Does Boston College have an undergraduate architecture program comparable to Cornell’s?

Boston College does not have a standalone undergraduate architecture major comparable to Cornell’s professional Bachelor of Architecture program. At BC, architecture is best treated as an academic interest alongside another major, most directly through its Architectural Studies minor, rather than as a studio-intensive, accredited preprofessional degree. Cornell’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning offers a five-year Bachelor of Architecture designed for students intending to enter the architecture profession.

Cornell fits a student who wants architecture to be the center of their undergraduate education from the first year. Its B.Arch curriculum combines design studios, visual representation, architectural history and theory, building technology, and professional coursework; applicants are typically expected to submit a portfolio. Completing that degree provides the academic professional degree normally required on the path toward architectural licensure.

Boston College makes more sense for a student who wants a broad liberal-arts education and is interested in architecture’s history, design, cities, or cultural role, but does not need an undergraduate professional architecture credential. A BC student could major in fields such as art history, studio art, economics, environmental studies, or another discipline while taking architectural-studies coursework. To become a licensed architect afterward, that student would ordinarily need to pursue a professional Master of Architecture program.