Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The Discover Architecture Workshop for high school students is a summer program that allows career exploration of professions within the building arts.In the week long program, students complete projects that fuse Architecture and Landscape Architecture, and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management.The program is a model of industry and academia working in partnership, as it is sponsored financially by professional architecture, engineering, and construction management firms in the state.Since inception, nearly 300 students have participated in the program from the five state area of our region in the central USA; many of these students have subsequently enrolled at this university and completed or are currently working towards a degree in these fields.The program serves as not only a recruiting tool for the university, but also as a public service vehicle illustrating the many ways that design, engineering, and construction professionals add value to the quality of human life. Program DescriptionThe week long Discover Architecture career orientation summer program for high school students has been offered by the School of Architecture from 2002-2005 and 2009-2016.Since 2013, the faculty of this program expanded the academic content of the workshop to include the allied disciplines of Landscape Architecture and Construction Management.This has provided a more full exploration of the various professions involved in the building arts, and has helped us achieve a broader freshman recruitment for the university.Group picture on an evening campus walk,
Source: ASEE Midwest Section Conference
Authors: Suzanne Bilbeisi, Mohd Bilbeisi
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Language: English
Subfield: Architecture
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4407698754