Graduates of this program will be able to:

1. Increase level of intellectual discourse about architecture.
2. Demonstrate enhanced verbal, graphic and writing skills.
3. Develop and enhance student's research skills.
4. Develop and enhance problem-solving and reasoning skills; an ability to critically analyze information and fundamental design skills.
5. Understand the complexities of environmental design, including both technical and theoretical components.
6. Develop management and leadership skills.
7. Understand design and systems integration.
8. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and to gather, record and apply relevant information.
9. Develop an awareness of and sensitivity to international cultures.
10. Understand different cultural perspectives, values, customs and traditions.
11. Understand the principles of building programming, including assessment of user needs, review of precedents, an inventory of space requirements, site analysis and review of the relevant laws and standards.
12. Understand design principles and theories of urban design.
13. Develop an ability to compare and contrast the perspectives, values, customs and traditions of their own culture from those held by other cultures.
14. Develop and enhance writing skills.
15. Understand the following professional practices:

• real estate and development,
• contract and planning law,
• leadership and ethics and
• office and finance management.

1. Understand site.
2. Understand the responsibility of the architect to elicit, understand and resolve the needs of the client.
3. Develop an awareness of diverse cultures, ideals and beliefs.

Post-Study Work visa or permit, allowing international students on F-1 visas to work in the US after completing their studies, typically through Optional Practical Training (OPT).

Eligibility:
To be eligible for OPT, students must have been enrolled full-time in a US educational institution for at least one academic year and be seeking work related to their major.

Duration:
Students can apply for up to 12 months of OPT, either before they finish their studies (pre-completion) or after graduation (post-completion).

STEM OPT:
Students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields can apply for an extended OPT period of up to 24 months.

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All graduate applicants must obtain a minimum TOEFL-IBT score of 71 -or- a minimum IELTS score of 6.0 -or- a minimum PTE score of 48 -or- a minimum DET score of 100 for full-time academic admission, with the many exceptions for individual graduate programs: 

Graduate Program Minimum English Proficiency Requirement

IELTS 6.5

TOEFL (Internet-based) 79

PTE 58

DET (Duolingo English Test) 110