Fall 2026

This course is designed to apply the diverse knowledge and skills that AECM students have acquired during the program to a critical public interest issue related to Pittsburgh’s built environment.

This course is a compendium of Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) practice, methods and management with an emphasis on how the AEC professions can more effectively work together by understanding each other’s roles, responsibilities and professional perspectives.

This course introduces the importance of the indoor environment and human health and productivity. 

This course guides students through the development of a focused research proposal for the MSBPD thesis. 

This graduate course explores heating, cooling, ventilation, and power supply systems for new commercial buildings, emphasizing strategies to create comfortable, healthy spaces while advancing a zero-carbon future.

In this course, students learn how to use a Geographic Information System (GIS) to investigate spatial relationships, patterns and processes of cultural, biological, demographic, economic, social, environmental, health and other phenomena.

This course serves as an introduction to the spatial concepts of architecture for students from other disciplines. The hands-on course is focused entirely on project design work.

This course is an advanced seminar exploring the intersection of computational design, digital fabrication, and ceramic material intelligence.

This design research seminar explores vernacular and folklore as a point of departure to frame the theoretical position of the architect as an integration of socio-ecological systems.