Architecture

Offered in: Savannah
B.F.A./Professional M.Arch. Degree
 

Core curriculum
Foundation Studies				35 hours
DRAW		100		Drawing I: Form and Space
DRAW		115		Graphics for the Building Arts
DSGN		100		Design I: Elements and Organization
DSGN		102		Design II: 3-D Form in Space
DSGN		223		Architectural Fundamentals Studio I
DSGN		224		Architectural Fundamentals Studio II
DSGN		225		Architectural Fundamentals Studio III
General Education				55 hours
ARTH		100		Survey of Western Art I
ARTH		110		Survey of Western Art II
COMM		105		Speech and Public Speaking
ENGL		123		Composition
MATH		201		Applied Mathematics
PHYS		201		Applied Physics
		-		English Elective
		-		General Education Elective†‡
		-		General Education Elective‡
		-		General Education Elective‡
		-		Social/Behavioral Sciences‡

Major Curriculum				80 hours
ARCH		101		Introduction to Architecture
ARCH		241		Construction Technology I
ARCH		301		Architecture Design Studio I§
ARCH		302		Architecture Design Studio II§
ARCH		303		Architecture Design Studio III§
ARCH		319		Structures: General Structure
ARCH		341		Construction Technology II
ARCH		361		Environmental Control I
ARCH		404		Architecture Design Studio IV§
ARCH		405		Architecture Design Studio V§
ARCH		406		Architecture Design Studio VI§
ARCH		461		Environmental Control II
ARLH		206		Modern Architecture I: 1750-1900
ARLH		208		Modern Architecture II: 1900-Present
ARLH		211		Survey of World Architecture and Urbanism
ELDS		225		Electronic Design I
Additional Electives				10 hours
		-		Free Elective
		-		Free Elective
Total Undergraduate Course of Study				180 hours

   

Graduate Curriculum				90 hours
ARCH		706		Architectural Practices
ARCH		717		Graduate Architecture Studio I
ARCH		719		Structures: Lateral Forces
ARCH		727		Graduate Architecture Studio II
ARCH		737		Graduate Architecture Studio III
ARCH		745		Graduate Seminar in Architecture
ARCH		747		Graduate Architecture Studio IV
ARCH		779F		Graduate Field Internship II
ARCH		779T		Graduate Teaching Internship II
ARCH		798		Graduate Architecture Studio: Thesis I
ARCH		799		Graduate Architecture Studio: Thesis II
ELDS		727		Electronic Design Practice and Project Management
		-		500- to 700-level ARCH, ARLH or ARTH Elective
		-		500- to 700-level HIPR or URBA Elective#
		-		500- to 700-level Diversified Elective‡‡
		-		500- to 700-level Diversified Elective‡‡
		-		500- to 700-level Diversified Elective‡‡
		-		Directed Elective**
		-		Focused Elective††
Total Graduate Course of Study				90 hours
Total  Course of Study				270 hours

 

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* The course of study for the B.F.A. in architecture consists of 180 credit hours and includes all the required and elective courses, with the exception of the 700-level graduate courses and 35 credit hours of graduate-level electives.

For graduate students entering the professional program from preparatory or pre-professional programs, required credit hours will be determined on an individual basis, dependent upon review of the student's academic transcripts and portfolio by the architecture faculty and transfer credit evaluator at SCAD. Students may be assigned preparatory (preliminary) courses from the SCAD B.F.A. program in addition to two years of graduate study. The graduate admission review ensures that the undergraduate coursework of all applicants who enroll in the professional M.Arch. program is evaluated according to the NAAB student performance criteria required at the pre-professional level.

† Students who have SAT math scores lower than 560, have ACT math scores lower than 24, or are otherwise unable to demonstrate an aptitude for the study of mathematics and science must complete MATH 101 in order to pursue the professional M.Arch. degree. The credit hours earned in MATH 101 may be applied as an undergraduate General Education Elective toward the 270 credit hours required for the M.Arch. degree.

‡ Consult the general education and mathematics competency requirements in this catalog. Courses with the subject code 'ARLH' will not satisfy these requirements.

§ Undergraduate students must pass all architecture design studio courses with a grade of "C" or better.

II Choose one of these two courses.

# ARCH 721 Landscape Design for Urban Design or ARCH 765 Emerging Urban Issues can satisfy this elective.

** Choose one of the following courses: ARCH 714 Advanced Parametric Design and Generative Modeling Strategies for the Building Arts, ARCH 715 Construction Management, ARCH 728 Architectural Craft and Tectonics, ARCH 730 Architecture Design Management, ARCH 735 Site Plan Design and Development, ARCH 736 Applied Structures, ARCH 743 Algorithmic Form, ARCH 755 Comprehensive Structural Design, ARCH 760 Sustainable Design, ARCH 772 Master Builder, ARCH 781 Landscape Design, ELDS 745 Digital Prototyping and Fabrication Methods.

†† The Focused Elective is assigned to coincide with the content of ARCH 747 Graduate Architecture Studio IV.

‡‡  Diversified Electives cannot have any architectural content. Courses with subject codes of ARCH, ARLH, ARTH, DECA, ELDS, HIPR, INDS, SUST and URBA do not satisfy these requirements.
Students may not progress into the design studio sequence until they have successfully completed DSGN 225 Architectural Fundamentals Studio III, and then only upon faculty recommendation and approval by the chair of the department and the dean of the School of Building Arts.

 

After successfully completing 150 undergraduate credit hours and a fourth-year portfolio review, students may apply to the architecture department faculty committee for entry into the graduate program, which consists of 90 graduate quarter credit hours in residence. 180 undergraduate quarter credit hours and all academic requirements for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in architecture, including any secondary, double major or minor coursework, must be successfully completed prior to entering the graduate curriculum of the professional M.Arch program.

 

Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.

 

Course numbers and titles are subject to change. 

 

The professional Master of Architecture degree is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board.

In the United States, most state registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit U.S. professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted a six-year, three-year, or two-year term of accreditation, depending upon the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.

Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree that, when earned sequentially, constitute an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.

The Savannah College of Art and Design School of Building Arts offers the following NAAB-accredited degree program: M.Arch. (180 undergraduate credits plus 90 graduate credits). Next accreditation visit: 2013.