Architecture
This is the only architecture program at NewSchool that provides a direct NAAB-accredited path to licensure at the undergraduate level.
What is the Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)?
This program focuses on user research, prototyping, sustainable innovation, and solving real-world problems through innovation.
What is the Bachelor of Arts in Product Design?
This construction degree can be completed in just three years.
What is the Bachelor of Science in Construction Management?
NewSchool is located in this San Diego district.
What is the Design District / Downtown Design Hub?
How many total credits are required for the Bachelor of Architecture?
225
Students in this 4-year architecture program receive a strong foundation in design and technology but must pursue additional education if seeking a NAAB-accredited professional degree.
What is the Bachelor of Arts in Architecture?
This program offers the only concentration of its kind in San Diego focused on gaming, VR, animation, and entertainment industries.
What is the 3D Modeling for Games and Animation concentration?
Students learn these four major topics during their second year: scheduling, commercial construction, finance/accounting, and this leadership-focused area.
What is Leadership?
This regional accreditor provides institutional accreditation to NewSchool.
What is WSCUC
What is NewSchool's FAFSA School Code?
030439
The Master of Architecture offers these two admission pathways based on whether a student's bachelor's degree is architecture-related or not.
What are the 4+2 Track and the 4+3 Track?
According to NewSchool, this concentration explores how physical and digital products combine to improve customer experiences.
What is Digital Products & Experiences?
This master's program can be completed online or on campus.
What is the Master of Construction Management?
Which architecture program is the only one specifically described as the only NAAB-accredited program south of Los Angeles?
What is Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)?
According to NewSchool's teaching philosophy, the close relationship between faculty and students is made possible through this ratio.
What is 12:1 Student to Professor Ratio?
This accelerated pathway allows NewSchool architecture students to work toward professional licensure while completing their degree.
What is IPAL (Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure)?
Students in this program study Brand Identity, Motion Graphics, Interaction Design, Experience Design, and the Business of Design.
What is Graphic Design & Interactive Media?
This graduate CM course sequence includes Virtual Design & Construction, Project Feasibility & Cost Controls, and this leadership-focused class.
What is Leadership in Construction Management?
NewSchool was founded on this educational approach, where studio culture serves as the center of learning, collaboration, and critique.
What is Studio-Based Learning?
This master's degree is intended for students who already hold a 5-year Bachelor of Architecture and want to deepen expertise through a thesis and a concentration in Urban Design & Development, Sustainable Design & Technology, or Interior Architecture & Design.
What is the Master of Architectural Studies?
This core philosophy of NewSchool architecture emphasizes empathy, environmental stewardship, resilience, social equity, and human well-being.
What is Human-Centered Design?
This common learning outcome appears across Product Design, Graphic Design, and Interior Architecture & Design and focuses on understanding users before creating solutions.
What is Human-Centered Design
This competition project appeared on both the BS and MCM program pages and involved collaboration between architecture and construction students.
What is the Airport Terminal Expansion Project?
This California agency authorizes NewSchool to operate.
What is the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education?
NewSchool frequently uses the San Diego–Tijuana region as a living laboratory for studying this topic.
What is sustainable urbanization and community-focused design?