Program Requirements
Course Requirements
Total Credit Hours Required: 63 credit hours
Core Courses (27 credit hours)
ARCH 5308.03: Professional Practice (Co-op Work Term)
ARCH 5309.03: Professional Practice (Co-op Work Term)
ARCH 5310.00: Co-op Work Term Continuation (only if a student is extending their work term beyond 2 terms)
ARCH 5311.03: Professional Practice
ARCH 9014.09: MArch Thesis 1
ARCH 9015.09: MArch Thesis 2
ARCH 9890.00: Co-op Orientation (only if ARCH 8890 was not completed in the BEDS program)
Group 1 Design Core Courses (12 credit hours selected from the following)
ARCH 5002.06: Urban Housing Studio
ARCH 5003.06: Adaptive Reuse Studio
ARCH 5004.06: Urban Systems Studio
ARCH 5007.06: Landscape Studio
ARCH 5010.06: Public Architecture Studio
ARCH 5011.06: Coastal Studio
ARCH 5012.06: Urban Program Studio
ARCH 5013.06: Design-Build Studio
Group 2 Humanities Core Courses (6 credit hours selected from the following)
ARCH 5102.03: Housing Theory
ARCH 5104.03: Urban Systems
ARCH 5106.03: International Sustainable Development
ARCH 5107.03: Theory and the Built Environment
ARCH 5112.03: Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement in Architecture
ARCH 5113.03: Technology, Culture and Society
ARCH 5114.03: Theory of Conservation Practice
ARCH 5115.03: Post-Colonial Culture, Architecture, and Urbanism
ARCH 5116.03: Social Theory and Design
ARCH 5198.03: Humanities Seminar
Group 3 Technology Core Courses (6 credit hours selected from the following)
ARCH 5209.03: Energy Efficient Design
ARCH 5210.03: Life Cycle Analysis
ARCH 5211.03: The Construction Detail
ARCH 5212.03: From Principle to Detail
ARCH 5213.03: Facades
ARCH 5214.03: Tensile Architecture
ARCH 5215.03: Fabrication
ARCH 5218.03: Site and Material Processes
ARCH 5219.03: Technology of Heritage Conservation
ARCH 5220.03: Adaptive Re-use
ARCH 5221.03: Building Systems Design
ARCH 5222.03: Wood in Architecture
ARCH 5298.03: Technology Seminar
General Electives (12 credit hours)
ARCH 6002.03: Free Lab
ARCH 6122.03: Humanities Seminar
ARCH 6126.03: Architectural Translation
ARCH 6209.03: Material Investigation
ARCH 6211.03: Technology Seminar
ARCH 6304.03: Entrepreneurship
ARCH 6503.03: Photography in Architecture
ARCH 6504.03: Montage in Architecture
ARCH 6510.03: Architectural Documentation and Analysis
ARCH 6511.03: Documentation of Historic Buildings
ARCH 6513.03: Representation Seminar
Two of the four electives must be graduate courses, 5xxx-level or higher. They may be in Architecture (ARCH) or any other subject. For interdisciplinary breadth, two of the four electives may be 3xxx- or 4xxx-level Dalhousie undergraduate courses in a non-ARCH subject. With a Letter of Permission, a student also may take a graduate course at another university, if the course is not available at Dalhousie University.
A student can receive graduate credit for a maximum of three "special topics" or seminar courses (e.g., Humanities Seminar, Technology Seminar, and Representation Seminar in the School of Architecture; or Directed Reading and Independent Study in other departments).
A course that was taken before entering the MArch program cannot be counted as a transfer credit toward the elective requirement.
Additional Requirements
Before entering the second year of the MArch program, a student must pass a review to confirm that all first-year MArch requirements have been completed. If all required courses are completed except the thesis, a student will transition to the Continuing Student category and will register in ARCH 9009 and REGN 9999 each term.
Program-level Policies
The two parts of the work term (ARCH 5308 and ARCH 5309) are to be completed in consecutive terms to encourage sustained and responsible professional experience.
A maximum of 3 credit hours of additional courses may be taken during a term when a student is registered in ARCH 5308, ARCH 5309, or ARCH 5310.
If all required courses are completed except the thesis, a student will transition to the Continuing Student category and will register in ARCH 9009 and REGN 9999 each term.
The maximum duration of a thesis is five academic terms: ARCH 9014, ARCH 9015, and three terms of ARCH 9009.
Course Sequence
Terms 1 & 2 (M1 and M2 academic terms): Complete Group 1, 2 and 3 Core Courses and 6 credit hours of General Electives. Complete ARCH 9890 if required.
Terms 3 & 4 (M3 and M4 work terms): ARCH 5308.03 and ARCH 5309.03
Term 5 (M5 academic term): ARCH 9014.09 and 6 credit hours of General Electives
Term 6 (M6 academic term): ARCH 9015.09 and ARCH 5311.03
Term 7 and beyond: ARCH 9009.00 and REGN 9999 if required for thesis completion
Additional thesis terms, if necessary: ARCH 9009.00 and REGN 9999