Bachelor’s degree
Bachelor of Arts with a major in Architecture (Barnard + Columbia)
Barnard College · Barnard + Columbia Architecture (Department of Architecture) · Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Arts with a major in ArchitectureBA
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalStated for United States
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Liberal arts undergraduate architecture major run by a department shared between Barnard College, Columbia College and the School of General Studies; it introduces design at several scales alongside history and theory.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Barnard + Columbia Architecture (Department of Architecture)
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
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 page says the major leads to a liberal arts BA and that students wanting a professional degree continue to graduate programs.“Students interested in obtaining a professional degree in Architecture will continue on to graduate programs after their undergraduate degree”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- Not published
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
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
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Barnard campus, Morningside Heights3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
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
- Same major is also recorded under Columbia University (ba-architecture); the department is shared.
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, whether a previous architecture degree is required, 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)