Architecture Program Report Tulane University New Orleans ...

3. 12. PROFESSIONAL DEGREES AND CURRICULUM
Programs of Study
The School of Architecture offers two professional degree programs. The
Master of Architecture I undergraduate degree and the Master of
Architecture I graduate degrees are accredited by the National
Architectural Accrediting Board. The Master of Architecture I
(undergraduate) is offered in a five-year (10-semester) program as a first
undergraduate degree (M.Arch.). Students with previous college work
may take the first two semesters of required architecture courses in an
intensive summer program. The first class to be granted this degree was
the graduating class of 2004. Since then, all students who graduated
with a previous degree of Bachelor of Architecture were conferred their
Master of Architecture I degree in a ceremony in 2004.
Students with Bachelors degrees in other disciplines are eligible to enroll
in a Masters program (M.Arch.I) requiring eight semesters and leading to
the Masters as a first professional degree. Students in the M.Arch I
graduate program are urged to begin in the summer; this makes the first
professional degree obtainable in one summer and three academic
years. A Master of Architecture is also offered as a post‐professional
degree (M.Arch II). The degree is offered in a two‐semester program.
While the Master of Architecture graduate program is distinct from the
five year Master of Architecture undergraduate program, both advanced
degree programs share faculty and basic course offerings with the
undergraduate program. The students in the Master’s Programs at the
graduate level remain integral with the School, not segregated from it.
Both programs prepare the student for the professional degree in
architecture. It is important that the two groups of students merge
educationally and socially, allowing the strengths of each group to benefit
the other.
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE I PROGRAM (UNDERGRADUATE)
The Master of Architecture I undergraduate program is structured with
required courses and electives to give students a thorough professional
preparation, including opportunities for study in the liberal arts and
advanced studies in architecture. In addition to the university
requirement of English, first-year courses include the required study of
design, introductory architectural analysis, technology, and structures.
First-year electives allow students, according to their individual needs
and interests, to supplement their background in physics or calculus, to
start foreign language study, to broaden their skill in the arts, or to
choose any other subject area from among over forty offered throughout
the university's undergraduate divisions.