Undergraduate Catalog

Track 1: Bachelor of Architecture, B.ARCH.

A five-year professional Bachelor of Architecture degree (B.ARCH.) intended for students who will pursue a career as a licensed architect or advanced study in the field of architecture.

B.ARCH. Program Requirements (Five-year professional degree)

First-year curriculum: 30 Credits

Fall 1

ARCH 110Foundation Design I

4

ARCH 112Introduction to the Designed Environment?And Design Thinking

3

RST 112Modern Belief

3

ENGL 160Composition and Rhetoric

3

UNIV 100Living Responsibly in an Interdependent?World

1

Total Credit Hours:14

Spring 1

ARCH 120Foundation Design II

4

ARCH 124Digital Media I

3

ARCH 125History and Theory of Architecture I

3

MATH 160Analysis of Functions (pre-Calculus)

3

Total Credit Hours:16

MATH 160: Pre-Calculus

Second-year curriculum: 36 credits

Fall 2

ARCH 210Design Studio III

6

ARCH 214Digital Media II

3

ARCH 216History and Theory of Architecture II

3

PHIL 113Introduction to Philosophy

3

Total Credit Hours:18

Spring 2

ARCH 220Design Studio IV

6

ARCH 225History and Theory of Architecture III

3

ENGL 180Introduction to World Literature

3

PHYS 140Physics for Architects

3

Total Credit Hours:18

Third-year curriculum: 33 credits

Fall 3

ARCH 310Design Studio V

6

ARCH 313Building Assemblies

3

SOC 315Studies in Urbanization

3

PHIL XXXPhilosophy Elective

3

LANGUAGE Foreign Language I

3

Total Credit Hours:18
 

Spring 3

ARCH 320Design Studio VI

6

ARCH XXXProgram Elective

3

Or

IARC XXXProgram Elective

3

 

LANGUAGE Foreign Language II

3

FINE-ARTS Fine-Arts

3

Total Credit Hours:15

FINE ARTS: Choose from ART 218 (Art in the Modern Era); FA 100 (Music, Art and the Contemporary World); FA 102 (Sound and Symbol in the Arts)

Fourth-year curriculum: 33 credits

Fall 4

ARCH 410Design Studio VII

6

 

ARCH XXXProgram Elective

3

Or

IARC XXXProgram Elective

3

 

HIST XXXHistory Elective

3

PHIL XXXPhilosophy Elective

3

Total Credit Hours:18

PHIL XXX: Choose from PHIL 215 (Critical Thinking); PHIL 315 (Ethics); or PHIL 325 (Philosophy of Art)

HIST XXX: Global if Global Requirement has not been fulfilled previously

Spring 4

ARCH 420Design Studio VIII

6

ENGL XXXEnglish Elective

3

RST XXXReligion Elective

3

Total Credit Hours:15

ENGL XXX: 300 or 400 level

Fifth-year curriculum: 30 credits

Fall 5

ARCH 450Design Studio IX (A)

6

ARCH XXXProgram Elective

3

Or

IARC XXXProgram Elective

3

ARCH 453History & Theories of Urban Form

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Spring 5

ARCH 460Design Studio X (A)

6

 

ARCH XXXProgram Elective

3

Or

IARC XXXProgram Elective

3

 

ARCH 462Professional Practice

3

GE XXXGeneral Elective

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Note: Recommended: ECON (Basic Economics); ART 223 (Basic Ceramics); ART 226 (Basic Printmaking); ART 262 (Sculpture I); ART 315 A (Basic Photography)

Total Credit Hours: 162