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All students that have met the prerequisites for entering fourth year and are in good academic standing have the opportunity to earn credit toward their BArch degree while participating in a variety of off-campus programs during the fourth year of the curriculum. Each fall quarter there are informational meetings for students to learn about the programs that will be available the next academic year.
2010-2011 Off-Campus Programs Application
Download the 2010-2011 Off-Campus Application Package (pdf)
Application Deadline: Monday, january 25, 2010 by 2:00 pm.
2009-2010 Off-Campus Acceptance Lists
Florence, Italy Program: One Year (pdf)
Copenhagen, Denmark Program: One Year (pdf)
San Francisco Program: Fall 2009 (pdf)
San Francisco Program: Spring 2010 (pdf)
Washington Alexandria Architectural Consortium: One Year (pdf)
Paris Exchange Program: One Year (pdf)
Professional Studios: Fall, Winter & Spring (pdf)
Rome Program: August/Fall (pdf)
Thai Study Program: Spring 2010 (pdf)
Florence, Italy Program: One Year
Florence is an opportunity for students to participate in a year long architecture program sponsored by the CSU International Programs in Florence, Italy. The classes are taught in English by Italian faculty and provide immersion in a different culture.
Faculty Coordinators: Don Swearingen, Jonathan Reich
CSU International Programs: Florence, Italy
Florence, Italy Information Page
Copenhagen, Denmark Program: One Year
Copenhagen is an opportunity for students to participate in a year long architecture program sponsored by the CSU International Programs in Copenhagen, Denmark. The classes are taught in English by Danish faculty and provide immersion in a different culture.
Faculty Coordinators: Don Swearingen, Margot McDonald
CSU International Programs: Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark Information Page
Washington Alexandria Architectural Consortium: One Year
The Washington Alexandria Architectural Consortium (WAAC) is run by Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Students live in Alexandria, Virginia and take courses offered by teachers from participating university faculty. Many participants work for architecture firms part-time to offset their costs.
Faculty Coordinator: Howard Weisenthal
Washington Alexandria Programs: WAAC
WAAC Information Page
Paris Exchange Program: One Year
The Paris Exchange is an opportunity for students to participate in a year long architecture program in Paris, France. The classes are taught in French by French faculty and provide a total immersion in a different culture. Students must speak, read and write French.
Faculty Coordinators: Tom di Santo & Henri de Hahn
Paris Information Page
Professional Studios: Fall, Winter & Spring
A Professional Studio consists of a fourth year design studio plus a paid co-op experience that is a collaboration between the Architecture Department and an architectural firm. The Professional Studios immerse students in the life of an office. There are Professional Studios available fall, winter and spring quarters.
Faculty Coordinator: Will Benedict
Professional Studios Information Page
Rome Program: August/Fall
In the Rome program, students study design, sustainability, history, theory and language for one semester in one of the great architectural capitals of the world. All classes are taught in English by Cal Poly faculty and scholars and based in Rome. The program begins in August and ends in December.
Faculty Coordinator: Marc Neveu
Rome Information Page
SOM Co-op+Design Program: August/Fall
The SOM Co-op+Design Program is held at the SOM offices in San Francisco, California. The design project and co-op experience will focus on the design of a High Rise Tower and the related interdisciplinary building system integration and its influence on form making.
Faculty Coordinator: Thomas Fowler
SOM Co-op+Design Program Information Page
San Francisco Urban Design Internship Program: Fall & Spring
Students study for one quarter in San Francisco, under the supervision of a full-time Cal Poly faculty member. Coursework includes a design studio and an architectural internship that places the student in a top San Francisco architecture firm.
Faculty Coordinator: Sandy Miller, AIA
San Francisco Information Page
Japan Extended Fieldtrip: Spring (not offered in 2010)
Professor Don Choi will take students to Japan for spring quarter 2009. Students will spend time in Kyoto, Tokyo and travel in northern Japan. Four weeks of language instruction are included.
Faculty Coordinator: Don Choi
Japan Information Page
Thai Study Program: Spring (not offered in 2010)
The Thai Study Program is conducted through Cal Poly International Programs. Students take Cal Poly courses from Cal Poly faculty while studying and traveling in Southeast Asia. In the last program architecture students took Arch 453, 420, and 480. Students use the facilities of Chiang Mai University in the north of Thailand, and a major university in Bangkok where most of the classes are taught. As a part of the program, students visit hill tribe communities, the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Sukothai in Thailand and Angkor in Cambodia and have an opportunity to visit Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Laos. Usually an opportunity in the last week is to go to the South of Thailand to take a weeklong diving class that leads to diving certification. At the end of the program many students have traveled to one or more other Asian countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, China and Japan before returning to California.
Faculty Coordinator: Chris Yip
Fontainebleau School of Architecture
The summer architecture program at Fontainebleau consists of four weeks of intensive design studios and a final fifth-week field trip through France. Students successfully completing the 6 credit program who present a transcript to the department will receive credit for one fourth-year design studio. The architecture department does not coordinate participation in this program. It is up to each individual student to apply directly to Fontainebleau.
Students need to be mindful that this program is a non accredited program and that Cal Poly's evaluation office no longer accepts credit for any classes taken at the Fontainebleau School of Architecture. Students interested in attending Fontainebleau will receive credit for their project(s) through a Credit by Examination Petition from the records office. The examination will be a formal presentation of their portfolio to faculty members of fourth year. There is a $25.00 Cal Poly fee for the exam.
Students interested in attending the Fontainebleau School of Architecture should schedule a meeting with the Department Head and Prof. Jonathan Reich prior to their enrollement.
For Information: www.fontainebleauschools.org