About the course

The Architecture Major is a pre-professional degree program that satisfies the entrance requirements for graduate architecture and urban design programs at the nation's top universities. The curriculum combines an introduction to architecture, community design, urban design, city planning, and landscape design with a strong emphasis on the social sciences and humanities. In the classroom, around San Francisco, and on international immersion trips, we train students to become impassioned readers, interpreters, actors, and designers of their cities, institutions, and communities.

　　Students will: Gain a historical foundation of architecture from pre-history to recent developments in the field through a broad and inclusive approach to the range of social and economic factors affecting the design of world cities and buildings

　　Develop familiarity with social justice issues in under-served communities and developing regions of the world as well as more traditional perspectives on architectural history

　　Develop critical skills and methodologies of inquiry, analysis, conceptual development, and resolution and presentation of design ideas

　　Learn to integrate aspects of site, program, space, structure and material to create designs for buildings, which also actively respond to the historical, cultural, social and political exigencies of time and place

　　Develop analytical tools that give attention to the various historic and social forces that intersect to create the built environment

　　Gain a solid foundation in technical and conceptual design skills, enabling them to present their architectural ideas visually, verbally and in writing to clients, associates, and communities at the grass roots and municipal levels

　　Graduate with the knowledge and skills enabling them to facilitate positive change to built environments in the world Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 8 Semester(s)Fees: Not available

Intake	Location
Spring (January), 2024	San Francisco
Fall (August), 2024	San Francisco
Spring (January), 2025	San Francisco
Spring (January), 2025	San Francisco
Fall (August), 2025	San Francisco
Spring (January), 2026	San Francisco

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for University of San Francisco

High School Transcript: Showing grades from 9th through 11th grade.

　　Fall Senior Grades: Required of any Early Decision or Early Action applicant who is deferred. Highly recommended for students applying Regular Decision.

　　Early Decision Agreement: Required only for Early Decision applicants. You must invite your parent and counselor to affirm the Early Decision Agreement.

　　School Report

　　Academic Recommendation: One recommendation from your school counselor or a teacher in a core academic subject.

　　(Optional) SAT or ACT scores: Beginning with students who apply for fall 2020 admission, USF will no longer require students to submit standardized test scores when applying for undergraduate admission.

　　Eligibility for undergraduate admission requires a TOEFL iBT (Internet-based Test) score of at least 65, a IELTS Overall Band score of at least 6.0, or a PTE Academic score of at least 46

　　

English language requirements

　　6.5

　　Overall IELTS band score

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 80.0

　　

Application deadline:

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Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at University of San Francisco. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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