Program Description
The four-year Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies (BS) program allows students to focus on a field allied to the profession of architecture, customize their education and earn a pre-professional degree. After completing a foundation sequence of studio and technical courses in the first two years, students will either:
- Choose to specialize in one of three tracks-Real Estate Development, Historic Preservation, or XR Game Environments- or
- Explore various architecture-related disciplines from a broad array of available minors (selecting two).
Students may also choose to apply to the Bachelor of Architecture program at the end of the third semester.
Students will not only gain valuable skills and real-world experiences, but will also pave the way for a professional credential in one of our master's programs by taking graduate courses while still an undergraduate. Opportunities exist for collaborative projects, fieldwork, study abroad, professional internships and elective offerings.
Learning Goals/Outcomes
- Demonstrate expertise & professional level competency in technical & graphic methods
- Experience collaboration solving problems relative to contemporary issues relative to the built environment.
- Apply knowledge of the history & theory of historic and modern periods, styles, and places in the context of architectural fields
- Demonstrate knowledge of sustainability in the context of a range of architecture related fields
- Demonstrate and apply discipline specific knowledge of content areas that are studied as part of student selected tracks or minors
- Choose a track or two minors that allow students to gain professional credentials through the accelerated dual degree options offered by the College of Architecture & the Built Environment
Curriculum: 4 years, 122-123 credits
| First Year | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| FYS 100 | Pathways Seminar | 1 |
| WRIT 101 | Writing Sem I: Written Comm. | 3 |
| SCI 109 or SCI 110 |
Sys Thinking & Sustainability or Landscape Ecology |
3 |
| AVIS 101 | American Visions | 3 |
| PHYC 101 | General Physics | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| WRIT 201 | Writing Seminar II:Multi Comm | 3 |
MATH 1xx | Quantitative Reasoning II |
|
General Elective |
||
| ARFD 101 | Design 1 | 4 |
| ARFD 103 | Visualization 1 | 2 |
| ARDS 102 | Design 2: Interd Found Studies | 4 |
| ARDS 106 | Topics in Built Environment 2 | 1 |
| ARDS 108 | Visualization 2 | 2 |
| ARFD 104 | Topics in the BuiltEnvironment | 1 |
| MATH 102 | Pre-Calculus | 3 |
| Credits | 36-37 | |
| Second Year | ||
| ARCH 212 | Tech 2 Passive Sys/Bldg Env | 3 |
| AHST 206 | The Built Environment in the Age of Exploration | 3 |
| ARCH 303 | Structures 1 | 3 |
| ETHC 1XX | Ethics | 3 |
| GDIV 2XX | 3 | |
| ARCH 213 | Desgn 3: Arch Foundations Stud | 4 |
| ARDS 210 | Tech 1: Materials and Methods | 3 |
| AHST 205 | The Built Environment: Global Origins | 3 |
| ARDS 208 | Visual 3:Digitial Mod for Arch | 3 |
| ARCH 214 | Desgn 4:Arch Foundation Stdies | 4 |
| Credits | 32 | |
| Third Year | ||
| CIT 2XX | 3 | |
| ADIV 2XX | 3 | |
| Communication Electives (2) Systems Electives (2) Context Electives (2) Design Electives (2) | 24 | |
| Credits | 30 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| ISEM 360 | Environments for Well-Being | 3 |
| CGIS 300 | Contemporary Global Issues | 3 |
| PHIL 499 | Philosophies of the Good Life | 3 |
| Communication Electives (2) Systems Electives (2) Design Electives (2) | 18 | |
| Credits | 27 | |
| Total Credits | 125-126 | |