The mission of the Architecture Program is to advance the art and science of building design and place making. The Program will provide leadership to:

• Ensure a technically grounded pre-professional and professional education that is critically imaginative and socially responsible.
• Investigate the history, theory and design of the built environment.
• Engage the communities in the study of architecture and urbanism.

In doing so, the students and faculty of the Architecture Program will create, advance and disseminate effective designs at a range of scales including the individual building, the neighborhood, the city and the region. The pre-professional and professional degree in architecture prepares students for a wide range of important roles as architects shaping the physical environment and encourages the creation of beautiful, responsive and adaptive architecture.