温莎大学

Plant your feet in two cities in this joint program with the University of Detroit Mercy. You must be a Canadian citizen to take part in this program that includes a BA from UWindsor, a BSc from UDM, and the option to get your master’s from UDM in just one additional year. Courses are taught by architects in this close-knit, niche program. You’ll have lots of hands-on learning opportunities through co-op and internships and projects for non-profit groups.

Students enrolled in the program may be eligible to apply to the fourth year of the architecture program at the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM), following completion of their third year in the VABE program. Students admitted to the fourth year of the UDM program would graduate with a General BA in Visual Arts from the University of Windsor. Students who continue to the fourth year of the Windsor program would graduate with a BFA in Visual Arts and the Built Environment. Students who successfully complete the fourth year of the UDM architecture program can graduate with a B.Sc. in Architecture or be eligible for admission to UDM’s professional program in Architecture (M.Arch.).

FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE

• Focused iterative learning on architecture, design, and visual graphic communication using traditional media and digital industry standard software
• Understand the mean and methods used to create structures through construction and sustainable technologies
• Expressing oneself confidently, assertively, and purposefully through visual imagery
• Creating works of visual art using a variety of techniques, practices, and media
• Developing visual literacy: the ability to understand the powerful role of images in contemporary media contexts and to convey one’s own ideas and arguments thoughtfully through the creation of new images, works of art, film, or architecture
• Designing, staging, managing, and overseeing effective visual campaigns and productions
• Analyzing and assessing works of visual art for formal/technical

Sample Courses: Architecture Design, Introduction to Architecture, Contemporary Visual Culture, Studio Practice and Ideas/Drawing, Visual Communication

Career Tracks: Architect, building/interior designer, urban planning and revitalization co-ordinator, building restoration specialist, project and facilities manager.