In the UK influenced world (including Australia), the standard architectural course consists of 3 years undergraduate study, 1 year as an apprentice in an office, 2 years diploma study and a final year's apprenticeship in an office before one can even be considered for the final professional examination qualifying one to apply to be called an architect.
Although the sequence is no longer rigidly adhered to (and the degree of rigidity and names given to various components vary from institution to institution), the requirement for a serious involvement in study in practice is a unescapable. So is a special course, given after leaving university, in professional practice.
Ranulph
On 2 Feb 2012, at 14:48, Gunnar Swanson wrote:
> I'm not sure when an internship becomes significant enough to be called an apprenticeship or if that change requires a different set of responsibilities by the employer. In graphic design here in the US, internships are common (in our program at East Carolina University, they are optional but strongly encouraged) but I would not consider them to be even condensed apprenticeships.
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> University of Cincinnati has a requirement for a major internship. I believe it is at least a full semester of full time work for a design firm.
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