Architecture (Bachelor): One-Year Professional Degree
The Bachelor of Architecture is a one-year professional degree program only for students who have earned a four-year undergraduate degree in Architecture (from NC听State or another program within a NAAB accredited institution).
To become an architect, students must earn an accredited, professional degree in Architecture.
Admission requirements include prerequisite courses which must be included in the applicant鈥檚 undergraduate program. A transcript review will identify any prerequisite deficiencies. If accepted to the program, the applicant will be advised regarding how to comply with the prerequisite requirements.
The B.Arch is an advanced degree program that emphasizes comprehensive and integrative design processes. The program prepares students for professional practice through two design studios and a series of required and elective courses in history, theory, architectural technologies, urbanism, energy studies and environmental systems. In this program, students develop a directed thesis project with faculty members, and this project allows students to focus on topics that are critical to current issues in professional architectural practice.
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Plan Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studios | |||
| 础搁颁听501 | Professional Architecture Studio I | 6 | |
| 础搁颁听502 | Professional Architecture Studio II | 6 | |
| Support Courses | |||
| 础搁颁听561 | The Practice of Architecture | 3 | |
| 础搁颁听581 | Project Preparation Seminar | 3 | |
| 础搁颁听564 | Architectural Design Development | 3 | |
| Architecture Elective | |||
| Architecture Elective | 9 | ||
| Total Hours | 30 | ||
Architecture Elective
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 础顿狈听414 | Color and Light | 3 | |
| 础搁颁听414 | Environmental Control Systems | 3 | |
| 础搁颁听441 | History of Contemporary Architecture | 3 | |
| 础搁颁听442 | History of NC Architecture | 3 | |
| 础搁颁听492 | Special Topics in Architecture | 1-3 | |
| 础搁颁听495 | Independent Study in Architecture | 1-3 | |
| 础搁颁听543 | Analysis of Precedent | 3 | |
| 础搁颁听544 | American City Planning History | 3 | |
| 础搁颁听546 | Theory of Building Types | 3 | |
| 础搁颁听561 | The Practice of Architecture | 3 | |
| 础搁颁听570 | Anatomy of the City | 3 | |
| 础搁颁听571 | Urban House | 3 | |
| 础搁颁听574 | Place and Place Making | 3 | |
| 础搁颁听581 | Project Preparation Seminar | 3 |
Semester Sequence
This is a sample.
At the completion of four year study (126 credit hours) the听Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture (BEDA)听is granted. An application to the Fifth Year is required. If accepted to the program students will follow this course of study:
| Fifth Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Hours | |
| 础搁颁听501 | Professional Architecture Studio I | 6 |
| 础搁颁听581 | Project Preparation Seminar | 3 |
| Architecture Elective | 3 | |
| Architecture Elective | 3 | |
| 听 | Hours | 15 |
| Spring Semester | ||
| 础搁颁听502 | Professional Architecture Studio II | 6 |
| 础搁颁听561 | The Practice of Architecture | 3 |
| 础搁颁听564 | Architectural Design Development | 3 |
| Architecture Elective | 3 | |
| 听 | Hours | 15 |
| 听 | Total Hours | 30 |
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