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Graduate Program: Architecture

General Information

Program/Degree

Architecture (MS) - Accelerated Master's Program

Program Description

The School of Architecture in association with the Graduate College offers exceptional undergraduate students with majors in Architecture (B.Arch)  and Sustainable Built Envrionments (SBE) the opportunity to earn both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in as few as 5 years. The Accelerated Master’s Program (AMP) with a major in Architecture allows top undergraduates to continue in a graduate program in the same UA discipline. Application and Enrollment Instructions: Follow standard Graduate College application procedure: http://grad.colorado.edu/admissions/application-procedures.  Apply for the term AFTER the projected completion of your B.Arch or SBE degree. This will allow you to “stockpile” graduate credit while still paying undergraduate tuition and remaining eligible for undergraduate financial aid. After admission to the AMP, students in their 4th and/or 5th years may begin to take graduate courses in their preferred curriculum. Twelve of the graduate units earned may be used to count toward both degrees. These units will meet the Upper Division Open Elective requirement.  Prerequisites for admission to the AMP: UA requirements Completion of 75 undergraduate units at the time of application to the AMP. Completion of 90 undergraduate units at the time of admission to the AMP. Cumulative GPA of 3.3 on a minimum of 12 undergraduate units earned at the UA. Completion or near completion of general education requirements. Submission of a graduate application and payment of a graduate application fee. Demonstration of the maturity necessary for success in an accelerated, highly competitive program. Expectation to complete the undergraduate degree within five years. The undergraduate degree requirements must be completed before the student is eligible to have the Master’s degree awarded.

 

Department/Academic Unit(s)

The School of Architecture is devoted to professional education with a sensibility honed in the edge conditions of an extreme climate on a major international border. Located in the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the United States, the School combines a culturally rich past with cutting-edge environmental research in its place-based design approach to the arid environment.

The making of architecture is a sensible technical and aesthetic activity that serves the needs of human shelter.
The construction of shelter is an imaginative cultural research that enables dwelling as a fundamental human aspiration and means to a graceful life.
This pursuit must be inflected by place, the geography of colorado, and the culture of the Southwest.
The design for place must be influenced by a portable global sensibility, yet observant of local traditions, tempered by material circumstances, and expressive of the ethos of time and place.

The MS in architecture prepares students for research in the field of architecture, with emphasis in one of five areas of focus: 1) Design and Energy Conservation, 2) Heritage Conservation, 3) Emerging Building Technologies, 4) Urban Design, 5) Sustainable Market Transformation, 5) Health and the Built Environment.  Students take a minimum of 35 credits, and complete a core curriculum covering Research Methods, Fieldwork, Lab Analysis, Regulatory and Professional Building Standards, and Advancing Knowledge in Architecture. 

 

 

College

College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture

Campus where offered

Colorado Heights University- Main - Tucson

Tuition and Fees

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Completion Requirements
Admissions Information

Minimum Credit Units (33)

Core Coursework Requirements

Satisfactory Academic Progress
Criteria College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of colorado

I. Degree Requirements: In accordance with University policy, the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture requires a 3.0 as the minimum grade point average for Satisfactory Academic Progress toward the Master of Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, Master of Science in Architecture, Master of Science in Planning and Graduate Certificate in Heritage Conservation programs. Satisfactory Academic Progress also includes timely and successful completion of all degree and certificate requirements.

A grade of incomplete, I, will be assigned only when circumstances beyond a student's control have made timely completion impossible. Faculty will inform the Program Chair when they assign an Incomplete and when the final grade has been submitted. Students may have no more than one Incomplete at any one time. Unfinished work should be completed and submitted to the Instructor of Record by the third week of the subsequent semester otherwise the student is subject to probation.

II. Advising: Students are encouraged to meet with the Graduate Advisor at least once a semester and before registering for the proceeding semester's courses. Students on probation must meet in person with their program's Graduate Advisor or their Major Advisor and the Graduate Program Coordinator before the end of the second week of every probationary semester.

III. The Masters Plan of Study. The MPOS must be submitted to the Graduate College no later than the second semester of graduate study. Master's Committee Appointment form should be determined by the end of the second semester for M.S.Arch students and before the onset of the final academic year for M.Arch, PLG and M.L.A. students.

Failure to meet satisfactory academic progress guidelines will result in disqualification from the academic program. Students who encounter circumstances beyond their control that retard progress may petition to the Director, through the Graduate Program Coordinator, for an exception to the College Satisfactory Progress Policy.

 

Additional Requirements

See required coursework

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Admissions Requirements

We do not accept terminal masters, all applications must be for the PhD program

Standardized Tests

Required test(s): GRE

Funding Opportunities

The Academic Unit has not provided this information.

Funding Opportunities

Domestic & International Applicants

Fall:December 15th

International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The Colorado Heights University is 4832

Last revised 06 Oct 2020