# RESEARCH.md: how the schools teach these subjects

Compiled Nov 9, 2026 (America/New_York) for Chandler. Sources were found by web search and read with WebFetch or curl on that date. Nothing here is invented: where a school page could not be found or does not exist, it says so. Course details change each year; treat these as the state of the public pages on Nov 9, 2026.

Method: search each school's catalog, department, and course pages for the subject; read the program requirements and any syllabus; record what the first year or core teaches; then design the 14 module program from the overlap. MIT OpenCourseWare and Stanford Engineering Everywhere are used as the open teaching materials because the Ivy League schools publish few full open courses in these fields.


## Modern Architecture and Architectural Design

### Harvard (GSD)

MArch I: HIS 4100 Buildings, Texts, and Contexts: Origins and Ends; HIS 4223 Modernism, its Practices, and its Theories; structures, environmental systems, construction; core studios then option studios and thesis.

- Harvard GSD, MArch I degree requirements (entering Fall 2026): https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/architecture/programs/master-of-architecture-i/march-i-degree-requirements/ (link check: 200). Note: Lists HIS 4100 Buildings, Texts, and Contexts: Origins and Ends; HIS 4223 Modernism, its Practices, and its Theories; SCI 6227/6229 Structural Design; SCI 6121/6122 Environmental Systems.
- Harvard GSD, MArch I curriculum details by year: https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/architecture/programs/master-of-architecture-i/march-i-curriculum-details/ (link check: 200)
- Harvard GSD, MArch course waiver policy (history prerequisites): https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/resources/march-course-waivers/ (link check: 200). Note: States two semesters of architectural history (Renaissance through Modern) are prerequisites.

### Yale (School of Architecture)

ARCH 7001 Architecture and Modernity: Theories and Projects; ARCH 7002 Architecture and Modernity: Sites and Spaces (theory from 1750 through close reading); one history and theory elective with a 5,000 word paper.

- Yale School of Architecture, History and Theory study area (bulletin): https://catalog.yale.edu/architecture/study-areas-course-descriptions/history-theory/ (link check: 200). Note: ARCH 7001 Architecture and Modernity: Theories and Projects; ARCH 7002 Architecture and Modernity: Sites and Spaces (Western architectural theory from 1750 to the present).

### Columbia (GSAPP)

Questions in Architectural History I and II on architecture and modernity across two centuries; four distribution courses across pre/post 1800 and North/West versus South/East.

- Columbia GSAPP, MArch degree requirements: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/programs/1-master-of-architecture/degree-requirements (link check: 200). Note: Questions in Architectural History I and II, then four distribution courses (pre-1800; post-1800 N/W; post-1800 S/E; open).
- Columbia GSAPP, Master of Architecture program page: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/programs/1-master-of-architecture (link check: 200)
- Columbia GSAPP, ARCH 4348 Questions in Architectural History I: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/courses/13598-243-architecture-history-i (link check: 200). Note: Begins with the late 18th century Enlightenment and industrialization; Fall 2026 sections by Mabel O. Wilson, Reinhold Martin, Lucia Allais, Maur Dessauvage.

### Princeton (SoA)

ARC 501/502 studios; six History and Theory courses including 18th and 19th century, 20th century, and urbanism or landscape.

- Princeton SoA, Professional M.Arch Student Handbook 2025 to 26 (PDF): https://soa.princeton.edu/sites/g/files/toruqf6531/files/psoa_hb-pro-march-fa25-DIGITAL.pdf (link check: 200). Note: ARC 501/502 studio sequence and six History and Theory courses (18th/19th c., 20th c., urbanism or landscape, plus three more).
- Princeton Graduate School, Architecture field of study: https://gradschool.princeton.edu/academics/degrees-requirements/fields-study/architecture (link check: 403)

### Penn (Weitzman)

ARCH 5110 History and Theory I, mid nineteenth century through World War II.

