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Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
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Type Private
Established 1871
Dean Kent Kleinman
Academic staff
56
Undergraduates 496
Postgraduates 257
Location Ithaca, New York, U.S.
42°27′04″N 76°29′03″W / 42.4510911°N 76.48421459999997°W / 42.4510911; -76.48421459999997
Website www.aap.cornell.edu

The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) at Cornell University is one of the world's most highly regarded and prestigious schools of architecture and is the only department in the Ivy League to offer the Bachelor of Architecture degree. Accordingly, to "DesignIntelligence," Cornell's architecture students are the most wanted recent graduates by architecture firms especially in New York City. The department has one of the highest endowments of any architecture program, including a $20 million endowment by Cayuga County resident Ruth Price Thomas in 2002. The Master of Regional Planning (M.R.P.) professional program at AAP has been consistently ranked in the top ten in the nation according to Planetizen's Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs. Among the college's notable alumni are architects Richard Meier (B.Arch. '56), designer of the Getty Center in Los Angeles, and Peter Eisenman, B.Arch, '55, founder of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York City; artists Charles Ginnever (M.F.A. '59), Louise Lawler (B.F.A. '69), and Susan Rothenberg (B.F.A. '67); and planners Edmund Bacon (B.Arch. '32), Paul Farmer (M.R.P. '71), Norman Krumholz (M.R.P. '65), and Robert Mier (M.R.P. '73, Ph.D. '75).

The college is divided into three departments: Architecture, Art, and City and Regional Planning. In 2015, AAP was the most selective of the university's seven colleges, admitting only 4.78% of applicants.

The Department of Architecture is one of the oldest and most respected architecture programs in the United States, providing NAAB accredited degree programs that provide a foundation in the history, theory, and practice of architecture. In addition to the Professional Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), the department offers Graduate degrees: Professional Master of Architecture (M.Arch.); Post-Professional Master of Architecture (M.Arch.II); History of Architecture and Urban Development (M.A. and Ph.D.).

The two-year Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) program in the Department of Art encourages both interdisciplinary and medium-specific practices, and questions a pedagogy informed solely by Western models and traditions of art.

The Department of City and Regional Planning (CRP) is the home of leading programs in planning, historic preservation planning, and urban and regional studies. The program is an intensive and intimate community which has an exceptional breadth and integration of its context. Each student works closely with a special thesis committee of their choosing that can encompass faculty members from across the university, allowing for a specialized and unique experience with limitless possibilities. CRP offers a bachelor of science in urban and regional studies (B.S. URS) that encompasses an interdisciplinary, liberal arts course of study focused on the forces that shape the social, economic, and political character and physical form of urban/suburban areas and their surrounding regions. CRP also offers an urban and regional studies (URS) minor for students not enrolled in the URS program. An accelerated M.R.P. degree option is available to graduates of the URS program. There are a variety of five-year dual degree options available to URS students in fields including engineering, landscape architecture, and natural and social sciences. Additionally, CRP offers an M.A. and a Ph.D. in regional science, and an M.A. in Historic Preservation Planning. Cornell was one of the first institutions in the country to offer preservation classes and is internationally recognized as a leader in the field.


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