As the only accredited architecture program in Wisconsin, the Department of Architecture’s mission is to prepare creative and technically proficient graduates to enter the profession of architecture in service to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the larger region.

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The Department of Architecture offers both the BArch and MArch degrees, professional architecture programs designed to prepare students for careers in private practice, nonprofit organizations or other careers operating in architecture and its allied fields.

As a National Architecture Accrediting Board program with accredited degrees in architecture, we provide nationally recognized, professional, skills-oriented Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs. Both are driven by a strong core curriculum and opportunities to enroll in a wide variety advanced elective design studios featuring topics such as historic preservation, high-performance and sustainable design, and the poetics of form. Students who earn either the BArch or MArch will be eligible for licensure in Wisconsin and across the country.

Architects trained in the 51ÁÔÆæ BArch and MArch programs will be able to enter professional practice and design buildings and other physical elements of the built environment. Graduates will understand how their efforts and interventions affect the built environment and the people who use it. Graduates of both programs will have the skills needed to critically evaluate socio-cultural opportunities, technical options and design approaches in order to create high performing buildings for everyone.

The Department of Urban Planning prepares planners who are equipped to address the diverse needs of community members and build a better future. Planners work to enhance quality of life and opportunities for people of all incomes, ages and physical abilities, whether working on revitalizing an older neighborhood or developing a regional transportation plan.

Urban planning is an interdisciplinary field of study, reflected in the academic backgrounds of our faculty, who have expertise in economics, urban design, urban revitalization, transportation, housing and the intersections among these areas of study.

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The Department of Urban Planning program equips students with skills they need to tackle the challenges facing cities in the decades ahead — from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt, from central cities to suburbs to small towns. Students build their planning and problem-solving skills through course projects, often working with community clients.

Partnerships. Power. Place. Possibilities.

All four of these concepts underpin the long-term pursuit of environmental sustainability, social justice and economic opportunity in urban planning practice.