Thesis joins the goals of general education with those of the profession, informing architecture and interior design with issues and concerns beyond the formal limits of these disciplines. It is an opportunity for the student to engage in a project which spans the design process from conception to documentation. The program places the responsibility for the conceptualization and realization of the thesis project on the student.
Students frame the project, describe the nature of the problem, and create a program.
Specific guidelines are printed in the Architectural Thesis Handbook and the Interior Design Thesis Handbook, available at the Education Center. Thesis Seminar Thesis Seminar is an intensive course that prepares the student for the realization of an initial concept or proposition. During the course of study, the subject of the thesis is developed and the project articulated. This is presented in the form of a coherently written Thesis Proposal due by the end of Thesis Seminar. The Thesis Studio functions as an integral companion to, and is taken concurrently with, Thesis Seminar.