| Title |
Practical Importance of Student Performance Criteria in the Architectural Accreditation |
| Authors |
Lee, Eui-Dong ; Kim, Dong-Hyun ; Shim, Jae-Hyun ; Kim, Han-Soo |
| Keywords |
Architectural Accreditation ; Student Performance Criteria ; Practical Importance ; Fuzzy AHP ; Fuzzy Set Theory |
| Abstract |
Given the increasing globalization of the architect profession, architectural accreditation has become a global norm for assuring quality of architectural programs in universities. Since the early 2000s, many architectural departments in Korean universities have actively participated in the accreditation set by the Korea Architectural Accrediting Board. The crux of the accreditation is to run architectural programs in accordance with 37 elements of the Student Performance Criteria(SPC). The current SPC have limitations in that they do not properly reflect the importance of practical needs and competence required by architecture firms. The objective of the study is to analyze and discuss the practical importance of the SPC from the perspectives of architecture firms by using the fuzzy AHP and fuzzy set theory. It is important to understand the practical importance of the SPC in order for architectural programs to educate students with practical competence as expected by their future employers. |