The B.A. in Architecture Curriculum

All Architecture students are required to take the Art Core curriculum

Students in 1st year doing a matrix analysis of transition spaces

4th year student presenting project to City of Lewiston

3rd Year students presenting their projects

Students evaluate each other's work as part of the studio experience

Program Basics

UMA is the only public university offering a high quality, creative, design-based Bachelor of Arts in Architecture degree in Northern New England. Our nationally recognized B.A. has an outstanding faculty, and student work usually exceeds the highest established national standards for pre-professional architectural training. Our curriculum is thorough, and emphasizes a creative and behavioral design approach to architecture… Studio classes stress a conceptual, art based and sustainable design approach to coursework. In general, our graduates are accepted to the professional Master’s program of their choice to complete their professional degree, and often with advanced standing.

Why a B.A. in Architecture at UMA?

The UMA Bachelor of Arts in Architecture offers a small, family campus atmosphere, with small classes, and a nationally recognized faculty, to make UMA an excellent place to begin your career in architecture.

Our B.A. is a very affordable option for an excellent choice for basic or more advanced work to a design education in architecture. Our unique program was developed to help prepare students for immediate transfer into a professional master's program in architecture with advanced standing or to proceed directly into careers in architecture or other related design professions.

Proposed UMA/ARC 4-Year Class Schedule

Bachelor of Arts Architecture - 126 credit hours - Sample Schedule of Courses *

01 Year/Fall Semester		01 Year/Spring Semester
ARC 101 4 cr	Intro to Architectural Design and Graphic Communication	ARC 102 4 cr	Intro to Arch Design I
ART 115 3 cr	Drawing I	ART 112 3cr	2-D Design
ARH 105 3cr	Art/Architecture History I	ARH 106 3 cr	Art/Architecture History II
ENG 101 3 cr	College Writing	PSY 100 3 cr	Intro to Psychology
MAT 112 3 cr	College Algebra	COM 101 3 cr	Communications
		1st year Portfolio Review
16 cr TOTAL		16 cr TOTAL
02 Year/Fall Semester		02 Year/Spring Semester
ARC 203 4 cr	Arc Design II	ARC 204 4 cr	Arc Design III
ARC 261 3 cr	Intro to CAD (Computer Assisted Design)	ARC 221 3 cr	Concepts of Structures I
ENG 102 3 cr	Intro to Literature	ARC 231 3 cr	Materials and Methods of Construction
Physical Sci XXX 4 cr	Physics 115 preferred	ART 113 3 cr	3-D Design
HTY XXX 3 cr	History course (I)	HTY XXX 3 cr	History course (II)
		2nd Year Portfolio Review
17 cr TOTAL		16 cr TOTAL
03 Year/Fall Semester		03 Year/Spring Semester
ARC 305 4 cr	Arc Design IV	ARC 306 4 cr	Arc Design V
ARC 322 3 cr	Concepts of Structures II	ARC 112 3 cr	History of Modern Architecture
ARC 331 3 cr	Construction Techniques	ARC 262 3 cr	Advanced CAD II
ARC 350 3 cr	Mechanical Systems in Architecture	Soc Sci XXX 3 cr	Social Science Elective
ART XXX 3 cr	Art Studio Elective	Gen Elective 3 cr	Non Art/Architecture Elective
16 cr TOTAL		16 cr TOTAL
04 Year/Fall Semester		04 Year/Spring Semester
ARC 420 4 cr	Arc Design VI Architecture Seminar / Pre-thesis	ARC 430 4 cr	Arc Design VII / Architecture Thesis
ARC 406 3 cr	Architectural Internship	ARC XXX 3 cr	Architecture Elective
HUM XXX 3 cr	Humanities Elective	HUM XXX 3 cr	Humanities Elective
HUM XXX 3 cr	Foreign Language/ASL (I)	HUM XXX 3 cr	Foreign Language/ASL (II)
Gen Elective 3 cr	Non Art/Architecture Elective
16 cr TOTAL		13 cr TOTAL

NOTE
*the actual organization and length of a student’s specific program will most likely differ from that shown above. This chart is meant only as a guide. Placement tests in math and English may add additional course work to the above. A student is required to meet one-on-one with an advisor on a regular basis to create the best, individual long-term program.