Continuing Education for Architects

Beginning with applications for renewal of licenses which expired on June 30, 2001, architects licensed/registered in the State of Oklahoma by the Board of Governors of the Licensed Architects and Landscape Architects of Oklahoma, must complete 24 CEUs of acceptable continuing education requirements during the two-year period immediately preceding the biennial renewal date, as a condition for license renewal (Board of Governors of the Licensed Architects and Landscape Architects of Oklahoma to ensure our courses fulfill the intent/requirements set forth in Title 55, Chapter 10, Subchapter 17: Continuing Education Requirements).  
 

To qualify for continuing education, a course must:
(1)    Include technical and practical applications which impact public health, safety and welfare and
            (A) Maintain, improve, expand or enhance the quality of the existing technical knowledge;
            (B) Fill voids that may exist in the professional education and internship training;
            or
            (C) Develop new and relevant technical profession skills and knowledge.
(2)    Have clear purposes and objectives;
(3)    Be well organized, presented in a  sequential manner, and provide evidence of pre-planning;
(4)    Be presented by persons who are well-qualified by education or experience in the field being taught; and
(5)    Provide individual participant documentation for record keeping and reporting.

Subject content acceptable for purposes of architecture
continuing education shall be limited to:
Study of codes including safety codes, and laws and regulations governing the practice of architecture
Environmental issues
Design proficiency
Study within planning, engineering, interior design,    construction contracting and related disciplines
Legal aspects of contracts, documents, insurance, bonds, project administration,
Specialization, preservation, adaptive reuse, building types
Construction documents and services
Materials and methods
Mechanical plumbing, electrical and life safety
Structural technology
Energy efficiency
Project administration
Professional ethics
American with Disabilities Act guidelines