Master of Science in Architectural Studies

Overview

Overview

The MS program is open to students holding a degree in architecture, as well as students with experience and degrees in allied fields who seek new ways to engage environmental design through advanced research skills. Students develop a specialized focus in one of the school’s program areas or craft their own focus through courses within the college and across campus. To earn this degree, students must complete a total of 32 hours of graduate credit. The program length varies from one to one-and-a-half years and, depending on focus area, may include fieldwork or internships.

Each Master of Science student develops an individualized program of study in consultation with the chair of the program area to which the student has been admitted. The program of study is then reviewed by the Associate Director for Graduate Studies and registered in the student’s academic file.

Current areas of study include:

• Urbanism
• Health and Wellbeing
• Detail and Fabrication
• Sustainable Technologies
• Systems Optimization
• Building Structures
• Preservation + Heritage
• Architectural History

Two-Semester Sample Schedule

First Semester (16 Hours)

• ARCH 563: Research Methods for Designed Environments (4 hours)
• ARCH 577: Theory of Architecture (3 hours)
• Electives in focused area of study (9 hours)

Second Semester (16 Hours)

• Architectural electives in focused area of study (8 hours)
• Electives in focused area of study (8 hours)

Three-Semester Sample Schedule

First Semester (13 Hours)

• ARCH 563: Research Methods for Designed Environments (4 hours)
• ARCH 577: Theory of Architecture (3 hours)
• Electives in focused area of study (6 hours)

Second Semester (13 Hours)

• Architectural electives in focused area of study (7 hours)
• Electives in focused area of study (6 hours)

Third Semester (6 Hours)

• Fieldwork or Internship (varies by focus area) (6 hours)