This program allows eligible students enrolled in the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA), Bachelor of Architecture (B Arch) or Sustainable Built Environments (SBE) degree programs to begin working toward a professional degree, a Master of Architecture (M Arch), as early as the third or fourth year. The M Arch can usually be completed within two semesters of attaining the B Arch degree and within five semesters of attaining the SBE degree.
Subsequent to being admitted to the Accelerated Master's Program, BLA, B Arch, and SBE students in their third or fourth years begin to take graduate courses in the M Arch program curriculum. Twelve of the graduate units earned may be used to count toward both degrees. Additional credit taken may satisfy core competencies for Advance Standing with approval and A or B grades earned.
The School of Architecture is devoted to a professional education with a sensibility honed by the conditions of an extreme climate. In our Sonoran Desert setting we teach students to design for extreme conditions in accordance with principles of sustainability. Students and researchers then build on that knowledge in application to other climates.
Our students learn by doing. From building and breaking model structures to develop an understanding of building physics to design-build studios in which students build furniture, shelters, and small buildings, learners thrive in this hands-on environment. Students grow in ways that prepare them for the later challenges of professional practice in an ever-changing built environment.
Career paths our graduates have taken include:
College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture
University of Arizona - Main - Tucson
This is an Accelerated Master's Program (AMP).
The Graduate College offers exceptional undergraduate students in selected majors the opportunity to earn both a bachelor's degree and master's degree in as few as 5 years. The Accelerated Master's Program (AMP) is for the top undergraduates in participating majors who plan to continue in a graduate program in the same, or closely related, UA discipline.
Programs will select from among a qualified pool, based on the following criteria. Individual programs may have more stringent or additional requirements:
Student should meet with Gradaute Programs Coordinator to determine eligibility and obtain program application code to begin application.
Minimum TOEFL: 79
Minimum IELTS: 7
Required test(s): N/A
Required GRE Subject tests: N/A
Recommended tests: N/A
Recommended GRE Subject tests: N/A
Minimum GRE Verbal: N/A
Minimum GRE Quantitative: N/A
Minumum GRE Written: N/A
Minimum GMAT: N/A
Minimum MAT: N/A
Financial aid is available to qualified students based on the program, by review of portfolio, supplemental application materials, merit, and financial need. Many of our students receive some form of financial aid excluding loans.
NOTE: funding may be offered upon entry to the Master Level program after completing an AMP approved Bachelorette degree.
Applicants are eligible to apply for federal financial aid through Free Application Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Please visit the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid (https://financialaid.arizona.edu) for more information.
At least two semesters prior to completion of Baccalaureate degree completion.
International applicants may be considered for conditional admission to this program at the department's discretion.
4832
62
Minimum credits: 62 (M Arch II) - (*=courses required for M Arch II)
94 (M Arch III)
Immersion Studios:
ARC 510a Immersion Studio I: Space + Composition, (4 units) [AMP]
ARC 540a Design Communications I, (3 units) [AMP]
Core Coursework/Studios:
ARC 510b Immersion Studio II: Tectonic (6 units)
ARC 521a Integrated Technologies I (3 units)
ARC 531 History + Theory I (4 units) [AMP]
ARC 540b Design Communications 2 (3 units)
ARC 510c Immersion Studio III: Land Ethic (6 units)
ARC 526 Site Analysis & Planning (3 units)
ARC 521b Integrated Technologies II (3 units)
ARC 527 Architectural Programming (2 units)
ARC 532 History + Theory II (2 units) [AMP, Advance Standing]
ARC 510d Comprehensive Studio 1: Dwelling or Institutional (6 units)
ARC 521c, Integrated Technologies III (3 units)
ARC 533 History + Theory III (4 units) [AMP, Advance Standing]
ARC 540c Design Communications 3 (3 units)
ARC 510e Comprehensive Studio 2: Assembly (6 units)
ARC 521d Integrated Technologies IV (3 units)
ARC 541 Contract Documents (3 units)
ARC 510f Options Studio II (6 units)
ARC 909 Master’s Project Prep (3 units)
ARC 909 Master’s Project (6 units)
ARC 550c Ethics and Practice (4 units)
Upon admission to the program, students may demonstrate competency through coursework in an undergraduate related degree such as a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA), Bachelor of Architectural Engineering or Bachelor of Arts or Science in Architecture (BA or BS Arch) or Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch). Courses can be reviewed for comparative competencies in one of our master level courses by reviewing samples of work, projects or references along with passing scores of A or B.
History + Theory: Technical Elective (3 units)
Integrated Technologies: Technical Elective (3 units)
Graduate Level Elective (3 courses = to 9 credit hours)
Suggested Electives:
ARC 561d Computer Energy Analysis
ARC 561i Materials: Properties + Tests
ARC 571n Arid Region Urbanism: Arizona/Sonora
ARC 593 Internship (1-3 units, up to 6 units may apply towards elective requirements)
ARC 596b (H/T Elective) The Architecture of International Exposition: Envisioning Healthy Designs for Expo 2027
ARC 596b (H/T Elective) Contemporary Urbanity and Public Space
ARC 597a Research Methods (LAR/PLG 597a)
ARC 597b Special Topics in Architecture Environmental Science Laboratory
ARC 597d Practice Elective: Reading Architecture
ARC 597k The Portfolio: Advanced Graphics, Presentation, Layout and Design
ARC 561a Water Efficiency in Buildings
ARC 597b (001) Health and Wellbeing in the Built Environment
ARC 596d Social Behavioral Issues in Built Environments
ARC 596b (002) (H/T Elective) Trans Journal
ARC 535 Forms of Critical Inquiry and Expression
ARC 599 Independent Study (1-9 units may be taken as Independent Study, to apply towards elective requirements)
(Courses are subject to title/topic changes each semester)
Electives may be taken in various fields with faculty advisor permission.
Students are recommended to have completed a minimum math/science level of:
College Algebra & Trigonometry
&
Introductory Physics (with Lab is preferred).
Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.
This is an Accelerated Master's Program (AMP).
The Graduate College offers exceptional undergraduate students in selected majors the opportunity to earn both a bachelor's degree and master's degree in as few as 5 years. The Accelerated Master's Program is for the top undergraduates in participating majors who plan to continue in a graduate program in the same, or closely related, UA discipline.
Programs will select from among a qualified pool, based on the following criteria. Individual programs may have more stringent or additional requirements: