Academic Master of Architecture
This program is offered on the Lawrence campus for the student who is interested in the study of architecture from an academic and scholarly perspective. A student who wishes to pursue graduate study in architecture at KU must submit a statement of intent detailing academic interests and career goals. Because admission to this program depends on the student’s objectives and the faculty’s matching research interests, potential applicants should contact the coordinator before submitting applications. Students from this program have established a strong academic tradition and won honors in national research competitions. The key to their success has been the careful selection of research topics and the ways these topics have paralleled the academic and professional interests of the architecture faculty. For students admitted to the academic program at the master’s level in architecture in Lawrence, a total of 36 credit hours of course work is required. Each student must enroll in a 3-hour introductory course dealing with research methods and theory and must complete an additional 12-hour core of course work that addresses each of the four areas: history/theory technology/practice design/methods urban/social issues In addition to the core courses, each student must complete a minimum of 15 graduate credit hours in a sequence of courses in one of the four areas of concentration listed above. A minimum of 6 of these hours must be taken in one of the established areas of concentration. With the consent of the student’s adviser and the approval of the graduate studies committee, the student may take a maximum of 12 hours of graduate credit in course work outside the School of Architecture and Urban Design. Six hours in the 36-hour course of study are composed of course work in which the student prepares a written project or thesis, or in additional course work in the student’s area of concentration to prepare for a final written examination.

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