Bachelor’s degree
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
University of Massachusetts Amherst · Department of Architecture, College of Humanities & Fine Arts · Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Science in ArchitectureBS
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalStated for United States
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Four-year undergraduate architecture major with an interdisciplinary curriculum and two concentrations (Architectural Studies and Design Studies). The department describes it as preprofessional.
Intended audience: Students planning to enter architecture or design; one concentration is aimed at those continuing to a professional graduate degree.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Department of Architecture, College of Humanities & Fine Arts
- 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 department states the BS is a preprofessional degree and that a Master of Architecture is the usual next step toward licensure.“The BS Architecture is a preprofessional degree.”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- No
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
- Further professional requirements
- Most US state registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program for licensure; many BS graduates continue to a Master of Architecture.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
- Studio requirements
- Each student who majors in architecture has a personal desk located within a shared studio.
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Amherst campus (Olver Design Building)210 Olver Design Building, 551 North Pleasant Street
Source could not be re-checked automatically.
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
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)