Courses: Architecture (ARCH)College: Architecture

Any TCCN equivalents are indicated in square brackets [ ].

ARCH 1100: Introduction to Architecture and Industrial Design I
Cr. 1 per semester. (1-0). Introduction to architecture and industrial design theory, history, technology, and practice.

ARCH 1101: Introduction to Architecture and Industrial Design II
Cr. 1 per semester. (1-0). Introduction to architecture and industrial design theory, history, technology, and practice.

ARCH 1200: Introduction to Architecture, Industrial Design, and Interior Architecture
Cr. 2. (2-0). Introduction to architecture, industrial design, and interior architecture theory, history, technology, and practice.

ARCH 1359: Design since 1945
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite: ARCH 1200. Interdisciplinary history of modern and contemporary design, concentration on 1945 to the present. Reading and writing based on primary and secondary sources.

ARCH 1360: Architectural Sketching I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Architectural sketching. Representing and interpreting architecture and entourage using conventional techniques and skills.

ARCH 1500: Design Studio I
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisites: major in the College of Architecture and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ARCH 1200. Basic principles of design and communication of design.

ARCH 1501: Design Studio II
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisite: ARCH 1500. Basic principles of design and communication of design. Continuation of ARCH 1500.

ARCH 1598: Independent Study
Cr. 3. Prerequisites: approval of college advisor and instructor.

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ARCH 2325: Conceptual Structural Systems
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: ARCH 1501 or approval of instructor. Concepts of structural systems and forces.

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ARCH 2326: Conceptual Environmental Systems
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: ARCH 1501 or approval of instructor. Concepts of environmental systems in architecture. Comfort, climate, passive systems, site design, electrical lighting, daylighting, and mechanical systems.

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ARCH 2327: Technology 1
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 1501 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ARCH 2500. Foundation level building science.

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ARCH 2327: Technology 1
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: ARCH 1501. Foundation level building science.

ARCH 2350: Survey of Architectural History I
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: credit for or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1304. History of eastern and western architecture and art from ancient Egypt through 1750 with attention to cultural, philosophical and technical influences.

ARCH 2351: Survey of Architectural History II
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: credit for or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1304. History of eastern and western architecture and art from 1750 to the present with attention to cultural, philosophical and technical influences.

ARCH 2360: Architectural Sketching II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 1360 or acceptance of portfolio by instructor. Construction of perspective, architectural forms rendered by light and shadow, entourage in composition, and use of color.

ARCH 2397: Selected Topics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Consent of college advisor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

ARCH 2398: Independent Study
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: approval of college advisor and instructor.

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ARCH 2428: Technology 2
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2327 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ARCH 2501. Intermediate level building science.

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ARCH 2428: Technology 2
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2327. Intermediate level building science.

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ARCH 2500: Architecture Design Studio III
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisites: ARCH 1501 and 1359 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ARCH 2327. Problem solving as it relates to architecture and design, exploration of ordering systems, and translation occurring from abstract reasoning to design reality. Students must pass a portfolio review.

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ARCH 2500: Architecture Design Studio III
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisites: ARCH 1501 and concurrent enrollment in ARCH 2327. Problem solving as it relates to architecture and design, exploration of ordering systems, and translation occurring from abstract reasoning to design reality. Students must pass a portfolio review.

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ARCH 2501: Architecture Design Studio IV
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisite: ARCH 2500 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ARCH 2428 and passing portfolio review. Development of design process and communication media; qualifying and quantifying aspects of building design.

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ARCH 2501: Architecture Design Studio IV
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisite: ARCH 2500 and concurrent enrollment in ARCH 2428 and passing portfolio review. Development of design process and communication media; qualifying and quantifying aspects of building design.

ARCH 3198: Independent Study
Cr. 1. Prerequisites: approval of college advisor and instructor.

ARCH 3298: Independent Study
Cr. 2. Prerequisites: approval of college advisor and instructor.

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ARCH 3325: Quantitative Structural Systems
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: ARCH 2325 and PHYS 1301. Numeric methods of assessing wood, concrete, and steel structures. Introduction to computer simulation of structures.

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ARCH 3326: Quantitative Environmental Systems
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: ARCH 2326 and PHYS 1302. Numeric methods of climate analysis, passive and active heating, cooling, lighting, and acoustics. Introduction to computer simulation of environmental systems.

