Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies
The four-year, pre-professional Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies degree program, with an optional architectural history track, is an excellent platform for future graduate studies in architecture and associated fields. The required coursework is concentrated in the first three years, leaving the fourth year to develop the student’s career interests.
Applicants for admission to this program must fulfill the Requirements for Admission to the School of Architecture given in this chapter.
The Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies alone does not fulfill the educational requirements for registration as an architect. Students interested in pursuing registration must complete a first-professional degree in architecture.
Curriculum
A total of at least 125 hours of coursework is required for the Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies.
All students must complete the University’s Core Curriculum as well as the courses listed in the following table. In some cases, a course that is required for the BSArchStds may also be counted toward the core curriculum; these courses are identified below.
| Courses |
Sem Hrs |
|
Architecture
|
60 |
|
Mathematics 408C (meets the mathematics requirement of the core curriculum) |
4 |
| Physics 302K, 302L, 102M, 102N (or 303K, 303L, 103M, 103N) (physics sequence meets part I of the science and technology requirement of the core curriculum) | 8 |
| Upper-division humanities elective in literature, foreign language, philosophy, or another field approved by the undergraduate dean’s office | 3 |
| Philosophy elective | 3 |
| Electives (foreign language courses that are used to remove an admission deficiency may not be used to fulfill this requirement and may not be counted toward the degree) | 20 |
| Additional coursework to satisfy the core curriculum | 27 |
| Total 125 |
Electives
Twenty-six semester hours of electives are required for the completion of the Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies degree program. These electives consist of three hours of upper-division coursework in humanities, three hours in philosophy, and twenty additional open elective hours, generally completed outside the School of Architecture. Students pursuing the architectural history track must take eighteen of their twenty hours of open electives in architectural history. Up to six hours of related coursework taken at the University, and approved by the program director, may be used to fulfill the elective requirement.