- Penn Weitzman, ARCH 5110 History and Theory I: https://www.design.upenn.edu/courses/arch-5110 (link check: 403). Note: Mid 19th century through World War II, global modernization.
- Penn Weitzman, Architecture MArch (Penn catalog): https://catalog.upenn.edu/graduate/programs/architecture-march/ (link check: 200)
- Penn Weitzman, Master of Architecture program: https://www.design.upenn.edu/architecture/master-architecture-professional-degree (link check: 403)

### Cornell (AAP)

Seven semester professional M.Arch; history sequence ARCH 5801 and 5802 (per equivalency page).

- Cornell AAP, Professional Master of Architecture: https://aap.cornell.edu/architecture/graduate-architecture-programs/professional-master-of-architecture/ (link check: 200)
- Cornell AAP, M.Arch equivalency course information: https://aap.cornell.edu/architecture/graduate-architecture-programs/professional-master-of-architecture/m-arch-equivalency-course-information/ (link check: 200)

### No matching course found

- Brown: no graduate architecture school (Brown undergraduates often cross-register at RISD). No M.Arch.
- Dartmouth: no architecture school or M.Arch.
- Stanford: no M.Arch program; architecture design appears inside Civil and Environmental Engineering and Art History, not a professional degree.
- Oxford: no school of architecture or architecture degree (architectural history appears in History of Art).


## Electrical Engineering

### Stanford

MS: 45 units; 12 units depth in one area, 9 breadth, 15 technical; no thesis. Open: Stanford Engineering Everywhere EE261, EE263, EE364A.

- Stanford EE, MS program (Stanford Bulletin): https://bulletin.stanford.edu/programs/EE-MS (link check: 200). Note: 45 units: 12 depth units in one area, 9 breadth, 15 technical; no thesis.
- Stanford EE, MS admissions overview: https://ee.stanford.edu/admissions/ms (link check: 200)
- Stanford Engineering Everywhere EE261 The Fourier Transform and its Applications (Osgood): https://see.stanford.edu/Course/EE261 (link check: 200)
- Stanford Engineering Everywhere EE263 Introduction to Linear Dynamical Systems (Boyd): https://see.stanford.edu/Course/EE263 (link check: 200)
- Stanford Engineering Everywhere EE364A Convex Optimization I (Boyd): https://see.stanford.edu/Course/EE364A (link check: 200)

### Columbia

MS: 30 points, at least 15 at 6000 level, elective specializations rather than a fixed core.

- Columbia Engineering, Electrical Engineering MS (catalog): https://bulletin.columbia.edu/columbia-engineering/academic-departments-programs/electrical-engineering/graduate-programs/electrical-engineering-ms/ (link check: 200). Note: 30 points, at least 15 at the 6000 level.
- Columbia EE, MS elective specializations: https://www.ee.columbia.edu/ms-concentrations (link check: 403)

### Penn (ESE)

MSE: 10 course units, 5 core across devices/nano, circuits/computer engineering, information/decision systems.

- Penn ESE, MSE in Electrical Engineering: https://www.ese.upenn.edu/academics/masters/electrical-engineering-program/ (link check: 200). Note: 10 course units, 5 core across devices/nano, circuits/computer engineering, information/decision systems.
- Penn catalog, Electrical Engineering MSE: https://catalog.upenn.edu/graduate/programs/electrical-engineering-mse/ (link check: 200)

### Cornell (ECE)

M.Eng.: 30 credits incl. a two-semester design project.

- Cornell, ECE M.Eng. (catalog): https://catalog.cornell.edu/programs/electrical-computer-engineering-meng/ (link check: 200). Note: 30 credits incl. two-semester design project.
- Cornell ECE, M.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering: https://www.duffield.cornell.edu/ece/meng-electrical-computer-engineering-ithaca/ (link check: 200)

### Princeton (ECE)

M.Eng.: eight graded technical courses, four at the 500 level; no thesis.

- Princeton Graduate School, Electrical and Computer Engineering: https://gradschool.princeton.edu/academics/degrees-requirements/fields-study/electrical-and-computer-engineering (link check: 403). Note: M.Eng.: eight graded technical courses, four at 500 level.

### Yale

Terminal MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

- Yale GSAS, Electrical and Computer Engineering: https://gsas.yale.edu/programs-of-study/electrical-computer-engineering (link check: 200)

### Brown

Sc.M. in ECE: eight courses; thesis, non-thesis, or professional tracks.

