If you are enrolled in the BAC's undergraduate and graduate programs in architecture, interior architecture, and landscape architecture, you'll satisfy requirements for professional growth and development through the <a href="/study-career-combined/practice-learn-through-experience/earning-practice-hours" title="Link - Practice Hours">acquisition of Practice hours</a> and periodic, one-on-one <a href="/study-career-combined/practice-learn-through-experience/practice-assessments" title="Link - Practice Assessments">Practice assessments with licensed design professionals</a>. The following matrix categorizes the Sequence of Practice Requirements1 per program. <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td> New Student </td> <td> Beginner </td> <td> Engaged </td> <td> Advanced </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Timeline </td> <td> Admissions New Student Orientation </td> <td> End of Foundation Segment 1 Portfolio Review </td> <td> Segment 2 Portfolio Review </td> <td> Graduation </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Skill Level2 </td> <td> n/a </td> <td> 1-2 All Programs </td> <td> 6 B.Arch/M.Arch 4 BIA/MIA 5 BLA/MLA </td> <td> 8 B.Arch/M.Arch 6 BIA/MIA 6 BLA/MLA </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Practice Hours3 </td> <td> n/a </td> <td> n/a </td> <td> 2200 B.Arch/M.Arch 450 BIA/MIA 600 BLA/MLA </td> <td> 3000 B.Arch/M.Arch 900 BIA/MIA 900 BLA/MLA </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Experience </td> <td> None or limited (may have prior practice experience) </td> <td> Initial </td> <td> Some </td> <td> Extensive </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Personal Development </td> <td> Self-focused </td> <td> Self-aware </td> <td> Connected to others </td> <td> Big picture </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Reflection </td> <td> None or limited </td> <td> General insights </td> <td> Connected </td> <td> Rich and integrated </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Connection to Community </td> <td> Individual benefit </td> <td> Recognizes community assets and needs </td> <td> Connected locally with community </td> <td> Facilitates community linkages </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Transdisciplinary Approach </td> <td> Personal focus </td> <td> Willingness to make personal decisions that reflect awareness of others </td> <td> Respectful and appreciative of others </td> <td> Seeks out and adapts to others </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Professional and/or Civic Engagement </td> <td> Unaware </td> <td> Participates in activities </td> <td> Organizes and manages tasks </td> <td> Initiates action on design projects and/or social justice issues </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Capacity to Work in Firm Design Teams and/or with Diverse Communities </td> <td> Unknown </td> <td> Limited and directed </td> <td> Responds to requests that develop context-appropriate action </td> <td> Imaginative, self-directed leadership </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> 1 Adapted from Gelmon, S.B. Agre-Kippenhan, S., Cress, C.M. (2013). Beyond a grade. Are we making a Difference?: The benefits and challenges of evaluating learning and serving. In C.M. Cress, P.J. Collier, V.L. Reitenauer, Associates (Eds.), Learning through serving: a student guidebook for service-learning and civic engagement across the disciplines and cultural communities (p. 168-169). Sterling, Virginia: Stylus Publishing, LLC. 2 Prior to Fall 2016, skill levels were referenced as: New Student = Skill Level 0; Beginner = Skill Level 1-2; Engaged = Skill Level 3-6; Advanced = Skill Level 7-8. 3 B.Arch and M.Arch students with prior industry experience may petition for the transfer of up to 1,500 prior Practice hours.