PRE-ARCHITECTURE
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The Dordt Difference If you’re drawn to the design of buildings and landscapes, architecture may be a career path you should consider. Today’s architecture programs are less purely technical than in the past. During a guest lecture at Dordt, Professor Tom Leslie, who teaches architecture and serves as the director of graduate education at Iowa State University, said. “We still spend a great deal of time on structure, environment, materials, code compliance, etc. We do this more from a designer’s perspective, with less math than in previous generations and with more emphasis on basic concepts and integration.” Architecture students still need basic trigonometry and plenty of algebra and graphing but not at the advanced levels expected in the past. A key emphasis of the pre-architecture program at Dordt College is to encourage students to consider how their work may serve both God and his creation by designing buildings and landscapes that reflect responsible use of spatial, material, environmental, and economic resources. Dordt’s innovative “four plus three” pre-architecture program can be the first step to a master of architecture degree and a career as a licensed architect. Our pre-architecture program can help you get your graduate degree in an additional three years, though some programs may require four.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT “Dordt has equipped me in both the structural and the creative aspects of architecture,” says Brett Van Andel, a 2007 graduate from Lynden, Washington. He believes that the art courses he’s taken greatly enhanced his creative sense of design. “Wellestablished programs in art, engineering, history, and philosophy make Dordt College an excellent place to prepare for a career in architecture,” he said.