Architecture Program Prospective students If you have completed at least two years of university in subjects other than architecture, you may apply for admission to the architecture program. Sixty students are admitted each September. Priority is given to applicants with a good academic record and creative design ability. Each incoming class includes students with diverse academic backgrounds from across Canada and abroad. Degrees and courses The architecture program includes two degrees: Years 1–2: Courses in any subject(s), at any university Years 3–4: Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies (BEDS) Years 5–6: Master of Architecture (MArch) The program develops a basic knowledge of architecture in Year 3 and culminates in a graduate design thesis in Year 6. Each year of the program includes courses in five architectural subject areas: Design: building design, urban design Representation: drawing, modeling, computer applications Humanities: history, theory, research, criticism Technology: construction, structure, environmental systems Professional practice: professional responsibility, office management, co-op work terms Facilities The central activity of the program is architectural design, in which students work individually and collaboratively on design projects in the studio. One-third of the Architecture and Planning building is devoted to studios that are open to architecture students at all times, and each student is provided with an individual studio space. The building also has several computer labs, wireless ethernet, a woodworking shop, a photographic studio and darkroom, and a large exhibition space. A metalworking shop is located in the adjacent Faculty of Engineering. The Faculty's Resource Centre houses reference materials and a slide library, and is managed by a full-time research librarian. The university's architecture library is located nearby. Dalhousie's School of Planning is also located in the Architecture and Planning building.