Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DEGREES OFFERED
Ph.D., S.M.ArchS: Masters of Science in Architectural Studies (a 2 year master's degree for those with professional degrees or the equivalent) and SB: Bachelor of Science in Art and Design, following the History, Theory, and Criticism discipline stream. The SB undergraduate degree includes several different undergraduate fields in architecture and art. These fields include architectural design, building technology, visual arts and the history, theory, and criticism of architecture and art. A self-determined Bachelor of Science degree is rare, yet an available option.

AREAS OF STUDY
History, Theory, and Criticism of Art, Architecture and Urban Form; Late Medieval through Baroque; 19th and 20th Centuries; International

FACULTY
Tenure and Tenure-track Appointments 

Stanford Anderson
Ph.D., Art History, Columbia University
Architecture and urbanism of modern Europe and America; architecture and epistemology, historiography 

Arindam Dutta
Ph.D. Architectural History, Princeton University
Modern architecture, specializing in post-colonial issues; comparative global studies in architecture

David Friedman
Ph.D., Art History, Harvard University
Urbanism in pre-modern Europe; late medieval and Renaissance architecture

Mark Jarzombek
Ph.D., Architecture, Art and Environmental Studies, MIT
Modern architecture; theory; Renaissance architecture

Caroline Jones
Ph.D., Art History, Stanford University
Modern and contemporary art; globalism and new media art

Erika Naginski
Ph.D., Art History, University of California, Berkeley
Modern art, aesthetics philosophy; sculpture theory and practices

Nasser Rabbat
Ph.D. History of Architecture, MIT
Classical and medieval Islamic architecture and urbanism

Visiting Appointments
Mohammed al-Asad (Spring 2005)
Founding director, Center for the Study of the Built Environment
Ph.D., History of Architecture, Harvard University
Architecture and urbanism of the Islamic world; architectural and artistic heritage

Marek Bartelik (Fall 2004)
Lecturer, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Ph.D., Art History, The City University of New York, Graduate Center
20th century art; art theory; artistic expression; public media

Martha Buskirk (Fall 2005)
Associate Professor, Montserrat College of Art
Ph.D., City University of New York
Contemporary art history and criticism

Robert Cowherd (Spring 2006)
Adjunct Faculty, Rhode Island School of Design
Ph.D., MIT
Urban design/planning, comparative planning cultures, globalization, transportation-land use; southeast Asian cities especially in Indonesia

Jesús Escobar (Spring 2006)
Associate Professor, Fairfield University
Ph.D., Princeton University
Renaissance and Baroque architecture and urbanism, Spanish colonial art

Alice Friedman (Spring 2005)
Professor, Wellesley College
Ph.D., Harvard University
History of European and North American architecture, social history, gender, and cultural studies

Michael Ann Holly (Spring 2006)
Director of Research and Academic Program, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Ph.D., Cornell University
Art historiography and criticism, the intellectual history of the history of art, ancient, medieval and Renaissance art

Leila Kinney (Fall 2004)
M.Phil., Art History, Yale University
French nineteenth-century art; feminist and post-structural theory

Henry Millon (Spring 2004)
Former Dean, CASVA, National Gallery of Art
Ph.D., Art History, Harvard University
Renaissance, Baroque especially documents, and document preservation 

Keith Moxey (Spring 2006)
Professor, Columbia University
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Historiography and philosophy of art history, Northern Renaissance art

Lisa Pon (Fall 2004)
Ph.D., History of Art, Harvard University
16th-century Italian art and visual culture; art of travel in the early modern period; historical ties and tensions between art and science

Irvin Schick (Fall 2003)
Visiting Scientist, Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity
Ph.D., MIT
Identity and modernity; women in Islam; the representation of Muslim women, and the Islamic arts of the book, particularly calligraphy

STUDENT INFORMATION
General
Applicants: 46 for Ph.D.; 22 for S.M.Arch.S.
(Bachelor's applicants do not declare their major until sophomore year)
Openings: 4 for Ph.D.(1 designated for art history, 1 designated for Islamic Architecture); 1-5 for S.M.Arch.S. 10 for SB
Enrollment: 3-4 for Ph.D., 1-4 for S.M.Arch.S.
Tuition and fees for both grads and undergrads: $29,600 for the academic year 2003-2004
Financial Aid:
Ph.D.: 3 five-year packages of full tuition and stipend for each incoming class; 1 three-year fellowship of full tuition and stipend for the Aga Khan Ph.D. program each year.
S.M.Arch.S.: some support at maximum of 85% of tuition.
BSAD: aid awarded on the basis of demonstrated financial need - no athletic scholarships. Both Early Action and Regular Action admits who apply by the February 1 deadline will be notified in mid-March of their financial aid decision.

