Bachelor’s degree
Architectural Studies, BSD
Arizona State University · The Design School, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts · Tempe, Arizona, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Science in Design (Architectural Studies)BSD
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalStated for United States
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Preprofessional interdisciplinary degree in architecture with cross-disciplinary and professional-focus paths, built around yearly architecture project courses.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- The Design School, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
- Awarding body
- Arizona State University
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.
- Degree level
- Bachelor’s degreeA first degree entered after secondary school.
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalA first stage. The source says further study or a further qualification is needed before registration or licensure.
- Why we classify it this way
- The university calls the program preprofessional; students who intend to become licensed architects declare a professional focus and prepare for the professional Master of Architecture.“The preprofessional Bachelor of Science in Design program in architectural studies offered by The Design School”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- No
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
- Further professional requirements
- Students intending licensure as a registered architect declare the professional focus in the third year; graduate study in the professional Master of Architecture is the stated next step.Source
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry from secondary school | 120 credit hours | 120 | –Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.
No accreditation, validation or registration-pathway record for this program has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Credits
- 120 credit hoursCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Studio requirements
- two project-topic courses yearly for the first three years
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- ASU Tempe campus
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Differences by campus or pathway
- The degree search page also lists Online and ASU Local locations; the online version is recorded as its own program.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, printing, software, equipment and field-trip costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)