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

Three-year Professional Degree (90 credits/99 maximum) 

Path C is a three-year Master of Architecture (M. Arch) professional degree designed for students entering the School with a four-year undergraduate degree in a field other than architecture. Students begin with an intensive three-term foundational sequence of studio, history, theory and technology courses in preparation for the final three terms. The final three-terms are focused on concentration and terminal design projects. Required studio and seminar courses are supplemented by other courses to meet the NAAB standards. Students must earn 90 credit hours (96 max) over six semesters, including a normal load of 18 credit hours for the first three terms, in order to graduate. Advanced standing may be given to students who have completed some portion of their non-studio course work prior to admission, but the six-semester studio sequence is required of all Path C candidates. 

Courses for the Path C Student 

Both concentrations, First 54 Credits: 

Pre-Arch (Summer) 

Intro to Architectural Representation (0 credits)

First Term (Fall) 18 Credits 

Architectural Design I (6 credits)

Architectural History I (3 credits)

Building Technology I (3 credits)

Structures I (3 credits)

Environmental Systems I (3 credits)

Second Term (Spring) 18 Credits 

Architectural Design II (6 credits)

Architectural History II (3 credits)

Building Technology II (3 credits)

Structures II (3 credits)

Introduction to CAD (3 credits)

Third Term (Fall) 18 Credits 

Architectural Design III (6 credits)

History of Rome (3 credits)

Urban Elements and Principles (3 credits)

Environmental Systems II (3 credits)

Structures III (3 credits)

CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE CONCENTRATION

Fourth Term (Spring) 12-15 Credits 

Classical Architecture I (6 credits)

Architectural Treatises (3 credits)

Architectural Elective (3 credits)

Architectural Elective (3 credits)

Fifth Term (Rome, Fall) 12 Credits 

Classical Architecture II (6 credits)

Italian Classicism (3 credits)

Architectural History of Rome (3 credits)

Sixth Term (Spring) 12-15 Credits

Terminal Design Project (6 credits) 

Professional Practice (3 credits)

Architectural Elective (3 credits)

Architectural Elective (3 credits)

URBAN DESIGN CONCENTRATION

Fourth Term (Rome, Spring) 12 Credits 

Urban Design I (6 credits)

Italian Urbanism (3 credits)

Urban History of Rome (3 credits)

Fifth Term (Fall) 12-15 Credits 

Urban Design II (6 credits)

Architectural Elective (3 credits)

Architectural Elective (3 credits)

Sixth Term (Spring) 12-15 Credits 

Terminal Design Project (6 credits)

Professional Practice (3 credits)

After Urbanism (3 credits)

Architectural Elective (3 credits)