Track 2: Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture, B.E.D.A.
A four-year pre-professional Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture degree (B.E.D.A.) intended for students who will pursue a professional master’s degree or enter a related field.
The commonalities between the disciplines of architecture and interior architecture provide the context for students in Marywood’s architecture and interior architecture programs to share professional core and elective courses, including the foundation design studios, as well as, digital media and the history of architecture courses.
All qualified students are accepted into the professional Bachelor of Architecture degree track. Students who wish to enter the pre-professional B.E.D.A. degree may transfer from the B.ARCH. prior to their fourth year.
B.E.D.A. (Four-year professional degree) Program Requirements
First-year curriculum: 30 credits
Fall 1
| ARCH 110 | Foundation Design I | 4 |
| ARCH 112 | Introduction to the Designed Environment?And Design Thinking | 3 |
| RST 112 | Modern Belief | 3 |
| ENGL 160 | Composition and Rhetoric | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13 |
Spring 1
| ARCH 120 | Foundation Design II | 4 |
| ARCH 124 | Digital Media I | 3 |
| ARCH 125 | History and Theory of Architecture I | 3 |
| ENGL 180 | Introduction to World Literature | 3 |
| MATH 150 | | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Second-year curriculum: 33 credits
Fall 2
| ARCH 210 | Design Studio III | 6 |
| ARCH 214 | Digital Media II | 3 |
| ARCH 215 | | 3 |
| LANGUAGE | Foreign Language I | 3 |
| PHIL 113 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
Spring 2
| ARCH 220 | Design Studio IV | 6 |
| ARCH 225 | History and Theory of Architecture III | 3 |
| LANGUAGE | Foreign Language I | 3 |
| PHYS 140 | Physics for Architects | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Third-year curriculum: 36 credits
Fall 3
| ARCH 310 | Design Studio V | 6 |
| ARCH 312 | Structures I | 3 |
| ARCH 313 | Building Assemblies | 3 |
| SOC 315 | Studies in Urbanization | 3 |
| PHIL XXX | Philosophy Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
Spring 3
| ARCH 320 | Design Studio VI | 6 |
| ARCH 322 | Structures II | 3 |
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| ARCH XXX | Program Elective | 3 |
| | Or | |
| IARC XXX | Program Elective | 3 |
| | | |
| HIST XXX | History Elective | 3 |
| FINE ARTS | Fine Arts Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
Fourth-year curriculum: 33 credits
Fall 4
| ARCH 410 | Design Studio VII | 6 |
| ARCH 411 | Environmental Systems I | 3 |
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| ARCH XXX | Program Elective | 3 |
| | Or | |
| IARC XXX | Program Elective | 3 |
| | | |
| ARCH XXX | Program Elective | 3 |
| | Or | |
| IARC XXX | Program Elective | 3 |
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| HIST XXX | History Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
HIST XXX: Global if Global Requirement has not been fulfilled previously
Spring 4
| ARCH 420 | Design Studio VIII | 6 |
| ARCH 421 | Environmental Systems II | 3 |
| ENGL XXX | English Elective | 3 |
| RST XXX | Religion Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Total Credit Hours: 132