The Architectural Studies Program emphasizes not the techniques of architecture, but rather the ideas behind it. Students choose among courses in areas such as sustainable design, urban planning and architectural history, theory and criticism.
Architectural Studies is among the newest majors on campus, and it is one of few undergraduate programs in the nation to bring the study of architecture into the liberal arts curriculum.
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Our majors develop an individualized, interdisciplinary course of study. In effect, they plan their own curricular path through the major.
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Amherst students who major in Architectural Studies earn their B.A. from Amherst while taking courses at three colleges: Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Hampshire.
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We encourage majors to take advantage of the numerous opportunities to study away during all or part of their junior year.
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Amherst has a long history of graduates who became architects, architectural historians, urban planners and architectural critics.
Learn MoreThis introductory course teaches students how to read, write, and research the buildings, landscapes, and social spaces that comprise our world, with the Amherst College campus as be our guide.
This course introduces the art, architecture, and urban planning of the Islamic world, from the origins of Islam in the seventh century to the contemporary moment.
This research seminar will explore conceptions of time as they have informed creativity in a range of fields, including cultural studies, literature, architecture, philosophy and neuroscience.