• Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality. 
  • Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

NUpath Requirements Natural and Designed World (ND), Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Interpreting Culture (IC), Societies and Institutions (SI), and Difference and Diversity (DD) are met through the major course requirements.

NUpath Requirements Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) must be met through electives.

Architectural Studies Major Requirements

Architecture at Northeastern
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General Architecture and Studio
ARCH 1110Fundamental Architectural Representation4
ARCH 1120Fundamental Architectural Design6
ARCH 2130Site, Space, Program6
ARCH 2140Urban Housing6
ARCH 3170Architecture, Infrastructure, and the City6
Technology
ARCH 2260Introduction to Building Systems4
History
ARCH 1310Buildings and Cities, A Global History4
ARCH 2340
and ARCH 2341
Modern Architecture
and Recitation for ARCH 2340
4
Architecture History Electives
Choose any course in the range of ARCH 2300 to ARCH 2399.4
Capstone
ARCH 4960Architectural Studies Capstone4

Major Electives

Students who wish to be considered for Northeastern's two-year Master of Architecture degree should take Architectonic Systems (ARCH 2240) and Structural Systems (ARCH 5230)

Complete six of the following elective courses. At least four courses must be taken in the School of Architecture. At least two must be above the 2000 level:24
Any ARCH or LARC course
Real Estate
Marketing Strategies for Startups
Design Thinking for Startups
Integrated Studies in Entrepreneurial Startups
Global Social Enterprise
Introduction to Marketing
Sustainability
How Cities Work: Experiencing Urban Infrastructure
Environmental Engineering: Principles, Technology, and Sustainability
Design for Sustainable Transportation: Netherlands
Water Resources
Environmental Ethics
Sustainable Design and Technologies in Construction
Sustainable Engineering Systems for Buildings
History, Theory, and Culture
Information Design History
Interactive Media and Society
History of Graphic Design

*Please be aware: Not all courses are available every semester and some have prerequisites. 

Optional Preparation for Two-Year Master of Architecture

If students wish to be eligible for the two-year Master of Architecture program at Northeastern, they should take the four courses listed here. ARCH 2240 and 5230 may count as electives toward the major:
Architectonic Systems
Structural Systems
Calculus 1
General Physics

Architectural Studies Major Credit Requirement

Complete 72 semester hours in the major.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Plan of Study

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ARCH 10001ARCH 11104Elective4Vacation
ARCH 13104ARCH 11206Elective4 
ENGW 11114EEAM 20001  
Elective4Architecture History Elective (1 of 2)4  
Elective4Elective4  
 17 19 8 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ARCH 21306ARCH 21406Optional Summer Co-opOptional Summer Co-op
ARCH 22604ARCH 2340
and ARCH 2341
4  
ARCH 2330
and ARCH 2331
4ENGW 33144  
Architecture History Elective (2 of 2)4Elective4  
 18 18 0 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Semester in Segovia (or Boston)14.4Co-op0Co-op0Vacation
Language elective1.6   
 16 0 0 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Elective4ARCH 49604  
Elective4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 128