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Master of Architecture - Professional Program

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Masters
Credential class
ceterms:MasterDegree
CIP
04.0902
Catalog edition
Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The Master of Architecture is a three year professional degree. The degree provides a balanced education in architectural design, history, theory, and technology. As a professional program, it centers on the design studio where projects address myriad design issues through multiple strategies ranging from the design of carefully crafted objects to architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
194824
CourseShelf checklist
CK_194824_7f66b23c
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

First Year

0 items

    Fall

    5 items
    1. ARCH 5100
      History, Theory, Criticism 1
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. ARCH 5140
      Structures 1
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. ARCH 5160
      Digital Constructs 1
      Not resolved to a course
      2
    4. ARCH 5200
      Graduate Architecture Design 1
      Not resolved to a course
      5
    5. ARCH 5300
      Construction Systems
      Not resolved to a course
      2

    Spring

    5 items
    1. ARCH 5110
      History, Theory, Criticism 2
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. ARCH 5170
      Digital Constructs 2
      Not resolved to a course
      2
    3. ARCH 5210
      Graduate Architecture Design 2
      Not resolved to a course
      5
    4. ARCH 5310
      Environmental and Ecological Systems
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    5. ARCH 5330
      Entrepreneurship and Architecture
      Not resolved to a course
      2

    Second Year

    0 items

      Fall

      3 items
      1. ARCH 5150
        Structures 2
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. ARCH 5320
        Building Integration 1: Design
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. ARCH 6610
        Graduate Architecture Design 3
        Not resolved to a course
        5

      Spring

      5 items
      1. ARCH 5325
        Building Integration 2: Practice
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. ARCH 5390
        Professional Practice 2
        Not resolved to a course
        2
      3. ARCH 6620
        Graduate Architecture Design 4
        Not resolved to a course
        5
      4. ARCH 6680
        History, Theory, Criticism 3
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      5. General Elective
        Not resolved to a course
        4

      Third Year

      0 items

        Fall

        5 items
        1. ARCH 5380
          Professional Practice 1
          Not resolved to a course
          2
        2. ARCH 6630
          Graduate Architecture Design 5
          Not resolved to a course
          5
        3. ARCH 6750
          Final Project Design Research Seminar
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        4. ARCH 6810
          Research Design Seminar
          Not resolved to a course
          2
        5. Professional Elective
          Not resolved to a course
          4

        Spring

        4 items
        1. ARCH 6635
          Bridge to Practice
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        2. ARCH 6948
          Graduate Final Project
          Not resolved to a course
          6
        3. Professional Elective
          Not resolved to a course
          4
        4. General Electives
          Not resolved to a course
          2

        The degree requires 100 credits.

        0 items

          Additional Requirements

          3 items
          1. Academic Progress—To earn the professional M.Arch. degree, students must maintain a 3.0 or higher average in the following courses: 6 credits of 6000-level electives. Students whose cumulative averages for all course work drop below 3.0 will be reviewed for satisfactory progress. The architecture faculty, as part of its academic review process, will review professional M.Arch. students earning grades of C+ or below. A student earning a C+ or below in a subsequent required design course must either repeat the course or take another course specified by the faculty before advancing to the next course in the design sequence. Students who fail to earn a grade of B or better in the repeated or specified course or who earn a third C+ or lower in design may not continue in the design sequence.
            Not resolved to a course
          2. Retention of Student Work—All student drawings and models created as part of the instructional program are the property of the Institute until the instructor releases them. The School of Architecture, at its option, may retain certain works for academic purposes.
            Not resolved to a course
          3. Technology courses: ARCH 5140 is sequential and prerequisite to ARCH 5150 ; ARCH 5310 is sequential and prerequisite to ARCH 5320 .
            Not resolved to a course
          Source. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, catalog Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.rpi.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=34&poid=10089&returnto=938. Captured page pages/0210.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.