New Interior Architecture Graduate Students Onboarding, Advising, & Registration: Summer Term

Welcome, New Graduate Admits to the Interior Architecture Major for Summer Term!

You are invited to Grad Day! Each year, we welcome admitted graduate students to Grad Day to learn more about the programs.

Getting Started: If you accepted the offer of admission, you will receive a new student onboarding orientation invitation in the Spring term from Student Services (archadvisor@uoregon.edu) that will walk you through what you need to know to get started at the UO. In the meantime, please review the following:

  1. Claim Your Duck ID*
  2. Summer Term Start Orientation July 14th & 15th
  3. Summer Term Program Dates for Track I: July 18th – September 11th

Summer 2022 courses for incoming graduate students in Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Landscape Architecture will be offered as a combination of remote and in-person instruction or remote instruction, depending on the public health context. In either case, we are planning to provide facilities access including a dedicated studio desk for each student, course-related site visits, and other in-person activities in keeping with university guidance regarding COVID-19.

Don’t forget to join your Facebook Group for MIArc Track 1 and take a virtual tour!

Graduate Funding:

Transcript Evaluations:

The results of the transfer evaluations will be sent during the orientation series from student services. After receiving this plan you may schedule an appointment with an advisor to review the course content together and discuss the exact courses that you should take.

SAE Departmental Academic Advising:

Though we will not be holding in-person advising appointments, we are working outside of the office Monday–Friday to continue to advise and assist students through virtual appointments.

Interior Architecture Academic Advising

-SAE Eugene Campus academic & new student advising: Email archadvisor@uoregon.edu

 Registration, Schedule of Classes, Academic Calendars:

*If all of your UO admission documents were received, your UO ID number and PAC number notification should have been emailed to you from the UO Graduate School. If you have received this notification, please claim your Duck ID, wait for an email from archadvisor@uoregon.edu to pre-authorize you into the studio, and register for courses as noted below via DuckWeb.

M.IARC – Summer Term Registration:

Your UO ID number and PAC notification should have been sent to you from the UO Admissions office For Current Students a few weeks after you submitted your UO Graduate Application.  If you didn’t receive this notification, please contact the UO Office of Admissions.

Once you have received your UO ID and PAC (personal access code) number notification from UO Admissions you may Claim Your Duck ID.

You will register for the following summer courses via DuckWeb. You will receive specific CRNs for these courses during the Email orientations. Please use these CRNs in the add/drop courses menu, not the search function.

  • ARCH 610 Global Modern Architecture
  • ARCH 611 Grad Design Process 
  • ARCH 680 Intro Grad Design 

If you have any problems registering, please contact the department at archadvisor@uoregon.edu.

 Housing:

SAE Mandatory Hardware and Software Requirements:

All students in the Department of Architecture are required to have a personal computer. The most current specifications are available on the College of Design Technology Services website. Please pay close attention to the hardware and software requirements and memory space required. There is also a listing of specific software on this page.

SAE Studio Field Trips:

Summer programming is intense and immersive, we strongly recommend not scheduling travel or weekend engagements during the initial summer term.

You will be taking at least one field trip during your summer studio. The details will be provided by your studio instructor.

Most of the design studios take a field trip at the beginning of the term, typically the first Friday, and sometimes an overnight trip is required.

SAE Studio Equipment and Supplies:

DISCOUNTS at the UO DUCK STORE (895 E 13th Ave., Eugene, OR 97401):

  • Annual Tools of the Trade Show sale each November
  • One time 20% coupon will be given to students in ARCH 680 (Intro to Graduate Design). Incoming students will have an opportunity to visit the UO Duck Store during Summer Orientation.
  • For the UO Duck Store online supply list go to:

TRACK I – Studio Equipment and Supplies:

The following is a rough draft list of equipment and supplies that architecture and interior architecture students will need in the first design studio. Your studio instructor may provide a more specific list for your particular summer studio. Additionally, this is not a complete list, but rather a guide to the basic needs. You will continue to add to the starter list and, with good care, much of the equipment you purchase will last your entire design career. Some of the items may also be available used. The total cost for this starter list of supplies is approximate $521–$783.

PDF  Version of Supplies List

VISUAL DIARIES—(Approximate Cost = $6–$20)—Designers to keep their ideas close at hand:

  • Sketchbook: No larger than 7” by 10” ($6–$30 – Bring to first studio meeting
  • Newsprint pad
    • Strathmore Mega Newsprint for Pro Art Rough News, or similar
    • (1) 18” X 24”, as thin as available (likely 50 sheets)

MEASURING TOOLS—Designers need a variety of measuring tools—(Approximate Cost $22–$55)

  • Tape measure: at least 25 feet ($16 – $25)
  • Architect Scales (2) three-sided variety, BOTH engineering and standard units ($6–$30 each) 

DRAWING TOOLS—(Approximate Cost = $402–$546)—Studios require hand-media drawing/drafting/model-making tools:

  • (1) kneaded eraser
  • Rolls of tracing paper: 12” and 18” ($13.00 and $19.99)
  • Drafting board: 31” X 42” (this is a good size for the studio desks) or 36” X 48” ($80–$100)
  • Drafting Board Cover: Vyco ($10–$11 per linear foot)
  • Parallel Rule: Mayline or Alvin Brand, 42” or 48” length ($190–$200) To match drafting board width above
  • Adjustable Triangle: 8” minimum size or larger ($19–$26)
  • Triangles: 30/60 and 45 degree ($4–$16)
  • Eraser—The white ones are the best (.00–$1.95)—g. Staedler Mars plastic
  • Eraser Shield: ($1.49)
  • Drafting Brush: ($5–$7)
  • Drafting Tape or Drafting Dots: ($7–$13)
  • Push Pins: box of 20 ($1.50)
  • Lead Holder: Staedler brand lead holder or Alvin Draftmatic or alternative ($6.50)
  • Leads for holder (2B, 4B, HB and 2H for holder) ($2.00/2 pack)
  • Lead Pointer: Not the same as a pencil sharpener ($9.99)
  • Pigma Micron technical pens in the following sizes: 005, 03, 05, 08, and 1 set of colored pencils ($8–$50)
  • Caran d’Arche, Prismacolor, or similar quality brand; option to just buy primary color (CMYK) set
  • Faber-Castell polychromas colored pencils in the following colors:
    • red, yellow, blue
    • mid-range gray of the student’s choice
    • white and black

MODEL MAKING TOOLS—Approximate Cost = $58–$132.  It is important to have reliable and safe equipment.

    • Heavy Duty Mat Knife: Olfa and X-Acto make good ones ($10–$23)
    • X-Acto knife #1 ($3–$4) and replacement blades # 11 ($3 – $5/pk, $34–100/pk)

COVID-19 Special Notes:

Many campus entities are maintaining official pages with COVID-19 updates and where possible we will refer to these pages.

The Office of Academic Advising is maintaining resource pages with the most up-to-date information on University response and policy changes with regard to COVID-19 at https://advising.uoregon.edu/

The graduate school is maintaining a page with the latest details for Graduate school policy and operations changes at https://gradschool.uoregon.edu/

The School of Architecture and Environment will adhere to the University of Oregon’s decisions. Please refer to this page for the latest updates at https://www.uoregon.edu/coronavirus.

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