2008 Letter to Incoming Students
April 30, 2008
To All New Master of Architecture Students:
Welcome to the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. This letter contains information about registration, course offerings, and schedules for the Fall 2008 semester.
Registration
Registration for all architecture courses will take place online from Tuesday, August 26 - Friday, August 29. You can register on any of these three days; core classes do not get full or close out. A Fall course schedule and the Core MArch Fall Schedule is attached to this email. To view course descriptions go to the directory of classes at Columbia Directory of Classes. All students must be registered with the University by Friday, August 29. It is particularly important that as an incoming student you meet this deadline in order to be assigned a place in the design studio.
Please be aware that a number of seminars may be over-enrolled and therefore not open to First Year Students. Other courses are available within the Planning, Preservation and Real Estate programs of the School. Students may also take some courses outside the School (e.g. from the departments of Art History, Philosophy, etc., however NOT from Teacher's College), but must get approval from those schools, as well as from the admissions office.
Advanced Standing or Waivers
HistoryProfessor Mary McLeod will hold History I Waivers after the lecture on Thursday, September 4, 2-4 in her office at 306 Buell Hall. (Please read attached letter) All first year students should attend the first lecture. All students who wish to have a course waived should bring their transcripts, course descriptions, reading lists, and examples of their student work.
Architectural TechnologiesProfessor Tony Webster will hold a mandatory meeting for all students interested in obtaining a waiver or advanced standing in the Architectural Technologies Sequence at 1:30 Thursday September 4th in 114 Avery Hall. Directly following the meeting, from 2-4 in 300 Avery Hall, professor Webster will sign individual waiver forms. All students who wish to have a course waived should bring their transcripts, course descriptions, reading lists, and examples of their student work.
Orientation Meetings
M Arch I OrientationThe Core I directors, as well as a number of current students, will conduct an orientation meeting for all First Year M.Arch students in East Gallery Buell Hall from 2pm-6pm on Friday, August 29. Incoming MArch I students will receive information about the studio sequence and school facilities at the school.
The All-School OrientationAt the All-School Orientation will be held Wednesday, September 3rd at 2pm. Dean Wigley will introduce the various program directors and other faculty. You will receive information about changes in your program and be given a summary of the various activities planned for the Fall semester. Your first studio will meet after the orientation.
The Bulletin
The Bulletin of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation outlines the programs, curriculum, faculty, courses, regulations, organization, and daily operations of the School. Students should refer to it when planning their course of study and for general information about the School and the University. An updated school bulletin will be available in September online. We have included excerpts including curriculum requirements in this email.
FIRST WEEK SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
| Day | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, August 26 - Friday, August 29 | See assigned time slot in SSOL | Registration |
| Friday, August 29 | 2:00pm - 6pm | Master of Architecture - 1st Year Orientation (East Gallery, Buell Hall) |
| Monday, September 1 | Labor Day | school closed |
| Tuesday, September 2 | 9:00 am | First Day of Classes |
| Wednesday, September 3 | 2:00 pm | All-School Orientation (113 Avery, Wood Auditorium) |
| 3:00pm - 6:00 pm | First day of Studio (5th Floor) | |
| Thursday, September 4 | 1:30 pm | Architectural Technologies Mandatory Meeting Professor Tony Webster will hold a mandatory meeting for all students interested in obtaining a waiver or advanced standing in the Architectural Technologies Sequence at 1:30 Thursday September 6th in 114 Avery Hall. |
| 2:00pm-4:00pm | History I Waivers Meet Professor Mary McLeod in 306 Buell Hall. (Please read attached letter) |
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| 2:00pm-4:00pm | Architectural Technologies Waivers Meet Professor Anthony Webster in Room 300 Avery Hall will sign waiver forms. Please attend the mandatory meeting at 1:30. |
Let us again remind you to attend Registration and the First Year orientation session on Friday, August 29, in East Gallery Buell Hall. We look forward to seeing you there.
Danielle Smoller
Assistant Dean