Study
Architecture at Norwich University
Master of Architecture
The Master of Architecture (M. Arch) degree is earned through successful
completion of a five and a half year program at Norwich University.
Graduates from other colleges are not accepted into the fifth year of
this program. Transfers are accepted into the B. S. in Architectural
Studies and are governed under existing university academic regulations
(including 60 percent of credit hours being earned at Norwich).
The master's program builds on the experience of the undergraduate
curriculum, preparing students to function as professional architects.
The program emphasizes practical experience (through a practicum) as
well as autonomy and rigor (through an architectural thesis and graduate
seminars).
Admission into the fifth-year Masters of Architecture is not automatic.
In their fourth-year, students must submit a portfolio of their studio
work for review and approval by an architecture faculty committee. This
threshold also requires a minimum university GPA of 2. 25 and a GPA of
2. 50 for all design studio courses. The fifth year offers graduate-level
professional electives as well as the opportunity to undertake a thesis, or another kind of capstone project, of one's own choosing.
Perhaps the most exciting and innovative aspect of the masters'
curriculum is the requirement of an architectural internship in the
summer between the fourth and fifth years. For this practicum, students
will be required to locate and work in an architecture
office (or in another design-related firm). The course work is completed
using distance-learning techniques, which not only permit students to
work in their hometowns (or other locations of their choosing) but also
give each individual experience in digital communications and
technologies which are major evolving aspects of architectural practice
today.
The curriculum features the use of threshold points and portfolio
reviews for each student in order to better identify individual career
objectives as well as to assure the high academic caliber of every
Norwich graduate.
Students have an opportunity to spend a semester abroad on approved
exchange programs, such as at Hochschule Wismar in Germany or the DIS
Program in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Contact: Norwich University
Norwich University
158 Harmon Drive
Northfield, VT 05663-1035
General Phone: (802) 485-2000
http: //www.norwich.edu
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Contact: Norwich University
Norwich University
158 Harmon Drive
Northfield, VT 05663-1035
General Phone: (802) 485-2000
http: //www.norwich.edu |