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Architecture is a multidimensional, comprehensive discipline that essentially touches on all fields of human activity. It is an art and a profession that warrants imagination and creativity at many levels, including artistic, scientific, and professional. The nature of this utilitarian art is to serve humanity. As such, architecture combines functional, formal, cultural, theoretical, historical, political, technical, and spiritual concerns into inclusive contributions to the built environment.

mission of the program
The mission of the Master of Architecture program has three components: the education of students for the profession of architecture, research and design in critical issues of urban architecture, and support to the metropolitan region of Baltimore and to the State of Maryland. Click here to review the Strategic Plan for the Graduate Program in Architecture.

about the program
The Master of Architecture program at Morgan State University is one of two architecture schools in Maryland and the only architecture school in Baltimore. It offers one of the few accredited first professional master’s degree programs in the United States with all afternoon and evening classes and studios.

The program strives to prepare a multi-cultural student body for professional architectural experience in varied public and private settings. The program addresses issues in urban architecture, housing, health care, recreation, commerce, education, and governance—the activities that generate urban facilities—and presents a range of architectural problems to be explored. These explorations provide contact with the diversity of people who live or work in urban areas and address issues such as master planning, historic considerations, urban design, economics, construction technologies, security, maintenance, and design standards. Of special concern at Morgan State Univerity are the issues of the African-American and West African past experiences and evolving influences in the design profession.

Our course offerings in design, history and theory, technology, and professional practice are geared towards the dual objectives of preparing students both for employability in quality professional offices and leadership roles as licensed public and private sector entrepreneurs.
accreditation

The Master of Architecture program is a fully accredited, professional degree program by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) pleading to the opportunity for licensure as professional architecture within the United States.

The National Architectural Accrediting Board requires that the following statement be included, in its entirety, in the catalogues and promotional materials of all accredited programs:

“In the United States, most state 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 U.S. professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes two types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture and the Master of Architecture. A program may be granted a five-year, three-year or two-year term of accreditation, depending on its degree of conformance with established educational standards.

“Master’s degree programs 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.”

Landscape Architecture is the design profession which applies artistic, cultural, scientific, and technical knowledge and skills to the analysis, design, planning, development, and management of the land. Landscape architects accept certain responsibilities related to the health, safety, and welfare of the public and are concerned with resource conservation and stewardship of the environment. The practice of landscape architecture requires an appreciation and understanding of natural and social processes, a creative imagination, technical expertise, and a commitment to preserve or improve the physical environment for optimum human use and enjoyment and the protection of resources and other life forms on the planet (maybe someday on other planetary bodies).

Landscape architects are employed by private planning, design, engineering and construction professional offices, public planning agencies, land development companies, industrial or commercial firms, educational and research institutions, park and recreation authorities, NGOs, and a variety of other organizations which require regional planning, land use planning, site design, and environmental management services. The landscape architect’s professional activities include consultations with clients, resource inventories and landscape analysis, site development programming, development of design concepts and land use proposals, provision of design implementation drawings and specifications, preparation of contracts and reports, and observation/supervision of projects under construction. The landscape architect often collaborates with other professionals, including architects, engineers, naturalists, geographers, interior designers, construction professionals and planners, in the design and development of urban, rural, and wilderness on land areas, waterbodies, and the atmosphere.

The undergraduate Bachelor of Landscape Architecture program provides a diverse learning experience which strives for a balance between philosophy, theory, and application of concepts related to past, present, and future problem-solving in landscape architecture and allied environmental planning and design professions.