Thesis Research

Catalog description

ARCH 6980 , Thesis Research, is a course in which graduate students in their final year work toward the development of a thesis proposal to address a significant issue in the built environment, overseen by a faculty thesis director. The goal of this fall semester course is for students to identify a research topic, understand the context and precedents of the topic (in theory and built form), formulate a hypothesis, develop or adapt appropriate research methods, and summarize the trajectory of your research as a thesis proposal. Students work with their thesis director to establish weekly meeting times and a timeline for proposal development. Upon successful completion of this course, and with approval of the proposal’s content, students advance to the thesis semester, which includes ARCH 6990 : Thesis (6 credits) and ARCH 6925 : Independent Thesis Research (3 credits)