Architectural history programs?

[Urbahist]

Any views on these architectural history programs: UVa, Texas-Austin, Boston U., Cornell, the Bartlett (UCL), Edinburgh, U. of York?

I am interested in a program that focuses more on social-historical context and urban planning rather than primarily theoretical issues.  I realize that I could do architectural history in an art history program, but I am not interested in doing all that art history methodology coursework and qualifying exams.  I realize that I could do architectural history in a regular history program working with an urban historian, but I am for something more specific. 

[NoirFemme]

Why not do historic/heritage preservation?

[Urbahist]

On 5/17/2016 at 7:52 PM, NoirFemme said:

Why not do historic/heritage preservation?

I have thought about it, too.  I guess that's the other option I am considering.

[Joan Callamezzo]

If you're interested in the "socio-historical context of architecture" you should really consider an art history program. You will probably only have to take one semester/quarter of methodology course work, and if you're at one of the serious architecture programs (like Harvard or MIT) you can take your exams on architectural topics. I'm very familiar with the field, and I'm not sure that someone from one of the programs you've named would be competitive against a Harvard or MIT history of architecture PhD. The people hiring architectural historians are primarily art history departments and architecture and design schools. They like Art History PhDs.