional Degree (B.Arch)
- Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (B.A.)
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Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture (B.L.A.)
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Bachelor of Science in Construction Management (B.S.)
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Bachelor of Science in Digital Media Arts (B.S.)
Graduate Programs
- Master of Architecture, First Professional Degree (M.Arch I)
- Master of Architecture (M.Arch II)
- Master of Science in Architecture (M.S.)
- Master of Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.)
- Master of Construction Management (M.S.)
Next Accreditation Visit for all programs: 2016
NewSchool of Architecture and Design develops professionals for responsible citizenship and careers in architecture. NSAD has long promoted accessible, socially beneficial, and sustainable design solutions through programs built on a solid ethical and practice-based foundation.
Faculty members are practitioners who are dedicated to sustainability and social responsibility, as is evident in their associations with community groups, local and national organizations and nonprofits such as Citizens Coordinate for Century 3, Habitat for Humanity, and the International Community Foundation.
Students are currently involved with pro-bono projects to build an orphanage in Baja California; to provide relief services to victims of the earthquake in Haiti; and, through the school’s Design Clinic, to design a school in rural Liberia, Africa, and affordable housing in Southeast San Diego.
In 2011, the Student teams from NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) earned three of the six first-place awards, four of the six second-place awards, and two of the six third-place awards at the annual Cal Poly Design Village competition in San Luis Obispo. It was the fourth time in five years that NSAD teams came home with the top prizes.
CANStruction, a team of 10 NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) students won the top prize of Juror’s Favorite at the CANstruction San Diego competition (October 2011). The Juror’s Favorite category criteria are based on a number of factors including overall theme and best use of labels, according to architect Julie King, chair of CANstruction San Diego. The NSAD team also won in the category of Structural Ingenuity.
Cartouche, the school’s annual student-produced publication, has been honored for its contribution to the field. The school’s Design Clinic program also has been honored for addressing key design issues in the San Diego metropolitan region.
In 2010, student teams from NSAD earned three of the five awards at the annual Cal Poly Design Village competition, and NSAD was the site of the first Laureate Global Architecture and Design Summit, attended by educators from nine countries and 14 institutions of higher education.
In 2009, six NSAD students won every top award at the Natural Talent Design Competition sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council’s San Diego chapter. Students also won first, second, and third place at the regional BARKitecture CHIQue 2009 competition, as well as two top honors at the Cal Poly Design Village competition.