Stuart Weitzman School of Design
102 Meyerson Hall
210 South 34th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The Weitzman School of Design permits students two earn the Master of Science in Historic Preservation and Master of Science in Design: Environmental Building Design degrees concurrently through the MSHP/MSD-EBD dual degree program. This program is designed to be completed in three years (5 full-time semesters + 1 part-time semester). Taken independently, the MSHP degree requires 19 credits and the MSD-EBD requires 16 credits. Through this dual degree sequence, students earn both degrees in a total of 26 credits (12 HSPV credits and 14 MSD-EBD credits).
To avoid time conflicts between required courses that could result in increased time to degree completion, this dual degree requires adherence to strict course sequencing, as outlined below. Deviation from the standard course of study could result in delays in degree completion and/or additional tuition costs. Weitzman scholarships are disbursed based on the standard course of study. Avoidable additional time in the program or avoidable overload tuition costs do not result in increased Weitzman scholarship.
MSHP/MSD-EBD dual degree students are advised by the program directors of both degrees, and have program advisors from staff in both departments.
| HSPV 7900 | HSPV Summer Institute (Optional for dual degrees students)* | 0 |
| HSPV 5210 | The American Built Environment (formerly American Architecture) or HSPV History Seminar |
1 |
| HSPV 6000 | Documentation, Research, Recording I | 2 |
| HSPV 6010 | Documentation, Research, Recording II | 1 |
| HSPV 6240A | Digital Media I (Fall)** | 0.5 |
| HSPV 6240B | Digital Media II (Spring)** | 0.5 |
| HSPV 6600 | Theories of Historic Preservation I (Fall) | 0.5 |
| HSPV 6610 | Theories of Historic Preservation II (Spring) | 0.5 |
| HSPV 7010 | Preservation Studio | 2 |
| HSPV 7110 | Thesis II | 1 |
| HSPV Elective #1 | (must be HSPV course) | 1 |
| HSPV Elective #2 | (must be HSPV course) | 1 |
| HSPV Elective #3 | (must be HSPV course) | 1 |
| HSPV Summer Internship | 0 | |
| ARCH 7990 | EBD Summer Workshop | 0 |
| ARCH 7080 | Bioclimatic Design Studio | 2 |
| ARCH 7090 | EBD Research Studio | 1 |
| ARCH 7180 | History & Theory of Architecture and Climate | 1 |
| ARCH 7510 | Ecology, Technology and Design | 1 |
| ARCH 7520 | EBD Research Seminar | 1 |
| ARCH 7530 | Building Performance Simulation | 1 |
| ARCH 7540 | Performance Design Workshop | 1 |
| ARCH 7550 | EBD Research Methods | 2 |
| ARCH 7560 | Thermodynamic Systems and Methods | 1 |
| EBD Elective #1 | (with FMEB attribute) | 1 |
| EBD Elective #2 | (with FMEB attribute) | 1 |
| EBD Elective #3 | (with FMEB attribute) | 1 |
| Total CUs for Dual Degree: | 26 |
|
YEAR 1 |
||
| August | ||
| ARCH 7990 | EBD Summer Workshop | 0 |
| Fall | ||
| ARCH 7180 | History & Theory of Arch. and Climate | 1 |
| ARCH 7520 | Fundamentals of Bioclimatic Design | 1 |
| ARCH 7530 | Building Performance Simulation | 1 |
| EBD Elective #1 | (with FMEB Attribute) | 1 |
| HSPV Elective #1 | 1 | |
| 5 CUs (full-time status) | ||
| Spring | ||
| ARCH 7080 | Bioclimatic Design Studio | 2 |
| ARCH 7510 | Ecology, Technology & Design | 1 |
| ARCH 7540 | Performance Design Workshop | 1 |
| HSPV Elective #2 | 1 | |
| 5 CUs (full-time status) | ||
|
YEAR 2 |
||
| August | ||
| HSPV 7900 | HSPV Summer Institute* | 0 |
| Fall | ||
| HSPV 5210 | The American Built Environment | 1 |
| HSPV 6000 | Documentation I | 2 |
| HSPV 6600 | Theories of Historic Preservation I | 0.5 |
| HSPV 6240A | Digital Media I** | 0.5 |
| HSPV Elective #3 | 1 | |
| 5 CUs (full-time status) | ||
| Spring | ||
| HSPV 6010 | Documentation II | 1 |
| HSPV 6610 | Theories of Historic Preservation II | 0.5 |
| HSPV 6240B | Digital Media II** | 0.5 |
| EBD Elective #2 | with FMEB Attribute | 1 |
| EBD Elective #3 | with FMEB Attribute | 1 |
| 4 CUs (full-time status) | ||
| Summer | ||
| HSPV Internship | 0 | |
|
YEAR 3 |
||
| Fall | ||
| HSPV 7010 | Historic Preservation Studio | 2 |
| ARCH 7550 | EBD Research Methods*** | 2 |
| ARCH 7560 | Thermodynamic Systems and Methods | 1 |
| 5 CUs (full-time status) | ||
| Spring | ||
| ARCH 7090 | EBD Research Project*** | 1 |
| HSPV 7110 | Historic Preservation Thesis II*** | 1 |
| 2 CUs (part-time status + billing) | ||
*HSPV Summer Institute: HSPV 7900: Summer Institute is optional for dual degree students
**Digital Media Waiver: It is assumed that many students entering the MSD-EBD/HSPV dual degree will have the digital media foundation from their prior design work to waive out of HSPV 6240A: Digital Media I and HSPV 6240B: Digital Media II. Students who are interested in waiving this HSPV requirement and replacing it with an elective should follow the standard process for requesting a waiver from the Historic Preservation department. Students who are approved to waive HSPV 6240A and HSPV 6240B will be able to replace this course with one HSPV elective credit.
***Joint Thesis/Research Project: The dual degree culminates with a final research project that bridges both disciplines. To accomplish this, students take ARCH 7550: EBD Research Project in the final Fall semester for 2 CUs. This course replaces HSPV 7100: Thesis I, although students will bring on their HSPV Thesis advisor mid-way through the Fall semester to guide the Historic Preservation perspective of their final project. In the final Spring semester, students take HSPV 7110: Thesis II for 1 CU and ARCH 7090: EBD Research Studio for 1 CU (instead of the usual 2 CUs attributed to ARCH 7090).
