Demonstrate the ability to:

• Use advanced research techniques of chosen concentration
• Use advanced design methodologies of chosen concentration
• Participate in contemporary discourses of chosen concentration.

Upon completion of the MAAD certificate program Digital Craft concentration, students will demonstrate the following:

• Proficiency with a range of experimental and emerging technologies of digital design.
• Proficiency with parametric design and advanced computation in the context of architectural design, or
• Proficiency in digital fabrication and robotic technologies and their applications in architectural design, or
• Proficiency with interactive technologies and responsive environments and their impact on architectural design, or
• Proficiency using building information modeling (BIM) and advanced simulation/visualization techniques as tools for design and construction.

Upon completion of the MAAD certificate program Urban Works concentration, students will demonstrate the following:

• Proficiency engaging with contemporary urban theories and concepts and their impact on urban design.
• Proficiency conducting and presenting urban design research, design visualizations, and GIS mapping.
• Proficiency developing strategies for integrating social justice, ecological vitality, and economic resilience into urban design projects.
• Proficiency building relationships and engaging with city agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other architectural practitioners.

Upon completion of the MAAD certificate program HTX concentration, students will demonstrate the following:

• Proficiency developing in-depth knowledge of a chosen topic related to the built environment through independent research.
• Proficiency engaging with architectural and urban history, theory, and criticism in research and design projects.
• Proficiency in experimental and digital humanities methods and platforms.
• Proficiency developing a substantial research project for professional-level publication, exhibition, website, or app.
• Proficiency operating within the conventions of architectural teaching, curation, digital humanities, criticism, journalism, or adjacent areas of academic study.