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School of Architecture & Community Design

Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app College of Design, Art & Performance

Undergraduate Study: Pre-Architecture

While the Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app School of Architecture & Community Design (SACD) only offers graduate degrees, undergraduate students may apply to  the Master of Architecture program before earning a bachelor's degree. The Pre-Architecture area of study is designed to prepare undergraduate students with the foundation necessary for graduate-level architecture study and research work.

Note: SACD does not award bachelor's degrees. Rather, students electing this pre-architecture track of study will hold "undergraduate" status for their first 120 college credit hours and "graduate" status for the remaining credit hours required to complete the master's degree program. The tuition for graduate-level courses remains the same regardless of student status.

For non-baccalaureate degree-holding students, the school's professional program requires a minimum of 168 credit hours of undergraduate and graduate work, leading to the professional Master of Architecture degree. Before being accepted into the graduate program, students must complete a minimum of 60 credit hours including general education courses, physics, calculus, and architecture prerequisite courses. Having completed these requirements, students will complete the school's 108 credit-hour Master of Architecture program.

For Master of Architecture degree course prerequisites, please see SACD Admission Requirements.

Please email Architecture Advising if you have with any questions.

  • Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Architecture Student presents her master's thesis project during a midterm review panel.

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