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Architecture

Graduate Program Summary

Graduate Degrees Offered

M.S.*; Ph.D.**; Ed.D.**
Specializations - what's a specialization?
Architecture Education (Ph.D., Ed.D.); Environmental Studies (M.S.); Great Plains Studies (M.S.); Interior Design* (M.S.)

* Also available online
** Ph.D. and Ed.D. available in Educational Studies with a specialization in Architecture Education

Application Checklist

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Application Deadline
     Fall: February 11

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Description of Program

The Master of Science is a research-oriented program with a variety of specializations available including interior design. Applicants must have an undergraduate degree in architecture, interior design, or a closely related field. Joint master's programs are also offered with business (M.B.A.) and community and regional planning (M.C.R.P.).

The Ph.D. and Ed.D. in educational studies specializing in architecture education is available through the Department of Educational Administration. It is jointly administered by the College of Architecture and the College of Education and Human Sciences. Applicants must have an undergraduate degree in architecture or a related discipline and a research-based graduate degree. See the Educational Administration graduate program summary for more information.

The College of Architecture is headquartered in Architecture Hall. Constructed in the early 1890s and designated as the university library in 1894, Architecture Hall is the oldest and most distinctive of the occupied structures on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus. Architecture Hall provides students with an outstanding library and laboratories for computing, photography, woodwork, and metalwork.



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Contact

Graduate Chair
Dr. James Potter
Graduate Admissions Coordinator
Ms. Thuy Pham
tpham4@unl.edu
402-472-4065
Department Address
232 Architecture Hall
Lincoln NE 68588-0107
Department Website
http://archweb.unl.edu/

Faculty and Research

Katherine Ankerson Sensitive Design; Senior Living Environments
     Interior Design
William Borner Energy; Building Performance as Related to the Concept of Intergeneration Equity or Sustainable Design
Duncan Case Environment-Behavior; Programming; Design Guidelines and Methods; Pattern Language; Passive Solar Design
     Interior Design
Jeff Day Design and Theory as a Tactical Process; Digital Fabrication; Site and Landscape; Artistic Models of Practice
Martin Despang Evolution of Typologies
Wayne Drummond Architecture and Urban Design; Professional and International Architectural Practice
     Dean
Robert Duncan Architectural Graphics; Orthographic Projections; Descriptive Geometry; Screen Printing
Lindsey Ellsworth Bahe Current and Historical Foundation Design Teaching Methodology; Communication of Architecture as a Text Inscribed in the Landscape
Ted Ertl Historic Architects; Architectural Theory; Development of the Architectural Profession
Chris Ford Design Methodology; Craft; Architect as Developer; Aesthetics of the Machine
Betsy Gabb Teaching Methodologies Related to Design
     Interior Design
Rumiko Handa Architectural History and Theory; Phenomenology and Hermeneutics of Architecture; Image and Text as Representations of Architectural Ideas
Mark Hinchman Architectural History; French Colonial Architecture in West Africa
     Interior Design
Mark Hoistad Communicative Powers of Materiality in Design; Impact of Computers on Representation and Design
Nathan Krug Energy Conservation and Management; Architecture in Synthesis; Design in the Community Interest
Sharon Kuska Relationship between Architecture and Civil Engineering; Rural Architecture; Bridges; Seismic Design
Thomas Laging Art as a Source of Architectural Ideas; History of Urban Form; Interdisciplinary Civic Development; Latin American Cities
Patricia Morgado Peruvian Pre-Columbian Architecture and Design Typologies; Latin American Architecture and Urban Development
James Potter Impact of Change on Health and Well-Being
Keith Sawyers Architectural History, Theory, and Preservation; Traditional and Contemporary Architecture of Asia and the Great Plains
Richard Sutton Native Plant Materials; Rural Landscapes; Landscape Assessment; Scale
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