Architecture Degrees Online

A post-professional degree, the Master of Architectural Studies, is offered to applicants who already hold a professional degree in architecture and wish to pursue further investigations in design or design-related topics. Students are offered an intensive curriculum in one of five areas of concentration: Cultural Studies/Sacred Space, Digital Architecture, Digital Fabrication, Real Estate Development, and Urban Design/Conservation. It requires a minimum of one-and-a-half years of advanced study tailored to the needs and interests of the individual.

As a world capital with representatives from more than 150 nations and more than 1,000 professional, trade, cultural, political, technical and social service organizations, Washington, D.C., is a premier location for post-professional research and study. The Master of Architectural Studies is designed to take advantage of these resources in combination with coursework at The Catholic University of America and the institutions that comprise the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area.

The industrial technology program, through its two concentrations, provides students with the opportunity to develop a specialty within a broader framework of operations knowledge. By selecting the manufacturing concentration, the student specializes in direct manufacturing support of a technical or managerial nature. Knowledge of management principles, physical sciences, technology of industry, and liberal arts is employed to optimize manufacturing processes, materials, and personnel. The quality concentration allows the student to develop the ability to assist the organization in obtaining the maximum level of quality performance in providing products or services. This concentration requires a professional internship that places the student in a specialty position in a local organization as a culminating activity.

Program graduates have filled positions as industrial engineers, quality-assurance specialists, operations supervisors, trainers, and technical sales and marketing specialists.

Major Architectural Engineering

Program Admission Requirements

1. Student must successfully complete and obtain a cumulative average of 70% in the following courses:

MATH141 , MATH132 , PHYS 41, PHYS132 , ENME121

2. Success in Assessment Test in Visual and Artistic skills

3. Department approval based on intake capacity – priority is given to students with higher scores in the courses above and where these are even, other academic criteria can be sought by the department committee .

Condition for Continuing in Major
Student in Major must maintain a cumulative Major average of not less than 70%.

Program Requirements
Student must successfully complete a minimum of 103 credit hours of courses distributed as follows:

1. (13 credit hours) ENCE210 , ENCE220 , ENCE223 , ENCE323 , ENCE336 , ENCE532

2. ( 3 credit hours) ENME430

3. (3 credit hours) ENEE330

4. Core courses (72 credit hours)

ENAR221 , ENAR222 , ENAR223 , ENAR224 , ENAR225 , ENAR227 , ENAR232 , ENAR234 , ENAR235 , ENAR236 , ENAR237 , ENAR321 , ENAR322 , ENAR323 , ENAR324 , ENAR331 , ENAR334 , ENAR341 , ENAR342 , ENAR401 , ENAR431 , ENAR433 , ENAR436 , ENAR442 , ENAR451 , ENAR520 , ENAR530

5. All Courses (9 credit hours) in one of the following concentrations:
a. Architectural Design: ENAR412 , ENAR539 , ENAR551
b. Urban Planning: ENAR413 , ENAR535 , ENAR553
c. Building Construction: ENAR5311 , ENCE5312 , ENCE5314

6. Elective course (3 credit hours) from the following list depending on the concentration:
a. Architectural Design: ENAR531 , ENAR534 , ENAR537 , ENAR5391
b. Urban Planning: ENAR532 , ENAR533 , ENAR536 , ENAR538
c. Building Construction: ENCE5315 , ENCE5316 , ENAR5317

Bachelor Program in Architectural Engineering

The Department of Architectural Engineering offers an academic program leading to Bachelor degree Major Architectural Engineering with a concentration in Architectural Design, Urban Planning or Building Construction.