The curriculum for this professional degree program overlaps the B.Arch. program in an accelerated manner. It features a distinct individualized pedagogical core through an advanced history and theory course sequence. On average, this degree is completed in three and a half years (one summer plus three academic years). The program provides a balanced education in architectural design, history, theory, and technology. It centers on the design studio where projects address a multitude of design issues through multiple strategies ranging from the design of carefully crafted objects to architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design.

The M.Arch.I program interconnects the important elements of design, history and theory, technology and building science, and computing. The School of Architecture offers many professional electives and topic offerings in areas such as

• architectural and urban history and theory
• technology and computing
• community design
• practice
• architectural lighting
• architectural acoustics
• built ecologies and sustainable design
• computational design
• building integrated technologies

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