As director of the Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program at Ball State University’s College of Architecture and Planning, I would like to reach out to you and the Mechanical Engineering program at Purdue University. We offer a 3-year professional degree program for students with an undergraduate degree in any discipline, not specifically architectural design. The first year of the 3-year M.Arch program is a foundation year (Fall, Spring, Summer terms) after which the students join the professional degree program for the remaining 2 years. Our M.Arch program strives to deliver curriculum that encourages students to become creatively confident, intellectually independent, professionally prepared, locally engaged, and globally aware.