MArch I Degree Requirements
Requirements for Award of Degree
A candidate will be recommended for the Master in Architecture as a professional degree upon satisfactory completion of a minimum of 140 units. MArch I students pursue the following seven semester course of study:
| FIRST SEMESTER | ||
| GSD 1101 | First Semester Core Studio :: Details | 8 units |
| GSD 2101M1 | Visual Studies :: Details | 2 units |
| GSD 2102M2 | Projective Representation in Architecture :: Details | 2 units |
| GSD 4201M1 | Buildings, Texts, and Contexts :: Details | 2 units |
| GSD 4202M2 | Buildings, Texts, and Contexts :: Details | 2 units |
| GSD 6111M1 | Materials and Construction :: Details | 2 units |
| GSD 6112M2 | Energy, Technology, and Building :: Details | 2 units |
| SECOND SEMESTER | ||
| GSD 1102 | Second Semester Core Studio :: Details | 8 units |
| GSD 4203M3 | Buildings, Texts, and Contexts :: Details | 2 units |
| GSD 4204M4 | Buildings, Texts, and Contexts :: Details | 2 units |
| GSD 6203M3 | Building Construction: City of Wood :: Details | 2 units |
| GSD 6203M4 | Building Construction: Materials, Constructions, Processes :: Details | 2 units |
| GSD 6205 | Environmental Technologies in Buildings :: Details | 4 units |
| THIRD SEMESTER | ||
| GSD 1201 | Third Semester Core Studio :: Details | 8 units |
| GSD 2107M3 | Digital Media I :: Details (Offered Fall 2010) | 2 units |
| GSD 2107M4 | Digital Media II :: Details (Offered Fall 2010) | 2 units |
| GSD 4205M1 | Buildings, Texts, and Contexts :: Details | 2 units |
| GSD 4206M2 | Buildings, Texts, and Contexts :: Details | 2 units |
| GSD 6201 | Analysis and Design of Building Structures I :: Details | 4 units |
| FOURTH SEMESTER | ||
| GSD 1202 | Fourth Semester Core Studio :: Details | 8 units |
| GSD 6202 | Analysis and Design of Building Structures II :: Details | 4 units |
| GSD 7212 | Issues in the Practice of Architecture :: Details | 4 units |
| Electives | Distributional or General Electives** | 4 units |
| FIFTH SEMESTER | ||
| Studio Option* | 8 units | |
| GSD 6204 | Building Technology :: Details | 4 units |
| Electives | Distributional or General Electives** | 8 units |
| SIXTH SEMESTER | ||
| Studio Option* | 8 units | |
| Thesis Elective | Elective in Preparation of Thesis | 4 units |
| Electives | Distributional or General Electives** | 8 units |
| SEVENTH SEMESTER | ||
| GSD 9301 | Independent Design Thesis | 12 units |
| Electives | Distributional or General Electives** | 8 units |
* A minimum of one studio option must be taken from those offered by the Department of Architecture.
** Students are required to fulfill the following distributional electives:
- 8 units of advanced history electives
- 4 units of non-Western electives
- 4 units of professional practice electives
An approved list of distributional electives is posted each term. Please note that some courses may count toward the satisfaction of two distributional electives. For example, an advanced history course may also fulfill a non-Western requirement.
General electives may be fulfilled through any course at the GSD or cross-registered courses at Harvard schools, MIT or the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts.