Master of Architecture—Two-Year Program (Boston)

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Building and Environment

• ARCH 5210 — Environmental Systems
• ARCH 7220 — Integrated Building Systems

Studio

• ARCH 5115 — Option Studio
• ARCH 6115 — Urban Architecture Studio
• ARCH 7120 — Integration Studio

Professional Practice

• ARCH 5430 — Introduction to Professional Practice in Architecture
• ARCH 6440 — Case Studies 2

Topics and Seminars

From the catalog

Complete two of the following, with guidance from the department:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • ARCH 5310 — Design Tactics and Operations
  • ARCH 5330 — Theories of Architecture and Urbanism
  • ARCH 5340 — Architectural and Urban Histories
  • ARCH 6340 — Graduate Topics in Architecture

Research and Thesis Project

• ARCH 7140 — Master’s Degree Project
• ARCH 7430 — Topics In Research Methods in Architectural Design

Concentrations

Data Visualization

• All of:
  • ARTG 5150 — Information Visualization Principles and Practices
  • ARTG 5151 — Information Design Critique Seminar
• ARTG 5330 — Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals

• From the catalog

  Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • ARTG 5310 — Visual Cognition
  • ARTG 6110 — Information Design Theory and Critical Thinking
  • ARTG 6330 — Information Design Mapping Strategies

Experience Design

• ARTG 5610 — Design Systems
• ARTG 6310 — Design for Behavior and Experience

• From the catalog

  Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • ARTG 5600 — Experience Design Studio 1: Principles
  • ARTG 5620 — Notational Systems for Experience
  • ARTG 5640 — Prototyping for Experience Design

Extended Realities

• EXRE 5010 — Immersive Media: Extended Realities (XR) History, Theory, and Impact

• From the catalog

  Complete two of the following:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • EXRE 5020 — Developing Extended Realities (XR)
  • EXRE 5030 — Designing Extended Realities (XR)
  • GSND 6520 — 3D Modeling and Asset Creation Principles

Sustainable Building Systems

• SBSY 5100 — Sustainable Design and Technologies in Construction
• SBSY 5200 — Sustainable Engineering Systems for Buildings

• From the catalog

  Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • CIVE 5275 — Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure
  • SBSY 5250 — Building Performance Simulation
  • SBSY 5300 — Information Systems for Integrated Project Delivery

Sustainable Urban Environments

• SUEN 6340 — Topics in Urban Environmental Design

• From the catalog

  Complete two of the following:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • LPSC 7312 — Cities, Sustainability, and Climate Change
  • SUEN 6210 — Implementation and Visualization for Urban Environments 1
  • SUEN 6220 — Implementation and Visualization for Urban Environments 2
  • SUEN 6310 — Cities, Nature, and Design in Contemporary History and Theory
  • SUEN 7230 — Urban Ecologies and Technologies 1
  • SUEN 7240 — Urban Ecologies and Technologies 2
  • SUEN 7320 — Pro-Seminar: Issues in Designed Urban Environments

Urban Analytics

• ARTG 5320 — Statistics for Design
• ARTG 5330 — Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals
• ARTG 6330 — Information Design Mapping Strategies

Urban Studies

From the catalog

Any 5000-level or higher PPUA course

• LPSC 7312 — Cities, Sustainability, and Climate Change
• PPUA 6201 — The 21st-Century City: Urban Opportunities and Challenges in a Global Context
• SUEN 6340 — Topics in Urban Environmental Design

GPA requirements

• 60 total semester hours required (64 if a concentration is declared) Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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