Degree Requirements: Master of Architecture II
All applicants to the Master of Architecture II program must have previously obtained a bachelor of architecture or a master of architecture first professional degree from a school accredited by the NAAB or equivalent accrediting agency in another country. The program is structured to be completed in two full-time consecutive semesters with a final thesis semester during the subsequent summer session. Final thesis presentations will take place during the first week of the fall semester following the student’s year of study. Graduate students are expected to complete all 30 credits of the M.Arch II degree requirements in full-time continuous resident study at The Cooper Union.
Thesis In April of the spring semester prior to advancing to Arch 413 Thesis, each student will be required to present an elaboration of his or her thesis topic and program for review and acceptance by the faculty. Final thesis presentations will be made during the first week of fall semester following the student’s year of study.
Seminars Out of Concentration It is recommended that students register for courses originating in the graduate program (Arch 482, Arch 483 and Arch 485) to satisfy their out-of-concentration seminar requirements. As an alternative, the lecture component of elective courses originating in the undergraduate program at the advanced level (such as Arch 190 Structures Elective, Arch 225 Advanced Topics in History, Theory and Criticism, as well as Arch 205 Advanced Concepts), will be open to students in the graduate program for credit with tutorial meetings and with graduate- level requirements for written or project based work, to satisfy requirements for their out-of-concentration coursework.
The undergraduate curriculum course numbering system is structured such that a first digit of “2”or greater OR a second digit of “4” or greater indicates an upper level course, which students in the undergraduate program would normally take in their 4th or 5th year of study.
Graduate courses in the Albert Nerken School of Engineering as well as select upper level undergraduate elective courses could be made available to Master of Architecture II students with prior permission from the student’s academic adviser and the individual course instructor. Undergraduate courses may be used to satisfy requirements for out-of-concentration coursework only.
