Accelerated 4+2 BS in Architectural Studies/Master of Architecture

At a Glance

  • College

    College of Architecture & the Built Environment

  • Degree

    Bachelor of Science, Master of Architecture

  • Campus

    East Falls

  • Format

    On Campus

  • Credits

    168

Curriculum

Total Credit Hours: 168

Year One - BSAS

  • Design 1: Interdisciplinary Foundation Studies (Fall)
  • Visualization 1 (Fall)
  • Topics in the Built Environment (Fall)
  • Design 2: Architecture Foundation Studies (Spring)
  • Visualization 2 (Spring)
  • Topics in the Built Environment (Spring)

Hallmarks Core

  • Pathways Seminar
  • Writing Seminar I: Written Communication
  • Topics in American Studies
  • Landscape Ecologies
  • General Physics
  • Math 1
  • Math 2

Year Two - BSAS

  • Design 3: Architecture Foundation Studies (Fall)
  • Technology 1: Material and Methods (Fall)
  • History 1: Built Environment, Ancient to Medieval (Fall)
  • Visualization 3 (Fall)
  • Technology 2: Passive System Building Enclosure (Spring)
  • History 2: Renaissance/Baroque (Spring)
  • Structures 1 (Spring)
  • Minor Elective (Spring)

Hallmarks Core

  • Ethics
  • Writing Seminar II: Multimedia Communication

Year Three - BSAS

  • Technology 3 (Fall)
  • Structures 2 (Fall)
  • History 3: Early Modern 1750-1940 (Fall)
  • General Elective
  • History 4: Modern/Contemporary (Spring)
  • Minor Elective
  • General Elective

Hallmarks Core

  • American Diversity
  • Global Citizenship
  • Global Diversity

Year Four - BSAS

  • Principals and Methods of Sustainable Design (Fall)
  • Professional Management (Fall)
  • Theory Seminar (Fall)
  • Architectural Capstone Project (Spring)
  • General Elective (Spring)

Hallmarks Core

  • Contemporary Global Issues
  • Integrative Seminar
  • Philosophies of the Good Life

Year Five - M.ARCH

  • Design 3 (Fall)
  • Elective (Fall)
  • Elective (Spring)
  • Design 4 (Spring)
  • Tech 4 (Spring)
  • Elective (Spring)

Year Six - M.ARCH

  • Design 5 (Fall)
  • Technology 5 (Fall)
  • Architecture Research Methods (Fall)
  • Design 6: Thesis / Capstone (Spring)
  • Elective (Spring)