Policies for the M.ARCH Program
M.ARCH students are governed by policies set forth by Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the M.ARCH program, the NAAB accreditation board and by Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. These policies are available through the following links:
Student Handbook
Graduate students are bound by the college policies and graduate academic policies located in the Student Handbook pages on Inside.MassArt.edu. Note that the website "Graduate Academic Policies" applies to graduate students. The "Academic Policies" site applies to undergraduates.
College Policies
Campus Services
Graduate Academic Policies
Program Placement and Transfer Credit Evaluation (a portion of the academic policies)
In addition to reading the transfer credit portion of the graduate academic policies, see the Placement and Transfer Credit Evaluation Procedures website linked to M.ARCH Admissions.
Public Safety Enforceable Policies
Public Safety is dedicated to the safety of the MassArt community and is responsible for enforcing the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Abide by the Enforceable Policies.
NAAB Accreditation
The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) is the sole agency authorized to accredit U.S. professional degree programs in architecture. For more information see MassArt's Master of Architecture Program.
At the National Architectural Accrediting Board website NAAB.org, students may review the Conditions for Accreditation (2009 edition) and Procedures for Accreditation (2010 edition).
2011 procedures for accreditation are also available on the NAAB website.
Students will want to read these documents and should take note of the "Student Performance Criteria" set forth in the Conditions for Accreditation (2009 edition).