SCI-Arc offers students a unique experience as they pursue their undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate degrees. Our approximately 500 students and 80 faculty members—most of whom are practicing architects—work together to reexamine assumptions, create, explore, and test the limits of architecture.
Academics
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Undergraduate Programs
SCI-Arc offers two undergraduate programs that pursue the creativity and critical thinking needed for success and leadership in architecture and design in the twenty-first century.
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Graduate Programs
SCI-Arc offers two professionally-accredited graduate programs that encourage an open-ended spirit of inquiry while actively responding to shifts in society, technology, and culture.
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Postgraduate Programs
Why SCI-Arc?
SCI-Arc EDGE, Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture, is a platform for speculative scholarship and specialized training offering four postgraduate programs culminating in a Master of Science.
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MS Architectural Technologies
The Master of Science in Architectural Technologies is a one-year, three-semester program focused on contemporary and near-future design technologies. -
MS Fiction and Entertainment
The Master of Science in Fiction and Entertainment is a one-year, three-semester program where students work with world-renowned professionals in the media industry to develop expertise in worldbuilding, storytelling, and production. -
MS Synthetic Landscapes
The Master of Science in Synthetic Landscapes is a one-year, three-semester program focused on emerging problems in contemporary ecological design. -
MS Design Theory and Pedagogy
The Master of Science in Design Theory and Pedagogy is a one-year, three-semester program that addresses the growing ambiguity between practice and academia and prepares students for a new kind of hybrid career: the architect-theorist-educator.
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Youth and Summer Programs
SCI-Arc organizes independent summer programs as well as youth initiatives throughout the year to those interested in the discipline of architecture, whether gauging an interest in the field or beginning an architectural degree.
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Making+Meaning
Making+Meaning is a four-week portfolio building summer studio program that introduces students to architectural experimentation and transformative design techniques in SCI-Arc’s unique and lively studio environment. -
Design Immersion Days
Design Immersion Days (DID) is an immersive four-week summer program that introduces high school students to design and architecture. -
Pop-Arc
Pop-Arc is a workshop series that introduces high school students to architectural thinking and design methods, offering them an opportunity to explore careers in architecture and design.
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Learning Outcomes
SCI-Arc’s academic education is built on a series of performance criteria and learning objectives.
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Educational Goals
The faculty at SCI-Arc has identified skill areas and intellectual qualities they believe are essential to a successful education in architecture and design. -
NAAB Program and Student Criteria
Under NAAB, accredited degree programs must demonstrate that each graduate possesses the knowledge and skills defined by specific Program Criteria (PC) and Student Criteria (SC). -
Program Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes for Undergraduate, Graduate and Postgraduate degree programs.
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International Programs
SCI-Arc students have the opportunity to participate in study abroad and exchange initiatives with other institutes and universities around the world, as well as at SCI-Arc Satellites.
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Satellite Initiatives
SCI-Arc Satellite Initiatives serve as sites of experimentation, bringing together minds from around the world for unique symposia, dynamic exhibitions, and workshops against the backdrop of cities outside of the context of Los Angeles. -
Exchange Programs
SCI-Arc offers exchange programs with a variety of global university partners. -
Study Abroad
The Mexico Study Abroad Program introduces students to the architectural and cultural vibrancy of Mexico City, which is North America’s largest city as well as one of its oldest.
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