San Antonio College

Degree or Certificate Program and Concentrations

Learning Outcomes & Measures

Text Box: Date: 12 January 2006 Division: College of Arts and Science Dean: William Richardson Department/Discipline: Architecture Chair/Director: Jerry O’Connor Architecture Program Coordinator: Michael Connor Building Name and Room: Chance Academic Center room # 238 Address: 1300 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, Texas 78212 Telephone: 210-733-2836 Fax: 210-733-2133 email: mconnor@accd.edu joconnor@accd.edu
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


        I.             Degree, Certificates or Concentration or Unit in Support of:

Associate of Arts in Architecture

 

      II.             Expected Program/Unit Learning Outcomes:

 

·        Students will be able to apply creative problem solving skills to Architectural design problems

·        Students will demonstrate knowledge of architecture history, theory, and practice in the solution of Architectural design problems in a global society

·        Students will be able to demonstrate freehand drawing, technical graphics, and model building skills in the solution of Architectural design problems

·        Students will be able to identify, formulate, and effectively communicate the critical issues involved in the solution of Architectural design problems

·        Students will be able to gain admittance to professional programs in accredited schools of Architecture or find employment in professional design offices

    III.       Measures of Program/Unit Learning Outcomes:

 

·         Project presentations, documentation, and models

·         Sketch books and other course assignments

·         Student Surveys

·         Student academic records (GPA, etc.)

·         Student Transfer and Retention Rates

·         Written Comprehensive Final Exam

A.     To ensure that our program/unit reaches these goals, our faculty members pursue the following outcomes:

·         Offer course work that gives students the foundation to study Architectural issues in greater depth.

·         Offer course work which requires creative problem solving

·         Offer course work which requires the student to develop the manual dexterity necessary to communicate ideas in graphic form

·         Create research and writing assignments that require students to articulate and develop professional writing skills, to locate appropriate primary and secondary sources efficiently in conducting architectural research and to quote and apply primary and secondary sources correctly, documenting and crediting research/sources

·        Develop Problem Based Learning (Collaborative Research Teams and Group Projects)

·        Institute Student Self Assessment

·        Maintain minimum standard (70%) for meeting course requirements 

 

 

B.    To achieve these program/unit outcomes, faculty members employ the following strategies:

 

·        Develop appropriate course content to engage students support claims in critical thinking, problem analysis, solution testing, and presentation.

·        Arrange content in appropriate patterns- abstract concepts, multivariable problems, realistic building programs- to build complex problem solving skills

·        Investigate the need for and appropriateness of developing internet courses—e.g. History of Architecture.

·        Add a global/international aspect to curriculum

·        Investigate the feasibility of locating a studio in another facility

·        Prepare a feasibility study for remodeling and/or reconfiguring existing space

·        Implement articulation agreements with the University of the Incarnate Word and Texas Tech University. 

 

 

   IV.             List of Courses in Degree, Certificate or Concentration  Program or Unit in Support of: 


LIST OF COURSES IN DEGREE PROGRAM

      ARCH 1301   History of Architecture I

      ARCH 1302   History of Architecture II

      ARCH 1303   Design I

      ARCH 1304   Design II

      ARCH 1307   Graphics I

      ARCH 1308   Graphics II

      ARCH 1311   Architecture Society and Culture

      ARCH 1315   Architectural Computer Graphics

      ARCH 2301   Freehand Drawing I

      ARCH 2302   Freehand Drawing II

     

      ADDITIONAL COURSES THAT MAY BE REQUIRED FOR TRANSFER

      ARCH 2312   Construction I

      ARCH 2313   Construction II

      ARCH 2372   Architectural Graphic Communication I

      ARCH 2373   Architectural Graphic Communication II

      ARCH 2470  Design III

      ARCH 2471   Design IV

 

     SUPPORT COURSES

      ARCH 2373   Intro to Landscape Architecture

V.        Department Faculty and Staff (name and title)


      Chair: Jerry O’Connor, Associate Professor

Full-Time

Part-Time

Michael Connor, Assistant Professor

Jose Balboa 

 Joaquin Escamillia, Assistant Professor

Glen Ball

 Isabel Garcia, Assistant Professor

Craig Blount

Dwayne Bohuslav, Instructor

 Christopher Egan

 

Alex Gonzalez

 

Sam Luna

 

Jane Martin

 

Anna Sterner

 

John Webb

 

Mac White

 

 

 

APPROVED: _______________________________      Date:_____________

                           (Signature of Dean) 

 

Five Year Review Assessments: Five Year Review Assessments and academic related recommendations were addressed by investigating the need for and appropriateness of developing internet courses—e.g. History of Architecture; adding a global/international aspect to curriculum, investigating the feasibility of locating a studio in another facility, preparing a feasibility study for remodeling and/or reconfiguring existing space and implementing articulation agreements with the University of the Incarnate Word and Texas Tech University.