Master of Science in Architecture - Computational Technologies

at New York Institute of Technology - New York City Campus USA

Build on your talents in applied science, engineering, and technology and kickstart a career designing, building, and refining new applications and systems.

What You’ll Learn

• Ideal for problem-solvers, the Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology, B.S. will help you become an inventor and innovator who can design, build, and refine new applications and systems.
• You’ll receive a well-rounded education, focused on creative and critical thinking, in both the computer and electrical applications areas. Your courses will span everything from electronics and control systems technology to programming techniques with Java, HTML, and Assembly languages.
• You’ll learn how to apply techniques and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve engineering problems and lead a technical team as a strong communicator and project manager. Throughout, you’ll undertake real-world projects and case studies, and gain extensive laboratory practice in circuit design, implementation, testing, and simulation.

Explore design research at the frontiers of architecture through experimentation in computational design, robotic systems applied to fabrication and interactivity, and materiality. Innovate in design and creatively apply emergent technologies to unconventional spatial investigations resulting in full-scale architectural prototypes and components.

The Master of Science in Architecture, Computational Technologies (M.S.ACT) program is a two-semester (plus summer term), 30-credit, post-professional master's degree. The program integrates critical relationships between science and culture, developing new technologies with a focus on the history and theory of representation, robotics, and cybernetics. You'll learn how to apply, research, and develop advancements in computational design, robotic interaction and fabrication, and new materials.

The M.S.ACT program builds up expertise in three terms (Fall, Spring, Summer), organized as core studios and seminars in three focus areas (Computational Design, Fabrication and Robotics, and Materials) and culminating with an interdisciplinary integrated Project-based Learning Studio in the summer term.

Highlights

• History/Theory of Systems of Representation
• Science, Technology, Ecology, Architecture
• Computational Design, Programming (Python)
• Big Data, Survey, Simulation, Machine Learning (AI)
• Platforms and Applications Design
• Sensors, Robotic Interaction
• VR, MR, AR
• Robotic Systems Design
• Robotic Fabrication
• Composite and Responsive Materials, BioMaterials
• Materials Design

Deliver strong visual messages using emerging technologies. Work with our state-of-the-art facilities that foster creative exploration, critical thinking, and professional development.

What You’ll Learn

In the Graphic Design, B.F.A. program, you’ll produce work that demonstrates artistic expression, technical proficiency, and well-informed conceptual ideas.

You’ll take courses in areas from advertising and editorial to information graphics, logos and branding, motion graphics, packaging, typography, and web and interactive design and emerge with a portfolio of work that will demonstrate your professional readiness to future employers.

You’ll gain proficiency with the latest applications and technology—including Adobe Creative Cloud, 3-D printers, and laser cutters—and how to use them in the creation, reproduction, and distribution of visual messages.

Through internships with local agencies and design firms, as well as projects (both individual and collaborative), you’ll prepare to tackle the real-world challenges of being a career-ready graphic designer.

Gain insight into human behavior through technically-based coursework and practical externships in local hospitals, schools, and clinical organizations. Kickstart your career journey into counseling, community service, human resources, and more.

What You’ll Learn

Delve into the human mind through the Psychology, B.S. in small-sized classes on theories of personality, abnormal psychology, and more. New York Tech’s degree offers you plenty of flexibility through electives, and minors, or even prepare for entry into medical school.

You’ll learn from expert faculty with a broad range of professional experience, including social/health, clinical, cognitive, and developmental psychology. You’ll also have the chance to conduct research, presenting your work at regional and national research conferences. Past research has covered topics such as perceptions of body image in college students, social media and anxiety, and how parenting styles affect adolescent delinquency and self-esteem.

You can also make connections and network through our active chapter of Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology.

Our 36-credit, AACSB-accredited, STEM-aligned, M.B.A. – Business Analytics concentration will prepare you to solve diverse business problems that require the application of contemporary business analytic techniques.

