RAIC SYLLABUS RENEWAL UPDATE

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RAIC SYLLABUS RENEWAL UPDATE
Barry Johns FRAIC (Hon) FAIA Dr. Margaret
Haughey Vice President Academic Athabasca
University
on behalf of the RAIC (Interim) Program Advisory
Council RAIC Executive Office Athabasca
University Provincial/Territorial
Roundtable Ottawa 17 October 2008
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Update from 24 September 2007

• RAIC Update 10 September 2008
• Reaffirmation of Partnership
• MOU Athabasca University
• RAIC Board to review and execute
• Formal Agreement RAIC pending Alberta Government
  approval
• GOALS
• complete all academic and work study programs by
  September 2010
• governance model Program Advisory Council
• transition transfer of students and records to
  AU
• branding
• long term cooperation agreement RAIC / AU
• ArchEd by Architects the Professional Advisor
  and the Teaching Office

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Facts

• Current Syllabus functioning - to remain until
  spring 2010 through transition phase
• Program operational by Fall 2010
• BSc (Architecture)
• Post Diploma BSc (Architecture)
• G.Dipl. Architecture
• French language content developed concurrently to
  follow post 2010
• Funding for Director (search fall 2008), full
  time Associate Professor, Editor and support
  staff
• Course Development underway
• Pro Practice
• Technology stream
• AU Governing Council scheduled approval Oct 2008,
  final application Alberta Quality Council and
  Government of Alberta
• RAIC AU long term agreement

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RAIC Centre for Architecture at Athabasca
University
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What makes this model better?

• Institutional partnership
• Institutional rigour
• Updated to meet CES and Student Performance
  Criteria focus on CACB requirements for
  certification
• Greening the program - LEEDAP a requirement
• Degree outcomes for those who do not complete the
  full program
• Alternate path to licensure
• Institutional support for FTAs

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Precedents

• Upgraded program remains an alternate path to
  licensure
• The Professional Advisor and The Teaching Office
• Robert Gutman (Princeton)
• Co-Op Systems / work experience
• Apprenticeships
• Face to face and real time, virtual studios

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Learning Sites - The Virtual Studio Teaching
Office

• Root studio sequence in offices where students
  are based
• Supplement with exposure to real time student
  design experiences
• The qualified Teaching Practitioner (Professional
  Advisor)
• The qualified Teaching Office

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Learning Sites - The Virtual Studio Teaching
Office
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Developments / Process

• Letters of Support to AU received from
• RAIC
• Alberta Association of Architects (December 2006
  and October 2008)
• University of Manitoba
• Letters of Support to AU pending from
• EVDS University of Calgary
• Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)
• Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
• AU Approvals
• Academic Council June 2008
• Governing Council October 2008
• Alberta Quality Council 2009
• Government of Alberta 2009
• Submissions
• Overview BSc (Architecture) with Executive
  Summary
• Final Submission

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Transition

• Current students continue in program will
  register with AU. Timing to be determined as part
  of transition strategy
• Some students taking AU courses
• Athabasca University encourages qualified
  candidates in current RAIC Syllabus to continue
  in renewed program

The program reaffirms its focus on the design
studio, delivered by qualified architects under
contract with full accountability to AU, RAIC and
the student.
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Summary/Next Steps

• Old school principles as a new form of education
  in the information age
• Fair alternate path to licensure
• Certification of graduates by CACB
• graduates certified
• program not accredited
• Supports the academy and CACB re FTAs
• Does not compete with Accredited Canadian Schools
  of Architecture
• Recommend removal of Intern Architect status
  (most gt 5600 hours exp)
• Recommend recognition of students as student
  members of provincial associations
• Recommend support all provincial associations and
  CCUSA

AU Distance Education is aligned with the
program administration and delivery standards
required to meet the CES and CACB accreditation
standards. This includes competency based
assessment for advanced standing in all streams.