Wisconsin Administrative Code
Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Registered Interior Designers
Chapter A-E 12 - Continuing Education For Architects
Section A-E 12.02 - Definitions
Current through February 26, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Asynchronous" means a process of learning where instructor-student interaction is delayed over time allowing the learners to participate intermittently according to their schedule, and be geographically separate from the instructor, and includes correspondence courses, e-learning, instructional television, or online courses.
(2) "Biennium" means a 2-year period beginning August 1 of each even-numbered year.
(3) "Contact hour" means 50 minutes of instruction or participation spent by the registrant in actual attendance or completion of an approved educational activity.
(4) "Continuing education" means professional educational activity designed to advance the professional skills and knowledge of a registrant in the practice of architecture for the improvement of the public health, safety and welfare.
(5) "Health, safety and welfare topic" or "HSW topic" means technical or professional subjects which safeguard the public's health, safety and welfare including building design; landscape design; environmental or land use analysis; life safety; architectural programming; site planning; site and soil analysis; plant material; accessibility; structural systems consideration; lateral forces; building codes; evaluation and selection of building systems, products or materials; construction methods; contract documentation; construction administration; energy conservation; zoning and governance policies and procedures; sustainability; mold mitigation; the impact of design on human physiology and neurology; state statutes, rules and ordinances that regulate architects or the practice of architecture; and professional conduct and ethics.
(6) "Synchronous" means a process of learning where the student and instructor interact simultaneously in real-time, including traditional classroom events, computer conferencing, interactive video conferences or online communications where participants are logged on at the same time and communicate directly with each other.
