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Carleton’s Bachelor of Architectural Studies focuses on knowledge, experience, creativity and imagination. Our program encourages you to explore ideas through making, evaluate ideas within the context of the human experience, and exercise creativity through writing, model making, drawing, digital media and presentations.

Carleton’s Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism awards the pre-professional Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS) degree upon successful completion of our four-year program of study. If you intend to practice architecture, you can then apply to continue into a professional Master of Architecture program at Carleton, or equivalent professional training at another university. The BAS program is also an excellent degree for a range of careers or for further studies in design, urbanism, or conservation and sustainability.

The program lays a broad foundation on which architectural studies are built. You will take courses in architecture, design, drawing and multimedia applications, as well as specified general studies in engineering, art history and social sciences. You will focus your architectural studies by choosing an area of study in:

• conservation and sustainability
• design
• urbanism

The program’s first-year core courses consist of drawing, studio design, multimedia, history/ theory and technology. In subsequent years, you will take courses in professional practice, and electives in conservation and sustainability, urbanism, and philosophy and criticism. Core courses are supplemented by electives drawn from other disciplines, such as art history, industrial design, urban geography and engineering. The BAS program offers students the opportunity to complete a major in an area of particular interest:

• A major in Design will appeal to those interested primarily in a professional career in architecture with an emphasis on design.
• A major in Urbanism explores architecture in the larger context of the city and raises awareness and promotes stewardship of the built environment through an examination of mass urbanization in the 20th century.
• A major in Conservation and Sustainability is offered to students interested in the conservation of historical architecture and the principles of sustainable design of buildings as well as the urban fabric.

Future opportunities

Carleton graduates work around the globe in traditional and nontraditional architectural practices, as well as in disciplines ranging from film-making and fashion design to highly technical fields such as computer animation, building science, environmental design and project management. Most graduates choose to practise in the field, while others go on to graduate work and teaching. Others are the founders of design/build firms who specialize in crafting their own designs.

Careers

• Architectural History
• Architecture
• Design
• Education
• Furniture Design
• Graphic Design
• Heritage Conservation
• Interior Design
• Multimedia Design
• Project Management
• Urban and Rural Planning