Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary
Architecture Professor,
Assistant Professor,
Associate Professor,
Professor
What they do: Teach courses in architecture and architectural design, such as architectural environmental design, interior architecture/design, and landscape architecture. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
- DemandHigh
- state Avg. Salary $$$$$$82,490Download Career Flyer
What do they typically do on the job?
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as architectural design methods, aesthetics and design, and structures and materials.
Personality
Interests
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Abilities
Whether you have received formal training or not, these types of abilities are helpful in this career.
Verbal
Communicate by speaking
Communicate by writing
Ideas and Logic
Use rules to solve problems
Make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Math
Choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Add, subtract, multiply, or divide

Skills
People who want to pursue this career have skills in these areas.
Basic Skills
Reading work related information
Talking to others
Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
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Data for NSI career cards comes from the following: Idaho Department of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET, MyNextMove, and Career OneStop