--- In [email protected], "tkrystofiak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael Borden replies (via email): > > I should correct some misinformation. > > My Masters Degree is from SCI-Arc, which is accredited through both > NAAB and WASC accreditation agencies. My studio professor at SCI- > Arc for one full academic year was Tom Mayne (of the LA firm, > Morphosis), who this year received the Pritzker Prize (the world's > most prestigious architecture award). The last time an American > architect received this award was about 15 years ago. > >
*********** I had the impression from a casual look at the SCI-Arc website that the school was not accredited. However, it's clear that SCI-Arc is in fact accredited by NAAB and by WASC (for a period of three years). However, the school, founded in 1972, was not WASC-accredited or a candidate for accreditation for the majority of its history. You did not say when you graduated -- perhaps you graduated at a time when the school was not accredited, which would make you ineligible for state licensure, as the SCI-Arc website notes: "The NAAB states that "In the United States, most state registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure." http://www.sciarc.edu/v5/programs/ I'm sure there are some very good professors at SCI-Arc, but that's not the point. Since you declined to respond to the enquiry whether you were licensed as an architect in Iowa, I presume you are not. You can check for yourself: http://www.state.ia.us/government/com/prof/search/index.html Relevant web sites on issues of accreditation: http://www.sciarc.edu/v5/about/allschoolupdates.php http://www.wascweb.org/senior/directories.htm#S http://www.naab.org/usr_doc/Accredited_Programs_22.pdf > --- In [email protected], "Bob Brigante" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Anybody who likes books on crop circles and recommends the Urantia > > book is a bonehead, OK? That enough of an apology for you? Maybe > we > > can discuss your other brilliant ideas on your next hunting trip > for > > Bigfoot... > <snip> > > > > Your degree in Architecture is from an unaccredited school (the > > Southern California Institute of Architecture), not surprising > given > > your tastes in literature which may indicate an inability to > undergo > > the rigors of real architect school, which is very demanding, > since > > real architects need to know a lot of hard engineering stuff. Are > you > > a Iowa-licensed architect?: To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
