Two Ways to Study Architecture
Did you know that the College of Architecture and Environmental Design offers two distinct ways to study Architecture?
| Bachelor of Science in Architecture | Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies |
|---|---|
| Pre-professional: leads to a one-calendar year, three semester professional Master of Architecture degree (at Kent State) | Arts and humanities-based: focuses on the art and language of design and prepares students for professional master’s degrees in many design fields (at Kent State or other universities) |
| Emphasizes the professional and technical aspects of architecture such as structures, materials and methods, and environmental technology | Emphasizes the history and theory of architecture and reading, writing, research, debate, discourse and criticism as part of the design process |
| Prepares students for reflective professional practice in architecture; fulfills most professional education requirements for architecture at the undergraduate level | Informs students about architecture and other related design fields; helps students choose the design profession that interests them most, which they go on to study at the graduate level |
| Project-based design studios are the core of the student’s education. Students take one design studio every semester | Students take design studios in their first two years; during the last two years they pursue a minor (required) or double major (optional) |
| Requires students to take calculus and physics | Requires students to take foreign language and art history |
| Very structured curriculum that requires eight semesters to complete | Very flexible curriculum that can be completed in fewer than eight semesters |
| Minimum time to earn an accredited professional degree: 11 semesters (if pursuing a master of architecture at Kent State) | Minimum time to earn an accredited professional degree: depends on the type of master’s degree, but typically 14 semesters (if a master of architecture or landscape architecture) |
| Students have the option of spending one full semester in Florence; can go to Florence in either the fall or spring semester of the third year | Students have the option of spending one full semester in Florence; can go to Florence in any semester after completing 6 credit hours in ARCS and 30 credit hours at Kent State |
| Admission requirements: /caed/admission-requirements-deadlines | Admission requirements: /caed/admission-requirements-deadlines |