School of Architecture and Design

Master in Architecture

Multilingual
70 credits

Courses

Specialization
ARCH505Architecture research Methodology
3 credits
Introducing students to and familiarizing them with the methodology of research, making them aware of the European and American standards of academic research so as to best prepare them to write their thesis.
ARCH510Contemporary History and Theories of Architecture
3 credits
The course initiates students to and covers the critical study of the theories of architecture and international styles.
ARCH670Graduation Architecture Senior Project I
6 credits    |    Pre-requisite: ARCH580 And ARCH570 And ARCH540
This course synthesizes previous knowledge which has been developed through the students' academic years, sharpening their theoretical and practical knowledge and combining them into a coherent whole.
ARCH680AGraduation Architecture Senior Project II - A
6 credits    |    Pre-requisite: ARCH670
This course synthesizes previous knowledge which has been developed through the students' academic years, sharpening their theoretical and practical knowledge and combining them into a coherent whole.
ARCH540Graduation Project Thesis
3 credits    |    Pre-requisite: ARCH 505
The course aims at developing the students' critical thinking via the writing of an academic work on a particular topic related to their profession and domain.
ARCH570Master Architecture Design Studio I
6 credits
Thematic workshops from all branches of architecture initiating students to real-life working. Some of the themes students can explore are city, landscape and territory, built heritage, sustainable architecture, mankind and society, architecture and new technology..
ARCH580Master Architecture Design Studio II
6 credits
Thematic workshops from all branches of architecture initiating students to real­ life working. Some of the themes students can explore are city, landscape and territory, built heritage, sustainable architecture, mankind and society, architecture and new technology.
HUM610Professional Ethics and Social Behavior
3 credits
ARCH545Professional Internship
1 credits
The purpose of professional internship is to gain experience and knowledge by being involved with the activities of professionals, in architectural firms as well as on site and where construction work happens, within all engineering disciplines.
Electives
ARCH635Archeology and Restoration Workshop
3 credits
Lebanon, due to its history and geographical position, has very many strata which reveal ­ above and below the ground ­ incomparable riches. Students will be able to reflect, analyze and capitalize on this knowledge.
ARCH615Architecture & New Technologies Workshop
3 credits
Architecture and NTIC (New Technologies in Information and Communication) as a combined framework within a workshop that experiments and tries to push boundaries for students.
ARCH530Architecture Detailing
3 credits
This course aims to develop the critical and rational thinking of students within the framework of architecture by applying them to details within the built project.
ARCH630Built Heritage Workshop
3 credits
This workshop aims to meet a certain need: the adoption of a coherent policy and an effective approach in the field of built heritage. The overall spirit out of the workshop is to give a concrete meaning to identity in the work of students and to reduce any anxiety about cultural uniformity.
ARCH610City, Landscape and Territory Workshop
3 credits
The workshop centers specifically on the notion of the architect as a partner within the social and urban development, in order to create spaces which are harmonious and bring a better quality of living for the inhabitants.
ARCH515Complex buildings Structural Systems
3 credits
This course improves the knowledge of students in the area of complex frames within the realm of the conception and execution of a building.
ARCH520Intelligent Buildings
3 credits
Robot and artificial intelligence within the domain of architecture and building.
ARCH645Intercultural Architecture
3 credits
The course aims at widening the students' knowledge and understanding of how to build within parameters specific to the community and culture, including ethical and social values and norms, so that the project will thrive and take shape.
ARCH640Philosophy in Architecture
3 credits
Is architecture a kind of philosophy? How would the architect and the philosopher approach the space of architecture? Philosophy falls within the framework of construction and occupies an essential place in architecture, its purpose being to know, it is related to the logos, the word and the speech, while the purpose of architecture, its being to construct, its philosophy is related to the building. The philosophical analysis is therefore understood as an objective genitive: what philosophy and philosophers tell us about architecture. The objective is to know when, how and why there is a theory of architecture. To know how to differentiate between many principles: concept, doctrine, philosophy, party, idea, etc. Another objective of this course is to familiarize students with a particular methodology to understand what the phenomenology of space is, and to explore several issues in their historical, geographical, philosophical, sociological and aesthetic dimensions.
ARCH620Sustainable Architecture Workshop
3 credits
Mankind, built spaces and environment are some of the concepts and interactions explored within this course that aims to give a balanced view of the students to their surroundings.
ARCH535Working Documents For Project Management
3 credits
The course introduces students to all legal and technical documents needed, from blueprints to contracts and legal papers, office management and workshop organization.
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