Classes in ARCH
| ARCH170 | Introduction to the Built Environment (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduction of conceptual, perceptual, behavioral, and technical aspects of the built environment, and methods of analysis, problem- solving, and implementation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH225 | History of World Architecture I (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sophomore standing. Survey of architectural history from prehistory through the year 1000 CE. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH227 | (PermReq)History of World Architecture III (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sophomore standing. Survey of architectural history from 1800 to present. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH242 | Basic Architectural Drawing (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH170 or permission of department. Freshman standing. For ARCH majors only. The study of drawing as a learned skill with emphasis on observation, documentation, analysis, and synthesis. This introductory course immerses students in the conventions of architectural drawing (orthographics, isometrics, axonometrics, and linear perspective) primarily through freehand drawing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH400 | (PermReq)Architecture Studio I (6 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH majors only. Introduction to architectural design with particular emphasis on conventions and principles of architecture, visual and verbal communication skills, formal analysis, design process, spatial composition, architectural promenade, basic program distribution, and elementary constructional and environmental responses. Offered fall only. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH402 | (PermReq)Architecture Studio III (6 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH401 with a grade of C or better. For ARCH majors only. Architectural design studio with emphasis on building and facade typologies, the development of architectural promenade and sequence, public and/or civic infill buildings dependent upon the architectural promenade, and urban housing types of varying densities. The architect's obligations to urban context are explored in many dimensions including historical, typological, and physical. Offered fall only. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH404 | Graduate Architecture Design Studio I (6 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Restricted to Master of Architecture majors only. Recommended: For 3 1/2 year graduate students only. Introduction to architectural design with particular emphasis on conventions and principles of architecture , visual and verbal communication skills, formal analysi, design process, spatial composition, architectural promenade, basic program distribution, and elementary constructional and environmental responses. Offered fall only. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH406 | Graduate Architecture Design Studio III (6 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH405 with a grade of C (2.0) or better. For Master of Architecture majors only. Investigations into the relationship between the man-made and the natural world including introductory issues of assembly and material value. Design of the site and the building are combined into an integral process delimiting and probing the boundaries of each and exploring their reciprocal relationship. The architect's obligations to the natural and urban contexts are explored in many dimensions including historical, typological, environmental, and physical. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH410 | (PermReq)Architecture Technology I (4 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: MATH140 or MATH220; PHYS121 and (one of the following:BSCI205, GEOG140, GEOL120, GEOL123/AOSC123/METO123/GEOG123). Corequisite: ARCH400. For ARCH majors only. First course in a four course sequence which develops the knowledge and skills of architectural technology. Addresses climate, human responses to climate, available materials, topography and impact on culture. Principles of assembly, basic structural principles and philosophies of construction. Offered fall only. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH412 | (PermReq)Architecture Technology III (4 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH411 with a grade of C or better. Corequisite: ARCH402. For ARCH majors only. Third course in a four-course sequence. Design of steel, timber, and reinforced concrete elements and subsystems; analysis of architectural building systems. Introduction to design for both natural and man-made hazards. Offered fall only. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH422 | History of Greek Architecture (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH221 or permission of department. Survey of Greek architecture from 750-100 B.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH426 | (PermReq)Fundamentals of Architecture (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: admission to 3 1/2 year M. ARCH program. For ARCH majors only. Thematic introduction of a variety of skills, issues, and ways of thinking that bear directly on the design and understanding of the built world. Offered fall only. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH443 | Visual Communication For Architects (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: Admission to the 3 1/2 year M. ARCH program. Corequisite: ARCH400. For ARCH majors only. Investigation of the relationship between drawing from life and architectural drawing, the conventions of architectural drawing and the role of architectural drawing as a means to develop, communicate, and generate architectural ideas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH470 | (PermReq)Computer Applications in Architecture (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH400 or permission of department. For ARCH majors only. Introduction to computer utilization, with emphasis on architectural applications. ARCH majors only. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH478X | Selected Topics in Architecture:Building Innovation (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| This seminar course parallels the themes of Arch 673 Building Culture, with a specific focus on the design and detailing of a small sustainably crafted house. The course will be taught in collaboration with ARCH673 in Fall 2010. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH600 | (PermReq)Comprehensive Design Studio V (6 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH 403 or equivalent. Corequisite: ARCH611. For ARCH majors only. Comprehensive building and site design. Course content bridges the gap between design and technology, between practice and education, in a studio setting. Explorations include the integration of conceptual and technical aspects of architectural form and assembly, highlighting the ways in which multiple layers of a building design are developed, coordinated and resolved. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH611 | (PermReq)Advanced Architecture Technology Seminar (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH 413. Corequisite: ARCH 600. For ARCH majors only. Technology in design of buildings. Application of technological issues in building design; integration of technology in architecture; technology as a form determinant in architecture; other conceptual and philosophical issues related to the application of technology in the design, construction, and use of buildings. Offered fall only. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH654 | (PermReq)Urban Development and Design Theory (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH401 or permission of department. Advanced investigation into the history, and practice of urban design, planning, and development. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH673 | Building Culture (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH 402 or permission of department. Senior standing. For ARCH majors only. Comprehension of major themes in the development of architectural building techniques and culture value systems in architecture are developed through lecture, discussion and analysis of seminal readings and buildings. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH674 | (PermReq)Seminar in Regionalism (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH600 or permission of department. Regional characterisitics of culture, climate, and landscape as determinants world architecture. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH700 | (PermReq)Advanced Urban Design Studio VII (6 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH 600 or permission of department. Studio problems and theories concentrating on urbanism and urban design techniques. Issues and sites range from high density urban in-fill to suburban and greenfield development in American and other contexts. Studio theories explore such topics as Contextualism, Neo-Traditional design, Transit-Oriented Development, density, sustainable development building typology, and street design. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH770 | (PermReq)Professional Practice (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH 601 or permission of department. For ARCH majors only. Project management, organizational, legal, economic and ethical aspects of architecture. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH797 | (PermReq)Thesis Proseminar (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: ARCH 601. Directed research and preparation of thesis program. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ARCH798 | Thesis in Architecture (3 credits) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Restricted to ARCH, or ARCP majors. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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