Curriculum: 36 Units

The last two decades have seen rapid growth in the complexity of buildings and the development of specialized knowledge for their design and operation. The building profession now requires a wider range of expertise in design, operation, and management than was required in the past, and new types of professional specialists have emerged to provide this expertise. Often these experts are educated outside of traditional architectural programs, frequently through studies in other disciplines.

The Master of Science (M.S.) in Architecture is an academic, nonprofessional degree program that offers the opportunity for advanced research in the ever-broadening and increasingly complex subfields within architecture. Some students enter with a degree in architecture, or occasionally while here, will get an additional Master of Architecture degree (the professional degree accredited for the practice of architecture). But neither is required, and the undergraduate degrees of our entering M.S. students are diverse.

The following list applies to both concentrations.

Code	Title	Units
		Course List
Methods Course, depending on concentration:
Building Science, Technology & Sustainability - Arch 241, 3 units
History, Theory & Society - Arch 281, 4 units
Inside Field (Speciality)
Minimum of three courses per approved individualized study in one of the concentrations (3-4 unit graduate classes for a letter grade)
Architecture Breadth Area: for those without an architecture degree
Minimum two courses within the department but from faculty members different than those with whom the student had taken courses for the Inside Field (3-4 unit graduate classes for a letter grade)
Thesis submission
Arch 299 (independent study) course sponsored by your thesis chair

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