Architecture

The Master of Science in Architecture (MS in Arch) is a 30-credit research degree with a required graduate thesis. The priority application submission date is January 4 annually.

This degree program is open to applicants who hold a professional degree in architecture or other related design fields. Applicants are required to submit a research proposal that lies within one of the following study areas:

• Sustainability and Green Design
• Rural and Urban Studies
• Representation and Digital Media
• Design Inquiry
• Advanced Building Design
• Architectural and Construction History
• Building Science and Construction

The degree is also open to applicants with non-professional degrees in various fields depending on the study area proposed by the applicant.

Once accepted, an MS in Arch student designates a professor to supervise her/his studies and to advise her/him in formulating her/his course of study in accordance with her/his research proposal. The course requirements are distributed as follows:

• 6 credits – two history/theory seminars (ARCH 597 & ARCH 598)
• 9 credits – courses within the study area
• 6 credits – electives
• 3 credits – thesis preparation
• 6 credits – graduate thesis
• Non-credit – all-grad seminar (ARCH 698)

• ISU Graduate College Application
  • US citizen
  • International
• Architecture Program Application Form (PDF)
• Research proposal
• Three letters of recommendation
• Portfolio
• GRE scores
• TOEFL scores (international applicants only)
• Financial statement (international applicants only)

Scholarships

• All-USA Academic Award
• The Whirlwind Steel Student Scholarship