BA/BS in Architecture

Architectural studies treats the built environment as the outcome of several intertwined influences: history, how people think, economic conditions and public policy. Majors learn to tell these influences apart and to see how they affect one another, using ideas from art, design, mathematics and environmental studies. The approach is deliberately wide, in the liberal arts spirit. It prepares students for graduate training in architecture, in landscape design, in preservation of historic buildings, or in city planning, and it also suits many unrelated careers. Faculty mentors lead small seminars, and a final project may be an internship in a design or planning office. Visits to firms and historic sites and research-based assignments are common. Most majors go abroad, either for a term or for a paid summer internship arranged through the Hale Center for Career Development.