MS in Architecture

The Master of Science in Architecture (MS in Arch) is a 30-credit research degree with a required graduate thesis. Application deadline is January 6, 2012 for summer and fall 2012 admission and October 5, 2012 for spring 2013 admission. Applications received after each deadline will be reviewed only as program resources permit. View application requirements.

Degree Program
This degree program is open to applicants who hold a professional degree in architecture or other related design fields. Applicants are required to submit a research proposal that lies within one of the following study areas:

• Sustainability and Green Design
• Rural and Urban Studies
• Representation and Digital Media
• Design Inquiry
• Advanced Building Design
• Architectural and Construction History
• Building Science and Construction
  

The degree is also open to applicants with non-professional degrees in various fields depending on the study area proposed by the applicant.

Once accepted, an MS in Arch student designates a professor to supervise her/his studies and to advise her/him in formulating her/his course of study in accordance with her/his research proposal. The course requirements are distributed as follows:

• 6 credits – two history/theory seminars (ARCH 597 & ARCH 598)
• 9 credits – courses within the study area
• 6 credits – electives
• 3 credits – thesis preparation
• 6 credits – graduate thesis
• Non-credit – all-grad seminar (ARCH 698)