Engineering
Advanced Architectural Research Studies (City Design and Housing) (MAARS)
University of Southern California, United States
- Degree
- Master's
Engineering
University of Southern California, United States
The Master of Architecture is a NAAB-accredited professional degree in architectural design for graduates with a non-design bachelor's degree (typically three years) or, with advanced standing, those with a pre-professional architectural studies degree (typically two years).
Duration: 3 years (102 units) or 2 years with advanced standing (64 units) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Six-semester design studio sequence plus history, structures, building systems, professional practice, urbanism and theory, culminating in a Directed Design Research or Thesis option. The 102-unit track has 75 units of specified courses, 19 units of electives and 8 units of research or thesis; the 64-unit advanced standing track has 39 specified units, 17 elective or basic studies units and 8 research or thesis units.
Professional practice in architecture.
A minimum of one semester of college-level physics or calculus is required. Advanced standing requires a four-year architectural studies degree from a U.S. school with an accredited professional architecture program, a regionally accredited U.S. school without one, or an equivalent international program, followed by a course-by-course review after admission.
Duration: 3 years (102 units) or 2 years with advanced standing (64 units)
Engineering
University of Southern California, United States
Engineering
University of Southern California, United States
Engineering
University of Southern California, United States
Engineering
University of Southern California, United States
Engineering
University of Southern California, United States
Engineering
University of Southern California, United States
Engineering
University of Southern California, United States
Engineering
University of Southern California, United States
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