Program Description
The combined BS in Architectural Studies and MS in Interior Architecture 4+1 Accelerated Dual Degree Program is intended for students who wish to pursue a graduate degree in Interior Architecture while completing the undergraduate, professional program in Architectural Studies. This program enables an undergraduate Architectural Studies major to complete three graduate courses (totaling 11 credits) required by the MS in Interior Architecture program while completing the undergraduate BS in Architectural Studies degree. The students also take four 3-credit undergraduate interior design courses while completing their BS in Architectural Studies degree. Students also receive a 3-credit advanced standing for INTD-307/AHST-306 History 4: Modern/Contemporary History. By overlapping the two programs, a student achieves advanced standing in the 2-year 49-credit version of the MS in Interior Architecture program while an undergraduate and can complete the MS in Interior Architecture degree with an additional 26 credits. Upon graduation from the BS in Architectural Studies program, a student may fulfill the requirements for the MS in Interior Architecture degree in a summer and two semesters of full-time study, for a total reduction of two semesters of graduate coursework and tuition.
Curriculum: 6 years
- The 5+1 Accelerated Degree enables an undergraduate Architecture major to complete three graduate courses required by the Master of Interior Architecture program, for a maximum of eleven graduate course credits, while completing the undergraduate Bachelor of Architecture degree.
- By overlapping the two programs, a student achieves advanced standing in the three year, 69-credit Master of Interior Architecture program while an undergraduate and can complete the MSIA degree with an additional 20 credits.
- Upon graduation from the BArch program, a student may fulfill requirements for MSIA in one year of full-time study, comprising fall and spring semesters, for a total reduction of two years of graduate coursework and tuition.
Contact Lauren Baumbach or John Dwyer for more information.