Requirements
Graduate Entrance: GRE scores for those educated in American institutions, TOEFL for those whose first language was not English, application materials--official transcripts, three letters of recommendation, statement of academic objectives, sample of applicant's work, non-refundable application fee ($70), interview recommended.
Ph.D.: 144 subject units, HTC Methods class in Fall of first two years, 2 languages, 1 qualifying paper, general exams in major and minor fields, dissertation proposal, dissertation. Minimum of three/ four years of residency required (Islamic Architecture line is three years, the other lines are four).
S.M.Arch.S.: 96 subject units, HTC Methods class in Fall of first two years, thesis. Two full academic years of residency required.
Undergraduate Entrance: MIT requires applicants to take the SAT I Reasoning Test or ACT and three SAT II Subject Tests, with the substitution of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) where applicable. Application materials--official transcripts, a completed Self-Reported Course Work Form, a non-refundable application fee ($65), and two Teacher Evaluation Forms: evaluation A is from a math or science teacher; evaluation B is from a humanities, social science, or language teacher--are required. An interview is recommended. All application materials must be sent to the Office of Admissions and postmarked by November 1 for Early Action and January 1 for Regular Action.
SB: 17 General Institute Requirements (GIRs) subjects are required for the BS degree at MIT [6 Science Requirements, 8 Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Requirements, 2 Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) subjects (can be satisfied by 4.440 and 4.42J), 1 Laboratory Requirement (can be satisfied by 4.411) Only two classes required by the Department may also satisfy General Institute Requirements]. Department requirements cover 75 units of subject work [4.101 Experiencing Architecture Studio 12 units, 4.104 Architecture Studio: Intentions. CI-M, 15 units, 4.206 Visualization 12 units, 4.302 BSAD Foundations in the Visual Arts 12 units, 4.401 Introduction to Building Technology 12 units, 4.605 Introduction to the History and Theory of Architecture, CI-M, HASS-D 12 units]. Discipline specific subjects total 75 to 84 units: [4.601-Introduction to Art History, either 4.602 Modernism and Mass Culture or 4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Culture, either 4.322 Introduction to Sculpture, 4.341 Introduction to Photography or 4.351 Introduction to Video, four additional subjects: 3 HTC, 1 Visual Arts.]

Present Employment of Graduate Alumni
Ph.D.: California College of Arts; Canadian Centre for Architecture; The Catholic University of America; College of New Jersey; Columbia University; Georgia Institute of Technology; Hammel Green & Abrahamson; Harvard University; Historic American Buildings Survey; IIT; Istanbul Technical University; Izmir Institute of Technology; King Saud University, King Faisal University - Saudi Arabia; Konkuk University - Seoul; Laval University - Quebec; Library of Congress; Louisiana State University; MIT; Metropolitan District Commission - Boston; Middle East Technical University; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Gallery of Art; National University of Singapore; Northwestern University; Princeton University; Rice University; Roger Williams University; Scripps College; Seoul City University; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Universidade Federal Do Rgs - Brazil; UCLA; University of Cincinnati; University of Delaware; University of Illinois; University of Miami; University of Maryland; University of Massachusetts; University of Minnesota; University of Texas; University of Thessaly, Greece; University of Washington; Wesleyan University; Yale University; private practicing architects
S.M.Arch.S.: (those who continued at MIT for a PhD are included above) Arizona Stae University; Columbia University; DeBartolo Architects, Phoenix; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; Goody Clancy, Boston; Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge, Chicago; Moshe Safdie and Assoc., Inc.; Perkins and Will, NY; Tulane University; University of Connecticut; University of San Diego; Wiliam Bruder, Phoenix;  William Lim Assoc., Singapore; private practicing architects; degree candidates at Princeton University, Harvard University, MIT and Oxford University.