Program Overview

MAD-Crit Curriculum Overview

The MAD-Crit curriculum is designed to introduce students to the discipline of architecture and its theory and history through required courses and electives taken with MArch students.

Year 1

The first year of the MAD-Crit curriculum introduces students to the discipline of architecture and its theory and history through required courses and electives taken with MArch students. The MADCrit Pro-Seminars immerse students in a variety of modes of design criticism and the dissemination of architectural ideas.

Year 2

In the second year, students take a research seminar with MArch students in the fall and continue with other electives in the fall and spring. At the same time, they undertake a year-long independent research and writing project, addressing a topic of their choice across multiple writing genres and for various audiences.

• Key aspects of the MAD-Crit curriculum include:
  • Introduction to architecture and its theory and history
  • MADCrit Pro-Seminars for design criticism and dissemination of architectural ideas
  • Research seminar with MArch students
  • Year-long independent research and writing project
  • Exploration of multiple writing genres and audiences