Timeline
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1964 |
AIA blue-ribbon committee recommends that the University of Maryland open an architectural school at the College Park campus |
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1967 |
School of Architecture opens to students Five-year Bachelor of Architecture degree program established John Hill appointed first Dean and served until 1981 |
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1972
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School moves into present building Bachelor of Architecture program gains full accreditation |
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1970 |
Accredited Master of Community Planning degree established in the School of Social Work and Community Planning at the University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMAB) |
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1980 |
Certificate program in Historic Preservation established |
| 1982 | John Steffian appointed Dean and served until 1990 |
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1985 |
Master of Architecture program gains full accreditation |
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1988 |
Master of Community Planning program moves from Baltimore to College Park |
| 1991 | Steven Hurtt appointed Dean and served until 2004 |
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1992 |
Masters of Community Planning Program moves from the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences to the School of Architecture |
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2000 |
The school is renamed the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation to reflect its increasingly diverse and interdisciplinary offerings |
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2001 |
Master of Historic Preservation degree program established The National Center for Smart Growth Education and Research was established as a cooperative venture of four academic units: Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Public Affairs, Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Engineering |
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2002 |
Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning and Design program established |
| 2004 | Garth C. Rockcastle appointed Dean |
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2006 |
Master of Real Estate Development program established |
| 2007 | Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development established with a gift from Baltimore Developer and Maryland Alumus, John Colvin |
| 2007 | Unviersity of Maryland places 2nd in the world in the US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon with our entry LEAFHouse |