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Camenson, Blythe. Careers in Architecture. US: McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Careers in Architecture

Authors: Blythe Camenson

Published:  September 2008

eISBN: 9780071642200 007164220X | ISBN: 9780071545563
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  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part One: Careers in Architecture
  • Chapter 1 The Field of Architecture
  • A history of architectural education
  • The duties of the architect
  • Working conditions for architects
  • Employment opportunities
  • Job outlook for architects
  • Types of architectural offices
  • Getting that first job
  • Starting your own firm
  • Sample intern job openings
  • Earnings for architects
  • Related fields
  • Firsthand accounts
  • Chapter 2 Preparing for a Career in Architecture
  • Types of degrees
  • Paths to the professional degree
  • Course of study
  • Specialization
  • The portfolio
  • Selecting a school
  • Financing your education
  • Sample programs
  • Student statistics
  • Skills an architect must have
  • Training periods
  • Architect Registration Examination (ARE)
  • Preparing early
  • Intern Development Program (IDP)
  • Intern Development Program (IDP) core competencies
  • Chapter 3 Residential, Commercial, and Institutional Architecture
  • Specializing
  • Sample job listings
  • Firsthand accounts
  • Chapter 4 Historic Preservation
  • Preservation categories
  • Related fields
  • Architectural conservators
  • Architectural historians
  • Historic interior designers
  • Associations involved with historic preservation
  • Firsthand accounts
  • Chapter 5 Teaching Architecture
  • Job outlook for architecture faculty
  • Who teaches architecture
  • Faculty responsibilities
  • Salaries for architecture faculty
  • Training for university faculty
  • Finding that job
  • Sample job listings
  • Firsthand account
  • Part Two: Related Fields
  • Chapter 6 Landscape Architecture
  • Working conditions
  • Employment figures
  • Job outlook
  • Training for landscape architects
  • Skills needed for landscape architecture
  • Intern landscape architects
  • Self-employment
  • Related fields
  • Job hunting
  • Sample job listings
  • Salaries for landscape architects
  • Firsthand accounts
  • Chapter 7 Engineering
  • Engineering specializations
  • Possible employers
  • Training for engineers
  • Licensure
  • Getting started and advancing
  • Sample program
  • Salaries for engineers
  • Job outlook
  • Continuing education for engineers
  • Sample job listings
  • Firsthand account
  • Chapter 8 Urban and Regional Planning
  • Duties
  • Working conditions for planners
  • Employment figures
  • Job outlook
  • Training for planners
  • Salaries
  • Sample job listings
  • Firsthand account
  • Chapter 9 Construction and Cost Estimation
  • Duties of construction managers
  • Training for construction managers
  • Certification for construction managers
  • Salaries for construction managers and contractors
  • Job outlook for construction managers
  • Duties of cost estimators
  • Training for cost estimators
  • Certification for cost estimators
  • Salaries for cost estimators
  • Job outlook for cost estimators
  • Sample job listing
  • Firsthand accounts
  • Chapter 10 More Firsthand Accounts from the Field
  • Appendix A: Professional Associations
  • Appendix B: Further Reading
  • Appendix C: Accredited Training Programs for Architecture in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada
  • Appendix D: Accredited Programs in Landscape Architecture