2021-2022 Samford University Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2021-2022 Samford University Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Architecture (M.Arch.)


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Graduates from Samford University’s bachelor of science architecture (B.S.A.) degree are expected to progress directly into a fifth-year, 38-hour master of architecture (M.Arch.) degree. Based in the School of the Arts and housed alongside Samford’s CIDA-accredited interior architecture program, this major offers unique and unlimited opportunities for collaboration, inspiration, and understanding of the built environment necessary to progress into professional practice. Students are versed in architectural theory and synthesize artistic, social, cultural, technological, and environmental context in the development of design solutions. In addition, and in support of Samford University’s mission, this program allows students to engage in Christian service opportunities through the built environment. This program will be seeking professional accreditation from the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).*
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*NAAB Candidacy: 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. The Samford University Architecture Program has applied for eligibility of accreditation with the NAAB. A program may be granted an eight-year term, an eight-year term with conditions, a two-year term of continuing accreditation, or a three-year term of initial accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established education standard.

Doctor of architecture and master of architecture degree programs may require a non-accredited undergraduate degree in architecture for admission. However, the non-accredited degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.

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