A studio-based design study related to the project being offered in Architectural Design Project 1 or 2, or Architectural Design Charette, or another study or project agreed with the Program Director allied with architectural design, history, or theory. The study will comprise the investigation and documentation of selected design and theoretical and historical aspects of architectural design, or of the studio project, or of the studio teaching philosophy and process, or of the design methods or techniques being used in the studio. This course will usually require attendance at and participation in the Architectural Design Project studio. A report of 20,000 words including a comprehensive literature review, or an equivalent mode of documentation agreed with the Program Director, is to be submitted for examination.