School of Architecture

advising

The University of Texas at Arlington’s School of Architecture places a very high priority on student advising and considers it an integral part of the university experience.

The goal of academic adviser is to assist you in forming an academic plan consistent with your educational and career goals. You are encouraged to make the most of your education and are ultimately responsible for satisfying your degree requirements.

The School of Architecture will accept the first 300 students to have completed their admissions and enrolled in the fall semesters.

The Undergraduate Architecture Program consists of a series of lectures and design studios that must be taken sequentially.

The program will take a minimum of 8 semesters to complete for both new freshmen and transfer students. The course sequencing of both the design and lecture courses has been designed to help students successfully complete the program and the course sequencing is strictly enforced.

If a student does not successfully complete all of the courses in their current sequence and want to take particular courses from the next sequence for which they possess the prerequisites, they will have to wait until the students in that current sequence have all been placed before they can acquire clearance.

Students in the all portions of the undergraduate programs must contact the advisor for registration clearance every semester.

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Declare Major

All entering students majoring in Architecture and Interior Design are admitted as Architecture-Intended and Interior Design-Intended majors. As ARCH-Intended and INTD-Intended majors, students complete the 1st and 2nd Year Architecture courses in the course sequence while completing the Core Curriculum.

To declare a major, students must have completed the following requirements for admission to a degree program:

  • Applicants must have a 2.8 cumulative GPA in all courses at UT Arlington as well as 2.8 GPA in all courses within the School of Architecture. 
  • Students must complete all the Basic Studies courses in Architecture (1st & 2nd year ARCH courses). 
  • Students must complete the Core Curriculum as stated in the Degree Requirements for the B.S. in Architecture or Interior Design before qualifying to enroll in any 3000/4000 Architecture or Interior Design courses. 
  • Students fulfilling all requirements for an architecture or interior design major must notify the school to confirm enrollment in the major.
Change Major (from a major outside School of Architecture)
  1. Minimum 2.5 GPA in at least 12 hours taken at UTA.
  2. Students must attend a departmental major change orientation. (Contact arch.advising@uta.edu for next scheduled orientation.)
  3. Students must submit Letter of Intent along with departmentally provided major change application.
  4. Acceptance into the program will be based on a review of STEPS 1-3 and space-availability in the program.