Course Descriptions
- Additional course offerings
- Typical course schedule for students admitted prior to Fall 2005
- Typical course schedule for students admitted Fall 2005
- Typical course schedule for students admitted after Fall 2006
- Typical course schedule for students admitted Fall 2007
- Typical course schedule for students admitted Fall 2008
- Pre-registration Schedule, First Year Spring 2008
- Pre-registration Schedule, Second Year Spring 2008
- Pre-registration Schedule, Third Year Spring 2008
- Pre-registration Schedule, Fourth Year Spring 2008
- Pre-registration Schedule, Fifth Year Spring 2008
First Year
A&A
101/103 (Arch 210/211) - (3 credits each)
A&A 101 (Arch 210) - Art & Design Theory
The CORE Theory section exposes students to a broad range of critical practices and intellectual platforms with long and short-range implications not only on art and culture but also on contemporary studio practices. Concurrent: Arch 121
A&A 103 (Arch 211) - Art & Design Theory
The CORE Theory section exposes students to a broad range of critical practices and intellectual platforms with long and short-range implications not only on art and culture but also on contemporary studio practices.
Architecture
121 - (3 credits each)
Architecture 121 - Visual Communications I
Abstract, symbolic, and representation of systems of
communications. Development of visual and graphic skills and
techniques. Prerequisite: First semester standing in the architecture
curriculum. Concurrent: A&A 101
A&A102S/104 (Arch 197S/197B) - (3 credits each)
A&A 102S (Arch 197S) - The Design Studio is the fundamental model for eduction within design disciplines in the University. This course will serve as an introduction to the studio teaching model, a means to establish high expectations, an opportunity for a cross disciplinary approach, a disruption of conventional understandings, and an elevation role of the imagination.
Concurrent: Arch 121
A&A 104 (Arch 197B) - The Art & Design Studio is the fundamental model for education within art and design disciplines in the University. As the second studio in the CORE series, the instructors of this course will strengthen the studio teaching model, exact high expectations, and continue to elevate of the role of the imagination. Prerequisite: First year standing in Architecture curriculum.
Architectural
Engineering 210 - (3 credits)
Introduction to Architectural Structural Systems
Qualitative study of architectural
structural systems; historical development of structures; insights of
structural analysis and synthesis; comparative structural types.
Prerequisite: algebra, trigonometry
Art History 201 - (3 credits)
Ancient to Medieval Architecture
A survey of Prehistoric, Ancient Near Eastern Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Byzantine, Early Medieval, Romanesque, and Gothic architecture
Art History 202 - (3 credits)
Renaissance to Modern Architecture
A survey of Renaissance, Baroque, Rococco, Romantic, Victorian, Modern, Post-Modern, and Contemporary architecture in Europe and America
Second Year
Architecture
231/232 - (5 credits each)
Architecture 231 - Basic Design and Research III
Design of limited environments
within defined constraints. Prerequisite: A&A 104, second-year standing
in architecture
curriculum
Architecture 232- Basic Design and
Research IV
Design of limited
environments within defined constraints.
Prerequisite: Arch 231, second-year
standing in architecture
curriculum
Architecture
203/204 - (3 credits each)
Architecture 203 - Materials and Building Construction I
Instruction
in the design and construction of buildings utilizing wood and
steel. Prerequisite:
third-semester
standing
in the architecture curriculum
Architecture 204 - Materials and
Building Construction II
This course will continue the presentations of Arch 203, with a focus
on concrete
and masonry materials. Prerequisite: Arch 203, fourth semester standing in
the Architecture curriculum
Architectural
Engineering 421 - (3 credits)
Architectural Structural Systems I
Qualitative and quantitative
analsyis and design of architectural structures, force flow;
structure configurations; measurement and experiments; design studio
critique. Prerequisite: AE 210, 3 credits in mathematics
Architectural
Engineering 422 - (3 credits)
Architectural Structural Systems II
Continuation of AE 421, with
emphasis on structural configuration and construction assemblies.
Prerequisite: AE 421
Third Year
Architecture
331/332 - (6 credits)
Architecture 331 - Design-Research I
Development of the design
process through
organizational methodologies, based on physical, functional, and
social-behavioral
development.
Prerequisite: Arch 232, faculty review, third-year standing in architecture
curriculum
Architecture 332 - Design-Research II
Development of the design process through
organizational methodologies,
based on physical, functional, and
social-behavioral development.
Prerequisite: Arch 331, third-year standing
in architecture curriculum
Architectural
Engineering 211 (3 credits)
Introduction to Environmental Control
Systems
Qualitative study of humans in macro- and
micro-architectural environmental systems
Architectural
Engineering 424 (3 credits)
Environmental Control Systems
I
Fundamental principles and applications of environmental systems
in buildings. Prerequisite: AE 211
Architecture 311W (3 credits)
Architecture 311W – Architectural and Planning Theories – Architectural theory course with a strong focus on the reading and writing of essays about architecture and related fields. Prerequisite: A&A 103, fifth-semester standing in the architecture curriculum
Fourth Year
Architecture
431/432 (6 credits)
Architecture 431 – Design Research III
Continuation
of Arch 331 and 332, with design and research in program option
areas. Prerequisite: Arch 332, fourth-year standing in the
architecture curriculum
Architecture 432 – Design Research
IV
Continuation
of Arch 431, with design and research in
program option areas. Prerequisite:
Arch 431, fourth-year standing in the
architecture curriculum
Architecture
499A (6 credits)
Architecture 499A – Foreign Study
– Design Research II – Individual or group instruction
conducted in a foreign country. Prerequisite: Arch 332,
fourth-year standing in the architecture curriculum
Architecture
499B (3 credits)
Architecture 499B – Architectural
Analysis
Comparative study of architectural elements and building
types through on-site drawing/recording, measurement, sketching and
decomposition activity. Prerequisite: fourth-year standing in
the architecture curriculum. Concurrent: Arch 499A and Arch
499C
Architecture
499C (3 credits)
Architecture 499C – Urban Studies
Topics
Focuses on architectural and urban design issues using Rome
as a repository of examples and as a laboratory for
experiments. Prerequisite: fourth-year standing in the
architecture curriculum. Concurrent: Arch 499A and Arch 499B
Fifth Year
Architecture
491/492 (6 credits each)
Architecture 491 – Architectural
Design-Thesis I
Problems in architectural planning and design;
programming and/or implementation methodologies and applications for
various environmental design scales. Prerequisite: Arch 431 or
Arch 432, Arch 499A, faculty review, fifth-year standing in the
architecture curriculum
Architecture 492 – Architectural
Design-Thesis II
Continuation of Arch 491 with concentration and
specialization options. Prerequisite: Arch 491, fifth-year
standing in the architecture curriculum
Architecture 451
(3 credits)
Architecture 451 – Architectural
Professional Practice
A study
of architectural practice in
today’s society: education,
registration, office practice, codes,
standards, construction
industry, contracts, and legal
documents. Prerequisite: seventh-semester
standing in architecture curriculum
Architecture 480
(3 credits)
Architecture 480 – Technical
Systems Integration
Presentations of buildings’ analyses
from a multiplicity of viewpoints: architectural, spacial,
environmental, mechanical, construction assembly. Prerequisite:
fifth-year standing in the architecture curriculum or approval by
instructor
