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Students are required to specialize in one field of concentration: building systems, construction management, or structures. Other courses may be accepted for the specialization requirement with adviser and departmental approval.

Check out some of our architectural engineering students’ favorite courses:

• CAE 513: Building Science Students in this course learn about the physical principles and processes that affect building design and performance, including heat transfer and energy performance, psychrometrics, indoor air quality, indoor thermal comfort, air infiltration, and solar insolation. The course also explores how to apply relevant codes and standards to improve energy efficiency and indoor air quality in buildings, and students complete a research project that allows for deeper investigation into a topic of their choice in building science.
• CAE 526: Energy Conservation in Buildings Students learn about theory and gain hands-on applications in energy conservation and energy efficiency in buildings, both new and old, in this course. Students learn to analyze energy consumption patterns in buildings, to understand building rating systems and measures in order to design and operate energy-efficient buildings, and to use industry-leading building energy simulation tools to predict energy consumption of building energy end-uses. They also explore how  to calibrate building energy models, explore energy retrofit strategies via parametric design, and visualize and analyze building performance data.
• CAE 556 and 557: Net Zero Energy Building Design I and II A sequence of two consecutive interdisciplinary project-based courses in which students work in teams to design and provide full design documentation for a net-zero-energy building, which means that it combines energy efficiency and renewable energy generation to consume only as much energy as can be produced onsite through renewable resources on an annual basis. Teams are expected to effectively and affordably integrate principles of building science, construction engineering and management, economic analysis, and architectural design in an integrated design process. Teams are required to submit full sets of plans, drawings, renderings, construction details, and analyses for energy efficiency, costs, affordability, environmental justice, equity, sustainability, and resiliency. The course aligns with a design competition, typically the United States Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon Design Challenge. 

You must complete the , regardless of which graduate program you wish to pursue. Visit our admission website to learn more about what information and documents you need to apply.  

Please note that each college and individual programs may have additional requirements to apply. Please contact the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at caee@iit.edu with any questions.