Bachelor of Architecture
Design spaces, buildings, and environments for the complex social and environmental challenges of our time.
The five-year Bachelor of Architecture prepares you for professional registration and practice in the field of architecture and design.
The Bachelor of Architecture program teaches students to design for the Grand Challenges of our time. We combine design with the climate and landscape of the Sonoran Desert as well as cutting-edge material and environmental research.
As a B.Arch student, you will learn design approaches that empower you to develop strategies for problem-solving, research and innovation, and leadership and collaboration, regardless of where or how you practice.
Our B.Arch is a professional STEM degree accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the B.Arch program have the opportunity to specialize in:
- Professional architectural practice
- Construction
- Consulting
- Sustainability
- Preservation
- Computer gaming
- Film and video modeling and production
- Digital fabrication and manufacturing
- Civic advocacy
- Other sectors of the building and construction industry
Graduates who go into practice will have a wide range of practice opportunities—from commercial to residential, industrial to civic, new design to adaptive reuse, all to create the living, work and recreation environments of the future.
You’ll graduate ready to thrive in a profession of increasing importance that is taking on climate change, growing urban populations, water scarcity and a post-pandemic world.
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Learn more about the B.Arch and talk with a recruiting specialist by calling 520-621-4231 or completing this form:
"I believe the built environment has the power to positively influence communities. Through architecture, I hope to contribute to more just, thoughtful and resilient places, and to use design as a tool to serve the people and contexts I work with."
Francisco Zazueta '26 B.Arch
CAPLA's Bachelor of Architecture offers a rigorous, comprehensive studio-based curriculum in three phases: Foundation, Core and Research + Application.
This interactive experience, our outstanding faculty and our required and elective courses will prepare you for professional practice as a licensed architect.
Demand for trained architects is high and growing, not only in Arizona, but around the world. Graduates can expect to work in professional architectural practice, in allied disciplines (construction, consulting, sustainability or preservation) or in related fields (computer gaming, film and video modeling and production, digital fabrication and manufacturing, civic advocacy or other sectors of the building and construction industry).
The CAPLA Student Experience
Architecture culture is unlike any collegiate experience. You’ll be part of a community not just of fellow students, but also of faculty who are committed to the exploration, intensity and fun of studio learning in our state-of-the-art facilities and the diverse multicultural community of Tucson.
Meet the Bachelor of Architecture Community
Student Profile
Rachel Hink '27 B.Arch
For fifth-year B.Arch student Rachel Hink, her summer internship with BWS Architects provided a chance to experience architecture beyond the classroom. Among her most memorable experiences was participating in CanStruction, a community outreach event benefiting the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona.
Jesús Edmundo Robles, Jr., Assistant Professor of Practice in Architecture
Assistant Professor of Practice in Architecture Jesús Robles, who teaches Techne 2 and second-year studios and is a principal at DUST Architects, has a focus that "oscillates between sustainable material development and poetics of space."
Alumni Profile
Kaya Orona, '23 B.Arch
For Kaya Orona, B.Arch ‘23, the path to a career in construction has been anything but traditional. Now a preconstruction manager at The PENTA Building Group in Phoenix, Orona has been named one of the Phoenix Business Journal’s 2026 40 Under 40 honorees, recognizing her professional accomplishments and contributions to the Valley.
CAPLA Design/Build: Students, Faculty and Clients Building a Changing World
CAPLA Design/Build involves students in hands-on design and construction projects via studio courses, independent study and other courses with lab components.
In CAPLA Design/Build, you'll learn by doing—a powerful way to gain and retain knowledge because of the immediate application to tangible design and build problems.
Ready to design innovative spaces and places that endure?
Learn more about the Bachelor of Architecture by contacting us at capla-ugrad@arizona.edu, or begin your application now: