The School of Architecture

The School of Eligibility for one degree program or Path C / 3-Year Master of Architecture another is based solely on an applicant's (3 years) Architecture educational background. The 3-year Master of Architecture (M.Arch) professional degree is intended for students Dean: Path A / Master of Architectural Design entering the University of Notre Dame with Michael Lykoudis and Urbanism (2 years) a four-year undergraduate degree in a field Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies: The 2-year Master of Architectural Design other than architecture. An intensive three- Samantha Salden Teach and Urbanism (M.ADU) post-professional semester foundational sequence of studio, degree is intended for students who already history, theory and technology courses Telephone: (574) 631-6137 hold an accredited professional degree and prepares students for the final three- Fax: (574) 631-8486 are seeking to further develop their design semester concentration/terminal design Location: 110 Bond Hall skills and critical thinking in the disciplines project and public defense sequence Email: [email protected] of classical architecture and traditional urban described above. 90 credit hours over six Web: architecture.nd.edu design. The studio course work consists of semesters are required for graduation, a) a foundational first semester spent in including a normal (over)load of 18-credit The Program of Studies South Bend introducing students to classical hours each of the first three semesters. The Notre Dame School of Architecture architectural design, urban principles and Advanced standing may be given to students graduate programs in architecture, urban history, and the history of Rome; b) two who have completed some portion of their design, and historic preservation semesters of studio work (one in Rome) in non-studio course work prior to promote built environments that are the student’s selected concentration; and c) matriculation, but the six-semester studio durable, useful, and beautiful, and which are an independent terminal design project and sequence is required of all Path C supportive of strong communities. The public defense in the student’s fourth candidates. School seeks to train designers, semester. 39 credit-hours over four preservationists, scholars, and advocates for semesters are required for graduation, and Concentrations the built environment who can play a M.ADU students are limited to 12 credit- The studio course sequence of the final leading role in a variety of disciplines and hours per semester. three semesters of each path “track” with arenas. Towards these ends, the graduate one another, i.e., Path A, B and C students curriculum promotes the understanding of Path B / Master of Architecture (2 years) take studios with each other in their final detail, building, and city as a continuous and Notre Dame’s 2-year Master of Architecture three semesters. Each path requires the interdependent scalar spectrum. It engages (M.Arch) professional degree is intended for student to do an independent terminal both intellectual endeavor and the practical students entering the University of Notre design project in his or her final semester, teaching of craft in order that the best Dame with a four-year pre-professional and to select a concentration in either lessons of historic precedent might be degree in architecture who are seeking a classical architecture or urban design in the learned, expanded upon, and combined with professional graduate degree that focuses two semesters prior. All students spend one a judicious use of contemporary strategies, upon classical architecture and traditional of those two concentration semesters in materials, and methodologies in order to urbanism. Studio course work is identical to Rome, depending upon which concentration contribute toward buildings and urbanism that of the 2-year Path A M.ADU program, they select. which are environmentally and culturally with a foundational first semester spent in sustainable. Graduates of the School of South Bend, followed by two semesters of Students choosing to concentrate in classical Architecture graduate programs recognize studio work (one in Rome) in the student’s architecture spend extensive time in both that they are stewards of their communities, selected concentration, followed by a South Bend and Rome on studio projects both local and global, and that as part of a terminal design project and public defense and ancillary course work that develop their living tradition, it is a critical part of their in the student’s fourth semester. Required knowledge of and ability to participate in the work to further the education of clients, studio and seminar courses are 2,500-year old tradition of western classical communities, and future generations of supplemented by other courses needed to architecture descending from Greece and designers and citizens. meet the National Architectural Rome. Accreditation Board’s (NAAB) substantive Architecture & Urban Design curricular requirements for accredited Students choosing to concentrate in urban professional architecture degree programs. design likewise spend time in South Bend The School of Architecture offers two These requirements will vary from student and Rome — and travel extensively to other graduate architecture degrees: Master of to student depending upon their towns and cities as well — learning in their Architectural Design and Urbanism undergraduate architectural education. A design studios the formal principles of good (M.ADU), a 2-year post-professional degree minimum of 54 credit-hours over four urban design, and being introduced to the (Path A) and Master of Architecture semesters are required for graduation, and political, legal and cultural frameworks of (M.Arch)* the normal course load for Path B / 2-year contemporary traditional urban design  2-year (Path B) professional degree M.Arch students is 15 credit hours per through studio-based community design  3-year (Path C) professional degree semester. workshops. *Both the 2- and 3-year M.Arch degrees are accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).

An independent semester-long terminal Application Requirements Language (TOEFL) and the International design project is required of all students in English Language Testing System (IELTS) Please note that while the online application their final semester. This project provides an are offered several times each year at sites in site is hosted by the University of Notre opportunity for students to design in a the United States and abroad. International Dame Graduate School, all application variety of scales and contexts of their own students, except those whose native materials are processed and evaluated by the choosing, in which contemporary language or language of college instruction is Graduate Admissions Committee within the architectural issues are explored in projects English, must submit TOEFL or IELTS School of Architecture. that require the student to synthesize their scores as part of their application to academic experience. M.Arch student demonstrate a sufficient command of 1. An applicant for admission to a degree projects may include an urban design English to meet the requirements of their program must complete all of the component, but must include the in-depth field. If not available locally, the annual following: 1. Complete and design of a building. schedules and other information about the electronically submit the online TOEFL can be obtained online at application http://www.toefl.org or from Educational Path D / The Discretionary Dual 2. Submit a statement of intent through Testing Service (ETS), TOEFL, Box 6151, Degree (3 or 4 years) the online application system Princeton, NJ 08541-6151, USA. If you At the discretion of the School of 3. Submit a curriculum vitae or resumé need to call about the TOEFL, telephone Architecture Graduate Studies Committee, through the online application system the Educational Testing Service at (609) one or two M.Arch students per year may be 4. Arrange for three (3) letters of 771-7100. Information on the IELTS can be invited to pursue the Discretionary Dual recommendation to be submitted obtained online at http://ielts.org Degree (DDD) course of study. Students through the online recommendation who pursue the DDD option spend an system associated with the online Students seeking admission to more than additional year of studies at Notre Dame, application one program must submit separate during which time they spend two semesters 5. Submit unofficial transcripts from each applications for each program. The rather than one in Rome, complete post-secondary institution through the application fee must accompany the concentrations in both Classical online application application. This fee is nonrefundable, and Architecture and Urban Design, and 6. Submit a portfolio of work in hard may be paid by check, money order, or graduate at the end of their additional year copy form to the School of credit card (see online application for the with both the professional M.Arch degree Architecture. It is requested that current application fee). The application and the post-professional M.ADU degree. portfolios have a maximum size of 11 deadline is January 15th for admission to the All M.Arch students are eligible to apply for X 14 inches. following fall semester. The School of the DDD course of study, but all DDD 7. Submit the application fee by credit Architecture does not allow for Spring invitations are extended at the discretion of card, check, or money order using the enrollment. the School of Architecture Graduate Studies payment system associated with the

Committee and may vary in number in any online application system Transcript Review for Professional year from none to no more than two. 8. Arrange for the submission of official Degree Students Exactly twenty-four (24) credits must be Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Students entering (the 2-year M.ADU taken in the final year of study, twelve (12) General Test scores program) with a previous professional each semester. 9. Arrange for submission of official Test degree have completed the educational of English as a Foreign Language requirements necessary to test for licensure Historic Preservation (TOEFL) or International English in the U.S. or in another jurisdiction as The School of Architecture offers a two- Language Testing System (IELTS) certified by another institution. year Master of Science in Historic scores if the applicant’s native language Students entering the 3-year professional Preservation program. It is only natural that or language of college instruction is not degree program do not have a previous a program dedicated to the development of English degree in architecture and therefore are not buildings and places that are lasting and assumed to have any previous coursework meaningful to the communities that inhabit The online application may be accessed experience that would fulfill course them provide education in the care for great through the Graduate School’s website at requirements within the School of existing buildings and places through http://graduateschool.nd.edu. Architecture's curriculum. However, these thoughtful preservation practices. students are welcome to apply for advanced Students who have preliminary test scores standing in one or more courses. are encouraged to upload them to the Students entering the 2-year professional application to expedite the review process. degree program have already completed a

portion of the educational requirements The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) necessary to test for licensure. As the is offered at sites in the United States and University of Notre Dame School of abroad. The annual schedules and other Architecture will certify the professional information about the GRE can be obtained degree for these students, careful review of online at http:// www.gre.org or from the student's previous transcripts is critical. Educational Testing Service (ETS), All applicants must include a final transcript Graduate Record Examination, Box 6000, from all previous institutions with their Princeton, NJ 08541-6000, USA. If you application (or their latest transcript to be need to call about the GRE, telephone the updated with their final one immediately Educational Testing Service at (609) 771- after graduation before enrolling in the 7670. The Test of English as a Foreign

University of Notre Dame School of Degree Requirements Tuition and Expenses Architecture's graduate program). The As described above, degree requirements Please note: The following tuition, fees, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies reviews include various studio and theory courses in housing, and living costs are for the each transcript in detail comparing them to Paths A, B and C; as well as various ancillary academic year 2015–2016. Annual increases the three-year professional degree history and technology courses for Paths B in costs should be anticipated. curriculum and ensuring that a minimum of and C. Minimum credit hour requirements 26 credits of studio work have already been for Paths A, B, C, the dual degree, and the Tuition fulfilled (as the 24 credits within the 2-year MSHP are indicated below, as well as the The tuition for the academic year 2015– professional degree program will complete anticipated time to complete them: 2016 is $47,300. the NAAB's required minimum of 50 credits). Syllabi for various courses may be Path A: M.ADU Summer Introductory Session tuition $1,200 requested from the student wherever a 39 credit hours (48 max); 2 years Summer courses between academic years may be of interest to some question may arise and faculty members may graduate students as electives. Scholarships from the School of be called on to assist in their review. Any Architecture do not apply to these summer courses and so tuition Path B: M.Arch would be based on a per credit rate, $589 per credit hour (Summer seminar or lecture courses whose contents 54 credit hours; 2years 2015). have not already been covered (Architectural

History, Building Technology, Structures, Path C: M.Arch M.ADU post-professional (Path A) students Environmental Systems, Professional 90 credit hours; 3 years receive financial support in the form of Practice, etc.) will be added to the student's stipends and full-tuition scholarships required curriculum. Several slots have been Dual M.Arch/M.ADU through teaching assistant positions and identified for that purpose in the curriculum 114 credit hours; 3-4 years fellowships. Requirements for M.ADU outline. Any of these slots not needed for students receiving stipends are comprised of additional required coursework may be used MSHP three semesters—the three semesters spent for elective courses of the student's 55 credit hours; 2 years in South Bend—serving as teaching choice. Students requiring more courses assistants with additional office/program than slots provided may be required to take support duties required on an as-needed more than the maximum course load given basis during the Rome semester. (As a in a given semester and, if a course is not Financial Information teaching assistant, a student is expected to available in the semester needed, to take the The Notre Dame School of Architecture attend all class meetings and, depending on course in an independent study format, recognizes that electing to attend graduate the nature of the course, will be asked to depending on the availability of the school is a major commitment for students lead discussion groups or study sessions, instructor. (and their families) in terms of work, time, assist with grading, and/or provide studio and finances and seeks to mitigate the desk crits.) Advanced Standing impact that tuition and other expenses Students seeking advanced standing are might have. Professional degree (M.Arch) and Historic asked to identify the lecture or seminar Preservation (MSHP) students are eligible course(s) in question and provide the All graduate students are eligible for for financial aid in the form of partial tuition corresponding syllabus or syllabi from their financial support during the regular scholarships, student loans and work undergraduate or previous graduate work to academic year and while progressing study. Three-year M.Arch (Path C) students the Assistant Dean of Graduate through the curriculum in a normative are not permitted to have work study jobs Studies. The ADGS will then review the sequence in accordance with the conditions during their first semester in the program, documents with the appropriate instructors of the Graduate Student Handbook, though they may be approved on an to determine whether the previous provided to students upon arrival and individual basis by the Assistant Dean of coursework does indeed fulfill the available on the School of Architecture Graduate Studies in subsequent requirements of one or more courses in the website terms. When opportunities arise, Path B curriculum. Advanced standing may be https://architecture.nd.edu/resources-for- and Path C students after their first semester awarded to students who have completed current-students/graduate-handbook/ may have an opportunity to serve as some portion of their non-studio course Application for scholarships is understood teaching assistants. work prior to admission, but the four- or to be integral to the program application six-semester studio sequence is required of and no additional scholarship application is Academic Year Fees all students. Students awarded advanced required. Students will be informed about • Technology Fee: $250* standing will not receive University of Notre scholarship financial support, and stipends • Health Center Access Fee: $150** Dame credit for the courses in question, but as appropriate, upon acceptance to the • Graduate Student Activity Fee: will simply have the corresponding number program. $65*** of credits deducted from their degree program minimum requirement. A student Student loans and other non-scholarship Health Insurance may then simply have a lighter course load financial support is administered through All students enrolled at the University of for a given semester or have the opportunity the Office of Financial Aid. Questions Notre Dame are required to provide proof to take additional elective courses. Students about loan requirements, application of insurance (which is valid for care locally) opting for a lighter course load in a given deadlines and additional information should or to purchase the University-sponsored semester should ensure that their number of be directed to the Office of Financial Aid. health insurance plan for the entirety of credits still meets the minimum their time at the University. requirements for full-time student status, their student loans, etc.

The School of Architecture provides a scale scanners is free of charge for all School Food subsidy of the health insurance premium of Architecture students. A laser cutter is Like housing, food expenditures can vary cost for full-time, post-professional degree available for course-related projects at no significantly from one student to another students who purchase the University charge; for personal projects, there is a fee depending on how much an individual plan. For the 2015–16 academic year, the of $5 per 10 minutes of laser time. 3-D prefers to eat out, cook at home, or use the standard subsidy will cover the full student model printing may be arranged through the dining halls and other on-campus premium. School of Architecture Library at a cost of facilities. While architecture grad students $0.25/gram. do generally find it least expensive to cook Professional degree graduate students who at home and bring meals to campus, many wish to purchase the University plan can The School of Architecture reimburses students do choose to participate in a meal expect to pay $2,313.00 (2015-2016) per graduating graduate students for the printing plan through Notre Dame Food Services for year. costs of the three copies of thesis books at least a portion of their time on (with some limitations). campus. Meal plans are highly customizable First-semester incoming graduate students and information can be found at Campus will be billed for insurance at the beginning Rome & Other Academic Dining. of the summer workshop, increasing the annual insurance premium to $2,402.00 Travel Office of Student Accounts (2015-2016). The majority of costs associated with the Telephone: (574) 631-7113 required semester abroad in Rome and with E-mail: [email protected] Additional information on the plan and the other travel for coursework (domestic and Web: http://studentaccounts.nd.edu cost for spouses and dependents can be international) are covered by the found on the University Health School. These costs include: Tuition and fees, as well as any required Services website.  Round trip group airfare from a selected deposits, are payable in advance at the city on the U.S. Eastern seaboard to beginning of each semester. Please note that Books & Supplies Rome (1 ticket) Notre Dame does not accept credit cards Book and supply costs vary significantly o Students travelling to Rome with spouses and for payment of tuition and fees. Tuition from one student to the next based on their children must cover the additional tickets and/or fees not covered by scholarship are background and therefore what supplies required. the responsibility of the student. they might already have as well as which  Food stipend in Rome (to make up the course of study they will be engaged in-and typical difference between South Bend A student may not register for a new how many technical courses they will need and Rome). These funds are deposited semester or receive transcripts, certificates, to take. A typical three-year pre- directly into the student's American bank diploma, or any information regarding his or professional student in their first year might account each month. her academic record