Special academic programs within the
Department of Architecture and Interior Design include:
University and Departmental Honors
Senior Independent Studio
Student-Faculty Research Projects
Undergraduate Summer Scholars
Undergraduate Associateships
University or Departmental Honors
University or Departmental Honors represents an important
endeavor in independent research and scholarship. Students
admitted to the University Honors Program may pursue University
Honors in the Department of Architecture and Interior Design.
Departmental and divisional advisers will assist students
during Summer Orientation in the establishment of a relationship
between studies in the Department of Architecture and Interior
Design and the University Honors Program.
Although many students in the Department of Architecture and
Interior design participate in the University Honors Program,
the department also sponsors its own honors program. Students
who wish to graduate with departmental honors must apply to
the faculty and complete several requirements. These include
maintaining high academic standing (with a minimum 3.5 gpa),
participating in courses and projects outside the normal boundaries
of the prescribed curriculum, and completing a senior honors
project.
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Senior Independent Studio
Under certain circumstances, seniors in the Department of
Architecture may apply to conduct an independent studio project
during their final semester under the guidance of a faculty
mentor. This could be a competition design or a project to
explore a certain design issue. Selection is based on appropriate
academic record, review of the student's application by the
undergraduate studio coordinator, and the approval of the
project by a faculty member who will oversee the work. Interior
Design majors use the capstone thesis studio
as an independent studio experience.
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Student-Faculty Research Projects
Each year members of the faculty engaged in research
ventures announce projects in which students may take an active
part. Such projects may involve design, the building sciences,
computer applications, theory, history, preservation, or a
variety of other research areas. Students negotiate their
project with the sponsoring faculty members and are paid a
modest hourly wage for their work. Published research, whether
in the form of competition designs, papers, articles, chapters,
or books cite the student as a research assistant. In some
cases, students have presented their own research conclusions
at academic or professional meetings.
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Undergraduate Summer Scholars
Undergraduate Summer Scholars is a program of undergraduate
research in which rising Juniors and Seniors develop a research
proposal with a faculty sponsor or mentor. If a student's
proposal is selected, the student receives 12 hours of research
credit tuition free, a $2,600 stipend, and a $400 project
budget. Students in Architecture and Interior Design have
conducted summer scholar research in Ghana (West Africa),
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Lebanon, Laguna Beach, rural
southeastern Indiana, inner-city Cincinnati, in Oxford and
elsewhere. Research results are presented to the Department
of Architecture and Interior Design by its Summer Scholars
early in the fall semester after the projects have been completed.
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Undergraduate Associateships
Under the auspices of the University Honors Program, students
may become Undergraduate Associates. Participants in this
program help a faculty member prepare materials for a course.
In some cases, they may assist in grading or they may even
prepare and give a lecture. Students who take advantage of
this program have the designation "Undergraduate Associate" marked on their final transcripts when they graduate.
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