AUGUSTA — The University of Maine at Augusta architecture program recently received initial accreditation from the National Architectural Accrediting Board, the culmination of a self-study and written report by the academic program and a peer review and site visit by an NAAB team of educators, practitioners, students and regulators leading to a final action of accreditation by the NAAB board.
UMA is the only public higher education institution in the northeast with a professionally accredited five-year bachelor of architecture degree program.
“We are thrilled to achieve accreditation,” said Eric Stark, architecture program coordinator and associate professor of architecture. “The key to our success is our mission of providing a small, integrated and hands-on program that focuses on people: our students, our faculty, and our community partners. We are very pleased that NAAB sees the value of our program’s teaching, scholarship, creative work, research, and service to the state of Maine.”
UMA’s program provides students with a path towards architectural licensure. The program faculty teach architecture through engagement, educating and empowering students to explore, investigate and analyze the built environment. Engagement brings students into active contact with each other, their coursework and community partners across Maine.
“This is a testament to our faculty, staff, and students who have built this program over 25 32 years from an initial concept of a two-year associate degree program into the only five-year professionally accredited architecture degree program at a public university north of New York City,” said UMA President Rebecca Wyke. “This is a significant milestone for the architecture program and our institution.”
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PHOTO: Eric Stark, UMA architecture professorre professor. (Submitted photo)
