the school of architecture offers a four year bachelor of arts in environmental design undergraduate program which, when combined with our three-semester graduate program, leads to a fully accredited master of architecture degree. the master of architecture degree is a first-professional degree.

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 us professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes three types of degrees: the bachelor of architecture, the master of architecture, and the doctor of architecture. a program may be granted a six-year, three-year, or two-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.