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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.
Learn MoreThe 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.
Learn MoreOur majors develop an individualized, interdisciplinary course of study. In effect, they plan their own curricular path through the major.
Learn MoreAmherst students who major in Architectural Studies earn their B.A. from Amherst while taking courses at three colleges: Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Hampshire.
Learn MoreWe encourage majors to take advantage of the numerous opportunities to study away during all or part of their junior year.
Learn MoreAmherst has a long history of graduates who became architects, architectural historians, urban planners and architectural critics.
Learn MoreThis class will examine the buildings, urban spaces, rural landscapes, and national capitals that emerged in the former colonies of Africa, South Asia, and the Caribbean.
This research-based seminar will explore the dynamic representations of race and place in works of German and European performance, narrative, the graphic novel, architecture and landscape design, and the visual and electronic arts.
This course will examine the great range of art and architecture produced for the Mughal emperors, placing special emphasis on how these materials helped create a powerful, multifaceted image of empire.