Master of Architecture
The BGSU Architecture program pursues the convergence of technical and liberal arts to inspire and empower students to enhance the built environment.

@2013 Toledo American Institute of Architects (AIA) Senior Architecture Award, Frist Prize Arham Siddiqui
Master of
Architecture
Bowling Green State University’s Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) program is for students who intend to become licensed architects. The two-year professional Master of Architecture degree builds on the four-year pre-professional B.S. in Architecture degree currently in operation—or its equivalent from other institutions.
Mission
In keeping with Bowling Green State University’s vision of becoming a premiere learning community, the Department of Architecture and Environmental Design takes a quality-driven approach to education and strives to maintain a pedagogical approach that balances the development of student knowledge and skills with the cultivation of professional values and leadership abilities. The M.Arch. program capitalizes on this pedagogical tendency.
Seamless Education
The Department’s pedagogical conviction treats all facets of architecture including theory, design, technology, communications, and practice as comparable parts of the discipline. Infusing seamlessly throughout the professional education—the undergraduate and graduate segments—this broad-based inquiry conviction benefits not only the students, but also the institution, the community, and the profession.
Program Requirements
The graduate architecture curriculum immerses students in rigorous coursework and hands-on experience in designing, researching, developing architectural composition and applying those learned skills in professional practice. This curriculum is ideal for individuals with a strong interest to expand their entrepreneurial perspectives in anticipation of their future roles in a rapidly changing professional climate.
The BGSU’s M.Arch. Degree candidates fulfill the (5) core requirements of the graduate curriculum by completing 52 graduate credit hours distributed in the following areas.
Course Requirements
ARCH 6210 - Graduate Design Studio I
Comprehension of architectural design methods through topical investigation and studio project that address diverse cultural, social, behavioral, and physical needs and problems.
ARCH 6220 - Graduate Design Studio 2
The second in the graduate design studio sequence, this course continues to develop design skills while introducing the integration of passive and sustainable technologies as fundamental components of design development. Lectures and guest lecturer will bring in contemporary practices and research in sustainability as a resource to be incorporated into guided design practice. Students will work both independent and group projects based on theoretical and actual current regional initiatives.
ARCH 6310 - Graduate Design Studio 3
Third design studio in the four course graduate studio sequence. The course focus is on the integration of structural systems and materials exploration within a design studio project. Emphasis will be placed upon the relationship of structure to building enclosure, structure to form, and the detailed investigation of building connections and exterior/interior enclosure systems. This course is also intended to provide a foundation for understanding the protocols of architectural design by following a project from schematic design through construction.
ARCH 6320 - Graduate Design Studio 4
This thesis studio constitutes the realization of the investigation and exploration initiated in the previous design studios. Specifically, it offers students the opportunity to execute an independent thesis within the structure of a supervised studio devoted to the investigation of a specific program.
- ARCH 6530 - Codes and Regulations
- ARCH 6610 - Professional Practice/Entrepreneurship
- ARCH 6620 - Business Innovation by Design
- Elective #1 (By Advisement)
- Elective #2 (By Advisement)
- Elective #3 (By Advisement)
- ARCH 6630 Applied Entrepreneurship (or) Any 1 Credit-hour Elective Course
- ARCH 6510 - Sustainability Systems
- ARCH 6800 - Seminar in Architecture and Design
Updated: 09/07/2022 06:18PM