Former names
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Boston Architectural Club (1889-1944) Boston Architectural Center (1944-2006) |
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Type | Private college of spatial design |
Established | December 11, 1889 (as the Boston Architectural Club) |
Endowment | $8.7 million |
President | Glen S. LeRoy, FAIA, FAICP, University of Pennsylvania |
Provost | Diana Ramirez-Jasso Harvard University |
Academic staff
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300 educators and professional practitioners |
Students | 700 degree students 300 continuing education students |
Location | Boston (Back Bay), Massachusetts, United States |
Campus | Urban, non-residential |
Accreditation |
New England Association of Schools and Colleges National Architectural Accrediting Board Council for Interior Design Accreditation Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board |
Colors | |
Nickname | The BAC |
Affiliations | Professional Arts Consortium |
Website | www.the-bac.edu |
Coordinates: 42°20′53″N 71°05′09″W / 42.34792°N 71.08585°W
Boston Architectural College, also known as The BAC, is New England's largest private college of spatial design. It offers first-professional bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture, and non-professional design studies. The college offers continuing education credits and certificates and also hosts the BAC Summer Academy for high school students, as well as a variety of other ways for the general public to explore spatial design. It hosts spatial design exhibits and exhibits student and alumni work in its McCormick Gallery and frequently hosts conferences and symposia on spatial design.
The BAC is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA, formerly FIDER) and the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB). The BAC is a member of the ProArts Consortium.