Architectural Studies is a two-year cooperative
program with Kansas State University that began in 1987. The accredited
curriculum at the KSU College of Architecture Planning and Design is
offered at UMKC for the first two years of study. After successfully
completing the coursework at UMKC, students are eligible for entry to
Kansas State University, College of Architecture Planning and Design.
There, students can study architecture, interior architecture and
landscape architecture.
Architectural Accreditation
The Kansas State University College of
Architecture, Planning and Design (with which the UMKC Architectural
Studies Program collaboratively participates) is accredited by the
National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).
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 two types of
degrees: the bachelor of architecture and the master of architecture.
A program may be granted a five-year, three-year,
or two-year term of accreditation, depending on its degree of
conformance with established educational standards.
Master's degree programs may consist of a
pre-professional undergraduate degree and professional graduate degree,
which, when earned sequentially, comprise an accredited professional
education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself,
recognized as an accredited degree
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