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Master of Architecture (MArch)
About the Program
Starting Fall 2007, Ryerson University will offer a professional Master of Architecture degree.
Architects today operate in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment. In addition to possessing strong technical skills, the architectural profession requires strong, independent, critical thinkers, who nonetheless are comfortable acting in an increasingly collaborative industry. As issues around the nature environment increase in importance, architects must be willing and able to take on leadership roles within society. By focusing on a critical study of architectural practice, both in its contemporary forms and in its future potential, Ryerson’s program will provide students with the opportunities for intellectual growth needed to develop these leadership faculties. The program is a two-year, six-semester, studio-based course of study designed for students with a strong technical background in architecture.
Professional Accreditation
In March 2007, Ryerson University applied to the CACB for Candidacy Status for the M. Arch. professional degree program.
In Canada, all provincial / territorial associations / institutes / orders recommend a degree from an accredited professional degree programme as a prerequisite for licensure. The Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit Canadian professional degree programmes in architecture, recognizes one type of accredited degrees: the Master of Architecture.
A programme may be granted a six-year, three-year, or two-year term of accreditation, depending on its degree of conformance with established educational standards
Master's degree programmes may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree, which, when earned sequentially, comprise an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.
The CACB grants candidacy status to new programmes that have developed viable plans for achieving initial accreditation. Candidacy status indicates that a programme should be accredited within six years of achieving candidacy, if its plan is properly implemented.
Ryerson University's Department of Architectural Science will have to go through a set out process to achieve a candidacy status. Candidacy status shall be granted if the CACB concludes that the programme will be able to implement its development plans and achieve accreditation within no more than six years.
Once granted, the programme must maintain candidacy status every two years. The maximum period of candidacy is six years.
To proceed to initial accreditation, the programme will have to complete a minimum of two years with continuous candidacy status; and one graduating class would have completed the entire professional degree programme for which accreditation is sought.
The first graduating class will be eligible for certification and licensure.
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The creation of the Master of Architecture program will most certainly mean that Ryerson will need to build a new Architecture Building. The current brutalist Architecture Building is already bursting at the seams with the undergrad program.
Even though I have no intention of entering this program (or any other program at Ryerson) at this time, as an Architecture School alumni I do plan to stop by the launch party on May 10.
Master of Architecture (MArch)
About the Program
Starting Fall 2007, Ryerson University will offer a professional Master of Architecture degree.
Architects today operate in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment. In addition to possessing strong technical skills, the architectural profession requires strong, independent, critical thinkers, who nonetheless are comfortable acting in an increasingly collaborative industry. As issues around the nature environment increase in importance, architects must be willing and able to take on leadership roles within society. By focusing on a critical study of architectural practice, both in its contemporary forms and in its future potential, Ryerson’s program will provide students with the opportunities for intellectual growth needed to develop these leadership faculties. The program is a two-year, six-semester, studio-based course of study designed for students with a strong technical background in architecture.
Professional Accreditation
In March 2007, Ryerson University applied to the CACB for Candidacy Status for the M. Arch. professional degree program.
In Canada, all provincial / territorial associations / institutes / orders recommend a degree from an accredited professional degree programme as a prerequisite for licensure. The Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit Canadian professional degree programmes in architecture, recognizes one type of accredited degrees: the Master of Architecture.
A programme may be granted a six-year, three-year, or two-year term of accreditation, depending on its degree of conformance with established educational standards
Master's degree programmes may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree, which, when earned sequentially, comprise an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.
The CACB grants candidacy status to new programmes that have developed viable plans for achieving initial accreditation. Candidacy status indicates that a programme should be accredited within six years of achieving candidacy, if its plan is properly implemented.
Ryerson University's Department of Architectural Science will have to go through a set out process to achieve a candidacy status. Candidacy status shall be granted if the CACB concludes that the programme will be able to implement its development plans and achieve accreditation within no more than six years.
Once granted, the programme must maintain candidacy status every two years. The maximum period of candidacy is six years.
To proceed to initial accreditation, the programme will have to complete a minimum of two years with continuous candidacy status; and one graduating class would have completed the entire professional degree programme for which accreditation is sought.
The first graduating class will be eligible for certification and licensure.
*****
The creation of the Master of Architecture program will most certainly mean that Ryerson will need to build a new Architecture Building. The current brutalist Architecture Building is already bursting at the seams with the undergrad program.
Even though I have no intention of entering this program (or any other program at Ryerson) at this time, as an Architecture School alumni I do plan to stop by the launch party on May 10.
