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Program checklist · M.S.

Architecture, M.S.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
M.S.
Credential class
ceterms:MasterDegree
CIP
04.0902
Catalog edition
Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The Master of Science in Architecture degree provides advanced students the opportunity to enter into an intensive course of study that encourages both critical awareness and technological proficiency in the context of design research. The program is two semesters long with consecutive fall and spring terms providing a 30-credit curriculum that integrates design studios, history/theory seminars, building and environmental science courses, and software and fabrication courses. Students are provided the option of concentrating in Environmental Parametrics, which places emphasis on knowledge and expertise in performance design at the building scale , or Ecological Urbanism, which places emphasis on theoretical speculation and design experimentation at the urban scale.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
194824
CourseShelf checklist
CK_194824_7d787e46
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Fall

2 items
  1. ARCH 6810
    Research Design Seminar
    Not resolved to a course
    2
  2. ARCH 6980
    Master’s Project
    Not resolved to a course
    or: ARCH 6990 - Master’s Thesis
    1

Spring

2 items
  1. ARCH 6900
    Graduate Thesis Seminar
    Not resolved to a course
    2
  2. ARCH 6980
    Master’s Project
    Not resolved to a course
    or: ARCH 6990 - Master’s Thesis
    1

This degree requires 30 credit hours.

0 items

    Footnotes

    1 item
    1. In certain cases, prescribed plans of study may require master’s thesis or project credits in the spring semester only.
      Not resolved to a course
    Source. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, catalog Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.rpi.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=34&poid=10138&returnto=938. Captured page pages/0182.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.