Architecture Appreciation

If you are interested in architecture but don't know too much about it, there are many architecture appreciation courses offered through colleges, adult education programs, or even through museums or professional organizations, such as the Chicago Architecture Foundation (www.architecture.org). Such classes will teach the amateur enthusiast the finer points of different architectural styles or perhaps explore in-depth the work of a particular architect such as Frank Lloyd Wright.

Continuing Education for the Professional Architect

If you are already employed in the field of architecture, perhaps as an architect or landscape architect, or in a related field such as interior designer or facilities manager, you may wish (or need) to earn continuing education credits by attending continuing education architecture courses. There are special courses to help prepare architecture students for the architecture registration exam (ARE).

Bachelor's Degree Programs

You may, of course, decide to pursue architecture as a career, in which case you will need to enroll in a degree program. You may earn a bachelor's in architecture, in interior design, in landscape architecture, or in design studies.

Graduate Study

Of course, if you are really serious about architecture as a career and wish to advance to the top of the profession, you may wish to pursue graduate studies in the area. You can earn a master's in architecture or in interior design.

NewSchool of Architecture & Design

Ashford University

The Art Institutes