Bachelor of Virtual Architecture (BVA)
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Marywood University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSHE).
Immerse Yourself in the Future with Virtual Architecture
The Virtual Architecture program at Marywood University will prepare students to design immersive architectural environments for films, video games, and other forms of virtual and extended realities. This interdisciplinary degree will share coursework with our two existing, professional degree programs in Architecture and Interior Architecture. Building on synergies with these existing programs, the Virtual Architecture program will specialize in environments, interactions, technology, space, culture, and the digital humanities. Graduates have the opportunity for agency within these economies to establish forms of practice outside the traditional discipline, trailblazing the expertise of architecture into imaginative new realms.
Virtual Architecture students benefit from an integrative curriculum that requires:
- Design studios starting with beginning design, and then expanding into full scale interactive mixed reality installations to fully immersive purely virtual environments and everything in between.
- Expertise in architectural production technologies and their related and alternate applications centered around a students particular interest
- Building technology courses in structures, systems, and environmental factors
- Representation courses building skills in analog/digital craft, as well as digital rendering, animation, and fabrication
- History and theory courses incorporating diverse perspectives in the humanities alongside digital reconstructions of historically accurate game environments
- Program electives in Art, Communications, Computer Science, Music, Psychology, Philosophy, and Theater
Marywood has an extremely welcoming community, that has allowed me to flourish as a person and discover many true friends. The campus is comfortable and feels home, and the classes have pushed me to be the best student I can. I’m looking forward to the next four years and can’t wait to see what they hold.
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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
- Advertising and Public Relations Agencies
- Computer Systems Design Services
- Motion Picture and Video Industries
- Software Publishers
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- Animators
- Special Effects Artists
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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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Architectural Studies Computer Lab
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Room 203 (Architecture Students Only). Printer available.
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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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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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- Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Assistant Professor
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- 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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Marywood University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSHE).
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