MS Computational Design Practices at Columbia University

The MS in Computational Design Practices runs three semesters, with a part-time option over three years, for recent graduates and practitioners from pre- and post-professional backgrounds.

Faculty: Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation  |  Department: Architecture  |  Duration: 3 semesters (part-time option over 3 years)  |  Intake: Summer  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: New York, NY, United States

What you will study

Colloquia (Methods as Practices, Practices as Methods; Explore, Explain, Propose; Design in Action) and foundation courses including Computational Drawing, Mapping and Data, Programming for Design Practices, Computational Modeling, Computational Design Workflows, Responsive Architecture and Design Intelligence, plus nearly 36 electives.

Career pathways

Government policy research and geospatial visualization, environmental storytelling at media organizations and museums, civic tech and NGOs, human-computer interaction, data-driven design (BIM, generative design), and product or research roles at construction companies.

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