Master of Architecture/Master of Urban Planning
The expanding field of urban design has increased the demand for the dual master of architecture/master of urban planning degree. The dual degree offers a unique opportunity for students to pursue graduate education for professional certification in both fields. Students seeking dual degrees take joint studios offered by Professors Hiro Hata, Robert Shibley, or Ernest Sternberg. In these studios, graduate students from both architecture and planning engage in projects using regional cities and towns as learning laboratory sites. Students develop proposals for change in collaboration with the constituencies of the learning lab sites. In the process, students learn about planning, architecture, and intervention in an integrated fashion.
Curriculum effective Fall 2009
Curriculum prior to Fall 2009
Students who hold a four-year preprofessional degree in architecture are eligible for Program A, which permits them to earn the degrees of master of architecture and master of urban planning in three years. Students who hold a bachelor’s degree in an unrelated field are eligible for Program B, which permits them to earn the master of architecture (M.Arch.) and master of urban planning (M.U.P.) in four and one-half years. Interested students should apply to both the Department of Architecture and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning.
For admission requirements and procedures, see Admissions.
