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2008-2009 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Architecture (M.Arch)

Master of Architecture

The Department of Architecture offers a comprehensive five-year plus curriculum leading to an NAAB-accredited non-Baccalaureate professional Master of Architecture degree. The Master of Architecture program is based firmly upon the complementary foundations of general and architectural education. We emphasize mastery of the knowledge, skills and understandings essential to the artful creation of buildings, spaces and places. The faculty seeks to assure our students extensive exposure to social, political, economic and technological perspectives that will aid them in functioning as effective leaders in a rapidly changing global context.

In emphasizing the architect’s role as a designer of environments that responsibly address individual and societal needs, the professional Master of Architecture curriculum includes a sequence of design studios providing holistic examination of environmental design issues. Courses in history, theory, human behavior, construction, structural and environmental systems, planning, programming, and professional practice compliment students’ work in a carefully orchestrated series of design studios.

Accreditation

The completion of the Master of Architecture degree and a professional internship qualify our graduates to sit for the Architectural Registration Examination administered by each American state and territory to candidates who wish to become architects.

“In the United States, most state registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit U.S. professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted a 6-year, 3-year, or 2-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.

Master’s degree programs may consist of a preprofessional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree that, when earned sequentially, constitute an accredited professional education. However, the preprofessional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.”— 2004 NAAB Conditions and Procedures for Professional Degree Programs in Architecture

Special activities and programs

Because the faculty believes students benefit from direct contact with environments from which vital insights can be gained, a diverse spectrum of field study opportunities is woven throughout the curriculum. 

Short, carefully structured visits to cities in Kansas and nearby states during the first year of study introduce students to techniques of urban and architectural analysis and extend the range of their experience. Longer trips are taken in subsequent years. Second year students often travel to Dallas; third year students travel to Chicago, Los Angeles or other major U.S. cities. Led by faculty, students visit leading architectural firms, contemporary and historical buildings of importance, and examine critical urban design features. Design studio projects are often located in the city visited, so the trips are also site visits, which provide opportunities for detailed urban analysis. Fourth-year students have access to extended elective field study opportunities including the 30-week Architectural Internship program and semester-long foreign study programs in Italy, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany or other countries. 

Architectural internship and foreign study students return with renewed purpose and fresh insights to share with fellow students and faculty during their final year of study for the Master of Architecture degree. During this year, students have the opportunity to explore projects in greater depth and detail than in their earlier years. 

Computer requirements

The department recognizes digital technology as a valuable asset in architectural practice and is therefore committed to offering access to a variety of opportunities for students to develop their computer skills and understanding. As part of this commitment, students are required to purchase computer workstations in the summer between their second and third years of study. Computer hardware and software requirements are updated each year.

Environmental design studies curriculum

The curriculum for the first year forms the foundation of the accredited professional programs in architecture, interior architecture and product design, landscape architecture, and regional and community planning.

First semester (16 credit hours)

  • University general education elective (3)
  • DSFN 201 Environmental Design Studio I (4)
  • MATH 100 College Algebra (3)
  • ENVD 250 History of the Designed Environment I (3)
  • DSFN 203 Survey of the Design Professions (1)
  • SPCH 105 Public Speaking IA (2)

Second semester (15 credit hours)

  • DSFN 202 Environmental Design Studio II (4)
  • PHYS 115 Descriptive Physics (5)
  • ENVD 251 History of the Designed Environment II (3)
  • ENGL 100 Expository Writing I (3)

Architecture curriculum

Supplemental study
Distributed electives***

Third semester (17 credit hours)

  • University general education elective* (3)
  • ARCH 302 Architectural Design Studio I (5)
  • ARCH 248 Building Science (3)
  • ARCH 348 Structural Systems in Architecture I (3)
  • ARCH 350 History of Designed Environment III (3)

Supplemental study

  • Distributed electives*** (6)

Fourth semester (18 credit hours)

  • ARCH 304 Architectural Design Studio II (5)
  • ARCH 325 Environmental Design and Society (3)
  • ARCH 413 Environmental Systems in Architecture I (4)
  • ARCH 449 Structural Systems in Architecture II (3)
  • ENGL 200 Expository Writing 2 (3)

Fifth semester (17 credit hours)

  • ARCH 403 Architectural Design Studio III (5)
  • ARCH 433 Building Construction Systems in Arch (3)
  • ARCH 452 Structural Systems in Architecture III (3)
  • ARCH 472 Computing in Architecture (3)
  • University general education elective*

Sixth semester (17 credit hours)

  • ARCH 404 Architectural Design Studio IV (5)
  • ARCH 453 Structural Systems in Architecture IV (3)
  • University general education elective*

Seventh semester (17 credit hours)

  • Planning elective** (3)
  • University general ed. elective (300 level and above)* (3)

Eighth semester (14 credit hours)

Select from the following groups.

  • Professional support electives**(9)

Or

Ninth semester (16 credit hours)

  • Architecture seminar** (3)
  • Architecture seminar** (3)
  • Professional support elective** (3)

Tenth semester (17 credit hours)

  • Architecture seminar** (3)
  • Professional support elective** (3)
  • University general education elective (300 level and above)** (3)

Notes

*A minimum of 18 university general education (UGE) elective credits must be taken, of which at least 6 must be in courses numbered 300 or above. Of these 18 UGE credits, 3 credits may be taken within the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design. None, however, can be in a student’s major field. No more than two UGE courses may be taken in a single discipline. UGE courses must be taken at K-State, but transfer credits may reduce the number of lower-level UGE courses required; see sliding scale available at http://www.k-state.edu/uge/aboutuge/policies.htm#transcredit . Students who participate in study abroad programs approved by K-State will meet UGE credit at the 300 level upon successful completion of the program. See all relevant UGE policies at http://www.k-state.edu/uge/aboutuge/policies.htm.

**The M.Arch degree requires 27 hours of professional support electives. Of these 27 credits, at least 3 hours must be planning elective credits, and at least 9 hours must be architecture seminar credits as defined in the advising handbook. In addition, 9 of the 27 credits must be taken in support of the student’s area of concentration as defined in the advising handbook. These 9 hours may include credits taken to fulfill the planning and seminar requirements.

***Distributed electives must be taken outside the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design. They may be taken any time prior to or during the architecture program and may include KSU approved AP, IB, CLEP and transfer credits.

The 800 level courses and the electives courses listed in Bold type in the 5th year represent those hours required within the Graduate program.


Total hours required for graduation (170)

Application Procedures

Students are normally admitted to Master of Architecture program as undergraduate students in the College of Architecture Planning and Design (CAPD); they then apply for admission to the graduate school in their third year. Applicants to the graduate school for the M. ARCH degree must have completed ENG 200 for regular admission. Those who have not completed ENG 200 will be admitted provisionally and cannot take courses for graduate credit until they make up the deficiency. Information for prospective CAPD students is available in the Undergraduate Catalog and the college website.