Path B - The Master of Architecture (M.Arch)

Two-year Professional Degree (54 credits / 63 maximum) 

Notre Dame's two-year Master of Architecture degree is intended for students entering the University of Notre Dame with a four-year, pre-professional degree with a major in architecture who are seeking a professional graduate degree that focuses upon classical architecture and traditional urban design. Studio course work is identical to that of Path A (M.ADU), with a foundational first semester spent in South Bend, followed by two semesters of studio work (one in Rome) in the student’s selected concentration, followed by a terminal design project in the student’s fourth semester.

Required studio and seminar courses are supplemented by other courses needed to meet the NAAB’s substantive curricular requirements for accredited professional architecture degree programs, which will vary from student to student depending upon their undergraduate architectural education. A minimum of 54 credit-hours are required for graduation, and the normal course load for Path B (two-year, M.Arch) students is 15 credit-hours per semester.

Path B candidates must indicate in their application letter for admission whether they intend to concentrate in Classical Architecture or in Urban Design, which will determine courses taken in the second, third and fourth terms. 

Pre-Arch (summer before program begins)
61011 Introduction to Architectural Representation (0 credit)
Credit: 0

Fall-First Term  15 CreditsElements and Principles of Classical Architecture (6 credits)
History of Rome (3 credits)
Urban Elements and Principles (3 credits)
Required Architecture Course TBD (3 credits)

CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE CONCENTRATION 

Spring-Second Term  15 CreditsClassical Architecture I (6 credits)
Architectural Treatises (3 credits)
Architectural Elective (3 credits)
Required Architecture Course TBD (3 credits)

Fall-Third Term (in Rome) 12-15 CreditsClassical Architecture II (6 credits)
Italian Classicism (6 credits)

Strongly Recommended: Architectural History of Rome (3 credits) 

Spring-Fourth Term 12-15 CreditsTerminal Design Project (6 credits)
Professional Practice (3 credits)
Required Architecture Course TBD (3 credits)
Architectural Elective (3 credits)

URBAN DESIGN CONCENTRATION 

Spring-Second Term (in Rome) 12-15 Credits

Urban Design I (6 credits)

Italian Urbanism (6 credits)

Urban History of Rome (3 credits)   

Fall-Third Term 12-15 Credits

Urban Design II (6 credits)
Architectural Elective (3 credits)
Required Architecture Course TBD (3 credits)
Architectural Elective (3 credits) (optional)

Spring-Fourth Term 15 Credits

Terminal Design Project (6 credits)
Professional Practice (3 credits)
After Urbanism (3 credits)
Required Architecture Course TBD (3 credits)
Credits: 15