USC Catalogue: The Schools: USC School of Architecture: Dual Degrees

Graduate Programs

Dual Degrees

Master of Architecture/Master of Planning

The Master of Planning/Master of Architecture dual degree program facilitates highly related cross-disciplinary studies in architecture and in planning at the master's level. This program offers students interested in developing a career in urban design an opportunity to make more substantial commitments in both disciplines and to achieve a more coherent and extensive knowledge in the design of built environments and public policy. This dual degree program normally requires five semesters in residence.

Qualified students who are admitted to the graduate programs in both the School of Architecture and the School of Policy, Planning, and Development may complete both degrees in a highly integrated five-semester program. Such students must already possess a five-year professional degree in architecture.

Requirements

Requirements for completion of the dual degree program are 72 units, including 36 units in architecture and 36 units in planning, as follows:

Architecture		Units
ARCH 532	Elements of the Urban Landscape	2
ARCH 533	Urban Landscape Case Studies	2
ARCH 561	Architecture in the Urban Landscape: Projects and Places	2
ARCH 563	Architecture in the Urban Landscape: Comparative Theories	2
ARCH 605abL	Graduate Architecture Design	6-6
ARCH 693abL	M.Arch. Thesis, Option I, or
ARCH 695abzL	M.Arch. Thesis, Option II	4-8
Elective*		4

*A 4-unit elective course taken within the School of Architecture.

Policy, Planning, and Development		Units
PPD 500	Intersectoral Leadership	2
PPD 501a	Economics for Policy, Planning and Development	2
PPD 524	Planning Theory	2
PPD 525	Statistics and Arguing from Data	2
PPD 526	Comparative International Development	2
PPD 527	The Social Context of Planning	2
PPD 529	Legal Environment of Planning	2
PPD 533	Planning History and Urban Form	2

Note: 2-unit courses may be offered in seven-and-a-half week blocks.

Concentration Methodology: A 4-unit course selected from the concentration list shown in the Master of Planning program.

Planning Studios: PPD 531L (4, 4) to total 8 units.

Electives: A total of 8 units of electives taken within the School of Policy, Planning, and Development.

Dual degree students, like all other M.Pl. students, must take a comprehensive examination and fulfill the internship requirement.

Master of Landscape Architecture/Master of Planning

Qualified students with a professional degree in landscape architecture who are admitted to the graduate program in the School of Architecture with advanced standing and in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development may complete both degrees in a highly integrated five-semester program.

Completion of the dual degree requires 66 units, including 32 units of courses in landscape architecture, 24 units of courses in urban planning and 10 units of thesis option I or II.

The specified courses are those required for the Master of Landscape Architecture degree.

Landscape Architecture		Units
ARCH 532	Elements of the Urban Landscape	2
ARCH 533	Urban Landscape Case Studies	2
ARCH 561	Architecture in the Urban Landscape: Projects and Places	2
ARCH 563	Architecture in the Urban Landscape: Comparative Theories	2
ARCH 697abzL	M.L.Arch. Thesis, Option II, or
ARCH 698abzL	M.L.Arch. Thesis, Option I	2-8-0
Electives		12

Studios		Units
ARCH 542abL	Landscape Architecture Design	6-6

Policy, Planning, and Development		Units
PPD 500	Intersectoral Leadership	2
PPD 501a	Economics for Policy, Planning and Development	2
PPD 524	Planning Theory	2
PPD 525	Statistics and Arguing from Data	2
PPD 526	Comparative International Development	2
PPD 527	The Social Context of Planning	2
PPD 533	Planning History and Urban Form	2
RED 573	Design History and Criticism	2