Architecture Program Report Master of Architecture - Roger Williams ...

we are looking forward to creating a Master of Architecture entry point for those without undergraduate
pre-professional degrees in architecture, and extending a series of post-professional MS options in
Architecture in Sustainable Design, Urban Design, Historic Preservation and Digital Media.
Program’s Benefit To and From the University
Architecture students, faculty and staff participate broadly in the life of the university, with faculty
participating in the Faculty Senate, University Core Curriculum and now evolving General Education
Program under development. The program is a leader qualitatively and qualitatively in the following areas
contributing toward the university’s core values:
Study Abroad offerings and enrollment
Curriculum-based community partnership activities. Architecture provides a practicum based
component that leads the universities engagement of communities beyond, benefitting the profile
and providing funding source for university programs
Graduate education, with Architecture being the largest graduate offering in the institution
Interdisciplinary activity, through our blending of course offerings between architecture, art and
architectural history, historic preservation and visual arts studies
Quality of students and faculty are a highlight of the university, widely noted within the institution.
leading in offering of graduate programs, study abroad programs, curriculum-based community
partnership activities
The Public Events Series is the most active lecture and events series on campus
Leading in recent faculty scholarship in noted academic presses (Carranza, Fenske, Khan,
Pavlides,) and outreach (Adams, Copur), regional, national and international scholarly and
professional scholarly achievement (Cohen, Bonder, Visiting Professors, Teaching Firms)
Leading in developing unique teaching formats—lecture recitation, Visiting Professors, Teaching
Firm in Residence, Global Fellows, Community Partnerships
Our students are seen campus wide as the highest achieving student group on campus from entry
through graduation, and the most committed to Live Learn Community participation, a key university
initiative in the university residence life area.
Architecture benefits strongly from several key elements of Roger Williams University’s identity and
mission the conception and scale of a liberal arts university, beginning from the value of an all faculty/no
teaching assistants instructional model that characterizes the institution. The program has been well
supported in outstanding facilities both in Bristol and in Florence in faculty hiring in difficult economic
circumstances, and in truly remarkable support for faculty professional development through professional
development funding, the RWU Foundation to Promote Scholarship and Teaching. Architecture is
benefitting from the increasing embracing of outcomes based curriculum assessment which has long
been a tradition in Architecture. We enjoy a spirit of general collegiality and mentorship among students
and faculty, and participate routinely in University wide programs such as the Civil Discourse Lecture
Series, Presidential Fellowship Awards for faculty to address key areas of the university’s mission
through teaching or scholarly creative and professional activities; and for students in the University
Honors program and Academic Showcase Programs. Architecture has been a leading participant in three
recent successful major Fulbright Hayes grant programs through the Fulbright Hayes in East Asian
Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, and Sustainability Studies, where our faculty and
students are significant contributors.