I'm a recent transfer from a b.arch program to a b.s. in architecture program at a different school. Long story on the reasoning behind that... But I've noticed that at my new school they use NAAB guidelines to judge criteria for their courses. Is this necessary in courses for non accredited degrees? 

Im asking because compared to the b.arch program I was in, they seem much more liberal with the given criteria, which is making it very difficult to find comparable courses from the old program which was very conservative in their guidelines.  I transferred into a 2nd year foundations studio after 2 years of being in the accredited program if that gives any idea of the difficulty.