Required Courses

Candidates must fulfill the requirements of the College of Graduate Studies and the Architecture Program. Twenty-four of the 45 credits required for this degree must be at the 500 level, including the following courses: Arch 510 Graduate Seminar (2 cr), Arch 553 Architectural Design VII (6 cr), Arch 554 Architectural Design VIII (6 cr), and Arch 556 Architectural Design IX (6 cr). The remaining courses required to complete credits for this degree may be 400- or 500-level architecture courses or 300- or 400-level courses in supporting areas. Required courses include:

• Arch 510 Graduate Seminar (3 cr)

• Arch 553 Architectural Design VII (6 cr)

• Arch 554 Architectural Design VIII (6 cr)

• Arch 556 Architectural Design IX (6 cr)

• Arch 568 Technical Integration in Design (2 cr)

• Arch 575 Professional Practice (3 cr)

Graduate architecture electives selected from the following (6 cr):

• Arch 502/504 Graduate Seminars and Special Topics (e.g. Urban Morphology, Non-Western Architecture, Urban Design[Boise] and, Environment and Behavior) (cr arr)

• Arch 511 Native American Architecture (3 cr)

• Arch 512 >

  Identity and Place in Global Space (3 cr)

• Arch 513 Architectural Theory: Modernism into Postmodernism (3 cr)

• Arch 520 Architecture Research Methods (3 cr)

• Arch 570 Natural Lighting (3 cr)

• Arch 571 Building Performance Evaluation (3 cr)

• Arch 572 Integrated Design Seminar (1 cr, max 4)

• Arch 573 Daylight Design and Simulation (3 cr)

• Arch 574 Building Performance Simulation for Integrated Design (3 cr)

• Arch 580 British Green Architecture (2 cr)

• Arch 581 Eco Urban Design (3 cr)

• Arch 582 Housing Typologies and Issues (3 cr)

• Arch 583 Sustainable Development (3 cr)

• Arch 584 Urban Design and Morphology (3 cr)

Equivalents must be approved by the graduate program coordinator. Graduate students  without an undergraduate architecture degree may also earn an accredited M.Arch. degree. Those students are placed in the program according to their academic qualifications, and depending on the background of the transfer student, up to six years of study may be required to complete the degree requirements. Candidates must fulfill the requirements of the College of Graduate Studies and the Architecture program. Master of Architecture degree requirements are listed above.