until the account has expect to purchase approximately $800 in  Housing costs. These costs are fully been settled in full. Separation required texts while someone with covered and housing is arranged by the significantly fewer technical courses might School for students travelling without a Office of Financial Aid require $200-300 in books. Note: Required texts for family. An equivalent amount of funds is Telephone: (574) 631-6436 all courses are held on reserve shelves in the Architecture Library directly deposited in the bank account of E-mail: [email protected] for student use. Web: http://financialaid.nd.edu any married student who elects to bring their spouse and/or children to Those students who are beginning their first The Office of Financial Aid, located in 115 architectural study might expect an initial Rome. Assistance is offered to all Main Building, administers federal and one-time purchase of $1000 for tools and married students in arranging their Rome apartment rental. private financial aid programs to assist in the supplies which can be used throughout the financing of your education. academic program and beyond in  Train and bus fare for field trips (Spouses professional practice. Faculty make an effort and children of students are not allowed to * The technology fee provides partial funding for the University’s enterprise- to help prioritize the supply list so that participate in field trips due to liability issues.) wide technology infrastructure, which provides all students access to the Internet, e-mail, course ware, campus clusters, ResNet, and a wide array of the latest students might budget more effectively; and  Museum entrance fees for field trips software. This fee provides for the growth in student services, such as course and the School offers the opportunity to degree requirements, Web Registration, and value-added Internet-related  Per diem for meals (to make up the capabilities. purchase some of the larger-scale items typical difference between South Bend through the School's website at a small ** The health center access fee provides students access to all services at the and the city in question) University Health Center and University Counseling Center, including 24- discount—and to ease the issue of hour medical care and counseling/mental health assistance, and alcohol and transport. Renewable items such as paper, drug education programs, as well as health education and wellness programs. pencil lead, etc. might expect to cost $150 South Bend/Campus Living *** The graduate student activity fee is the responsibility of the student. This per academic year, depending on the nature fee, charged in the fall to all graduate students, covers the cost of graduate Expenses student activities, including but not limited to lectures/seminars, graduate of the studio courses in a particular year. Housing student officer resesarch funds, and office overhead. The fee also funds a competitive award that partially reimburses expenses graduate students incur Housing costs vary greatly from one student during travel to conferences and meetings to present work conducted in the Printing and Plotting to another depending on whether they elect students’ major fields of study. A print quota is set for all graduate students to live alone or to seek roommates, whether on campus for "regular" printing on 8.5x11" they choose to rent a house, to rent an and 11x17" sheet sizes of $35 per semester apartment, or to seek on-campus housing, (at a rate of $.02 per B&W page and $.12 per etc. Housing costs (without utilities) can be color page). Students may add to their print expected to range from $250 to $1000 per quota through the Office of Information month. For more information on on- Technologies. Access to plotters and large campus housing visit the Office of Housing.

Faculty Francis and Kathleen Rooney Dean of the School of Architecture: Michael N. Lykoudis Associate Dean: John W. Stamper Interim Associate Dean for Research, Scholarship, & Creative Work: Samir Younés Assistant Dean : Rev. Richard S. Bullene, CSC Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies: Samantha L. Salden Teach Director of Graduate Studies for the Architecture and Urbanism Program: Richard Economakis Director of Graduate Studies for the Historic Preservation Program: Steven Semes Academic Director/Rome Studies Program: Krupali Krusche Professors: Philip H. Bess; Dennis P. Doordan; Michael N. Lykoudis; Ingrid D. Rowland; Thomas Gordon Smith; John W. Stamper; Duncan Stroik; Samir Younés Associate Professors: Richard Economakis; Gilbert Gorski; Krupali Krusche; David Mayernik; Steven Semes; Lucien Steil Assistant Professors: Aimee Buccellato; Alessandro Pierattini; Kimberly Rollings Professors of the Practice: Selena Anders; Robert Brandt; Kevin Buccellato; Rev. Richard S. Bullene, C.S.C.; Alan DeFrees; Douglas Duany; Samantha L. Salden Teach Associate Professors of the Practice: Marianne Cusato; John Mellor Guest Associate Professional Specialist: Ettore Mazzola Guest Associate Professors: Nikos Charkiolakis; Richard Piccolo Concurrent Associate Professor: Robin Rhodes Concurrent Professional Specialist: Giovanna Lenzi-Sandusky Concurrent Assistant Professional Specialist: Brian Smith Adjunct Associate Professors: Jed Eide; Frank Huderwitz; Todd Zeiger