Applicable only to students admitted during the 2012-2013 academic year.

Master of Architecture II

Admission

Program Name

Architecture - M.Arch.II

Please note that the M.A., Ph.D. in Architecture and the three-year M.Arch. I Architecture are offered in a separate major.

Address

1317 Perloff Hall
Box 951467
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1467 

Phone

(310) 825-0525 

Email

admissions@aud.ucla.edu  

Leading to the degree of

M.Arch. 

Admission Limited to

Fall 

Deadline to apply

January 7th 

GRE (General and/or Subject)

GRE: General 

Letters of Recommendation 

3 

Other Requirements

In addition to the University's minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit a statement of purpose, creative portfolio, and the departmental supplement.

The M.Arch. II degree is a second professional degree program in Architecture and Urban Design and emphasizes advanced studies in architecture and urban design and requires that applicants hold a five-year Bachelor of Architecture degree or the equivalent.

For applicants whose native language is not English, a score of at least 87 (iBT), 580 (paper and pencil test) or 237 (computer-based test) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an overall band score of 7.0 on the International English Testing System (IELTS) examination is required for admission. 

Advising

New M.Arch. II students are assigned a temporary adviser and select a permanent faculty adviser when they are ready to do so. Students who wish to change advisers must obtain the consent of the new faculty adviser and discuss this change with the staff graduate adviser. The faculty adviser and the staff graduate adviser work together to explain curricular requirements and to provide counseling and advice. Students meet with their faculty adviser and with the graduate adviser at least once a quarter. Records are not usually kept in regard to these meetings, unless the end product of a meeting is a written petition or document.

Areas of Study

The areas of study for the M.Arch. II degree are design, technology, and critical studies in architectural culture.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Students must complete required preparatory coursework by enrolling in Architecture and Urban Design 289 (two sections) and 401 in UCLA Summer Session prior to formally matriculating in Fall Quarter. Students must receive a minimum 3.0 grade-point average in this coursework in order to continue in the fall. If this minimum standard is not met, students will not be allowed to matriculate in Fall Quarter and admission will be cancelled. Three academic quarters in residence are required. Students are expected to enroll full-time and to remain continuously in residence until all academic work is completed, unless a leave of absence is granted.

All students are required to take at least three advanced studios, one required course in technology, one required course in critical studies in architectural culture, Architecture and Urban Design 403A-403B-403C and a minimum of five electives. Two of the electives must be within a designated area.

A minimum total of 56 units of coursework is required. At least 48 units must be at the graduate level. The remaining eight units may include upper division (undergraduate) courses as long as they are completed outside of the Department of Architecture and Urban Design, or no more than eight units of Architecture and Urban Design 596, as part of the 56 total units required.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination

All M. Arch. II students must complete a comprehensive examination. The comprehensive examination requirement is fulfilled through the completion of Architecture and Urban Design 403C in Spring Quarter and the final design project for this course. The examination committee consists of at least three faculty members appointed by the department chair. The examination is administered and evaluated for satisfactory performance by the examination committee. The committee evaluates the final design project in the following manner: pass (a unanimous vote), pass subject to revision of the final design project, or fail (majority vote). No reexaminations are permitted. When the final design project is passed subject to revision, one member of the committee is assigned the responsibility of working with the student on the revision, and determining when the final design project is satisfactorily revised.

Two positive votes form the committee constitute a pass on the comprehensive examination. The degree is awarded on recommendation of the faculty committee.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

Students begin preparatory coursework in summer session followed by three quarters of residency. The degree must be completed by the end of Spring Quarter.

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