Path B (M. Arch) Two-Year Curriculum. Total Requirements 54 credits / 60 max.
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 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.
Pre-Arch (Summer before program begins)
61011 Introduction to Architectural Representation (0 credit)
Credit: 0
Fall-First Term
71111 Elements and Principles of Classical Architecture (6 credits)
70211 History of Rome (3 credits)
70311 Urban Elements and Principles (3 credits)
***** Required Architecture Course TBD (3 credits)
= Credits: 15
Path B candidates must indicate in their application letter for admission whether they intend to concentrate in Classical Architecture or in Urban Design, this will determine courses taken in the second, third and fourth terms.
Spring-Second Term
(Classical Architecture Concentration)
71141 Classical Architecture I (6 credits)
73321 Architectural Treatises (3 credits)
7**** Architectural Elective (3 credits)
***** Required Architecture Course TBD (3 credits)
= Credits: 15
-or-
(Urban Design Concentration / in Rome)
74142 Urban Design I (6 credits)
74322 Italian Urbanism (6 credits)
= Credits: 12
Fall-Third Term
(Classical Architecture Concentration / in Rome)
84152 Classical Architecture II (6 credits)
84312 Italian Classicism (6 credits)
= Credits: 12
-or-
(Urban Design Concentration)
81151 Urban Design II (6 credits)
8**** Architectural Elective (3 credits)
***** Required Architecture Course TBD (3 credits)
= Credits: 12
Optional elective
8**** Architectural Elective (3 credits)
Spring-Fourth Term
(Classical Architecture Concentration)
81161 Terminal Design Project (6 credits)
80711 Professional Practice (3 credits)
***** Required Architecture Course TBD (3 credits)
= Credits: 12
Optional elective
8**** Architectural Elective (3 credits)
-or-
(Urban Design Concentration)
81161 Terminal Design Project (6 credits)
80711 Professional Practice (3 credits)
83311 After Urbanism (3 credits)
***** Required Architecture Course TBD (3 credits)
= Credits: 15
