The BSc Architecture and Inventive Technologies course at the University of Southern California empowers students to create designs for the built environment with interdisciplinary learning in science and technology.

School: University of Southern California School of Architecture (USC)
Course: Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Inventive Technologies
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Course dates: August 2024 to May 2028
Application deadline: 1 December 2023

The Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Inventive Technologies (BSA+IT) is a four-year program for students interested in working at the crossroads of technology and innovation in specialized fields spanning building science, architectural products and architecture.

The BSA+IT program seeks to explore the full range of product possibilities spanning the physical, digital and virtual worlds by producing graduates that are trained critical thinkers and productive designers that are well-equipped to contribute solutions to the ongoing problems of the built environment today.

Students will learn various processes of design, from conceptual ideation to digital modelling, from full-scale prototyping to manufacturing viability, and from real-time testing in the lab to bringing the products to the marketplace.

Rather than pursuing a client-based architectural career, this degree is for students who are interested in alternative fields such as product design, set design, app development, materials-based research, developing new elements for facades, prefabricated housing, architectural product design, digital architecture, exhibition design, museum curation and more would benefit from this degree program.

This four-year degree requires 128 units, with an optional 131 unit track to prepare students for advanced placement in a top-rated Master of Architecture program.

Applications to this course have now closed.

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