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 Intemediate 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 Outline
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
13 Credits
ARCH 682 Intro to Graduate Design
IARC 571 Interior Construction Elements
ARCH 540 Human Context of Design
SPRING TERM
16 Credits
IARC 584 Interior Design
IARC 572 Interior Finishes and Design Application
IARC 547 Color Theory and Application for the Built Environment
ARCH 592 Environmental Control Systems II
SUMMER TERM
Optional studio in Eugene, Portland, or abroad.
Year Two
FALL TERM
16 Credits
ARCH 584 Architectural Design
ARCH 561 Structural Behavior
IARC 544 Furniture: Theory and Analysis
ARH 574 History of Interior Architecture I
WINTER TERM
13 Credits
IARC 584 Interior Design
ARCH 562 Wood and Steel Building Systems
ARH 575 History of Interior Architecture II
SPRING TERM
14 Credits
IARC 587 Working Drawings
IARC 573 Working Drawings in Interior Architecture
ARCH 530 Architectural Contexts: Place and Culture
4 Credits
SUMMER TERM
13 Credits
ARCH 584 Architectural Design
ARCH 523 Media for Design Development
Year Three
FALL TERM
15 Credits
IARC 586 Furniture Design
IARC 545 Comprehensive Project Preparation
IARC 592 Electric Lighting
WINTER TERM
16 Credits
IARC 588 Interior Design Comprehensive Project I
ARCH 517 Context of the Architectural Profession
ARCH 591 Environmental Control Systems I
SPRING TERM
IARC 589 Interior Design Comprehensive Project II
ARH 576 History of Interior Architecture III
SUMMER TERM
Optional studio in Eugene, Portland, or abroad.
Year Four
FALL TERM
10 Credits
ARCH 584 Architectural Design
ARCH 571 Building Enclosure
WINTER TERM
11 Credits
ARCH 585 Architectural Design I
SPRING TERM
ARCH 586 Advanced Architectural Design II
*—ARCH 610: Introduction to Architectural Computing may be waived for students with appropriate background in design computing.
Note: ARCH courses are applicable as electives toward IARC.
Interior Architecture to Architecture Degree Requirements