About This Program

Seeking career expertise in the built environment? Our research degree (STEM accredited) can help you forge a powerful career in architecture and the environmental design fields by combining design and science. Working closely with national leading faculty, students immerse themselves in cutting-edge topics such as A.I., robotics, bioclimatics, living architecture, kinetics or other subjects. Join us in making new knowledge, discoveries and innovations. Read more...

Contact Information

• Program Coordinator: Reid Coffman | rcoffma4@kent.edu
• Academic Recruitment and Retention Coordinator: Deb Lamm | dlamm@kent.edu | 330-672-0351
• Connect with an Admissions Counselor: U.S. Student | International Student

Program Delivery

• Delivery:
  • In person
• Location:
  • Kent Campus

Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries*

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For more information about graduate admissions, visit the graduate admission website. For more information on international admissions, visit the international admission website.

Admission Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a professional or pre-professional environmental design program¹ 
• Minimum 3.000 undergraduate GPA² on a 4.000 point scale 
• Official transcript(s)
• GRE scores
• Résumé
• Goal statement (two pages) that includes an outline of a proposed study program
• Portfolio for design and research work
• Three letters of recommendation
• English language proficiency - all international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions) by earning one of the following:
  • Minimum 550 TOEFL PBT score
  • Minimum 79 TOEFL IBT score
  • Minimum 77 MELAB score
  • Minimum 6.5 IELTS score
  • Minimum 58 PTE score
  • Minimum 110 Duolingo score

¹

Conditional admission may be offered to applicants with undergraduate and graduate degrees in related disciplines.

²

Applicants with a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA may be conditionally admitted on an individual case-by-case basis.

Application Deadlines

• Fall Semester
  • Application deadline: February 1

Applications submitted after this deadline will be considered on a space-available basis.

Program Requirements

Major Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Major Requirements
AED 60922	METHODS OF INQUIRY IN ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES	2
AED 60923	EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN	1
AED 60930	APPLIED RESEARCH METHODS IN ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN	3
AED 66098	TOPICAL IMMERSION	3
AED 66198	ADVANCED PROPOSAL WRITING	2
ARCH 60301	THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE	3
Electives (50000 or 60000 level) 1		15
Culminating Requirement
AED 66199	THESIS I	6
Minimum Total Credit Hours:		35

¹

Students select elective courses upon approval of their advisor.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

1. Investigate new relationships within the built environment
2. Gather, collect and analyze data
3. Co-author of technical and scientific reports, summaries, papers, abstracts, briefs and/or the development of products and technologies that may lead to patents and intellectual property

Roadmap

This roadmap is a recommended semester-by-semester plan of study for this major. However, courses designated as critical (!) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation.

Plan of Study Grid

Semester One		Credits
AED 60922	METHODS OF INQUIRY IN ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES	2
AED 60923	EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN	1
AED 66098	TOPICAL IMMERSION	3
ARCH 60301	THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE	3
	Credit Hours	9
Semester Two
AED 60930	APPLIED RESEARCH METHODS IN ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN	3
AED 66198	ADVANCED PROPOSAL WRITING	2
Elective (50000 or 60000 level)		3
	Credit Hours	8
Semester Three
AED 66199	THESIS I	3
Electives (50000 or 60000 level)		6
	Credit Hours	9
Semester Four
AED 66199	THESIS I	3
Electives (50000 or 60000 level)		6
	Credit Hours	9
	Minimum Total Credit Hours:	35

Full Description

The Master of Science degree in Architecture and Environmental Design is a research-intensive program with one-year full residency requirement. The program is best suited for individuals interested in pursuing a specialization in the built environment.

The program may be taken as a dual degree with the Master of Architecture degree.