The Master of Science in Architecture with a concentration in sustainable urban systems [MS ARCH in Sustainable Urban Systems] is an interdisciplinary post-professional degree focusing on sustainable architecture and urban systems. Using Houston and its coastal context as a laboratory, the program encompasses urban and regional planning, neighborhoods, cities, metropolitan areas, and their urban and natural systems.<br><br>The program allows for a wide range of graduate student participation with areas of concentration in design, business, public policy, engineering, natural sciences, and law. Students strengthen their ability to function as creative problem solvers capable of facilitating community discussions about livable, sustainable, resilient, and healthy cities and places, and also strategic thinkers who lead multidisciplinary design teams.