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The Program
Download the Ph.D. Handbook 2011-12 [pdf]
The Ph.D. in Architecture is a research degree appropriate for those seeking careers in teaching and scholarship in architecture and its related areas, or in roles in government or professional consultation that require depth in specialization and experience in research. Berkeley’s Ph.D. program in Architecture is interdisciplinary in outlook, reaching into the various disciplines related to architecture and incorporating substantial knowledge from outside fields. Students admitted to this program carry out a program of advanced study and research, both on the basis of formal class work and of individual investigation. Work centers on three related fields of study, the major field (the basis for the dissertation), and two minor fields, at least one of which must be from a discipline outside architecture.
The Faculty
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Research Areas |
Specializations |
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Nezar AlSayyad
Professor of Architecture, City Planning, Urban Design and Urban History; Chair, Center for Middle Eastern Studies; President, International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments |
Architecture
and Urban History, Environmental Design and Urbanism in Developing
Countries, Housing and International Development, Urban Design |
Traditional Dwellings
and Settlements, Cinematic Urbanism, Hybrid Urbanism, Fundamentalism, Middle Eastern Cities, Virtual Reality |
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Gail S. Brager
Professor of Architecture; Associate Director, Center for Environmental Design Research |
Energy and Environmental Management, Sustainable Design for Hot Climates, Mechanical Systems and Architectural Space-Making |
Comfort and Adaptation in Naturally-Ventilated Buildings; Design and Performance of Alternative Offices |
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Greg Castillo
Associate Professor of Architecture |
History of Architecture |
20th
Century Architecture with Emphasis on Mid-Century Modernism, Cold
War-Era Design, Consumer Culture, Architecture and the History of
Emotions |
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Galen Cranz
Professor of Architecture |
Social and Cultural Basis of Architecture and Urbanism |
Chairs
and Body-Conscious Design, Urban Parks, the Sociology of Taste,
Ethnography for Design, Post-Occupancy Evaluation, Qualitative Research
Methods |
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Margaret Crawford
Professor of Architecture |
History of Architecture and Urbanism, Urban History and Theory, Urban Design |
Everyday Urbanism |
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C. Greig Crysler
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies; Associate Professor of Architecture |
Design Theories and Methods, Theory of Architecture and Urbanism |
Architectures of Globalization, Discourses of Architecture and Urbanism |
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Paul Groth
Professor of Architecture and Geography |
American Cultural Landscapes, Cultural Geography, History of Architecture, U.S. Rural Suburban and Urban History since 1870 |
American Vernacular Architecture, Ordinary Architecture, History of Housing |
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Stefano Schiavon
Assistant Professor of Architecture |
Sustainability, Energy, and Indoor Environmental Quality |
Energy
Consumption in Buildings, Ventilation Strategies, Personal
Environmental Control Systems, Radiant-Hydronic Systems, Air Movement,
Thermal Comfort, Systems Integration and Building Renovation, Building
Performance Simulations, Post-Occupancy Evaluations and the Effect of
the Indoor Environment on Heath and Productivity |
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Andrew Shanken
Associate Professor of Architecture |
History of Architecture and Urbanism, American Architecture |
Architecture
and Consumer Culture, Memory and the Built Environment, Paper
Architecture and the Unbuilt, Expositions, Themed Landscapes, and
Architectural Rhetoric |
The Fields of Study
The current major fields of study are: Building Science and Sustainability; Design Theories, Methods and Practices; Environmental Design and Urbanism in Developing Countries; History of Architecture and Urbanism; and Social and Cultural Processes in Architecture and Urbanism.
The Requirements
Major fields outside these fields or combinations thereof may also be proposed at the time of admission.
Course work is individually developed through consultation with an academic adviser. Minor fields of study may take advantage of the University’s varied resources. Recent graduates have completed minor fields in anthropology, art history, business administration, city and regional planning, computer science, various engineering fields, psychology, women’s studies, geography and sociology.
The Ph.D. program in Architecture is governed by the regulations of the University Graduate Division and administered by the departmental Ph.D. committee. Specific degree requirements include:
- A minimum of two years in residence
- Completion of two one-semester courses in research methods
- Satisfaction of a foreign language requirement
- Completion of two minor fields of study
- A written qualifying examination, followed by an oral qualifying examination
- A dissertation
Students without a degree in architecture may apply to the Ph.D. but are additionally required to complete a one-semester course in architectural design (ENV DES 11B, ARCH 100A, or equivalent) and fulfill one of their minor fields as an inside field within the department to achieve some breadth in the general field of architecture.
The normal program of studies for the Ph.D. consists of a minimum of 48 units, including at least 24 graduate-level units in the Department of Architecture. For students holding a Master of Architecture or Master of Science in Architecture degree, the normal program will consist of 32 semester units, of which 16 units must be graduate level courses in the Department of Architecture.
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