Video: What Does an Architect Do

Drafters

Drafters prepare technical drawings and plans, which are used by production and construction workers to build everything from microchips to skyscrapers. Drafters' drawings provide visual guidelines and show how to construct a product or structure.... ... more

Academic Programs of Interest for Drafters

Architect
Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings and other physical structures. A wider definition often includes the design of the total built environment from the... more

Architectural Sheet Metal
An Architectural Sheet Metal program teaches a student how to work with metal and translucent sheets, insulation, ventialtors, gutters, skylights, metal doors, etc.. A student in the... more

Engineering Design
The design engineer is distinguished from the designer/drafter by virtue of the fact that a design engineer sets the direction of the design effort. The design engineer... more

Interior Architecture
Interior Architecture bridges the practices of interior design and architecture so that professionals working in the field have a structural and load bearing education with an emphasis... more

Architects

People need places in which to live, work, play, learn, worship, meet, govern, shop, and eat. Architects are responsible for designing these places, whether they are private or public; indoors or out; rooms, buildings, or... ... more

Academic Programs of Interest for Architects

Architect
Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings and other physical structures. A wider definition often includes the design of the total built environment from the... more

Architectural History
Architectural history is a discipline which records, studies and interprets architecture, its forms, purposes and evolution. Architecture has been observed and recorded since ancient times. In terms... more