Looking for online B&M schools accepting 90+credits

[joel66]

FYI, Charter Oak is a zero-residency regionally-accredited non-B&M like TESC and Excelsior. But anyway...

I did a little research on AIA's education site, and there's no really quick way to do this! Without the B.Arch, he'll need prep courses to cover prerequisites for the M.Arch I (if he hasn't already taken the relevant courses, of course). He could also pursue a quick completion of the BSLS and then apply as a 2nd-degree-seeking student to a B.Arch program. Texas Tech and Syracuse both offer the B.Arch online - Texas Tech's online program is a degree completion, so he'd have to transfer in a ton of credits anyway (66, if I recall correctly) to start the program. Getting the unrelated BS and then entering a 3-year M.Arch I would probably be the fastest way to get started.

Your son should contact his target M.Arch programs now to determine what they require from applicants with unrelated undergrad degrees. Would he be expected to take certain courses before applying, and if so, would any of his existing graphics design credits meet the requirements? Would he need additional classes in calculus/analytical geometry, physics, history and architecture?

Just from reading a few of the program websites, it looks like admissions committees are primarily concerned with design portfolios, recommendations, and personal statements. As long as your son can demonstrate to the evaluating faculty that he has the ability and ambition to be a successful architecture student, the number of buildings inhabited by his undergrad alma mater (as long as it's regionally accredited) won't matter so much. Strong recommendations from design professors/instructors would count for a lot, and perhaps one of them could advise him on putting together a strong portfolio.

It appears the M.Arch III program would be the best since he can get a liberal arts or general studies undergraduate degree. Once of the director's of the M.Arch program stated the following in regards to the III program.

"At an undergraduate level, I would recommend you lean towards what interests you. The software courses will certainly help - here we primarily use Rhino, Maya and 3D Max, as well as AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.

My advice is not to limit yourself, and get your liberal arts, your history, sciences, your languages...courses that will expose you to different points of view and a wide range of subjects. This will only spur on your creativity, which is so important to the field of architecture."

In regards to the courses you mentioned, he has completed the following:
MATH 24 - Modern Business Math
Math 400 - Calculus I
Math 401 - Calculus II
STAT 1 - Intro to Statistics

ARTH 300 - Intro to Art
ART 300 - Elementary Drawing and Comp
ART 1A - Stone Age to End Middle Age
ART 1B - Renaissance to Present

GPHD 5 - Intro to Graphic Design
GPHD 10 - Intro to Digital Design
GPHD 20 - History of Graphic Design
GPHD 25 - Visual Basics
GPHD 30 - Visualization

INTD 15 - Intro to Interior Design
INTD 20 - Design
INTD 25 - Design Fundamentals

PHOT 11 - Digital Imaging
PHOT 40 - Basic Techniques Photo