The Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS) is a three-year undergraduate degree that gives you the knowledge and practical skills you need to start your journey towards a career in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, or interior architecture.
Study alongside Building Science students in the first year, giving you a basic understanding of the principles and theory behind the built environment.
Gain a solid grounding in a range of subjects from design, technologies, and architectural history, to environmental science, theory, and urban design.
The insights you gain will help you make an informed choice when it’s time to pick your major at the end of the year. You can choose between Architecture, Architecture History and Theory, Interior Architecture, and Landscape Architecture.
At the end of your first year, you can also choose to change to the Bachelor of Building Science (BBSc) and major in Project Management, Sustainable Engineering Systems or both.
Explore the Bachelor of Architectural StudiesRecommended school subjects
Recommended school subjects include Art, Calculus, Design, English, Graphics, Physics, Statistics, and Technology.
Degree requirements
Three years of full-time study. A total of 360 points is required.
Eight core courses at 100 level must be completed in your first year (see below).
Major requirements
BAS first year (all majors)
Trimester 1 | Points | Trimester 2 | Points |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 15 | 15 |
For further help and advice to navigate your way through your first year at the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation, visit this page.