Architectural Science is not for the student seeking a general knowledge in some field. It is essentially for men planning to go to some architectural graduate school, but few outsiders get permission to take even an individual course inside the department.

All the present concentrators agree that the work is long and demanding. They maintain that 30 to 40 hours a week, the bulk of that time over a drafting board, is certainly not out of the ordinary. Yet few expressed any regrets over the great deal of time required.

The department will cause little trouble as far as course planning is concerned. There are about a dozen courses in each of the three major divisions of the department: architecture, landscape architecture, and city and regional planning. Concentrators are required to take a minimum of seven.

Most of the work comes over drafting boards rather than from books. Work for the first two years does not allow much time for individual branching off, but this is expected somewhat in the senior year.

Emphasis, say many, is on special relations and approach. Some felt there was overemphasis along this line. Mathematical ability was not essential but certainly helpful

Nothing But Honors

The instruction is probably the most informal of any department in the College, but many of the students feel that the instructors on the whole lack individualism. "They all seem to follow the ideas that Gropius lays down for them," commented one student.

For the first time in several years, all architectural science concentrators must be candidates for honors. A limited number are given the chance to cut a year off their graduate school work provided they are deemed good enough by the department.