Concurrent Master's Degree: Architecture to Interior Architecture

Degree Requirements | Sample Curriculum Outline


Degree Overview

Students currently enrolled in either the architecture or interior architecture graduate programs may meet with their advisor to request to enroll in a concurrent master’s degree option that provides an accelerated path toward attaining two accredited professional degrees: the master of interior architecture (CIDA accredited) and a master of architecture (NAAB accredited). Recipients of concurrent architecture and interior architecture degrees graduate as facile designers who are able to engage in a variety of broad and specific issues concerning: scales of sites and spaces, detail and materiality, sustainability, and collaborative processes.

Students without advanced placement who are required to complete fourteen studios can finish the concurrent degrees in a minimum of four years. This timeline includes one additional 584-level summer studio.

Graduate students with advanced placement can adapt the sample curricula to their special circumstances, resulting in a 10-studio minimum. A separate application procedure will be determined.


Degree Requirements (188 Credits)

  • Architectural Design (Studios): 14 courses, 92 credits
    • ​3 Introductory Studios (ARCH 680: Introductory Graduate Design, ARCH 681: Introductory Graduate Design, ARCH 682: Introductory Graduate Design)
    • 3 Intermediate ARCH Studios
    • 3 Intermediate IARC Studios
    • 1 Furniture Studio
    • 2 Advanced ARCH Studios
    • 2 Advanced IARC Studios

UO Graduate Studies requires a minimum of 45 graduate credits in each program of which 30 are in the major and 9 at 600.


Sample Curriculum

Year One

SUMMER TERM

13 Credits

ARCH 680 Introductory Graduate Design

6 Credits

ARCH 610 20th Century Architecture History

4 Credits

ARCH 611 Graduate Design Process

3 Credits

FALL TERM

16 Credits

ARCH 681 Introductory Graduate Design

6 Credits

ARCH 550 Spatial Composition

4 Credits

ARCH 570 Building Construction

4 Credits

ARCH 610 Introduction to Architectural Computing*

2 Credits

WINTER TERM

14 Credits

ARCH 682 Introductory Graduate Design

6 Credits

ARCH 540 Human Context of Design

4 Credits

ARCH 591 Environmental Control Systems I

4 Credits

SPRING TERM

16 Credits

ARCH 584 Architectural Design

6 Credits

ARCH 592 Environmental Control Systems II

4 Credits

IARC 572 Interior Finishes and Design Application

3 Credits

IARC 547 Color Theory and Application for the Built Environment

3 Credits

SUMMER TERM

Optional studio in Eugene, Portland, or abroad.


Year Two

FALL TERM

13 Credits

ARCH 584 Architectural Design

6 Credits

IARC 544 Furniture: Theory and Analysis

3 Credits

ARCH 561 Structural Behavior

4 Credits

WINTER TERM

13 Credits

ARCH 584 Architectural Design

6 Credits

IARC 571 Interior Construction Elements

3 Credits

ARCH 562 Wood and Steel Building Systems

4 Credits

SPRING TERM

14 Credits

IARC 587 Working Drawings

6 Credits

IARC 573 Working Drawings in Interior Architecture

4 Credits

ARCH 530 Architectural Contexts: Place and Culture

4 Credits

SUMMER TERM

13 Credits

ARCH 584 Architectural Design

6 Credits

ARCH 523 Media for Design Development

3 Credits
ARH Elective
4 Credits

Year Three

FALL TERM

16 Credits

ARCH 584 Architectural Design

6 Credits

ARCH 571 Building Enclosure

4 Credits

ARH 574 History of Interior Architecture I

3 Credits

IARC 592 Electric Lighting

3 Credits

WINTER TERM

12 Credits

ARCH 585 Architectural Design I

8 Credits

ARCH 517 Context of the Architectural Profession

4 Credits

SPRING TERM

14 Credits

ARCH 586 Advanced Architectural Design II

8 Credits

ARH 576 History of Interior Architecture III

3 Credits
Subject Area Elective
3 Credits

SUMMER TERM

Optional studio in Eugene, Portland, or abroad.


Year Four

FALL TERM

12 Credits

IARC 586 Furniture Design

6 Credits

IARC 545 Comprehensive Project Preparation

3 Credits
Subject Area Elective
3 Credits

WINTER TERM

11 Credits

IARC 588 Interior Design Comprehensive Project I

8 Credits

ARH 575 History of Interior Architecture II

3 Credits

SPRING TERM

11 Credits

IARC 589 Interior Design Comprehensive Project II

8 Credits
Subject Area Elective
3 Credits

*—ARCH 610 Introduction to Architectural Computing may be waived for students with appropriate background in design computing.

Note: IARC courses are are applicable as electives toward ARCH.

Architecture to Interior Architecture Degree Requirements

 

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