The School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon in Portland connects in multiple ways with the city and the metropolitan area through teaching, research, creative work, and service activities. Portland is an extraordinary urban laboratory for the University of Oregon and the school’s engaged and active students and faculty members.
Professional education in the arts, planning, and design requires access to national and international examples in urban design, regional planning, sustainability, community development, arts and culture, and historic preservation. These connections with the city of Portland and the School of Architecture and Allied Arts along with numerous governmental, educational, business, and cultural organizations advances the teaching and research opportunities for faculty and students. The White Stag block that houses the University of Oregon in Portland programs offers state-of-the-art technology, light-filled workspaces, a superb art and design library, and exhibition areas. Sustainability practices are evident in the LEED certified building and in the programs offered by the school.
The school offers a graduate degree program in architecture, an advanced undergraduate B.F.A. in Digital Arts and the new B.F.A. in Product Design at the UO in Portland facilities at the White Stag Block. Continuing education workshops, exhibits, screenings, and public lectures round out the offerings available to the public and area professionals.
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Academic Programs
Architecture
The Department of Architecture builds on more than twenty years of teaching in the City of Portland. The Department of Architecture’s Portland program is defined by strong connections to the urban landscape and examines ways to strengthen relationships between individual buildings, public spaces, and the fabric of urban neighborhoods. Courses emphasize a strong theoretical foundation in urban design, coupled with design studios that focus on critical issues of the region. The UO’s program is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. All UO undergraduate and graduate architecture students are eligible to study in Portland in the last two years of their accredited degree program. Incoming graduate students with a pre-professional undergraduate degree in architecture can complete all the coursework for the Master of Architecture degree in Portland.
For more information on the Master of Architecture degree (Option II and III) as well as the Bachelor of Architecture degree, click here.
Digital Arts
The Department of Art’s Digital Arts Program offers a fifth-year bachelor of fine arts degree in Portland at the White Stag Block. The Digital Arts Program provides courses in animation, design, and the use of emerging technologies to create artwork. For more information on the program and how to apply, visit darts.uoregon.edu.
Product Design
A new bachelor of fine arts degree in product design is offered in Portland in the White Stag Block. The degree is designed for students continuing on from a design-related four-year B.A. or B.S. program or earning a second bachelor’s degree. For information about the program, including how to apply, visit pd.uoregon.edu.
Meeting and Events Management (Program Closed)
After more than ten years of helping people make a difference in their community festivals and special events, the difficult decision was made in June 2009 to not continue the Meeting/Festival & Event Management Certificate program. For information about the program closure, visit http://festival.uoregon.edu.
For more information, please contact
A&AA in Portland office
70 N.W. Couch St., Floor 4R
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 412-3781
aaapdx@uoregon.edu
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