The Master of Architecture course at the University of Southern California (USC) equips students with industry knowledge to create designs that address current issues in the built environment.

School: University of Southern California School of Architecture
Course: Master of Architecture
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Course dates: August 2025 to May 2027 (option of a two or three year course)
Application deadline: May 1 2025 (domestic applicants)/July 1 2025 (international applicants)

USC Graduate Architecture leverages the extensive experience and wide-ranging expertise of a deeply talented roster of licensed architects, design-thinkers and design scholars to explore the power of design to change the built environment.

With a deep commitment to disciplinary knowledge, civic and spatial justice and innovation in architectural practice, the programme's aim is for every graduate to be prepared for the challenges of the 21st century.

The Master of Architecture is built on three levels.

The first level is dedicated to introducing essential disciplinary knowledge and the fundamental design skills required for the NAAB-accredited degree.

The second level builds upon this foundation with increasingly refined vocational knowledge and advanced professional capability.

The final level culminates with a year of individually directed design research. It also includes masterclasses and a directed design research project or thesis focused on the student's emergent architectural interests.

The programme offers the Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure (IPAL), a structured path to earning an architecture license that allows students to complete all the core licensure requirements while earning a degree.

As a STEM programme, international students may be eligible for a 24-month extension of post-completion OPT for a total eligibility of up to 36 months.

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Top image: Post-Herosim: Toward a Formalism Methodology of Foreseeing Urbanism by Fangshuo Zhao.

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