Admission to the School of Architecture

ADMISSION TO THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

All admitted students (including freshman, international, and transfer students) to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, are eligible for participation in the pre-professional programs in the School of Architecture. The requirement for completion of the Environmental Design I and II design studios may be fulfilled by a two-semester fall-spring sequence or by an equivalent and intensive twelve-week summer program. Students may elect either, but enrollments in the fall Environmental Design I and II studios are limited with selection based on fulfillment of prerequisites and application dates. Currently 40 students are selected from all applicants interested in Architecture, and 20 students are selected from all applicants interested in Landscape Architecture. Priority will be based on high school or transfer GPA, ACT, or SAT scores and given to those who make application prior to March 1. Applicants selected for the fall studio must attend the designated School of Architecture orientation to ensure a space in the fall-spring environmental design studio sequence.1 Students who are identified as requiring developmental work because of low ACT or SAT scores or university-administered math placement examinations or who are identified as requiring courses to remove deficiencies may not register for courses carrying ENVD, ARCH, or LARC departmental designations.2 Upon completion of required developmental work and maintaining a grade-point average of 2.00 or more on at least 12 credit hours, students may enroll in environmental design (ENVD), architecture (ARCH), or landscape architecture (LARC) courses.

The following program is recommended in planning the first year of pre-professional work. (Course numbers refer to courses at the Fayetteville campus of the University of Arkansas.)

6 hours English composition (ENGL 1013, 1023).

3 hours Mathematics (MATH 2043 or 2053 for architecture and MATH 1203 for landscape architecture).

12 hours Environmental Design (ENVD 1015, 1025, 1211, and 1221).

8 hours Science Core Requirement (PHYS 1044/1040L is required and PHYS 1054/1050L is recommended for architecture and BOTY 1613/1611L, or BIOL 1543/1541L and GEOL 1113/1111L for landscape architecture).

3 hours American National Government, U.S. History, or Social Science (WCIV 1003, 1013; PLSC 2003; HIST 2003, 2013; ANTH 1013; ECON 2013, 2143; GEOG 2103, 2203, PSYC 2003; SOCI 2013, 2033).

NOTE: The specific courses shown as Design Studio I and II, Introduction to Theory of Environmental Design I and II in this catalog must be taken at the School of Architecture. Alternate courses recommended for students at other institutions may be utilized subject to approval. Students interested in the architecture program must have satisfied the MATH 2043 (Survey of Calculus) or MATH 2053 (Finite Mathematics) requirement prior to taking ARCH 2124.

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