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ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM
Accredited by the National Architectural
Accrediting Board (NAAB)
"In the United States, most state registration
boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree
program as prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural
Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized
to accredit US professional degree programs in architecture,
recognizes two types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture
and the Master or Architecture. A program may be granted a
five-year, three-year, or two-year term of accreditation,
depending on its degree of conformance with established educational
standards.
Masters degree programs may consist of a pre-professional
undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree, which,
when earned sequentially, comprised an accredited professional
education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by
itself, recognized as an accredited degree" (NAAB)
INTERIOR DESIGN PROGRAM
Accredited by the Council for
Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA)
The Bachelor of Interior
Design Program at FIU is accredited by the Council of Interior
Design Accreditation. In Florida, the State Registration Board
for Architecture and Interior Design requires a degree from
an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite
for licensure. The Council of Interior Design Accreditation
is a specialized accrediting agency, accrediting interior design
programs at colleges and universities in North America. Its
mission is to "provide the foundation for excellence in
the interior design profession by setting standards for education
and accrediting academic programs that meet those standards."
Accreditation is a process unique to the United States and Canada
that replaces government regulation of education found in most
other countries. It is a process of self-evaluation and peer
review that promotes achievement of high academic standards,
while making education more responsive to students and society's
needs. Students who graduate from a Council of Interior Design
Accreditation accredited program are assured that the program
is recognized by the interior design profession as meeting educational
requirements for entry into the profession. Though graduation
from a CIDA accredited program is not yet required to practice
interior design in some states, students can be confident that
the interior design program at FIU voluntarily placed itself
before the scrutiny of the profession -- investing time, energy,
and money to ensure that our graduates receive an education
that meets the standards of the profession and that your education
will serve you now and into the future.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM
Accredited by the Landscape Architectural
Accreditation Board (LAAB)
The Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB) is a specialized accrediting agency that accredits educational programs leading to first professional degrees at the bachelor’s or master’s level.
LAAB accredited programs must maintain and monitor—and strive to advance—academic quality within their program and their institution. “Academic quality” at its most basic definition is that the program satisfies (meets or exceeds) student and professional expectations. However, the program must reflect the institutional mission, thus providing diversity amongst programs and fostering innovation in practice, research, and service. The program must have specific processes to determine if its quality standards are being met; this evaluation must be on-going and forward-thinking. In addition to student achievements, academic quality is also indicated by high standards of teaching, research and service. The goals and results of these activities should reflect both the institutional mission and the profession of landscape architecture.
The mission of the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board is to evaluate, advocate for, and advance the quality of education in landscape architectural programs. As the accrediting organization for landscape architectural programs, LAAB develops standards to objectively evaluate landscape architectural programs and judges whether a school's landscape architectural program is in compliance with the accreditation standards.
The LAAB is comprised of landscape architecture practitioners and academicians, representatives from landscape architecture collateral organizations and public representatives. The collateral organizations are the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) and Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA).
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