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Dec 08, 2025
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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog
Master of Architecture (MARCH) (non-baccalaureate track)
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Our department offers a NAAB-accredited 5-year Master's degree in Architecture (M. ARCH), crafted for high school graduates and transfer students entering with no academic training in design. 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 that our students receive 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 the carefully orchestrated series of design studios.
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Course Requirements
The coursework only option for this program does not require a culminating experience.
First semester: 17 credit hours
Second semester: 15 credit hours
Third semester: 18 credit hours
Fourth semester: 16 credit hours
Supplemental Study: 6 credit hours
- General Studies Electives Credits: 6
Fifth semester: 17 credit hours
Sixth semester: 17 credit hours
Seventh semester: 16 credit hours
Eighth semester: 14 credit hours
Ninth semester: 17 credit hours
Tenth semester: 17 credit hours
Notes
A minimum of twenty-eight (28) general studies elective credits must be in non-architectural studies courses. Courses in addition to any course in communications, history, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, foreign languages, or mathematics will fulfill this requirement. They may be taken in pursuit of a minor. They may be taken any time prior to or during the Architecture program and may include KSU approved AP, IB, CLEP and transfer credit. A maximum of 3 credits of English Language Program courses and a maximum of 3 credits in recreation courses may be used to fulfill general studies requirements. General studies electives may include KSU approved extracurricular work as allowed by university regulations. ** The M.Arch degree requires twenty-seven (27) hours of professional support (PSE) electives, twelve (12) for undergraduate credit and fifteen (15) for graduate credit. Of the undergraduate credits, at least three (3) hours must be planning elective credits; the other nine (9) are usually fulfilled in the 8th semester as part of the 4th year study options. At least nine (9) hours of the graduate level PSE must be architecture seminars. See the M. Arch Handbook for further details. Students may not count more than three (3) total hours of department approved extracurricular PSE credits (such as Oz, NOMAS, Plot Club etc.) toward graduation. PSE credits correspond to optional studies as listed in the 2014 NAAB Conditions for Accreditation. *** Students are encouraged to participate in off-campus study in the 4th year of the program. Alternative study options for ARCH 606 include study abroad or attending the Kansas City Design Center. An optional academic internship program is also available. Students interested in participating in one or more of these options should meet with their academic advisor. Total Hours Required for Master’s: 170
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