First-Professional degree in Master of Architecture I at Yale University

 

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First-Professional Degree in Master of Architecture I at Yale University

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Master of Architecture I

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The Master of Architecture I curriculum provides a disciplined approach to the fundamentals of architecture in a setting that ensures the flexibility and latitude necessary for students to develop their individual talents and skills.

In the United States, most state architectural boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The School’s Master of Architecture program is fully accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit U.S. professional degree programs in architecture.

The M.Arch. I program is for students holding undergraduate liberal arts degrees, such as a B.A. or B.S., who seek their first professional architectural degree. This program requires a three-year (six-term), full-time in residence program, although in exceptional cases, advanced standing may be granted.

Entering students, with a sound liberal arts background assumed, are required to follow a curriculum in which their creative powers are stimulated through a sequence of problem-solving exercises involving basic and architectural design, building technology, free-hand and computer-assisted drawing, and an introduction to design methodologies, as well as courses in architectural theory and the planning, design, and development of the urban landscape. Architectural design problems start at limited scale and by the second term progress to an investigation of dwelling. During the second term and until mid-June, a community building project is undertaken, which provides an opportunity for the design of an affordable house as well as the experience of carrying the design through the building process when the class builds a final design. The third term undertakes the design of a public building, and the fourth term is devoted to urbanism.

During the fifth and sixth terms, students, through a lottery system, are at liberty to choose from a variety of advanced studios, many of which are led by the profession’s leading practitioners and theoreticians. With faculty approval, students in their final term may undertake an independent design thesis in lieu of an advanced studio. Students may, if they wish, continue their work for a seventh term by taking an advanced studio and/or elective courses.

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