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graduate degrees

AREAS OF STUDY

 

Master of Architecture (first professional) “M.Arch. I” 

The M.Arch. I program fulfills the professional degree requirements for registration as an architect.* It is designed for students entering either with no academic training in architecture or a four-year bachelor’s “pre-arch” degree and who wish to enter the profession of architecture.

Master of Architecture (post-professional) “M.Arch. II”

The M.Arch. II program offers students with a professionally accredited degree in architecture (B.Arch.) a studio-centered course of advanced work in architectural design, historic preservation, sustainability, urban design, or interdisciplinary integration. It prepares students to enter (or re-enter) the profession with advanced knowledge and skills, to develop personally, and/or to teach at the college level.

The M.Arch. II does not fulfill the professional degree requirements for registration as an architect.*

The focus of both is the practice of architecture, centered on design and the studio experience.

[The school also offers several master’s programs leading to M.A. or M.S. degrees that are close to and involve architecture:

M.S.S.D. (Sustainable Design)

M.S.U.D. (Urban Design)

M.S.H.P. (Historic Preservation)

M.A. (Architectural History)

M.S.U.D. + M.S.C.R.P.

M.S.S.D. + M.S.C.R.P. 

M.S.A.S. (Architectural Studies) 

There is also a Ph.D. program with tracks in Architectural History, Historic Preservation, and Sustainability.

And the school offers an M.L.A. (a professional, accredited program in Landscape Architecture) and M.S.C.R.P. (a professional, accredited program in Community and Regional Planning).]

* See NAAB Accreditation Info for details.