ARCH 3331: Computer Aided Design in Architecture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Introduction to computer aided design in architecture, including three-dimensional modeling and two-dimensional drafting.

ARCH 3342: Shape of the City: Critical Perspectives on American Urbanism
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350 and 2351. Readings from Henry James, Jane Jacobs, J. B. Jackson, Reyner Banham, and others about American cities as topographical, cultural, and social phenomena, with analytical writing projects about Houston.

ARCH 3343: Latin American Architecture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350 and 2351 or equivalent. Development and significance of Latin American architecture. Pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern built environments with an emphasis on mapping the creation and transfer of culture.

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ARCH 3345: 20th Century American Architecture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350 and 2351. American 20th Century architecture - defined by change, introduced with modernism, and the fundamental continuity of central architectural themes that have characterized the American experience since its inception.

ARCH 3347: Evolution of Architectural Interiors
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350 and ARCH 2351 or consent of instructor. The evolution of interior architectural spaces through the contributions of architects, designers, decorators, industrial designers, and editors. The house as a design laboratory and the integrated interior.

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ARCH 3348: The American City Observed
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350 and ARCH 2351. An exploration of the special and representative qualities of the built environments of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and lesser American cities and towns though the eyes of observers both native and foreign, expert and amateur. Students observe and document the built environments of American cities or towns of their own choosing.

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ARCH 3349: Urban Expectations
Cr.3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 2350, ARCH 2351 or consent of instructor. Seminar reviewing and critiquing master plans for developing cities in this century in terms of expectations, real and utopian.

ARCH 3350: Architecture, Art, and Politics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350 and 2351. Case studies of the way politics shaped the form and character of 20th Century architecture and art.

ARCH 3352: Architecture Study Trip
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: participation in College study abroad program. Investigates such issues as: the line between architecture and sculpture, architecture and structure, structure and ornament, architecture and landscape, and action in place. Topics vary with locations visited.

ARCH 3353: Architecture of the Middle Ages: Text and Building
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 2350 and ARCH 2351 or consent of instructor. Western European architecture of the Middle Ages (ca. 300-1500), investigated through the medium of the built environment and through texts that reveal aspects of medieval culture, aesthetics, philosophy, and building techniques.

ARCH 3354: The Culture of Architecture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350 and ARCH 2351. An investigation of how architects learn, think, and work in our own time and times past. Special emphasis is given to the Modern Movement and its critics and to the thought and production of influential architects and theorists including Alberti, Palladio, Ruskin, Viollet-le-Duc, Guadet, Loos, Le Corbusier and Venturi, and Scott Brown.

ARCH 3356: City as Palimpsest: Paris
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 2350 and 2351 or consent of instructor. Seminar investigating Parisian architecture and urban development from the Roman period to the present via the metaphor of the palimpsest.

ARCH 3358: History of Asian Architecture and Art
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 2350:ARCH 2351 or consent of instructor. Architectural history, methodology, art, and the cultural forces that shaped the Eastern tradition.

ARCH 3363: Architectural Communication Systems
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite: ARCH 2500. Graphics and graphic systems for architects.

ARCH 3365: Architectural Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2325, ARCH 2326, ARCH 2350, and ARCH 2351. Methods of research in architecture adapted to individual student-generated topics.

ARCH 3366: Materials and Methods
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 3325. Construction systems, advanced and emerging technologies, scheduling, and budgeting.

ARCH 3367: Sustainable Architecture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: junior standing. Sustainable design strategies and logic, materials selection, construction methods, and energy efficiency. Indoor air quality, energy conservation, ecological impact of built projects, environmental regulation, and worker productivity.

ARCH 3368: Sustainable Development
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: junior standing. New perspectives in development: overview of environmental and ecological systems, land use, smart growth, new urbanism, traffic and transportation, brownfield development and mitigation, site development, and marketing.

ARCH 3369: Architecture of the Chapel
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 2350 and 2351. Architectural history of the chapel building type from its origins to the present.

ARCH 3370: Architectural Detailing of Furniture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2501 or consent of instructor. Design and detailing of architectural furniture. The course includes construction of designs originated by students. Interior Design majors are encouraged to take this course.

ARCH 3372: Architecture of the Object
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2501 or INDS 2501. Project based course defining the relationship between industrial design and discoveries found in architecture. Building on a foundation of basic design and research skills, projects further the definition of detail in the object.