What You’ll Learn

Business analysts and data analysts/scientists are among the most sought-after positions in the U.S. job market. Our M.B.A. with Business Analytics concentration gives you the skills you’ll need to analyze and implement data-driven business processes, form business inferences and predictions from data, and make optimal and robust business decisions.

Our program offers training on statistical analysis, data visualization, database management, machine learning, and social network analytics applications in different business functional areas including marketing, finance, accounting, operations, supply chain, and human resources.

You’ll become familiar with business analytics tools such as Python programming, SQL, Tableau, using them with real-world business case studies from different business disciplines to determine which dataset is most useful and how it can be leveraged to solve business problems and increase productivity, efficiency, and revenue.

Develop an understanding of all aspects of a building’s design and architectural technology by exploring new materials and fabrication technologies on your journey toward a professional career in the industry.

What You’ll Learn

• With the Architectural Technology, B.S.A.T., your curriculum will encompass architectural design, building technology, environmental systems, and project management using advanced software and tools. You can also opt to further tailor your degree by pursuing a concentration in Construction Management.
• During your first two years, you will study the foundations of architectural history and building construction while developing expertise in design analysis, drafting, and 3-D design skills. During your third and fourth years, you will work intensively toward the completion of a capstone project incorporating all aspects of a building’s design and architectural technology.
• You’ll gain the critical experience you’ll need to stand out to employers through national and international design workshops, collaborative projects within the community, onsite construction observation, and summer study abroad in canonical cities around the world.

Chart your own future by customizing a degree program that maximizes your past educational experience and allows you to gain specialization in up to three different areas.

What You’ll Learn

Explore your unique interests in the Interdisciplinary Studies, B.A., B.S., B.P.S. by designing a multifaceted program tailored to one or several career fields.

You can select from a range of pre-selected career maps that align closely with careers and industries with high-growth potential, or chart your own path combining three professional or liberal arts concentrations.

For ultimate flexibility, you attend classes at our New York City or Long Island campuses or take them online, whenever or wherever you like. Plus, whether you're transferring to New York Tech from another institution, or just looking to change your major, our advisors will work with you to choose courses that best suit your academic and career goals and to ensure you find the quickest and most rewarding path to graduation.

Gain critical experience through a curriculum rich in practical, design-oriented engineering and its underlying theoretical concepts.

What You’ll Learn

• In the Electrical & Computer Engineering, M.S., you’ll learn to integrate advanced concepts in the field with cutting-edge research in the areas of radar, RF/microwave and low-power circuit design, medical imaging, image/signal processing, biomedical devices, and modern control.
• You’ll gain comprehensive knowledge and proficiency in advanced mathematics and stochastic processes; linear systems and digital communications; computer architecture and system design; and parallel computing, networks, and integrated circuit designs.
• You’ll have the opportunity to work on funded research projects for the Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, among others alongside faculty at New York Tech’s Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC).

Prepare for a solid career by building a foundation in both the hardware and software used in controls, signal processing, integrated circuits, communication networks, wireless communication, and computer operating systems.

What You’ll Learn

• The Electrical and Computer Engineering, B.S. offers a balance of theoretical fundamentals and hands-on experiences in a small-class setting—most courses have fewer than 20 students.
• One of only four accredited electrical and computer engineering programs in the State of New York, our bachelor’s program helps you learn various tools to simulate electrical/electronic circuits, program microprocessors/embedded systems/FPGAs, model and implement control/communication systems, and process data/signals/systems.

Kick-start your career in medical research, chemical engineering, manufacturing, environmental protection, and more through a technology-infused educational and research experience.

What You’ll Learn

• In our Chemistry, B.S. program, you’ll participate in a hands-on curriculum utilizing technology and modern approaches to solve chemical problems.
• After a core curriculum in humanities and research principles and practices, you’ll take coursework in progressive levels of general chemistry, organic chemistry, quantitative and instrumental analysis, physical chemistry, biochemistry, physics, and mathematics, as well as a selection of electives.
• You’ll work in our state-of-the-art research laboratories, conducting research side-by-side with highly-skilled faculty in areas such as synthetic and medicinal chemistry, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics.