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41 The School of Architecture The School of Architecture The Master of Architecture (M.Arch) The final two semesters are spent on the Notre Professional Degree Dame campus, where students are offered the op- tions of either taking two design studios culminating Dean: The National Architectural Accrediting Board in an independent semester-long terminal design (N.A.A.B.) requires all schools offering professional Michael Lykoudis project in the spring; or doing a year-long thesis degree programs in architecture to publish the fol- project. In either option the student is provided Director of Graduate Studies: lowing statement: with opportunities to design in a variety of scales and Philip Bess contexts in which contemporary architectural issues In the United States, most state registration are explored, on projects that require the student to boards require a degree from an accredited synthesize their academic experience. Telephone: (574) 631-6137 professional degree program as a prerequisite for Fax: (574) 631-8486 licensure. The National Architectural Accredit- The Master of Architectural Design Location: 110 Bond Hall ing Board (N.A.A.B.), which is the sole agency and Urbanism (M.ADU) Post-professional E-mail: [email protected] authorized to accredit US professional degree Degree Web: http://www.nd.edu/~arch programs in architecture, recognizes three types of degrees: the bachelor of architecture, the The two-year master of architectural design and The Program of Studies masters of architecture and the doctor of archi- urbanism post-professional degree is intended for students who already hold an accredited professional The Notre Dame School of Architecture welcomes tecture. A program may be granted a six-year, three-year, or two-year term of accreditation, degree and are seeking to further develop their design all students who meet the entrance requirements and skills and critical thinking in the disciplines of clas- are willing to engage the professional and intellectual depending on its degree of conformance with established educational standards. sical architecture and traditional urban design. The premises of the graduate program's emphases in studio course work is identical to that of the master traditional architecture and urbanism. The School Masters degree programs may consist of a pre- of architecture degree program, with the first year of Architecture currently offers two graduate degrees, professional undergraduate degree and a profes- divided between South Bend and Rome; but with the master of architecture (M.Arch) N.A.A.B.- sional graduate degree, which, when earned more flexibility to take theory seminars, as well as the accredited professional degree, and the master of sequentially, comprise an accredited professional opportunity for an individually-determined thesis or architectural design and urbanism (M.ADU) post- education. However, the pre-professional degree terminal design project in the second year. Although professional degree. Both degrees are four is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited this is a post-professional degree, and although Notre semesters in duration. degree. Dame encourages and accepts applications from for- eign students with professional degrees in their home Beginning in the fall of 2005, the School of Ar- country, applicants should note that the master of ar- chitecture will also begin accepting students into a Notre Dame's two-year master of architecture degree chitectural design and urbanism degree does not per- three-year N.A.A.B.-accredited master of architec- is intended for students entering the University of mit persons lacking an N.A.A.B.-accredited degree ture professional degree program, open to persons Notre Dame with a four-year pre-professional degree to sit for the Architectural Registration Examination who have undergraduate degrees in fields other in architecture and are seeking a professional gradu- (A.R.E.) in the United States. than architecture. Prospective students interested ate degree that focuses upon classical architecture in the three-year M.Arch program should contact and traditional urbanism. Course work begins with the School of Architecture directly, and also look for an intensive study of design, theory, and elements Degree Requirements forthcoming information on the School's web site. of classical architecture. The second semester is Degree requirements include three course compo- spent in residence at the University of Notre Dame's nents applicable to both degrees: advanced architec- The theoretical foundation of the curriculum is Rome Studies Center in the Centro Storico, where tural design, theory classes and approved electives; the University of Notre Dame's world-view, which the student engages in design, history, and theory and either thesis preparation and direction or a fall supports the Architecture School's commitment courses focused on the Rome context, in projects studio and spring terminal design project studio, for to learning the crafts and critically examining and that compel the student to design with an aware- a total of 39 credit hours. Additional credit hours extending the intellectual discourses of classical ness of the complexity of scales and contexts within may be required for master of architecture degree architecture, vernacular building and traditional which the city's built environment has been created candidates depending upon N.A.A.B.-required European and American urbanism. The curriculum and re-created. Urban design issues range from envi- courses covered in their undergraduate architecture fosters design that is classical in spirit and form, that ronmental concerns, to the size of a city, to the city's degree; but the normal expectation is that students gives physical expression to and supports good hu- composition consisting of quarters, squares, streets, can complete either degree in two academic years. In man communities, that is environmentally sustain- and blocks, to the balance of the architecture of the both degrees, selection of specific courses is tailored able, that is based on and extends the best traditions public and private realms. to each candidate in response to the candidate's in- of architecture and urbanism, and that challenges terests and undergraduate experience. and responds to the exigencies of contemporary practice. 42 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Advanced architectural design consists of two six- Financial Support 648. Traditional Neighborhood Design Studio credit-hour studios. Theory classes consist of four (3-9-6) Bess Candidates in the program receive financial support three-credit-hour seminars. Thesis preparation and Design project focusing upon the formal order of in the form of full tuition scholarships and stipends direction consists of a six-credit thesis preparation good traditional neighborhoods and the legal and in the form of graduate assistantships and fellow- course in the fall and a six-credit-hour studio in the political conditions of its implementation; done ships including the Bond-Montedonico Fellow- spring, where candidates explore special areas of through the South Bend Downtown Design Center. ship program, the Joseph Z. Burgee and Joseph Z. design and research within the intellectual frame- (Fall) work of the program. The thesis is developed under Burgee Jr. Fellowship program, the James A. Nolen the direction of a specific faculty member whose Jr. Fellowship, and the Joseph M. and Virginia L. 649. Terminal Design Project Corasaniti Architecture Fellowship. Teaching or expertise and interests coincide with the candidate‚s (0-6-6) Staff research requirements for students receiving stipends proposal. All thesis proposals must be approved by Culminating design studio in the master's program. comprise a minimum of three out of four semesters, the School of Architecture Graduate Studies Com- Students individually select their project and critic. and average 15 hours per week during the academic mittee. Alternatively, the student has the option to Project is defended and presented to faculty and stu- semester. take a regular design studio in the fall of the second dent body in a final review. (Spring) year and a self-initiated terminal design project in the spring of the second year. Course Descriptions 692. Roman Urbanism and Architecture II (Rome) Each course listing includes: (3-0-3) Staff Application The urban and architectural history of Rome within • Course number the context of the social and political factors that In addition to the Notre Dame Graduate School's brought it about. (Spring) requirements for application, the following docu- • Title • Lecture hours per week—laboratory or ments are to be submitted with the regular applica- 693. Architectural Theory I tion material: tutorial hours per week—credits per semester) (3-0-3) Westfall • Instructor This course reviews, through lectures, discussions, • Letters of Recommendation: for those ap- analysis of assigned texts, and the writing of research plicants with practice experience in • Course description • (Semester normally offered) papers, the intersection of the religious, civil, archi- architecture, a minimum of one letter of tectural, and urban characteristics of the built world recommendation from a registered practic- within the Western tradition. (Fall) ing architect is required in addition to Required Courses the references required by the Graduate 643. Advanced Architectural Design I 693A. Architectural Theory II School. (0-8-6) Economakis (3-0-3) Deupi Introduction to classical design principles and to This seminar