ObjectivesBEDS is a senior undergraduate program that is preceded by at least two years of university studies in other subjects. It consists of two years of required architectural courses in design, representation, humanities, technology, and professional practice, plus a four-month co-op workterm.
Academic titleBachelor of Environmental Design Studies
M3 (work term)
Prof. Practice (work term)
M4 (work term)
Prof. Practice (work term)
Year 6 - MArch
M5 (academic term)
MArch Thesis Preparation
(elective)
(elective)
(elective)
M6 (academic term)
MArch Thesis
Professional Practice
(elective)
Graduate courses
Design - core courses
* Urban Housing Studio
* Adaptive Reuse Studio
* Urban Systems Studio
* Material Detail Studio
* Light Frame Building Studio
* Landscape Studio
* Transhistorical Studio
* Ephemeral Architecture Studio
* Public Architecture Studio
* Coastal Studio
Humanities - core courses
* Housing Theory
* Residential Real Estate Development
* Urban Systems
* History and Theory of Cities
* International Sustainable Development
* Theory and the Built Environment
* Architectural Theory of the Enlightenment
* Ephemeral Architecture
* Architectural Exhibitions
* Integrated Coastal and Ocean Planning
* Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement
* Humanities Seminar
Technology - core courses
* From Timber to Lumber
* From Lumber to Structure
* Composite Materials
* Earth Construction
* Natural Finishes
* Light and Material
* Acoustics
* Energy Efficient Design
* Life Cycle Analysis
* The Construction Detail
* From Principle to Detail
* Facades
* Tensile Architecture
* Fabrication
* Technology Seminar
Electives
* Design Seminar
* Free Lab
* Architecture and Archaeoastronomy
* Humanities Seminar
* Material Investigation
* Material Investigation in Wood
* Technology Seminar
* Entrepreneurship
* Permission to Build
* Professional Practice Seminar
* Graphic Design in Architecture
* Painting in Architecture
* Photography in Architecture
* Montage in Architecture
* Multimedia in Architecture
* Spatial Constructions in Digital Video
* Language as Representation
* Alternatives to Perspective
* Digital Form
* Architectural Documentation and Analysis
* Documentation and Reconstruction of Historic Buildings
* Developments in Architectural Representation
* Representation Seminar