• The Master of Architecture program trains students to design highly qualitative buildings, ranging in size from small, single-use structures to large-scale projects such as stadiums, campuses and urban districts.
  • Graduates of the accredited, practice-based approach are well on their way to professional licensure and are in high demand by firms across the country.
  • Alumni have gone on to found and lead major firms nationwide, contributing significantly to the built environment that they all inhabit.
  • First-year curriculum for all students explores the design and planning professions while directly engaging in design work that provides a strong foundation for your design education. For most students, it is an introduction to a new way of seeing and thinking about the environments.
  • The curriculum provide a holistic examination of architectural design issues, emphasizing not just knowledge, skills and understanding, but a deep relationship with the process of design.
  • The backbone of the sequence is the design studio, where engaged, expert faculty challenge students to develop their own creative approach to the world of architecture.
  • The required courses include a ten-semester architectural design studio sequence and courses in structural systems, environmental systems, construction systems and computing sequences, among others.
  • Students also explore subjects of interest to them through design and outside electives; many students opt to pursue minors in planning, business and other fields.

  • Most of the graduates find employment in professional firms, providing a full range of services for clients in the planning, design and administration of construction projects.

    Career options in architecture:

    • Architect
    • Contractor