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Dec 23, 2024
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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Architecture (M.Arch.)
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Program Coordinator/Contact
Brian Lee, Architecture Program Coordinator
School of Design
Chicoine Architecture, Mathematics and Engineering Hall 378, Box 2225
605-688-4841
Program Information
The Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) program prepares professional leaders with specialized knowledge and skills to meet the nation’s needs in design, build, and education. The aim of the program is to prepare architecture majors to practice in a full range of contexts and settings.
The Master of Architecture degree is comprised of a 48 credit hour, four semester graduate curriculum which rounds out the department’s seven semester NAAB accreditation candidate professional program. (See department website (www.sdstate.edu/arch/) for NAAB Professional Program details.)
Student Learning Outcomes
- Research: Understand the theoretical and applied research methodologies and practices used during the design process.
- Project Implementation: Demonstrate the skills associated with making integrated decisions across multiple systems and variables in the completion of a design project. This demonstration includes problem identification, setting evaluative criteria, analyzing solutions, and predicting the effectiveness of implementation.
- Integrative Decision-Making: Be able to make design decisions within a complex architectural project while demonstrating broad integration and consideration of environmental stewardship, technical documentation, accessibility, site conditions, life safety, environmental systems, structural systems, and building envelope systems and assemblies.
- Mediated Practices: Use a diverse range of mediated practices to think about and convey architectural ideas, including writing, investigating, speaking, drawing, and modeling.
- Ethics: Understand the ethical issues involved in the exercise of professional judgment in architectural design and practice and understanding the role of the NCARB Rules of Conduct and the AIA Code of Ethics in defining professional conduct.
- Team Building: Understand the methods for selecting consultants and assembling teams; identifying work plans, project schedules, and time requirements; and recommending project delivery methods.
Course Delivery Format
The curriculum is interactive, haptic and performance based, offering problem solving experiences in all major areas of professional practice.
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Available Options for Graduate Degrees
Master of Architecture |
Option C - Coursework Only |
48 Credit Hours |
Total Required Credits: 48 (Option C)
Additional Admission Requirements
GRE: Not required
TOEFL: Score of 525 paper-based, 71 Internet-based
IELTS: 6.0
Duolingo: 100
Students may be admitted fully or provisionally. Students provisionally admitted with insufficient graphic capacity may be required to take fundamental drawing and / or design courses the fall semester before beginning professional study.
General Requirements
Graduate students should consult with their advisor before registering for graduate coursework.
For additional information refer to the Master’s Degree Requirements .
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