Frankly I am a bit confused by the degree programs. I see that many schools offer a 5 year B Arch professional degree for students entering college. However a few such as Tulane offer a 5 year M Arch degree for students in the same situation.
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Would Tulane's program be a more accelerated one, with a higher level of competence, than say a B Arch program at Cornell?
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No -- You would need to carefully compare the two curricula and not just look at the degree title.
If you visit - www.naab.org -- you can search a list of all accredited programs by the type of degree. Many schools offer the BArch, but just as many offer the MArch.
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Would Tulane's program be a more accelerated one, with a higher level of competence, than say a B Arch program at Cornell?
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No -- You would need to carefully compare the two curricula and not just look at the degree title.
A few years ago, NAAB, the accredited agency determined that they should not dictate the degree nomenclature, but rather leave that to the school. For this reason, many schools changed from a 5 year BArch to a 5 or 5+ year MArch. On the surface, they may be the same, but some schools now offer a degree (preprofessional) prior to the accredited degree. For example a 4 year BS in Architecture. This provides an opportunity for the student to leave after four years and also for the school not to admit the student for the graduate program.
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And one more question if I may: Do architecture firms regard students graduating with a B Arch 5 year degree similarly to another graduate with a 4 year undergrad degree and M Arch grad degree?
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Ultimately, firms want to know what the graduate can do regardless of the degree however, the firm may have a preference based on the degree of the firm's principal. If I have a BArch, I may prefer a graduate with a BArch or vice versa.
Needless to say, it is confusing to understand it all.
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can someone give me a list of the schools which offer the 5 year MArch degree? I know there are 12.
Texas Tech
Kansas State University offers it.
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Master of Architecture – Undergraduate/5 Years
Drury University
Judson University
Kansas State University
Kansas, University of
Montana State University
Tulane University
Wentworth Institute of Technology
is architecture ever going to become a four year course?its just heard.........
I'm in a 5 year MArch program at Norwich University in VT. It's an intense program. You received a B.S. after 4 years and then "reapply" to the Master's Program (and might not get in!) A difficult path with very little wiggle room in the curriculum. I'm looking for a school that will accept my credits from Norwich University in full! I will not accept having to "re-do" any semesters! Can anyone help?
Morgan State University offers a 5-year Master's Degree option.
Hampton Univesity Offers a 5.5 year Master of Architecture degree. They changed it from the 5-year Bachelor's in 2007.
California Baptist University also offers a 5 year, Single Institution, M. Arch degree. They offer a 4 year B.A. in Architecture degree for those who either choose to leave after 4 years to pursue grad school elsewhere, or who do not qualify to continue on to the graduate year.
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