M.Arch Curriculum Display - Tulane School of Architecture

REVISED CURRICULUM – 03.26.12
Clarifications WR – 4.17.13
M.Arch: Undergraduate Professional Degree Program
Year 1 Fall Spring
DSGN 1100 Architecture Studio 4 DSGN 1200 Architecture Studio 4
AVSM 1110 Visual Media 2 ADGM 1200 Digital Media I 2
AHST 1110 Intro to Architecture 3 Non-Lab Science+ 3
English 1010 (must complete first year) 4 Quantitative Reasoning++ 3-4
TIDES (must complete first year) 1 Foreign Language 3-4
Foreign Language 3-4
Total: 17-18 Total: 15-17
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Year 2 Fall Spring
DSGN 2100 Architecture Studio 6 DSGN 2200 Architecture Studio 6
ADGM 3100 Digital Media II (satisfies fine arts req.) 3 ADGM 3200 Digital Media III (satisfies fine arts req.) 3
AHST 3010 Hist/Theory of Arch & Urb I (fine arts req.) 3 AHST 3020 Hist/Theory of Arch & Urb II (fine arts req.) 3
ATCS 3010 Site Strategies 3 ATCS 3020 Materials and Methods 3
Lab Science – PHYS 1050 Physics for Architects+ 3-4 ATCS 3030 Building, Climate and Comfort 4
Semester Total: 19 Semester Total: 19
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Year 3 Fall Spring
DSGN 3100 Architecture Studio 6 DSGN 3200 Comprehensive Studio 6
AHST 3030 Hist/Theory of Arch & Urb III (fine arts req) 3 ATCS 4020 Integrated Building Systems 4
ATCS 4010 Structural Systems 4 APFC 4200 Professional Concerns II: BIM 3
APFC 4100 Professional Concerns I 3 University Elective 3
Social Science+++ 3
Semester Total: 19 Semester Total: 16
Year 4 Fall Spring
DSGN 4100 Architecture Studio - Options 6 DSGN 4200 Architecture Studio - Options 6
Architecture Elective 3 AHST Advanced History/Theory Elective 3
Social Science+++ 3 Architecture Elective 3
University Elective 3 Humanities++++ 3
University Elective 3
Semester Total: 18 Semester Total: 15
Summer Study Abroad Option
Year 5 Fall Spring
DSGN 5100 Architecture Studio - Options 6 DSGN 5200 Thesis Studio 6
AHST 5110 Thesis Research 3 Architecture Thesis Support Elective 3
Architecture Elective 3 Architecture Elective 3
University Elective 3 University Elective 3
Semester Total: 15 Semester Total: 15
Total 168-171
Architecture Courses Total 123
Courses without Architecture Content 45-47
NAAB requires 168 total hours
NAAB requires 30 hours of graduate level courses in professional studies and electives
NAAB requires 45 hours to be taken in courses without architectural content
Two internships required during the program.
*Note that University Core & Elective Courses, with the exception of TIDES and English Composition, may be completed at
any time during the student’s curriculum.
**To satisfy the Writing Intensive Newcomb-Tulane Core Requirement students must take at least one course that contains a
Writing Intensive component prior to the beginning of Fifth Year. Students must also satisfy the Perspectives requirement
housed under the Cultural Knowledge component of the core by completing one course from the approved list of courses from
the “Western Tradition” and with one course from either the approved “Outside the Western Tradition” or “Comparative
Cultures and International Perspectives” lists.

+ PHYS 1050 satisfies the laboratory science distribution under the Scientific Inquiry component of the core curriculum. In
addition to the four credit laboratory science, students must take an additional course (three credit hours minimum) in any of
the following disciplines: Astronomy, Cell and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science, Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Physics, Psychology.
++Students may satisfy the Quantitative Reasoning requirement by taking either MATH 1150: Long Calculus I, MATH 1210:
Calculus I, or MATH 1310: Consolidated Calculus depending on their previous coursework. Students are encouraged to
consult with their advisor to determine the most appropriate course for them.
+++Courses offered in the following disciplines satisfy the Social Science distribution: Anthropology, Economics, Gender and
Sexuality Studies, History, International Development, Latin American Studies, Political Economy, Political Science, Public
Health (only SPHU 1010 and SPHU 1020), Sociology. Students must complete six credit hours in the Social Sciences.
++++ Courses offered in the following disciplines satisfy the Humanities distribution: Arabic, Architectural Urban Studies,
Chinese, Classical Studies, Communication, English, French, German, Haitian, Italian, Japanese, Jewish Studies, Latin,
Literature, Philosophy, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. Students must complete three hours in the Humanities.
Students may not apply language courses to both the Foreign Language requirement and the Humanities requirement.
Language instruction courses can apply to the Humanities distribution after the proficiency requirement has been met.