Master of Architecture 3G

Architects today are interdisciplinary public intellectuals who engage their community, the discipline, and the world through many forms of creative professional practice. The Graduate Architecture Program at Tennessee challenges students to do more than envision buildings. We influence contemporary technology, material cultures, and political economies while drawing from histories and theories of the built environment. We prepare graduate students to be active intellectuals, willing and able to engage in cultural production and agency.

The School of Architecture offers two tracks leading to a professional Master of Architecture degree—both of which challenge students to design their path through elective offerings, research studios, study abroad options, and degree concentrations.

The 3G track admits students from all backgrounds including design, architecture, engineering, sciences, as well as humanities and the arts. This program typically takes three-and-a-half years to complete, and it begins in July—prospective students should apply for Summer second-session enrollment.

Recommended pre-requisites: Humanities (12 Hours), Physics (1 course), Pre-calculus (1 course).

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Concentrations 

Course Catalog

Full Curriculum

Summer Year One (7)

Arch 538 (3)
Design I: Design Fundamentals
Arch 518 (2)
Representation I
Arch 501 (2)
Introduction to Environmental Design

Fall Year One (15)

Arch 541 (6)
Design II: Principles of Architecture
Arch 519 (2)
Representation II
Arch 511 (3)
History and Theory of Architecture I
Arch 557 (4)
Structural Practices in Architecture
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Studio and Beyond 

You'll benefit from the collaborative atmosphere of our open design studios, where you'll have your own workstation and high-res monitor provided by the college. But we go well beyond the studio into the built environment to understand need and how it can be transformed through architecture.
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You are not going to find a more cohesive curriculum, a more engaging student body or a more dedicated faculty and staff, who make it impossible to graduate with anything less than excellence.

Brooke Cunningham, Master of Architecture Student

After Graduation Careers

Our accredited program qualifies graduates to sit for the Architect Registration Exam and prepares you to lead a successful career in:

specialized practice

research

specialty consulting

academia

firm owner and more

Are you ready? Immersive Experience

First-year 3G students take a specialized compressed travel studio to explore the influence of one's surroundings and the generative potential of in situ making. This 2-week design charette often includes a field trip to Marfa, Texas, home of the Chinati Foundation and the work of American Artist, Donald Judd. This otherwise unassuming West Texas desert town has some of the most stunning creative work set in an amazing landscape. The field work we do there will give us an amazing experience of the environment and how design can respond spatially.
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