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A Master's in Architecture is intended for students who will pursue a career as a licensed architect. Most state licensing boards require a process that is administered by the National Council of Architecture Registration Boards (NCARB), including the completion of a professional, NAAB-accredited degree, as well as Architecture Experience (AXP) hours and Architect Registration Exams (AREs). The M.Arch. program has been granted for eligibility for candidacy with National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).
Marywood offers advanced standing in their MArch program for students with undergraduate degrees in Architecture (BA, BEDA, BS), Architectural Engineering, Interior Architecture (BA, BFA, BIA), and Construction Management (BSCM). For instance, Marywood alumni with the Bachelor of Interior Architecture degree may be eligible for 60 credits of advanced standing in the MArch program.
Architecture graduate students adhere to a scaffolded curriculum that prepares them for professional practice:
Design studios steadily building up to a two-semester, comprehensive thesis project
Building technology courses integrating topics in structures, environmental and building science, renewable energy, and other areas
Hybrid representation courses including hand drawing, model making, digital rendering, animation, and fabrication
History and theory courses delving into the cultural, philosophical, political, and religious traditions influence the built environment
Program electives in community design build, global urban ecologies, lighting, public design projects, and many more
American Institute of Architecture Students, Habitat for Humanity Student Chapter, Women in Architecture and Design, National Organization for Minority Architecture Students
Marywood’s LEED Gold-certified School of Architecture building includes features like geothermal cooling, rainwater harvesting, and a green roof—putting sustainable principles into practice every day.
Our students collaborate across disciplines with peers in Construction Management, Interior Architecture, and Virtual Architecture, gaining real-world perspectives from the start. Through the Center for Urban Studies, they also engage in projects that connect design with social change.
Recent awards include:
First Prize – Solar Decathlon Design Challenge, Attached Housing Division (2021)
Second Prize – Retrofit Housing Division (2023)
Third Place – Workplace Wellness Category, AISC/ACSA Steel Competition (2021)
Marywood is ranked #14 Best Value School by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings for 2026, making Marywood a great, centrally located option for students in Northeastern Pennsylvania who want to stay closer to home.
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Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university
“B” average during undergraduate study or demonstrated potential for graduate work
Official transcripts from all previously attended institutions
Completed Application: https://admissions.marywood.edu/apply/
Morris K. Udall Scholarship
The Udall Foundation seeks future leaders across a wide spectrum of environmental fields, including policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning and renewal, business, health, justice, and economics. The Foundation also seeks future Native American and Alaska Native leaders in public and community health care, tribal government, and public policy affecting Native American communities, including land and resource management, economic development, and education.
Total of 101 credits required including:
Architecture curriculum
Program Electives
The Architecture curriculum is scaffolded by four curricular sequences listed below. Please email the MUSOA Director at architecture@marywood.edu for a recommended, semester-by-semester curriculum tracker outlining the 3.5-year program.
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IARC 560A |
Graduate Studio Observation I |
3 |
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IARC 560B |
Graduate Studio Observation II |
3 |
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IARC 610A |
Interior Architecture Studio Vii |
6 |
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IARC 620A |
Int Architecture Studio VIII |
6 |
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IARC 611 |
Grad Studio I: Frml & Sptl Attds of Adap |
6 |
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IARC 621 |
Grad Studio Ii: Urbn/Cmmnty Cntxts Adptv |
6 |
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IARC 510 |
Design Thesis I |
6 |
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IARC 520 |
Design Thesis II |
6 |
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IARC 503L |
Hybrid Representation Lab III |
2 |
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IARC 515 |
Representation in Adap Reuse of Interior |
3 |
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IARC 518 |
Advanced Hybrid Craft |
3 |
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ARCH 517 |
Building Technologies I |
3 |
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ARCH 527 |
Building Technologies II |
3 |
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ARCH 537 |
Building Technologies III |
3 |
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ARCH 547 |
Building Technologies IV |
3 |
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ARCH 557 |
Building Technologies V |
3 |
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IARC 511 |
Principles of Adaptive Reuse |
3 |
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IARC 517 |
Strategies/Theories of Adaptive Reuse |
3 |
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ARCH 528 |
Hist&Theory of Arch & Int. Arch I |
3 |
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ARCH 618 |
Hist&Theory of Arch & Int. Arch II |
3 |
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ARCH 628 |
Hist&Theory of Arch & Int. Arch III |
3 |
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IARC 513 |
Thesis Research |
3 |
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IARC 525 |
Thesis Documentation & Publication |
3 |
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ARCH 562 |
Professional Practice Practicum |
3 |
* Program Electives shall be selected from Interior Architecture, Architecture, Virtual Architecture, Construction Management, and other courses approved by the MUSOA Director. Program Electives shall not be otherwise required courses in the Master of Interior Architecture degree program.
Advanced standing in this 101-credit degree program is available to students who have completed a baccalaureate degree in Architecture, Construction Management, Engineering, Interior Architecture, or Interior Design from an ACCE-, CIDA-, NAAB-, or NASAD- accredited undergraduate program. A transcript and portfolio review will be conducted for all applicants who are seeking advanced standing. Since this review is required, only an advanced standing option for applicants who have a B.E.D.A., B.I.A., or B.V.A. from Marywood, where course content requirements are guaranteed, will be outlined in the catalog.
Students holding a Bachelor of Interior Architecture, Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture, or Bachelor of Virtual Architecture from Marywood University will receive up to 41 credits of advanced standing for required course content that they have successfully completed during their undergraduate degree program.
In some cases, where students learn can be as important as what they learn. Where it can be a modern urban center or a historic city like Florence, or it can be a building so innovative in its design that it becomes a partner in the educational experience. Such is the case with Marywood’s Center for Architectural Studies, which houses the School of Architecture.
The School of Architecture is a state-of-the-art example of sustainable design. It's a spacious, adaptive re-use of Marywood's former gymnasium and natatorium. It features:
A two-story commons under a continuous skylight harvests abundant natural light throughout the day and serves as the building's "agora" - an open, shared, central space for educational exchanges among students and faculty. This is an ideal place for group discussions, debates, displays, and project critiques.
Entrance to the building with student work displayed
A two-story commons under a continuous skylight harvests abundant natural light throughout the day and serves as the building's "agora" - an open, shared, central space for educational exchanges among students and faculty. This is an ideal place for group discussions, debates, displays, and project critiques.
Every student is provided an individual work space with a drawing board, personal storage area, pin-up wall, and space for a laptop.
It features:
The Cloud Room (CAS 251) is located on the second level of the Center for Architectural Studies, above the lobby. Including only chairs without desks, it is not considered a traditional classroom space. The Cloud Room is used by the School of Architecture as a meeting space and as a location for architecture lectures and guest speakers.
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Marywood University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSHE).
"In the United States, most registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit professional degree programs in architecture offered by institutions with U.S. regional accreditation, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted an eight-year term, an eight-year term with conditions, or a three-year term of initial accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established education standards.
Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may require a non-accredited undergraduate degree in architecture for admission. However, the non-accredited degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree."
Marywood University School of Architecture offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs:
Bachelor of Architecture (150 credits)
Master of Architecture (101 credits) – approved to host Initial Candidacy Visit in Fall 2026
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