Architecture via Architecture Bachelor's Degree, M. Arch.

In the United States, most registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit professional degree programs in architecture offered by institutions with U.S. regional accreditation, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted an eight-year term, an eight-year term with conditions, or a two-year term of continuing accreditation, or a three-year term of initial accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established education standards. Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may require a non-accredited undergraduate degree in architecture for admission. However, the non-accredited degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.

The University of Oklahoma, Division of Architecture offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs: Bachelor of Architecture, 150 credits; Master of Architecture, 60 credits; Master of Architecture, 96 credits; and Accelerated Master of Architecture/Bachelor of Sciences in Architectural Studies, 168 credits. The next accreditation visit date for the University of Oklahoma is 2023.

Required Courses

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
Fall		Credit Hours
ARCH 5536	Graduate Architectural Design III	6
ARCH 5723	Methods VII-Advanced Systems	3
Research Elective		3
Research Elective		3
	Credit Hours	15
Spring
ARCH 5193	Architectural Structures I	3
ARCH 5546	Graduate Architectural Design IV	6
ARCH 5863	Methods VIII-Building Performance Analytics	3
ARCH 6590	Professional Project Research	3
	Credit Hours	15
Second Year
Fall
ARCH 5333	Advanced Structures	3
ARCH 5923	Methods IX - Entrepreneurial Architect and Leadership	3
ARCH 6956	Design IX- Comprehensive Architecture I	6
Research Elective		3
	Credit Hours	15
Spring
ARCH 5053	Methods X - Tools of Practice	3
ARCH 5543	Architectural Theory and Criticism	3
ARCH 6056	Design X- Comprehensive Architecture II	6
Research Elective		3
	Credit Hours	15
	Total Credit Hours	60

General Requirements for all Master's Degrees

The master’s degree requires the equivalent of at least two semesters of satisfactory graduate work and additional work as may be prescribed for the degree.

All coursework applied to the master’s degree must carry graduate credit.

Master’s degree programs which require a thesis consist of at least 30 credit hours. All non-thesis master’s degree programs require at least 30 credit hours.

Credit transferred from other institutions must meet specific criteria and is subject to certain limitations.

Courses completed through correspondence study may not be applied to the master’s degree.

To qualify for a graduate degree, students must achieve an overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the degree program coursework and in all resident graduate coursework attempted. A student must also have at least a 3.0 in all coursework (including undergraduate coursework if any).

Additional information for master's degree students may be found in the Graduate College Bulletin.