As an Architecture school within a research university, we are a platform for innovation. Our emphasis on research faculty offers students the opportunity to collaborate in growing areas from nanotechnology to augmented and virtual reality, and to explore the frontiers of robotics and digital fabrication. Our program objectives are grounded in professional accreditation requirements. The Hillier College's Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) at NJIT is a post-baccalaureate professional program, fully accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). The newly trimmed 90-credit program is intended for applicants who have earned a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, or a graduate degree in a field other than architecture who wish to earn a degree leading toward professional licensure as an architect.<br>Candidates entering the Professional M. Arch. program complete a required core sequence covering architectural history, integrated building systems, digital design and representation applications as a series of progressive and cumulative co-requisites for the first four design studios. After completion of this mandatory core sequence, students are given a selection of design studios, along with additional elective courses to focus their professional education in a number of specializations including, urban, sustainable, and advanced computational design.<br>A shortened program is available through advanced placement for applicants who have a pre-professional Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in Architecture or another field directly related to architecture, or students who have a Bachelor of Architecture from a non-NAAB accredited program. Full-time and part time degree options available. In addition to all coursework required by the agreed upon individual course of study, based on academic transcript and portfolio review, each student must satisfy the minimum credit requirements to earn an NAAB accredited degree program. In most cases these will require more than the minimum of 168 semester credit hours of combined undergraduate and graduate coursework and more than the minimum of 30 semester credits of graduate coursework.