The College of Architecture's (COA) Master of Science (MS) Program is a non-professional program requiring a minimum of thirty semester hours of advanced study and is oriented toward advanced practice, scholarship and research. Applicants may have previous degrees in architecture or other related fields. The program accepts students with a professional degree in a design or design-related field, as well as students with a baccalaureate degree in a non-design field who wish to pursue an area of study offered in the Master of Science degree.

Concentration: Building Ecology and Emerging Technologies

The focus of the MS-BEET is critical and rigorous research in emerging architectural technologies, particularly those engaged with issues of ecological importance. Interdisciplinary, research oriented, and design focused, it will offer specialization in the design, critique and analysis of architectural processes, paradigms and building systems developed in response to the global diminishment of natural resources. This rapidly changing context within which architectural and construction are practiced necessitates focused research in area of building technology such as material research, building ecology, envelope and cladding technologies, digital fabrication processes, and mechanical and environmental systems. Depending of the student's background and interest, studies will be undertaken either in the field of design, theory & criticism, and/or simulation based modeling.

Specific requirements for this area of study may be found at the www.coa.gatech.edu/beet/.

For further details on the program, contact:

M.S. Program Advisor
Ph.D. Office, College of Architecture
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0155