Graduate Program in Architecture


NAAB Accredited


Now Accepting Applications for Fall 2009


Curriculum  Student Success  Admission Requirements  Financial Support

The challenge in Architecture graduate programs is to ensure that integrative learning takes place, that students can approach an architectural project with an armament of skills beyond design. Our design studio curriculum addresses:

 - critical thinking
- creativity and design
- problem definition
- history and theory
- problem solving
- documentation skills
- presentation skills
- documentation skills
- cross-disciplinary teamwork

To further address cross-disciplinary and integrative development, the Department supports several combined or dual degree programs in conjunction with other graduate programs at the University of Hartford; three of the most popular at the graduate level are:

- MArch/MFA
- MArch/MBA
- MArch/MEngr

In the U.S., 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.

Master’s degree programs, such as Hartford's, 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 University of Hartford's Master of Architecture degree program is accredited by NAAB. See AIA Connecticut News Spring 2009.

More information on architecture program accreditation is available on the NAAB website where you can access the NAAB Conditions for Accreditation, which include the Student Performance Criteria.

Course List and 2008-2009 Bulletin Course descriptions (begin at page 11 of pdf)

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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please contact:
Michael J. Crosbie, Department Chair, 860-768-4755 or
Ann Lankford, Liaison Manager, 860-768-4339