McGill University, MArch, Architecture

The M.Arch. (Professional) requires the equivalency of the B.Sc. (Architecture) degree for admittance. There are two options for the completion of this CACB accredited degree: Design Studio (45 credits) and Design Studio Directed Research (60 credits). Option 1: The Master of Architecture – Professional program Design Studio (DST) concentration is a 45-credit, three-term (Fall, Winter, and Fall) program based on a design-intensive professional curriculum and centred on the design studio. Students work in a traditional studio format for the first two terms and with individual advisers in the terminal design project course in the third (Fall) term. Complementary and elective courses are organized to provide flexibility in individual program design and create opportunities to both explore the discipline and focus on subject areas related to research and design interests. This option is a 3-term consecutive degree (Fall, Winter, Fall) requiring full-time residence for one calendar year. Option 2: The Master of Architecture – Professional program Design Studio Directed Research (DSR) concentration is a 60-credit four-term (Fall, Winter, Summer, Fall) program that complements the regular 45-credit three-term concentration with a supervised 12-credit individual research report in the summer term. This forms the basis of the terminal design studio in the fourth (Fall) term. Each student is assigned a faculty adviser in the second term and follows a research-intensive curriculum shaped by complementary and elective courses chosen in consultation with, and approved by, the adviser. *Post-professional option available