Career Discovery Resources

career discovery events

• inside Architecture + Design
  (Summer workshop for high school students)
• Annual Career Day and Design Expo

virginia tech career services

• Choosing a major

professional organizations

• American Institute of Architects (AIA)
• American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)
• Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
• American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)
• International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
• American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
  • Becoming a Landscape Architect

educational associations

• Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)
  • StudyArchitecture.com
• Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC)
• Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA)

program accreditation

• National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)
  • NAAB Accreditation
  • NAAB Info. for Prospective Architecture Students
• National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)
• Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA)
• Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB)
  • LAAB Accreditation

professional licensure

National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)
• Architectural Experience Program (AXP) [formerly Intern Development Program — IDP]

• National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ)
• Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)

occupational outlook handbook – u.s. bureau of labor statistics

• Architects
• Industrial Designers
• Interior Designers
• Landscape Architects