CAS: Architectural Studies

For more information about the Architectural Studies program and its courses, please see the Architectural Studies webpage or contact Danny Abramson (dabr@bu.edu), Director of Architectural Studies, with any questions.

Upon completion of the CGS program, students must have earned credit towards the following 10 courses:

• Humanities: 3 courses
  • Choose two from CGS HU 103, CGS HU 201, or CGS HU 202
  • CGS HU 104*
• Natural Sciences: 2 courses
  • CGS NS 201 and CGS NS 202
• Rhetoric: 2 courses
  • CGS RH 103 and CGS RH 104*
• Social Sciences: 3 courses
  • Choose two from CGS SS 103, CGS SS 201, or CGS SS 202
  • CGS SS 104*

*Required course taken during the Summer term.

The major in architectural studies requires the completion of 11 courses with a grade of “C” or higher in each course. In addition to the major’s 11 courses, students interested in graduate studies in architecture should take calculus (CAS MA 121 or 123) and physics (CAS PY 105). For more information about the major, please see the BU Bulletin.

Students pursuing the major in architectural studies are encouraged to consider applying for the Venice Architecture Studies program during the fall or spring term of the junior or senior year. More information on this program is available on BU Study Abroad’s website.

• Completion of the CGS required courses and appropriate electives
• Cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 2.00

Boston University students completing a degree in CAS must also complete the following requirements.

• BU Hub requirements
• CAS requirements:
  • Second Language requirement
    
• Architecture Studies major requirements
• CAS requires a minimum of 128 credits, excluding PDP, ROTC, and CAS FY and SY courses.