Jan 22, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Architectural Engineering (BS)

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in architectural engineering at Kansas State University is accredited by the Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Architectural and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.

The architectural engineering program is planned for students who are particularly interested in the engineering aspects of building design. The educational objective of the five-year architectural engineering program is to prepare the student with fundamental engineering competence in the analysis and design of building and their systems.  Specifically, the student must be able to understand and apply engineering fundamentals and design principles for engineering the infrastructure of architecture–that infrastructure being structural, mechanical, and electrical building systems and all the subdisciplines related to these primary designations.

As important members of building design teams, they must be able to create designs that will fulfill the economic, safety, and aesthetic requirements of a project.

Included in the academic program are exercises in many of the courses beginning in the freshman year and continuing through the fourth year to develop skills in the engineering design process.  The last course in this sequence is Capstone, a culmination of all the previous design experiences from the first three and one-half years of the curriculum.  Architectural engineers must have a working ability with total building and system design concepts.

Bachelor’s degree requirements

Kansas State University Core: 34-36 Credit Hours


KBOR Statewide Transfer (SWT) Courses: https://www.kansasregents.org/academic_affairs/transfer-articulation.

English (Written Communication Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours


Communication (Oral Communication Outcomes): 3 Credit Hours


Natural & Physical Sciences (Natural & Physical Sciences Outcomes): 4-5 Credit Hours


Choose 1 subject area which must include a lab.

Social & Behavioral Sciences (Social & Behavioral Sciences Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours


At least 2 courses from 2 subjects under this area.

Arts & Humanities (Arts & Humanities Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours


At least 2 courses from 2 subjects under this area.

Free Electives (Institutionally Designated Area): 6 Credit Hours


Includes ALL 100 and 200 level courses at K-State or in Transfer. 
Note: One course may be used to satisfy more than one requirement. However, students must complete a total of 34-36 credit hours of general education courses.

For a Full Listing of K-State 100/200 level courses you may search those courses individually via the University Course Catalog.

TOTAL CREDITS: 34-36


Program


Math and Science Requirements: (21 credit hours)


Restricted Electives: (15 credit hours)


Design, Engineering, and Complimentary electives are to be selected from the current approved department list located on the ARE/CNS website: https://are-cns.k-state.edu//

Design Electives 9 - 12 credits
Engineering Electives 3 - 6 credits
Complimentary Elective 0 - 3 credits

 

Notes


A letter grade of C or better is required for all prerequisite courses prior to taking subsequent departmental and non-departmental prefix courses.  A letter grade of C or better is required for all graded departmental prefix courses applied to the degree.

*Design Electives are to be selected from the current approved Department list.  Minimum 9 hours, maximum 12 hours required.

**Engineering Electives are to be selected from the current approved Department list.  Minimum 3 hours, maximum 6 hours required.

***Complementary Electives are to be selected from the approved department list. Minimum 0 hours, maximum 3 hours required.

Social and Behavioral Science Electives are to be selected from the K-State Core topic 5 requirements for General Education.

Arts and Humanities Electives are to be selected from the K-State Core topic 6 requirements for General Education.

Free Electives are to be selected from the K-State Core topic 7 requirements for General Education.

A degree requirement for the Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering includes taking the NCEES FE Exam and reporting individual passing or non-passing results.  This action is required as a course completion requirement for ARE 671, ARE Capstone.  Failure to provide the required information will result in a failing grade for ARE 671 and non-completion of the degree.

Total Hours Required for Graduation: 128