<p>^^^I believe the MIT MArch students can indeed take the visual arts courses as electives. My daughter is finishing up her first year in the program (last project is due tomorrow…yay!). In the first year, there are no electives but I do recall her saying that you can take electives from any of the divisions within the Architecture School and Visual Arts is part of the school.</p>
<p>By the way, I don’t think it matters what MIT (or another university)'s entire school is known for but more what is going on in the Architecture School. Just because MIT itself is known for engineering/math/sciences, doesn’t mean that is the focus of the Architecture School!</p>