- Brown, Sc.M. in Electrical and Computer Engineering: https://graduateprograms.brown.edu/graduate-program/electrical-and-computer-engineering-scm (link check: 200)

### Dartmouth (Thayer)

M.Eng. Electrical/Computer track: core courses in one subfield, electives, a project course.

- Dartmouth Engineering, M.Eng. Electrical/Computer track: https://engineering.dartmouth.edu/graduate/meng/electrical-computer-on-campus (link check: 200)

### No matching course found

- Harvard: no standalone terminal EE master's; SEAS lists an Electrical Engineering PhD, and its S.M. and M.E. pages do not offer a terminal EE M.E.
- Oxford: no taught EE MSc found; electrical engineering is taught inside the four year undergraduate MEng in Engineering Science, with research degrees (DPhil) at graduate level.
- MIT is not in the requested list but supplies most open course materials here (OpenCourseWare).


## The Troubadours of France: Writing and Poetry

### Columbia

MUSI GU4122 Songs of the Troubadours (Boynton): poetic and musical analysis, manuscript transcription and editing, weekly Old Occitan with Paden.

- Columbia, MUSI GU4122 Songs of the Troubadours (Susan Boynton, Fall 2024): https://doc.sis.columbia.edu/subj/MUSI/G4122-20243-001/ (link check: 200). Note: Graduate seminar: analysis, manuscript transcription, weekly work in Paden's Introduction to Old Occitan.

### Princeton

FRE 509 The Troubadours and the Occitan Tradition: Permutations of Desire and Knowledge (Sarah Kay).

- Princeton, FRE 509 The Troubadours and the Occitan Tradition (Sarah Kay): https://cos333reg1.cs.princeton.edu/regdetails?classid=8805 (link check: 200). Note: Registrar data mirror (a student project site); describes Old Occitan, microfilms/facsimiles, theory of desire and knowledge.

### Penn

Troubadours at the Center (Pfeffer, Fall 2023): full syllabus with readings and assessment.

- Penn, COML/FREN/ITAL 6381 Troubadours at the Center (Wendy Pfeffer, Fall 2023 syllabus): https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?c=ITAL6381401&t=202330&webService=syll (link check: 200). Note: Full graduate syllabus: Akehurst and Davis, Gaunt and Kay, Paden, Grains of Gold; bibliography, book review, abstract, term paper, conference talk.

### Yale

FREN 8150 Medieval Lyric (Butterfield and Webb, Fall 2026); summer MUSI S121E starts with troubadours.

- Yale French, graduate seminars (FREN 8150 Medieval Lyric, Fall 2026): https://french.yale.edu/graduate-program/for-prospective-phd-students/graduate-seminars (link check: 200). Note: Butterfield and Webb; Arnaut Daniel, Thibaut de Navarre, Gace Brule, Adam de la Halle, Dante.
- Yale Summer Session, MUSI S121E 1000 Years of Love Songs (draft syllabus PDF): https://summer.yale.edu/sites/default/files/uploaded-files/syllabi/musi-s121e.pdf (link check: 200). Note: Undergraduate summer course; week 1 is troubadour song.

### Harvard

COMP LIT 193 love poetry survey incl. Provencal lyric (Fall 2025); Poetry at Harvard overview. No dedicated troubadour graduate seminar found.

- Harvard, COMP LIT 193 Love Poetry of the Middle Ages and Early Modernity (Fall 2025): https://rll.fas.harvard.edu/class/comp-lit-193-whats-love-got-do-it-love-poetry-middle-ages-and-early-modernity (link check: 403). Note: Includes Provencal troubadour lyric within a comparative survey.
- Poetry at Harvard, Troubadours: https://poetry.harvard.edu/troubadours (link check: 403). Note: Overview essay; corpus of 2500+ texts and about 240 melodies.

### Stanford

FRENCH 205 Songs of Love and War: troubadours, trouveres, dolce stil novo, manuscripts.

- Stanford, FRENCH 205 Songs of Love and War: Gender, Crusade, Politics: https://24-25.bulletin.stanford.edu/courses/2141491 (link check: 200). Note: Troubadours, trouveres, dolce stil novo; manuscripts and female voices.

