The Berkeley Summer Program in Architecture | June 22-August 14, 2009

The admissions cycle for summer 2009 is now closed. Look for summer 2010 program information to be posted in February 2010.

Keith Plymale, [IN]ARCHITECTURE Program Director
Jill Stoner, Chair, Graduate Program in Architecture

Do you have a strong interest in architecture but a major or undergraduate degree in another field? Are you considering a graduate degree in the design professions? Our new eight-week summer program in the Department of Architecture at UC Berkeley welcomes students who have this drive and curiosity.

The goals of our program are two-fold. First, the culture of the design studio, and the related media courses and lectures, present a condensed experience of architectural study at the graduate level. It is a test of one’s enthusiasm for the material, the intensity, and the complexity of the curriculum. Second, the studio itself is designed toward the production of architectural projects that can serve as portfolio material in the graduate school application process.

[IN]ARCHITECTURE is open to those with an undergraduate degree, and to undergraduate juniors and seniors in good academic standing, with a grade-point average of 3.0 or better.

Program Dates and Cost
This eight-week summer program begins on Monday, June 22, and ends on Friday, August 14. Classes are held in Wurster Hall, home of the College of Environmental Design, on the UC Berkeley campus. The program cost (including fees) is as follows for 10 units of instruction administered through Berkeley Summer Sessions:

 
For more information on fees, as well as summer housing and financial aid options, see the UC Berkeley Summer Sessions website.

To Apply
Download the Architecture Summer Program Application: Word [.doc] Interactive Form | PDF Print-Only Form | PDF Interactive Form [requires Adobe Acrobat Professional version]. The deadline for applications is April 27, 2009. In addition to the application form, we require your most recent undergraduate transcript and a one-page resume. Materials may be mailed in paper form or submitted via email as .pdf files. We request that all your materials are sent in a single package, whether by mail or email. Please contact Sara McCarthy in the Architecture Graduate Office at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you have any questions.

Mailing Address:
SUMMER PROGRAM
c/o Sara McCarthy
370 Wurster Hall #1800
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1800

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When your application has been approved by the Department of Architecture, you will receive instructions on how to register for the three classes through UC Berkeley Summer Sessions. NOTE: Due to an unanticipated high volume of applications received, the review process has been extended; notification of acceptance will be sent out as soon as possible.

Course of Instruction
The program comprises three classes, for a total of 10 units:

• ARCH 100A Fundamentals of Architectural Design (Studio). (5) This class meets for 15 hours per week, and engages a series of design projects from formal abstraction and analysis through building design. The studio syllabus is coordinated with intensive skill development in both digital and analogue media, such that the language of architecture is simultaneously learned and deployed.
   
• ARCH 129X Special Topics in the Practice of Design (Lecture). (3) This course comprises a series of lectures by members of the Berkeley faculty and practitioners in the field, and short writing assignments that connect theoretical material to studio design work.
   
• ARCH 133A Two-Dimensional Computing Techniques in Architecture (Media Instruction). (2) This course looks at the principal 2-Dimensional CAD techniques used by architects to create presentations, schematic drawings, and working documents. Emphasis is placed on the generation of 2D architectural graphics, the integration of those graphics with nongraphic data, and the uses of disparate graphic approaches.
   

Typical Weekly Schedule