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Admission to the Minor is competitive and meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission. Completion of the Architectural Studies Minor Field does not guarantee admission to the Master of Architecture or other degree programs in the Faculty of Environmental Design. Students interested in pursuing a Master of Architecture at the University of Calgary should note that only those students who have completed a 4 year degree will be considered for admission.

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Successful completion of a minimum of four or more full-course equivalents.

Admission to the Minor Field will be granted in the Fall Session only. A minimum grade point average of 3.00 is required for consideration for admission, but does not guarantee admission. The grade point average for admission purposes will be calculated over the most recent course work to a maximum of five full-course equivalents (University of Calgary courses and/or transferable courses taken at other institutions). All grades within a session will be included except where the number of courses taken within a session exceeds that required to fulfill (to a maximum of) five full-course equivalents, in which case the highest grades will be used. Spring and Summer Sessions courses taken after May 1 will not count towards determining admissibility.

The Architectural Studies minor has a fixed number of places for students.  Whenever demand exceeds capacity, enrolment  will be limited and students will be admitted on a competitive basis.

Note: Students whose registration has been inactive for two years after admission to the Minor will be required to reapply for admission and compete for the available places with other applicants.

The following courses are recommended to be taken prior to entry to the Architectural Studies courses:

One of:

Art History 201, 203

Required

Five full-course equivalents made up of the following required courses:

Architectural Studies 443, 444, 449, 451, 453, 455, 461

And two of the following architectural history courses:

Architectural Studies 457.01, 457.02

Art History 425 or an architectural history course approved by the co-ordinator of the Architectural Studies Minor program. (Note: Art History 201 and 203 are prerequisites to Art History 425.)

The following are optional elective courses in Environmental Design available to students in the Minor: the Somerville Design Charrette Block Course, the Los Angeles Field Trip Block Course, or other approved elective.

Note: Students must take Architectural Studies 443, 444, 451, 453, 455, 461 in their final year of the undergraduate program. It is also recommended that students take the remaining required courses in the final year, but they may spread them over the final two years if they wish. Students unable to follow this pattern will be required to reapply for admission to the Minor Field.