### Cornell

Faculty page lists a graduate course, The Songs of the Troubadours and Trouveres (Peraino); no syllabus found.

- Cornell, Judith Peraino faculty page (graduate course: The Songs of the Troubadours and Trouveres): https://americanstudies.cornell.edu/judith-peraino (link check: 200). Note: Course named on faculty page; no current syllabus found.

### Brown

ENGL 1360U Europe in the Vernacular (upper level undergraduate) includes troubadours.

- Brown, ENGL 1360U Europe in the Vernacular: https://bulletin.brown.edu/search/?P=ENGL+1360U (link check: 200). Note: Upper-level undergraduate; includes troubadours.

### Oxford

MSt in Medieval Studies offers Old Occitan as a compulsory language option; TORCH Old Occitan workshops on lyric and vidas.

- Oxford, MSt in Medieval Studies (Old Occitan among compulsory language options): https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/mst-medieval-studies (link check: 403)
- Oxford TORCH, Old Occitan Literature Workshop (2024): https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/article/old-occitan-literature-workshop-learning-a-medieval-language-in-community (link check: 200). Note: Read troubadour lyric and vidas; Chanson de Sainte Foy.

### No matching course found

- Dartmouth: no troubadour or Old Occitan course found.
- Harvard: no dedicated troubadour seminar found (only comparative surveys).
- Cornell and Brown: no current graduate syllabus found online.


## Synthesis notes

- Architecture: every professional M.Arch here pairs a two semester history and theory survey of modernity (starting around 1750 to 1850) with a core design studio sequence, structures and environmental systems courses, and a thesis or advanced studio. The 14 modules follow that survey arc and run a small studio exercise every week, ending in a two week capstone.
- Electrical engineering: no school here uses a single fixed core at the master's level. They use depth plus breadth (Stanford, Columbia) or core areas (Penn: devices, circuits and computer engineering, information and decision systems), plus a design project at the M.Eng. schools (Cornell, Dartmouth). The modules give breadth across those areas with open MIT and Stanford courses and end in a depth area capstone.
- Troubadours: graduate teaching is seminar based. Columbia, Penn, and Oxford all teach Old Occitan alongside the poems, and Columbia teaches manuscript transcription. Penn's syllabus gives a full assessment model (bibliography, annotated bibliography, book review, abstract, term paper, conference talk), which the capstone adapts.

## Gaps and limits (stated plainly)

- Harvard GSD HIS 4100 and HIS 4223 syllabi and reading lists are not public; only titles and requirements were found.
- Yale ARCH 7001 and 7002 reading lists were not found beyond the bulletin descriptions. The older Yale bulletin page (bulletin.yale.edu M.Arch I) returned 404 and was dropped.
- Princeton SoA and Penn Weitzman course pages block automated checks (HTTP 403); their content was read through search results, not fetched directly.
- Cornell AAP ARCH 5801 and 5802 descriptions came from a search summary of the equivalency page; no syllabus was found.
- Columbia GSAPP lists syllabi only for some past sections (for example Fall 2018 and Fall 2019 of ARCH 4348); the Fall 2026 sections show no syllabus link.
- Stanford, Columbia, and Penn EE requirements are public, but no single public syllabus for a master's core exists because the programs are elective based.
- Princeton FRE 509 is documented through a registrar data mirror run as a student project (cos333reg1.cs.princeton.edu), not an official Princeton course page; the term it was offered is not shown.
- Cornell's troubadour course is named only on the instructor's faculty page; no term or syllabus found.
- Columbia GU4122 details are from Fall 2024; no later offering was confirmed.
- Oxford: no troubadour specific taught graduate paper was confirmed. Old Occitan appears as a language option in the MSt in Medieval Studies, and TORCH reports workshops; an Oxford faculty profile URL for Thomas Hinton returned 404.
- No free legal copy exists for the standard modern tools (Paden, Gaunt and Kay, Frampton, Sedra and Smith, and so on); they are cited with library links only.
- YouTube performances are third party uploads in several cases; they were chosen from official ensemble, label (Topic), museum, or university channels where possible, and all were verified to exist on Nov 9, 2026.