The Master of Architecture (44) professional degree program (NAAB accredited) seeks to prepare graduates to enter the profession of architecture by stimulating the growth of technical knowledge and design creativity. It fosters the refinement of design skills acquired in undergraduate programs, also by offering a broad exposure to professional issues and knowledge.

Students in the M.Arch program must earn at least a total of 44 credit hours, 32 from core courses and 12 from elective courses.

The program is offered both on the Kent campus (with an emphasis on building design and theory) and at the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative in downtown Cleveland (with an emphasis on Urban Design) [www.cudc.kent.edu].

Visiting Critics for 2005 have been the partners of LTL (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis), New York [www.ltlarchitects.com].

The program is also offered with a Study Abroad Option, with a first Fall semester based in Florence (Italy) at KSU facility Palazzo Cerchi.

http://www.caed.kent.edu/Academic/Int/Int-grad/Int-grad.html

Financial Aid (Tuition Waiver & Graduate/Teaching Assistantship) is available, particularly with the Study Abroad Option.

The core courses, with an emphasis in Building Design & Professional Practice, are:

• Graduate Design Studio I
• Theory of Architecture
• Project Programming
• Graduate Design Studio III (the capstone "Master's Project")
• Real Estate & Development
• Leadership & Ethics
• Contract & Planning Law
• Office & Financial Management
• Workshops in Professional Practice
  

The elective courses may be selected in concentration areas of choice, such as:

• Design Theory
• Preservation
• Urban Design
• Building Technology
• Green Architecture
• Building Management