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Adding a Concentration

A graduate concentration constitutes a coherent program of study requiring additional breadth or considerable depth of knowledge. A concentration may refer to a subfield within a discipline, or to an interdepartmental and/or interdisciplinary area of knowledge. Concentrations appear on a student's academic transcripts, but not on the diploma.

The M.Arch program has six Concentrations:

The MSAS program has three Concentrations:

Request to Add a Graduate Concentration

If you are completing the M.Arch or MSAS degree, you are eligible to complete a concentration. It is not required for students to have a concentration. Students are also allowed to have more than one concentration, however, courses cannot be “double-dipped” and applied to more than one concentration.

Students who would like to earn a concentration must initiate the process by submitting the Request to Add a Graduate Concentration form online.

Graduate College Student Portal

After you submit your form, a member of the graduate staff will review the request and will contact you by email with the decision. If approved, students may then formally add the concentration to their record through a Petition to Add/Drop a Concentration via the Graduate College Student Portal.

After processing in the School of Architecture, your petition will be routed to the Graduate College for final approval. Please note as well, students who would like to complete a concentration should declare their intent no later than the second week (10^th class day) of the student’s second semester. Please note that concentrations are not approved in any student’s final term. Keep in mind, as well, that declaring your concentration early may influence studio assignments for relevant areas.

Adding a Concentration

Graduate Concentration Options

Next steps

Adding a Concentration

Graduate Concentration Options

Next steps

Tait Johnson