Marywood University in Pennsylvania has announced the first-ever undergraduate degree-granting academic program dedicated to training students in virtual architecture. The new Bachelor of Virtual Architecture (BVA) program is tailored to learners interested in careers building immersive environments. Students will learn through a combination of studios and coursework with skills-based outcomes augmented by instruction in the liberal arts, building science, and architectural design.
The school says: "The Virtual Architecture program will prepare students to design immersive architectural environments for films, video games, and other forms of virtual and extended realities. This interdisciplinary degree will share coursework with our two existing, professional degree programs in Architecture and Interior Architecture. Building on synergies with these existing programs, the Virtual Architecture program will specialize in environments, interactions, technology, space, culture, and the digital humanities. Graduates have the opportunity for agency within these economies to establish forms of practice outside the traditional discipline, trailblazing the expertise of architecture into imaginative new realms."
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My first thought was that this was another trendy and useless degree. But there could be tremendous demand for these students, who will have opportunities they wouldn't get in the real world. A nice irony: if you want to build the world now, go virtual.
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