Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture (BEDA)
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Marywood University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSHE).
Build a Sustainable Future with an Environmental Design Degree
The four-year, pre-professional Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture (BEDA) degree at Marywood is intended for students who will pursue a career in the design of the built environment or advanced study in the field of architecture. To this end, Marywood students who have earned an Environmental Design degree are eligible for up to 60 credits of advanced standing in the Master of Interior Architecture program.
Focused on acquiring the skills needed to design buildings and their environments, this accredited degree option trains students to anticipate the impact of their designs on physical, aesthetic, social, and ecological environments. Students in the BEDA program will benefit from an integrative curriculum that requires:
- Eight sequential semesters of design studios of increasing complexity culminating in an integrative building design project
- Building technology courses introducing building structures and environmental systems, onsite renewable energy sources, and passive design strategies for energy efficiency
- Hybrid representation courses, including skill building in hand drawing, digital and physical model making, as well as digital rendering, animation, and fabrication
- Architectural history and theory courses with a broad understanding of how cultural, philosophical, political, and religious traditions influence the cultural relevance of the built environment
- Program electives that have included courses in community design build, global urban ecologies, architectural details, lighting, as well as materials and methods
- Semester abroad in Italy studying with ISI Florence (International Studies Institute) in the Palazzo Rucellai
Marywood has brought me so many wonderful experiences throughout my 4 years of attendance. The architecture program helped guide me into the career I always dreamt of pursuing. It taught me lifelong skills and brought me lifelong friends. The importance of collaboration and attention to detail has helped me tremendously in the working world. I came into college unsure of what the future held for me, and left excited and equipped for everything the world had to throw at me. Marywood has given me so much to be thankful for and looking back, I couldn't have imagined myself anywhere else.
Kyle Colucci, BEDA 2021 Read All Testimonials
Design Your Future 2024
An Architecture + Design Summer 2024 Program
Design your Future Program 2024 will be housed in the Center for Architectural Studies at Marywood University. Students will be assigned individual desks and will have the opportunity of using the same spaces as our undergraduate and graduate students.
Students enrolled in the program will have the opportunity of seeing in action various laboratories and shops (wood / metal / 3D printing / CNC router / laser cutting / etc.). This program is designed with the desire of an immersive experience, engaging students in a number of demonstrations anchored to the Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Construction Management Programs.
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LEED® GOLD Center for Architectural Studies has open studios, with an individual workspace for each studentTop Employers
- Architecture
- Construction
- Design
- Environment
Top Career Paths
- Architectural Designer
- Construction Manager
- Industrial Designer
- Interior Designer
- Project Manager
- Stage and Film Set Designer
- Urban Designer
- Video Game Environment Designer
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Undergraduate Admissions Requirements
- Completed application
- Official transcripts
- Letter of recommendation
- Official SAT and/or ACT test scores (Marywood is test optional)
- Essay (optional)
Center for Architectural Studies
201 Morgan RoadMap & Directions
The School of Architecture is housed in this spacious adaptation of Marywood's former gymnasium. The building features a variety of green components, including a vegetative roof and an innovative heating and cooling system that utilizes geothermal energy from abandoned mine shafts beneath campus.
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School of Architecture Classrooms
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The School of Architecture is a state-of-the-art example of sustainable design. It's a spacious, adaptive re-use of Marywood's former gymnasium and natatorium.
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Architectural Studies Computer Lab
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Room 203 (Architecture Students Only). Printer available.
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Scholarships
Morris K. Udall Scholarship
The Udall Foundation seeks future leaders across a wide spectrum of environmental fields, including policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning and renewal, business, health, justice, and economics. The Foundation also seeks future Native American and Alaska Native leaders in public and community health care, tribal government, and public policy affecting Native American communities, including land and resource management, economic development, and education.
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- Assistant Professor
- lding@marywood.edu
- 570-961-4539
Berman, Joshua David
- Director, Center for Urban Studies
- Assistant Professor of Practice
- jberman@marywood.edu
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Brakefield, Amy L
- Lecturer
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