PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
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The College of Architecture offers a five-year professional Bachelor of Architecture degree leading to architectural licensing as well as a Master's Degree in Computer Visualization. Well-qualified, graduating high school seniors are admitted on a competitive basis to the freshman design-studio sequence. Those not admitted into this sequence can still enter the University as Pre-Architecture (P/ARC) students and take all other required freshman courses. Applicants to the program must have demonstrated abilities in algebra and trigonometry and preferably in physics and freehand drawing. Students attending a junior or senior college are strongly urged to seek guidance from College of Architecture advisors in order to select proper coursework.

Students with a bachelor's degree in another field may apply for admission into the Accelerated Studies Program. By attending six full semesters plus four to six summer terms, such students can graduate in three years. In order to be considered for this option, a student must apply by February 15 before the summer in which he or she plans to enter the program, must have demonstrated abilities in algebra, trigonometry, physics, and freehand drawing, and must have at least a cumulative 2.5 grade-point average in previous degree work. Accelerated Studies students take their coursework along with undergraduates, bringing an added level of experience and maturity to the degree program.