NAAB Architecture Program Report (APR) 2013 - Tulane School of ...

Tulane UniversityArchitecture Program ReportSeptember 2013Master of Architecture Degree, Advanced Standing: (MArch I; 2-year) graduate programpre-requisite degree: 4-year, pre-professional degree in architecturetotal number of credits: 62Note: The following is a typical curriculum for graduate students with an undergraduate pre-professional degree in architecture. Specificcourses required may vary based on assessment of individual student’s previous course work by the program.Year 1 Fall SpringDSGN 4100 Architecture Studio Option 6 DSGN 3200 Comprehensive Studio 6ADGM 3200 Digital Media III 3 ATCS 6150 Integrated Build’g Systems 4AHST 6630 Hist/Theory of Arch & Urb III 3 APFC 4200 Prof. Concerns II: BIM 3ATCS 6140 Structural Systems 4 AHST Adv History/Theory Elective 3Semester Total: 16 Semester Total: 16Year 2 Fall SpringDSGN 5100 Architecture Studio Option 6 DSGN 5200 Thesis or Options Studio* 6AHST 5110 Thesis Research or Arch. 3 Thesis Support or Arch. Elective* 3Elective*APFC 6161 Professional Concerns I** 3 AHST Adv History/Theory Elective 3Architecture Elective 3 Architecture Elective 3Semester Total: 15 Semester Total: 15Total 62*The 9-ch thesis program (comprised of AHST 5110 Thesis Research-3ch and DSGN 5200 Thesis Studio-6ch) is optionalfor Graduate students. A Graduate student may instead choose to take an additional 3-ch Architecture Elective and 6-chOption Studio in their final year.**Graduate students who choose to participate in the Fall Rome Program (or other Study Abroad) in their final year mustplan to take APFC 6161 Professional Concerns I earlier in the program, in discussion with the Director of the GraduateProgram.One internship or study abroad required during the program.Minors or Concentrations students may elect to pursueStudents in the 5-year Master of Architecture undergraduate degree program may pursue a wide arrayof minors from across the varied disciplines and departments in the University. In recent years, ourundergraduate students have double majored or minored in some of the following disciplines: UrbanStudies, Jewish Studies, Legal Studies, History, Business, and Film Studies. We anticipate that a newminor in Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (SISE), a multi-disciplinary program housedwithin the School of Architecture, will in the coming years become another popular allied field of study.We are also in the planning phases for implementing and undergraduate minor in Preservation Studies.Graduate students in the 3.5- or 2-year MArch program may elect to take a Certificate in PreservationStudies.65