Curriculum

Master’s in Architectural History and Research 

Generic Program Structure

Semester 1Semester 2Semester 3Semester 4

Orientation studio
(14 credit)

Studio 1
(14 Credits)

Studio 2
(14 Credits)

Independent research
(14 credits)

Skills
(2 credits)

Skills 2
(2 Credits)

Research Professionalisation 1
(2 Credits)

Research Professionalisation 2
(2 credits)

Elective
(4 credits)

Theory 1
(2 Credits)

Theory 2
(2 Credits)

Elective
(4 Credits)

Elective
(2 Credits)

Elective
(2 Credits)


Courses in 2020-2022

Semester 1
Monsoon 2019

Semester 2
Spring 2020

Semester 3
Monsoon 2020

Semester 4
Spring 2021

Foundation Studio: Places and Stories
(14 credits)

Studio 1-Theorising Practice
(14 credits)

Studio 2 - Hidden Histories
(14 credits)

Independent research
(14 credits)

Academic Writing Workshop
(2 credits)

Writing for Research
(2 credits)

Research Toolkit
(2 credits)

Entrepreneurship in Research
(2 credits)

Key Texts in History and Theory
(2 credits)

Architectural Historiography
(2 credits)

Approaches to Urban History
(2 credits)

Special Topic Seminar
(2 credits)

Elective
(2 credits)

Elective
(2 credits)

Elective
(2 credits)

Elective
(2 credits)

Electives (indicative list, actual course offerings may vary)
Ahmedabad: Place, Culture, Society Seminar
Discourse Analysis
Narratives in Architecture
Interrogating Urbanism