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Duration
2 Years
Language
English
Program Description
The degree program requires two to three years of graduate study, depending on the applicant’s previous academic background and qualifications. It offers a wide range of courses, with particular strengths in the areas of architectural design and integrated practice, ecological/sustainable design, digital design and fabrication, preservation, urban design, and design as a response to the physical, cultural, and social environment.
The Master of Architecture, the first professional degree offered by the Department of Architecture, is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).
The Master of Architecture, the first professional degree offered by the Department of Architecture, is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).
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Learning Outcomes
- Navigate the paths to becoming licensed as an architect in the United States and the range of available career opportunities that utilize the discipline’s skills and knowledge.
- Describe the role of the design process in shaping the built environment and the methods by which design processes integrate multiple factors, in different settings and scales of development, from buildings to cities.
- Explore the dynamic between built and natural environments, and leverage ecological, advanced building performance, adaptation, and resilience principles, in their work and advocacy activities to mitigate climate change.
- Explain the histories and theories of architecture and urbanism, framed by diverse social, cultural, economic, and political forces, nationally and globally.
- Engage and participate in architectural research to test and evaluate innovations in the field.
- Exhibit leadership in multidisciplinary teams, diverse stakeholder constituents, and dynamic physical and social contexts, and apply effective collaboration skills to solve complex problems.
- Explore and understand diverse cultural and social contexts, and design built environments that equitably support and include people of different backgrounds, resources, and abilities.
- Analyze the impact of the built environment on human health, safety, and welfare at multiple scales, from buildings to cities.
- Apply and navigate the professional ethics, regulatory requirements, and fundamental business processes relevant to architecture practice in the United States, and the forces influencing change in these subjects.
- Apply the fundamental principles of life safety, land use, and compliance with current laws and regulations that apply to buildings and sites in the United States, and engage in the evaluative process architects use to comply with those laws and regulations as part of a project.
- Effectively use established and emerging systems, technologies, and assemblies of building construction, and apply methods and criteria to assess those technologies against the design, economics, and performance objectives of projects.
- Make design decisions within architectural projects while demonstrating synthesis of user requirements, regulatory requirements, site conditions, and accessible design, and consideration of the measurable environmental impacts of their design decisions.
- Make design decisions within architectural projects while demonstrating integration of building envelope systems and assemblies, structural systems, environmental control systems, life safety systems, and the measurable outcomes of building performance.
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