I was wondering what is the experience of students regarding the amount of contact time offered by architecture schools nowadays. Is 25h / week the average across schools in Europe and US? Did you get less or more than that? Did you find you needed more?
I am not enquiring about work hour commitment but rather about how many hours of classes the school offered you in return for your tuition fees.
randomised
Dec 22, 20 7:17 pm
let’s hope zero contact hours in these pandemic times...
caramelhighrise
Dec 23, 20 3:43 pm
In terms of studio, around 14 hours/week, +/- 10 hours depending on if the prof decided to show up to class or stay late for a beer, or if I felt like playing hooky because I thought my time was better spent there at 2am. Silly me. Add 10-20 hours for pro practice, arch history, focused seminars, or the token nude model art classes.
Chad Miller
Dec 23, 20 5:18 pm
Studio was 3x a week for four hours each session per semester for nine semesters.
I probably spent 35 plus hours a week in studio total.
I'd get about 2 hours of professor one on one time a week.
kenchiku
Dec 25, 20 8:13 pm
Each credit hour = 1 hour of 'class-time'. My semesters are all 18 credit hour semesters, so that means 18hrs/week of structured class time.
I was wondering what is the experience of students regarding the amount of contact time offered by architecture schools nowadays. Is 25h / week the average across schools in Europe and US? Did you get less or more than that? Did you find you needed more?
I am not enquiring about work hour commitment but rather about how many hours of classes the school offered you in return for your tuition fees.
let’s hope zero contact hours in these pandemic times...
In terms of studio, around 14 hours/week, +/- 10 hours depending on if the prof decided to show up to class or stay late for a beer, or if I felt like playing hooky because I thought my time was better spent there at 2am. Silly me. Add 10-20 hours for pro practice, arch history, focused seminars, or the token nude model art classes.
Studio was 3x a week for four hours each session per semester for nine semesters.
I probably spent 35 plus hours a week in studio total.
I'd get about 2 hours of professor one on one time a week.
Each credit hour = 1 hour of 'class-time'. My semesters are all 18 credit hour semesters, so that means 18hrs/week of structured class time.