Urban Planning master's degree teaching as an architecture professor at a junior college... (employment, credit)

[the city]

Is it possible to have an urban planning master's degree and teach in something related to urban planning at a community college?

Planning is my number one interest for what I want to do as an adult, but I don't like how planning jobs change so much and that I would be stuck working near a city.

[kodaka]

It would be unlikely. The standards set by the architecture academic accreditation board very high and employing instructors that do not have training in architecture would jeopardize their accreditation. There might be one or two schools willing to overlook your urban planning degree and let you teach as an adjunct, but your options would be very limited, and you would need something (like work experience) to demonstrate that you have the knowledge required to teach the subject of architecture. Even if you were hired without the requisite degree, you would most likely be expected to acquire it within a certain period of time as a condition of your employment.

Next, there are no junior colleges that offer architecture programs. The academic accreditation board and state licensing boards do not allow junior colleges to teach students at such a low level. You might find very generic drafting or broad design classes. But not specifically geared for architecture. The lowest level institution that can offer architecture program is a Bachelor's degree, minimum five years.

And finally, even junior colleges are located in cities. Their entire organizational model is based on a population center.

Best of luck to you.

[the city]

Originally Posted by kodaka

It would be unlikely. The standards set by the architecture academic accreditation board very high and employing instructors that do not have training in architecture would jeopardize their accreditation. There might be one or two schools willing to overlook your urban planning degree and let you teach as an adjunct, but your options would be very limited, and you would need something (like work experience) to demonstrate that you have the knowledge required to teach the subject of architecture. Even if you were hired without the requisite degree, you would most likely be expected to acquire it within a certain period of time as a condition of your employment.

Next, there are no junior colleges that offer architecture programs. The academic accreditation board and state licensing boards do not allow junior colleges to teach students at such a low level. You might find very generic drafting or broad design classes. But not specifically geared for architecture. The lowest level institution that can offer architecture program is a Bachelor's degree, minimum five years.

And finally, even junior colleges are located in cities. Their entire organizational model is based on a population center.

Best of luck to you.

There are 4 diff architecture classes offered at my community college. Yeah, community colleges are in population centers but not necessarilily in large cities.

I was also thinking if I could teach geography if I had a masters in city planning or perhaps get a masters in geography.

Thanks!

[kodaka]

Originally Posted by the city

There are 4 diff architecture classes offered at my community college. Yeah, community colleges are in population centers but not necessarilily in large cities.

I was also thinking if I could teach geography if I had a masters in city planning or perhaps get a masters in geography.

Thanks!

Architecture?? Or architectural drafting? Different things. Teaching drafting courses actually wouldn't require an architecture degree, but you would need to be well-versed in drafting software, and probably be an authorized instructor. Drafting courses are common, but no community colleges offer degrees in architecture. It is not allowed by the accreditation board.

You said you didn't want to live in a city, now you're saying a large city. It's all semantics and everyone has a different idea of what is large. But anywhere that is large enough to have a community college is going to be similar in size to that which would require an urban planner. So I assumed you were looking at something smaller.

I would think geography would be a closer leap from urban planning than architecture, but I'll let a geographer come in and answer that.

[the city]

Originally Posted by kodaka

Architecture?? Or architectural drafting? Different things. Teaching drafting courses actually wouldn't require an architecture degree, but you would need to be well-versed in drafting software, and probably be an authorized instructor. Drafting courses are common, but no community colleges offer degrees in architecture. It is not allowed by the accreditation board.

You said you didn't want to live in a city, now you're saying a large city. It's all semantics and everyone has a different idea of what is large. But anywhere that is large enough to have a community college is going to be similar in size to that which would require an urban planner. So I assumed you were looking at something smaller.

I would think geography would be a closer leap from urban planning than architecture, but I'll let a geographer come in and answer that.

Well, the city I am referring to has 45,000 population and a county of 270,000 population. The other city has 90,000 population, but no money. The county and smaller firms are where most firms are hiring. All though, I don't know what the current status is of each. From what I heard also, I heard the county likes to hire students from our local university's planning department.