Sustainable Building Systems, MSSBS (Boston)

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Core Requirements

All of:
- ARCH 5210 — Environmental Systems
- ARCH 5211 — Recitation for ARCH 5210
SBSY 5100 — Sustainable Design and Technologies in Construction
SBSY 5200 — Sustainable Engineering Systems for Buildings
From the catalog
Students must register for this 0-semester-hour course every semester:
One of:
- SBSY 5400 — Sustainable Building Systems Seminar

Coursework Option

20 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the restricted electives list below.
Complete 12 semester hours from the other electives list below.

Project Option

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the restricted electives list below.
Complete 8 semester hours from the other electives list below.

SBSY 7945 — Master's Project

Thesis Option

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the restricted electives list below.
Complete 4 semester hours from the other electives list below.
In addition to completing the thesis course, students must successfully complete the thesis submission process, including securing committee and Graduate School of Engineering signatures and submission of an electronic copy of their MS thesis to ProQuest.

SBSY 7945 — Master's Project
SBSY 7990 — Thesis

Optional Co-op Experience

From the catalog
Complete the following (students must complete ENCP 6100 to qualify for co-op experience):

ENCP 6100 — Introduction to Cooperative Education
One of:
- ENCP 6964 — Co-op Work Experience
- ENCP 6954 — Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time
- ENCP 6955 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad - Half-Time
- ENCP 6965 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad

Restricted Electives List

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- ARCH 5220 — Integrated Building Systems
- CIVE 5221 — Construction Project Control and Organization
- CIVE 5231 — Alternative Project Delivery Systems in Construction
- CIVE 5275 — Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure
- One of:
  - CIVE 7220 — Construction Management
  - EMGT 5220 — Engineering Project Management
- CIVE 7230 — Legal Aspects of Civil Engineering
- EMGT 6305 — Financial Management for Engineers
- SBSY 5250 — Building Performance Simulation
- SBSY 5300 — Information Systems for Integrated Project Delivery

Other Electives List

From the catalog
Complete 12 semester hours from the following:

Choose 12 semester hours from:
- ACCT 6200 — Financial Reporting and Managerial Decision Making 1
- ACCT 6201 — Financial Reporting and Managerial Decision Making 2
- CIVE 7151 — Urban Informatics and Processing
- CIVE 7350 — Behavior of Concrete Structures
- CIVE 7351 — Behavior of Steel Structures
- FINA 6200 — Value Creation through Financial Decision Making
- FINA 6216 — Valuation and Value Creation
- FINA 6217 — Real Estate Finance and Investment
- LPSC 7312 — Cities, Sustainability, and Climate Change

GPA requirements

32 total semester hours required (33 with optional co-op) Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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