Ball State's Department of Architecture is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).
In the United States, most state registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit U.S. professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted a 6-year, 3-year, or 2-year term of accreditation, depending on its degree of conformance with established educational standards.
Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree that, when earned sequentially, constitute an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.
Ball State University, Department of Architecture offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs:
M.Arch (pre-professional degree + 46 graduate credits)
M.Arch (non-pre-professional degree + 104 credits)
Next accreditation visit for all programs: 2013
Master's degree programs like ours consist of a preprofessional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree that, when earned sequentially, comprise an accredited professional education. However, the preprofessional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.
This is why our bachelor of arts/science in architecture is a preprofessional degree program designed to be followed sequentially by our master of architecture I program or an accredited professional degree program.