School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape 4. Program Descriptions4. Program Descriptions
Master of Architecture (MArch)
The Master of Architecture is a course-based first professional degree offering a three-year curriculum based on a two year MArch program, plus a Foundation Year when deemed appropriate. The Canadian Architectural Certification Board accredits the degree, and prepares students for practice as registered architects in North America. |
Master of Environmental Design (MEDes)
The Master of Environmental Design is a thesis-based research degree normally intended for recent graduates and early career practitioners in architecture, planning, and landscape architecture who wish to research a particular topic, in greater depth, across the spectrum of faculty research expertise. |
Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA)
The Master of Landscape Architecture is a course-based first professional degree program, offering a three-year curriculum, based on a two-year MLA program, plus a Foundation Year when deemed appropriate. The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects accredits the degree which prepares students for practice as registered Landscape Architects. |
Master of Planning (MPlan)
The Master of Planning is a course-based first professional degree program, offering a studio-based two-year curriculum emphasizing sustainabililty, interdisciplinarity, physical planning and urban design. The Professional Standards Board of the Canadian Institute of Planners accredits the degree which prepares students for practice as registered Professional Planners. |
Doctor of Design (DDes)
The Doctor of Design is a thesis-based degree for mid-career architects, landscape architects, planners, and other creative professionals and educators with significant practice-based experience, who want to explore a focused area of applied creative design practice-based research. |
Undergraduate Certificate, Sustainability Studies
园区淫乱 offers an interdisciplinary embedded Certificate in Sustainability Studies which can be taken in conjunction with most undergraduate degree programs1. Any undergraduate student, in good academic standing, is eligible for admission to the certificate in Sustainability Studies. Undergraduate students must successfully complete their degree, and all other requirements for graduation, in order to receive their embedded certificate in Sustainability Studies. 1Certain programs may not be eligible to take the certificate, and some may require additional time and courses in order to complete. Programs not eligible for the certificate include Law, Nursing, Undergraduate Medical Education (UME), Social Work, and Veterinary Medicine. |
Requirements
Undergraduate students must successfully complete a minimum of 18 units from the Field of Sustainability Studies while fulfilling the following requirements:
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Program Information
Program office: School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (APL), Professional Faculties Building, Room: 2182 |
Minor Field of Specialization in Architectural Studies
The courses required for the Minor are equivalent to the courses in the MArch Foundation Year, and constitute the prerequisites for the University of Calgary鈥檚 two-year MArch degree. Completion of this Minor does not guarantee admission to the MArch or to other degree programs in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, but it may reduce the number of courses that are required for an MArch. Students completing the Minor must apply for admission to the MArch degree. Students interested in pursuing an MArch at the University of Calgary should note that only those students who have completed a four-year degree are considered for admission. A three-year Bachelor of Communication and Culture coupled with the Minor is not sufficient. |
Requirements
The following 30 units must be completed successfully to achieve the Minor:
Optional Electives The following optional elective courses in Environmental Design are also available to students in the Minor:
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