Architects must be educated to think critically, to assess holistically, to synthesize comprehensively and to design with environmental responsibility. Marywood’s architecture programs—undergraduate and graduate—recognize that architecture, both as a discipline and as a profession, engages the realms of art and science. Buildings and other physical spaces created by architects combine design innovation and aesthetic with the laws of gravity and the requirements of constructability. Architects create unique and highly inventive realities that emphasize organization, proportion, and beauty, as well as material properties, budgets and structural systems. Marywood architecture students benefit from the University’s liberal arts core curriculum. These liberal arts courses provide the foundation for a profession in which social responsibilities are integral to the practice of architecture. In addition to courses in the social sciences, math, history, science, religion, and a foreign language, students are exposed to courses in critical thinking, writing and literature. The B.Arch. curriculum integrates these core competencies with professional course requirements, including architecture topics in structures, environmental science, building systems and other areas of building technology. Ten design studios, each one semester long, serve as the continuous place of exploration and synthesis. The professional undergraduate program in Architecture, the Bachelors of Architecture (B.Arch), is a five year program that is intended for students who will pursue a career as a licensed architect or advanced study in the field of architecture. The Bachelors of Architecture is the primary architectural degree offered in the School and is a candidate for accreditation by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).

Only the B.Arch. degree makes you eligible to become a licensed architect. It also enables you to pursue a professional degree at the master's level or begin a career in a number of related professions.