About CityLab

You will join an interdisciplinary team of approximately 10 pre-college and undergraduate design students to investigate how accessibility, inclusiveness, sustainability, and resiliency within the built environment impact our quality of life.

Using sketching, reflective journaling, photography, and team activities, you will analyze the built environment as well as explore concepts of design stewardship, place-making, and community engagement.

You will examine the built environment using CityLab’s five lenses:

• Health and Human Comfort
• Environmental Systems
• Open Space
• Built Form
• Social and Cultural Wellbeing

This Pre-College intensive experience yields two college credits and is offered onsite during the Fall semester and online during the Spring semester.

This unique opportunity fosters a strong sense of discovery and curiosity, while celebrating the uniqueness of your neighborhood and the greater community.

Who is Eligible?

Pre-College CityLab is a first-year undergraduate course open to high school juniors and seniors.

Interested in learning more and signing up? Email Pre-College Now!

Fall 2026 Course Information

FND1006 CityLab Intensive will run from August 21 – September 8. This course is 2 academic credits with students completing the course with a final project due in September. We invite pre-college students to join our first year undergraduate students in this class. The meeting dates are listed below:

• Friday, August 21, from 9AM-5PM 
• Saturday, August 22, from 9AM-5PM 
• Wednesday, August 26, from 5:30-7PM*
• Friday, August 28, from  9AM-5PM 
• Saturday, August 29,  from  9AM-5PM 

Registration opens on April 27, 2026. Email PreCollege@the-bac.edu for registration and tuition information.

*Pre-College student attendance is optional.