Study Abroad
The Master of Architecture Program provides a variety of credit-earning opportunities for architectural studies abroad as well as traveling fellowships to graduate students. Sites of summer study abroad programs vary from year to year.
SEMESTER ABROAD PROGRAMS
Architectural Association (AA), London
During the fifth term of the Master of Architecture Program, up to fifteen students a year may enroll for the semester abroad program in London, England. This is coordinated by Professor Homa Farjadi and is housed at the Architectural Association (AA), located on Bedford Square in the heart of Bloomsbury. Students enroll in a special design studio, ARCH 702, taught by Prof. Farjadi, and in two elective courses offered by the faculty at the AA.
SUMMER STUDIES ABROAD PROGRAMS
In the summer abroad programs, students study and travel for approximately 4 weeks at the beginning of the summer (mid-May through mid-June) and receive 1 elective course unit of credit. These programs are open to both graduate and undergraduate students.
Summer Program in Paris
This program is a long-established academic program that combines lectures about Parisian architecture and urbanism from important authors, architects and engineers, with accompanied tours to buildings, parks and professional offices. Recent programs have addressed questions central to the city of Paris, including issues of urbanism and technological trajectories through which a particular history of Parisian architecture can be traced. For the previous year's syllabus, download the pdf below named paris08-syllabus.
Summer Program in Mexico City
This program provides an introduction to the issues and conditions faced by a large city such as Mexico City and relates them to contemporary architectural and urban practices and theories. This course includes lectures, site visits, case studies and short but intense analytical/design exercises. In addition, the comprehensive program presents some of the dominant architectural, urban, historical and geographical narratives that shape the built environment in the city today. For the previous year's syllabus, download the pdf named mexico07-syllabus.
Students from outside the University of Pennsylvania
Both of the above programs are open to graduate students outside of the University of Pennsylvania, pending available space in the programs, as Penn undergraduates and graduates are given first priority. Interested students will be accommodated as special non-degree students on a first-come first-serve basis. They should complete the two downloadable pdf forms below, Non-Degree Student Enrollment Form and the New Student Data Form and mail, with a letter of interest stating their particular interests in either program by February 27, 2009 to: Annette Fierro, Director Summer Programs/207 Meyerson Hall/School of Design/University of Pennsylvania/Philadelphia, PA 19104.6311.
Tuition for these courses will be billed at the same rate of one course unit by the University of Pennsylvania. (In 2008–09, one course unit at Penn = $4450 + 200 fee). Communal lodging is coordinated by PennDesign and is collected separately. Address questions to: fierroal@design.upenn.edu.
TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIPS
Albert F. Schenk Memorial Scholarship
Awarded for travel abroad on the basis of a design competition.
Van Alen Traveling Fellowship
Awarded to one landscape architecture and one architecture student, in the second year of their programs, for summer travel to France, Italy and/or Spain.
E. Lewis Dales Traveling Fellowship Competition
Awarded each year to approximately one-third of the second year class for travel abroad in the summer before their final year of study. Students are selected for the Fellowship through a portfolio competition.
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