The School of Architecture and Design offers a degree in architecture at the undergraduate (professional)level. Design and inquiry/research is the the focus of this program:

Bachelor of Architecture - professional degree program that requires five years of study. Accredited by the National Architecture Accreditation Board. The degree meets the educational requirements for professional registration in the various states. Many graduates of the program go on to pursue advanced degrees in architecture or related disciplines.

Lists of all Architecture undergraduate course descriptions are available on separate pages.

The primary aim is to stress the importance of design as a method of inquiry and resolution. Students are taught to solve architectural problems through the exploration of original and promising architectural expressions and ideas.

The Department believes that architecture and design is essentially a rigorous act of creativity, research and scholarship and encourages a pluralistic intellectual environment in which diverse ideas can be investigated and tested. The studio provides an ongoing forum for discourse at all levels of the curriculum. The studio focuses curriculum activities including issues of social and human behavior and concern, response to the physical environment, ethical responsibility for ecologically sustainable design and the cultural context in which architecture is developed.

In the undergraduate program, emphasis is placed on student competence in design inquiry/research, architectural history, human behavior and environment, technical systems, computer usage, professional practice and complemented by elective courses in general/liberal education-- natural sciences, humanities and social sciences. Awareness of these areas provides the student with fundamental communication skills through critical thinking, conflict resolution, visual literacy and the knowledge of forces that shape magnificence societal and human affairs, as well as the impact of new technologies in an ever-changing world.

Students seeking the Bachelor of Architecture degree must complete a minimum of 171 credits. The general curriculum is shown below with credits on the right. Follow the linked course titles for a description of the course. Lists of all Architecture and Design undergraduate courses are also available.

Arts & Science/Social Science
English	6
Mathematics	7
Liberal Studies (Electives)	14
Architectural Design	50
Architectural History and Theory	27
Architectural Technology	27
Professional Electives	20
General Electives	20
Total	171