Master of Science in Architecture
The Master of Science in Architecture program is a post-professional degree requiring 30 semester hours of study. The program is available to graduates of professional undergraduate programs in architecture and certain other design-oriented fields. The student body is largely drawn from institutions in the Midwest or abroad. Most students have several years of professional experience.
The program is carefully designed to provide specialized skill development in discrete areas of architectural study. These skills build upon the students’ undergraduate studies and require considerable in-depth exploration and discovery of new knowledge. Contemporary developments in a specialty area are explored, and students have opportunity, through a thesis or project, to propose new constructs, theories, and procedures.
Specialty Areas
Environment-Behavior and Place Studies focuses on philosophic and methodological approaches to human-environment relationships and their implications for research, design, and use. Students may center their academic efforts on community and facility design for special populations, experience of place and landscape, project planning and programming, or other topics addressing individual educational and career goals.
Design Theory focuses on architectural and urban theory and history. Students may center their academic efforts on architectural theory, application of architectural theory through design, urban design theory, architectural history, urban history, historic preservation, sustainable architecture, and vernacular architecture.
Most of the department faculty are members of the graduate faculty and are available to support specialized areas of emphasis. The Master’s program also draws on the expertise of faculty in other degree programs in the College and across campus.
To learn more, visit the Department of Architecture website: http://capd.ksu.edu/arch/