ARCH 5115 — Option Studio
6 semester hoursGraduateStudiousually offered: fall, springtypical days: M/ThBostonTraditionalrepeatable for credit
Offers an upper-level design studio that covers new studio topics, content, and studio instructors each semester. The studio instructors offer topical content that best aligns with their research and practice expertise, which provides students with the latest concepts in architectural design, theory, and research on a consistently updated and rotating basis. Students select their top choices of studio topics and instructors, giving them more flexibility in the areas for which they would like to focus their education. May be repeated twice for credit.
Prerequisites
- one of:
- ARCH 3170 (min D-)
- graduate program admission
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 5 | 31 | 33 | 94% | 0.4 |
| Spring 2024 | 2 | 26 | 26 | 100% | 0.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 5 | 39 | 47 | 83% | 1.6 |
| Spring 2025 | 3 | 28 | 33 | 85% | 1.7 |
| Fall 2025 | 7 | 82 | 85 | 96% | 0.4 |
| Spring 2026 | 3 | 29 | 38 | 76% | 3.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 88% · T 12% · W 0% · Th 88% · F 12%
Common patterns: MR (88% of sections), TF (12% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Lily Song (16% of students) · reviews
- Silvia Illia-Sheldahl (14% of students) · reviews
- Alpha Yacob Arsano (10% of students) · reviews
- Zorana Matic Isautier (9% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Timothy Love (25% of students) · reviews
- Michelle Laboy (17% of students) · reviews
- John Todd (17% of students) · reviews
- David Fannon (16% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Unlocks
Courses that list ARCH 5115 in their prerequisites.
Links
Official catalog (ARCH course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All ARCH courses · Plan it at numap.app