M.Arch Advanced Standing Requirements
Applicants for advanced standing  with exceptional qualifications and experience may be admitted with advanced standing in the Master of Architecture program if they have completed a five-year Bachelor of Architecture degree and at least five years of teaching or practice (or a combination thereof) and propose an acceptable specific design research proposal. Students should request such consideration when applying for admission.

Sample Curriculum (32 units)

Year One/Fall (units)
ARCH 605aL Graduate Architecture Design (6)
ARCH 532 Elements of the Urban Landscape (2)
ARCH 533 Urban Landscape Case Studies (2)
ARCH 693aL M. Arch. Thesis, Option I or
ARCH 695aL M. Arch. Thesis, Option II (4)
ELECTIVE (2)
Total units 16

Year One/Spring (units)
ARCH 693bL M. Arch. Thesis, Option I
ARCH 695bL M. Arch. Thesis, Option II (8)
ARCH 561 Architecture in the Urban Landscape: Projects and Places (2)
ARCH 563 Architecture in the Urban Landscape: Comparative Theories (2)
ELECTIVE (4)
Total units 16

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