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
ARCH 610 20th Century Architecture History
ARCH 611 Graduate Design Process
FALL TERM
16 Credits
ARCH 681 Introductory Graduate Design
ARCH 550 Spatial Composition
ARCH 570 Building Construction
ARCH 610 Introduction to Architectural Computing*
WINTER TERM
14 Credits
ARCH 682 Introductory Graduate Design
ARCH 540 Human Context of Design
ARCH 591 Environmental Control Systems I
SPRING TERM
16 Credits
ARCH 584 Architectural Design
ARCH 592 Environmental Control Systems II
IARC 572 Interior Finishes and Design Application
IARC 547 Color Theory and Application for the Built Environment
SUMMER TERM
Optional studio in Eugene, Portland, or abroad.
Year Two
FALL TERM
13 Credits
ARCH 584 Architectural Design
IARC 544 Furniture: Theory and Analysis
ARCH 561 Structural Behavior
WINTER TERM
13 Credits
ARCH 584 Architectural Design
IARC 571 Interior Construction Elements
ARCH 562 Wood and Steel Building Systems
SPRING TERM
14 Credits
IARC 587 Working Drawings
IARC 573 Working Drawings in Interior Architecture
ARCH 530 Architectural Contexts: Place and Culture
SUMMER TERM
13 Credits
ARCH 584 Architectural Design
ARCH 523 Media for Design Development
Year Three
FALL TERM
16 Credits
ARCH 584 Architectural Design
ARCH 571 Building Enclosure
ARH 574 History of Interior Architecture I
IARC 592 Electric Lighting
WINTER TERM
12 Credits
ARCH 585 Architectural Design I
ARCH 517 Context of the Architectural Profession
SPRING TERM
ARCH 586 Advanced Architectural Design II
ARH 576 History of Interior Architecture III
SUMMER TERM
Optional studio in Eugene, Portland, or abroad.
Year Four
FALL TERM
12 Credits
IARC 586 Furniture Design
IARC 545 Comprehensive Project Preparation
WINTER TERM
11 Credits
IARC 588 Interior Design Comprehensive Project I
ARH 575 History of Interior Architecture II
SPRING TERM
IARC 589 Interior Design Comprehensive Project II
*—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