Master of Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD) Digital Craft
California College of the Arts
Key Information
Campus location
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
USD 47,340 / per year
Application deadline
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Introduction
This one-year interdisciplinary post-professional degree program is tailored for advanced students and mid-career professionals. Students focus on research and design through mentored study and a range of elective offerings.
Three possible areas of concentration are offered that reflect the diversity of emerging domains within architecture, allowing for a rigorous course of study that has an advanced level of specialization but is also highly cross-disciplinary.
Digital Craft
The Master of Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD) Digital Craft concentration focuses on contemporary digital design technologies and digital craft. It provides students with both broad and in-depth exposure to contemporary topics:
- parametric design and advanced computation
- digital fabrication and robotic technologies
- interactive technologies and responsive environments
- building information modeling (BIM)
- advanced simulation and visualization
- history and theory of digital design
- experimental and emerging technologies
Urban Works
The Urban Works post-professional program draws upon the entrepreneurial spirit of San Francisco and the Bay Area to engage students as active agents in forming a product that has a direct or indirect effect on the city.
Design Theory & Critical Practices
The MAAD History, Theory, Experiments [HTX] concentration offers graduates of professional architectural programs an intense year of advanced study in architectural and urban history, theory, and criticism, culminating in an independent research project oriented toward public exhibition, publication, or digital dissemination.
The program is designed for mid-career professionals or post-graduate students seeking advanced training that will prepare them for careers as architecture teachers, critics, curators, civic leaders, theorists, journalists, and provocateurs.
Requirements for Admission
Professional degree in architecture, or equivalent. See submission requirements
Curriculum
Total number of credits for degree: 30 units
Duration: 2 semesters (fall/spring)
Fall Semester (15 units)
Advanced Studio (6 units)
Topic Elective (3 units)
Topic Elective (3 units)
Open Elective (3 units)
Spring Semester (15 units)
Advanced Studio (6 units)
Topic Elective (3 units)
Topic Elective (3 units)
Open Elective (3 units)
Advanced Studios and Topic Electives are focused courses in the student's area of concentration. Open electives can be courses within the Architecture division or across the college.
Internships
The purpose of the Architecture internship program is to provide advanced-level students with a grounded, real-world experience in a professional design environment.
You will invariably acquire multiple skills from your experience:
- project management
- client relations and business development
- research, feasibility studies, and preparation of reports
- collaboration with engineers and other consultants
- design presentations
- detailing and drafting
- construction documentation
- construction administration
English Language Requirements
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