Many people have a misunderstanding about American architecture major, thinking that architecture and civil engineering are the same major, and the difference between them is still very big. Architecture majors need students to have artistic essence. The teaching of American architecture major is very complete. Let's take a look at the introduction of American architecture I brought. There are five educational systems for architecture majors in the United States, namely:

1 and 4-year undergraduate programs are B.S. (Bachelor of Science in Architecture) and B.A. (Bachelor of Architecture) respectively;

B.Arch (Bachelor of Architecture), 5-year undergraduate course;

3, 4+ 1 academic year undergraduate (B. S+B. Arch)

4. 4+2 school year system (B.S+M.ARCH);

5, 3 years master's degree (M. Arch).

Among them, 5-year B. Arch and 2-3-year M. Arch belong to vocational degrees, and students with such degrees are eligible to directly take the professional architect examination organized by NCARB (National Council of American Building Registration Board) and obtain NCARB certificates. In the United States, all industries have their own professional committees. Well-known legal industries require lawyers to take the bar exam before they can enter the law firm to defend their clients. Similarly, American architects also need NCARB to enter the construction industry to engage in architectural design and other work. The National Building Registration Board of the United States has registered and authorized architectural education in the United States. NAAB (National Building Accreditation Committee) is the only official institution, and schools accredited by this institution are eligible to award bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture.

Architecture courses in the United States involve a wide range of disciplines, and the specific contents of each institution are different. But in general, the core courses are carried out around five categories: environment (architecture and environment, landscape), city (urban history, urban planning), architectural history (art history, human history), theory (architectural structure, architectural theory and building materials) and practice (architectural structure, building regulations).

The proportion of courses in different academic systems is also different. Relatively speaking, architectural history accounts for the highest proportion in the B.Arch academic system, while urban related courses account for the largest proportion in the B. S+ M.Arch academic system. In addition, the proportion of B.Arch system in architectural practice courses is higher than that of B. S +M.Arch system, which is closely related to the fact that students of five-year B.Arch system will directly participate in internships in the last year and then get their certificates to find jobs.

The purpose of art education and architecture education in the United States is to develop students' personality as the first priority. The school tries its best to stimulate students' artistic inspiration and artistic pursuit. Art is the soul and soul of beauty, and art is the expression of technology. First of all, we should affirm art and art, and then we should learn art.

There is no reason to lower the admission standards for international students because the admission standards for local students in American architecture are higher than those for ordinary majors. When applying for architecture, students should not lower their language (TOEFL or IELTS) and standardized test scores (GRE). Of course, this major is obviously not a boring major, so in the application materials of American architecture, the importance of students' portfolio will account for a considerable proportion together with his documentary materials, because in these two parts, portfolio can best reflect students' ability to express artistic connotation, and documentary is the easiest to understand students' cognition of artistic extension.

Many students are concerned about the ranking of American architecture. If you compare the various rankings circulating on the Internet, you will find that the top ten rankings are surprisingly different. In fact, NAAB did not make any official ranking, but only provided its own certification list. On this list, there are 58 B. Arch programs, 95 M.Arch programs, and Arch doctoral programs 1 program. And recognized great architecture schools: Yale University, Harvard University, University of Cincinnati, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, University of California, Berkeley, Georgia Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, ann arbor and Columbia University, all of which are frequent visitors in the top 30.