Morgan State University
Institute of Architecture and Planning
Baltimore, Maryland 21251

Overview
Morgan State is a historically black institution with a diverse student body of about 6,000 undergraduate and 800 graduate students. The School of Graduate Studies and Research offers degrees in twenty-six different departments.

All graduating students have found good employment opportunities in their respective fields. Many of the students are employed in their respective fields while attending school.

The Community
Morgan is located in northeastern Baltimore about 20 minutes from Baltimore's famous Inner Harbor tourist and shopping center and 10 minutes from Towson, the government center of Baltimore County.

The Institute of Architecture and Planning has a growing student body of about 90 that is approximately equally divided among the programs of architecture, landscape architecture, and city and regional planning. The student body is diverse and includes African American, Caucasian, Middle Eastern, and Asian students; international students; and an equal representation of men and women.

Programs of study and degree requirements
The Institute of Architecture and Planning (IAP) offers graduate degrees in architecture, city and regional planning, and landscape architecture.

IAP programs provide high-quality preparation in design and planning to undergraduate nondesign and design-related degree holders who prefer to work in the profession during the day while pursuing their academic studies on an afternoon, evening, and weekend basis. Students who elect to work full-time during the day extend their matriculation time accordingly in each program.

The Institute offers two programs in architecture. These programs are a three-year, 90-credit M.Arch. degree and a two-year, 60-credit M.Arch. degree. These are first professional degrees accredited by the National Architectural Accreditation Board (NAAB). The 90-credit degree is for students whose undergraduate degree is in an unrelated field, while the 60-credit degree is for students whose undergraduate degree is in a related field. These architecture programs address issues in urban architecture, housing, health care, recreation, commerce, education, and government facilities.

The Institute offers one master's degree program in city and regional planning. This is a two-year, 51-credit M.C.R.P. degree program leading to a first professional degree. The degree is accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB). This program is intended for students who have already earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. The M.C.R.P. program teaches practical professional applications in an urban setting with an urban focus. Students may specialize in community planning, physical planning, urban design, transportation, or international planning. The Baltimore region serves as a model for planning students as they gain expertise in dealing with the challenges and opportunities that are facing U.S. cities.

The Institute offers three programs in landscape architecture. These programs are a three-year, 90-credit M.L.A. degree program; a two-year, 60-credit M.L.A. degree program; and a 11&Mac218;2-year, 36-credit M.S.L.A. degree program. The 90-credit program is intended for students who have no design background. Students who have a degree in a strongly related design discipline (i.e., urban planning and design, environmental design, landscape design, horticulture, architecture, or non-LAAB-accredited landscape architecture) can begin in the 60-credit program. Both programs are accredited by the National Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB). The M.S.L.A. degree program is an advanced professional degree program for students who already have a degree from an LAAB-accredited landscape architecture program. All three programs focus on urban landscape architecture, addressing nature in the city, park and public space design, sustainable landscapes, and community design.

Facilities & Resources
The Institute has a data processing computer lab, a computer-aided design (CAD) lab, and facilities for video imaging and desktop publishing. In addition to the Soper Library on Morgan's campus, several libraries are available in the surrounding region, including the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Students often have internships and conduct independent research with professionals in the Baltimore–Washington, D.C., region. This region is used as an outdoor laboratory for case studies of architecture, housing, urban design, gardens, parks, and city planning and as a resource through its numerous museums, government agencies, and the executed works of renowned practitioners.

Expenses and Aid
Costs: Tuition for 2005-–06 was $293 per credit hour for residents of Maryland and $450 per credit hour for non-Maryland residents.

Financial Aid: Assistantships, fellowships, and scholarships are available to academically superior students on a competitive basis. Government loans and other assistance programs are available to qualified applicants. Paid internships are also available to students desiring financial assistance and professional experience.

Housing/Living Expenses: There is no graduate housing on campus. Approximate monthly cost ranges are $350 to $500 for off-campus housing, $300 to $450 for food, and $75 to $100 for supplies.

How to Apply
Interested students should write to the Office of Admissions, School of Graduate Studies, Holmes Hall, Room 206. Fall semester applications are due by July 1; spring semester applications are due by November 1. The Graduate Record Examinations are not required, and there is no application fee. International students are required to take the TOEFL and must achieve a score of 500 or higher and submit an evaluation of credentials from Educational Credentials Evaluators, Inc., P.O. Box 92910, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-0970. Students admitted in good standing require a minimum 3.0 undergraduate grade point average overall and in the major field of study. Students admitted on a conditional acceptance must have a 2.5 GPA.

Leonard Azonobi, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Akron, 1996. GIS, planning methods, quantitative analysis, urban economics, public policy analysis.

Hazel Ruth Edwards, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993; AICP. Livability indicators, planning, transportation planning.

Z. Andrew Farkas, Adjunct Professor; Ph.D., Georgia, 1978. Transportation economics, transportation geography.

Anthony Saka, Adjunct Professor; Ph.D., Virginia, 1987. Transportation planning, GIS, quantitative methods.

Siddhartha Sen, Associate Professor and Coordinator; M.C.P., Georgia Tech, 1986; M.Arch, Rensselaer Polytechnic, 1983; Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991. International planning, urban design, planning theory, planning education.

George Worthy, Associate Professor; M.Arch., Carnegie Mellon, 1971. Housing and land development economics, planning administration and implementation.

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