The Thesis Studio completes the studio experience. Studio work for this spring course is initiated in a fall Thesis Prep course during which students learn research methodologies directed toward a written thesis of their choosing. The studio offers a range of typological projects from which the student chooses in order to develop related design research. Projects are fully developed in the final studio with all associated research, documentation, drawing, and developmental models, allowing the individual to experience the progress of an architectural lighting project from start to finish, mentored by the studio instructors and outside guest critics, within the structure and schedule of the studio. Lighting students can also collaborate with graduate architecture or interior design students. Final project designs, research and writing are packaged in book form and archived within the program's reference library.

The Thesis Studio completes the studio experience. Studio work for this spring course is initiated in a fall Thesis Prep course during which students learn research methodologies directed toward a written thesis of their choosing. The studio offers a range of typological projects from which the student chooses in order to develop related design research. Projects are fully developed in the final studio with all associated research, documentation, drawing, and developmental models, allowing the individual to experience the progress of an architectural lighting project from start to finish, mentored by the studio instructors and outside guest critics, within the structure and schedule of the studio. Lighting students can also collaborate with graduate architecture or interior design students. Final project designs, research and writing are packaged in book form and archived within the program's reference library.