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Hey all,
wanted to get a discussion going about the MArch degree verses the BArch degree in architectural schools across the country.
I graduated in may 2003, with a BArch degree from Tulane University. However, my school is one of those progressive schools that is switching over to the 5 year MArch degree. The class after us will be the first class to receive this disagree. As you can probably imagine, there was a big stink about it from our class. Virtually the same curriculum with a better looking degree... Anyhow, the school decided to award our class with a retroactive MArch degree in one year when the class of 2004 receives theirs.
What does everyone else think about this issue?
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As long as you didn't have to pay for it. What about the class that came before you?
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The retroactive degree will be available to all previous classes that graduated with the 5yr bachelor's degree I believe....I think that takes it back to some time in the 70's.
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I can't believe the schools are doing this - that's nuts. It should have been left alone. I went to Louisiana Tech and graduated in 1990 with a BArch. Tulane is a beautiful place and a fine school. I worked with one of the great architects that graduated from there many many years ago. I just can't see the sense in giving away a Masters degree that way. But maybe they saw the folly in offering a 6 year Masters when all it meant was that the student did one more year of hell for a degree that was for all purposes the same as the 5 year, except with a Masters you can teach at the University level with more credibility.
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I think they did it because they felt that the amount of work done in that 5 years was deserving of a master's degree. In my 5 years there at Tulane, I averaged 18 credit hour semesters. Couple that with ,as we all know, time consuming Studio and that's a lot of work!
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