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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE The School of Architecture’s mission is to educate the future leaders of the design disciplines in the professional fields of architecture, urban design, city and regional planning, construction and facilities management, and historic preservation. This effort builds upon a strong context of professional education within an art and design institute that stresses the relationship between intellectual development and creative activity. The school provides a broad cultural and intellectual base in the liberal arts and sciences, while providing the specialized knowledge unique to individual disciplines. The importance of life long learning is emphasized by studio based curricula and research-oriented thesis programs. Undergraduate Architecture The five-year Bachelors of Architecture program prepares students to become leading professional practitioners. The study of architecture is posited as a meaningful cultural project dedicated to the sustenance of imagination and the necessity for material embodiment within a larger social and ethical context. The design sequence offers a thorough foundation of knowledge integrating critical thinking, design, technology, building, representation and social responsibility. Firmly committed to contemporary material practices the program is constantly integrating new technologies into the curriculum. Students are encouraged to aspire towards creative and intellectual independence and to commit to authentically inspired architectural research. Graduate Architecture Graduate Architecture offers a professional and a post-professional degree. The professional program’s mission is to train students to be leaders in the professional practice of architecture with substantive methods of design and inquiry. The post-professional program’s aim is to expand a student's professional training into new forms of thinking and practice. Both programs help students develop a life-long relationship to their respective fields. All students are exposed to relevant issues through rigorous history and theory electives, lectures by prominent scholars, computer and technology courses emphasizing critical thinking, and studios requiring integration of theoretical and technical knowledge. Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment The mission of the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment is to provide a professionally oriented education to a student body with diverse cultural, educational, and professional backgrounds. Both the program in City and Regional Planning and the program in Environmental Planning focus on participatory planning and sustainable development while stressing an interdisciplinary approach. Students graduate equipped with the theory, technical and collaborative skills, and critical thinking abilities necessary to plan for economic, environmental, and social justice in urban neighborhoods and regions. Alumni play leading roles in a broad spectrum of jobs in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Graduate Historic Preservation Drawing on Pratt’s interdisciplinary strengths in architecture, urban design, and city, regional, and environmental planning; the graduate Historic Preservation program prepares students for leadership within our continuously changing preservation context. With a broad grasp of cultural heritage issues, law, policy and practice coupled documentation, evaluation, communication, and interpretative skills, our scholars are prepared with the essential practical and professional tools of the field. Case studies, interaction with community leaders and practitioners insures an integrative, interdisciplinary and inclusive approach. Our NYC environment, its urban context, and our accomplished faculty support our goal of excellence and national recognition in the field. Construction Management The Construction Management program’s mission is dedicated to creating graduates who are knowledgeable, well rounded professionals capable of meeting the future needs of the construction industry. The program prepares students for professional leadership and instills the impetus for life long learning. The curriculum stresses management expertise, technical knowledge, business acumen and understandings of the strategic and diverse interests among project stakeholders. Values imbedded in the curriculum support creative problem solving, emerging technologies, sustainable practices and ethical principles. Formal education is linked to practical experience, creating alumni who are skilled planners and managers of construction projects from concept to completion. Facilities Management The Master of Science program in Facilities Management effectively prepares graduates as critical and creative thinkers to assume executive leadership responsibilities in the management of facilities. Graduates are capable of appraising equipment as assets, managing a quality environment and planning cost-effective investments with knowledge of the global and local issues of contemporary facilities management. Innovative approaches to emerging technologies, sustainable practices and ethical values distinguish our alumni as they lead the field’s efforts to advance the quality of the built environment. Urban Design Graduate Urban Design is a three semester post-professional program for architects and related professional degree holders. The mission is to develop and expand the students' understanding of contemporary urbanism in the context of a graduate design school. Students are exposed to relevant urban issues through team-based studios, sophisticated computer technology, an interdisciplinary curriculum and exposure to leading scholars and professionals in the field. Urban Design students complete their education with a range of knowledge that enables them to enter the fields of urban design, architecture, planning and environmental design. |
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