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 Science, Architecture (MS Arch), as early as the third or fourth year. The MS 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 MS 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
Arizona International Microcampus - Lima - UPC
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. Students should scehdule an appoiuntment with thier undergradaute advisor for more information on how to apply.
International applicants may be considered for conditional admission to this program at the department's discretion.
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Core Coursework/Studios (21 credit hours):
ARC 601 Graduate Research Studio (6 units)
SBE 580 Research Methods Seminar (3 units) [AMP]
ARC 900 Research Seminar (3 units)
ARC 909|910 Master’s Report or Thesis (9 units)
Upon admission to the program, students may demonstrate competency through coursework in another graduate program and may transfer up to 12 units of course work with approval and course equivalence.
Core Electives (2 required courses = to 6 credit hours)
Any 2 electives may be applied as AMP credit.
Core Electives are determined by consultation with faculty advisor to emphasis student’s concentration in:
Graduate Electives (3 required courses = 9 credit hours)
Additional graduate electives are determined by consultation with faculty advisor to assist in skill development or support student’s research studies.
Suggested Core Electives (May be taken to fulfill Graduate Electives):
ARC 561d Computer Energy Analysis (DEC)
ARC 561p Environmental Science Technologies (DEC)
ARC 561i Materials: Properties + Tests (EBT)
ARC 596d Special Topics: Daylighting, Health and Behavior (HBE)
ARC 571f Introduction to the Conservation of Cultural Resources (HC)
ARC 597b Special Topics: Sustainable Urban Design (UD)
LAR 570 Introduction to GIS for Planning & Landscape Architecture (UD)
ARC 540c Design Communications (UD,EBT,HBE,DEC)
ARC 561e Sustainable Design & the LEED Initiative (DEC)
ARC 561q Special Topics in Architectural Research (DEC)
ARC 561l Materials Modeling (EBT)
ARC 597b Special Topics: Health and Wellbeing in the Built Environment (HBE)
ARC 596d Special Topics: Social Behavioral Issues in Built Environments (HBE)
ARC 597j Documentation and Interpretation of the Historic Built Environment (HC)
ARC 561a Water Efficiency in Buildings (DEC)
PLG 508 Planning for Urban Resilience (UD)
PLG 573 Transportation and Society (UD)
PLG 595a Geo Design Linkages (UD)
ARC 531f Biomimetics (UD,EBT,DEC)
ARC 521b Integrated Technologies II (Environmental Parametrics) – (UD,EBT,DEC)
ARC 561k Energy and the Environment (DEC)
ARC 561l Energy Use in Buildings (DEC)
ARC 597c Materials Conservation (HC)
RED 501 Introduction to Real Estate Finance (UD)
SBE 5XX Social Foundations of Sustainability (SMT)
SBE 5XX Innovation, Design & Society (SMT)
Additional Suggested Electives:
ARC 535 Forms of Critical Inquiry and Expression
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 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 may be required to interview with faculty prior to admission.
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: