Master of Architecture

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Required Subjects
4.105	Cultures of Form	9
4.123	Architectural Assemblies	9
4.151	Architecture Design Core Studio I	21
4.152	Architecture Design Core Studio II	21
4.153	Architecture Design Core Studio III	21
4.154	Architecture Design Option Studio 1	63
4.210	Positions: Cultivating Critical Practice	9
4.222	Professional Practice	6
4.462	Introduction to Structural Design	9
4.463	Building Technology Systems: Structures and Envelopes	9
4.464[J]	Environmental Technologies in Buildings	9
4.645	Selected Topics in Architecture: 1750 to the Present	9
Restricted Electives
Choose one of the following Computation subjects:		9-12
4.117	Creative Computation
4.511	Tiny Fab: Advancements in Rapid Design and Fabrication of Small Homes
4.521	Visual Computing
4.567	Introduction to Building Information Modeling in Architecture
Choose one of the following History, Theory, and Criticism subjects:		9-12
4.241[J]	The Making of Cities
4.607	Thinking About Architecture: In History and At Present
4.612	Islamic Architecture and the Environment
4.621	Orientalism, Colonialism, and Representation
4.647	Technopolitics, Culture, Intervention
4.652	Modern Art and Mass Culture
Program Area Electives 2
One Art, Culture, and Technology subject		9-12
One Computation subject		9-12
One History, Theory, and Criticism subject		9-12
One Urbanism subject		9-12
Elective Subjects		24
Choose any graduate-level subjects offered by the Department of Architecture 3
Thesis
4.189	Preparation for MArch Thesis	9
4.THG	Graduate Thesis	24-48
Total Units		306-348


1	Students take this three times for a total of 63 units.
2	Students must choose graduate-level subjects.
3	Subjects used to fulfill other program requirements cannot count toward the Elective Subjects requirement.