ARCH 3375: Architectural Design for Non-Majors
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: open to non-architecture majors only. May be used toward satisfying architecture minor requirements. Introduction to architectural design, theory, and practice. Students outside the College of Architecture work in a design studio setting on a variety of architecture and urban design problems. Project work supplemented by lectures, readings, field trips, and discussions.

ARCH 3380: Architecture Plus Film
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in or completion of ARCH 3500. An exploration of the cross-fertilization between architecture and film by examining how architecture is represented in film; the narrative aspect of architecture, film as a mirror of the present and as anticipation of the future of architecture, auteur cinema/director vs. architecture/architect, and the idea of gesamtkunstwerk.

ARCH 3393: Thesis Preparation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: approval of the Director of Thesis Program. Thesis topic development and written project proposal.

ARCH 3397: Selected Topics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of college advisor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

ARCH 3398: Independent Study
Cr. 3. Prerequisites: approval of college advisor and instructor.

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ARCH 3427: Technology 3
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 2428 and PHYS 1301 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ARCH 3500. Intermediate level building science focusing on site scale issues.

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ARCH 3427: Technology 3
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 2428 and PHYS 1302. Intermediate level building science focusing on qualitative measures.

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ARCH 3428: Technology 4
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 3427 and PHYS 1302 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ARCH 3501. Intermediate level building science focusing on quantitative measures.

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ARCH 3428: Technology 4
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 2428 and PHYS 1302. Intermediate level building science focusing on site scale issues.

ARCH 3498: Independent Study
Cr. 4. Prerequisites: approval of college advisor and instructor.

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ARCH 3500: Architecture Design Studio V
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisites: ARCH 2501 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ARCH 3427. Building design as it relates to site context, spatial organization, and constructional systems.

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ARCH 3500: Architecture Design Studio V
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisites: ARCH 2501 and concurrent enrollment in ARCH 3427. Building design as it relates to site context, spatial organization, and constructional systems.

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ARCH 3501: Architecture Design Studio VI
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisite: ARCH 3500 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ARCH 3428. A continuation of ARCH 3500 with special emphasis on the development of diverse building program in individual studios.

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ARCH 3501: Architecture Design Studio VI
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisite: ARCH 3500 and concurrent enrollment in ARCH 3428. A continuation of ARCH 3500 with special emphasis on the development of diverse building program in individual studios.

ARCH 3598: Independent Study
Cr. 5. Prerequisites: approval of college advisor and instructor.

ARCH 4198: Independent Study
Cr. 1. Prerequisites: approval of college advisor and instructor.

ARCH 4298: Independent Study
Cr. 2. Prerequisites: approval of college advisor and instructor.

ARCH 4321: Design of Construction Details
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 3500. The theory and practice of developing architectural details.

ARCH 4324: High-Rise Structures
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 3325. Structural design concepts and building systems in tall buildings.

ARCH 4325: Building Systems Integration
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 3325, ARCH 3326, ARCH 3365, ARCH 3366, and ARCH 3501. Architectural and technical integration of traditional and innovative building systems.

ARCH 4333: Advanced Computer Modeling in Architecture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 3331 or equivalent. Advanced techniques in computer-aided modeling, rendering and visualization, with an introduction to animation.

ARCH 4335: Digital Presentations In Architecture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 3331 or equivalent. Exploration of mixed media in architectural presentation, including computer modeling and digital photography.

ARCH 4336: Graphic Realization in Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2501 and ARCH 3331 or consent of instructor. Integration of digital and manual graphic tools with verbal presentation to communicate design.

ARCH 4344: Architectural Programming and Building Regulations
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2325, ARCH 2326, ARCH 2501, and ARCH 3365. Methodologies for assembling a comprehensive program for an architectural project; basic principles of building service systems; codes, regulations, and standards; and the integration of these within the process of design.

ARCH 4351: Readings and Criticism in Architecture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350; ARCH 2351 or consent of instructor. Critical writing based on selected reading in architecture.

ARCH 4352: Wright, Mies, Corbusier
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 2350: ARCH 2351 or consent of instructor. Search for the truth studying Wright, Mies, and Corbusier in the perspective of historic precedents, as well as observing the effect of their work on architecture.

ARCH 4353: Postmodern: Architecture Since 1950
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350: ARCH 2351 or consent of instructor. The theory and development of architectural design of the most recent times. Studies in architectural pluralism in the 1960s and 1980s.

ARCH 4355: Houston Architecture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350 and ARCH 2351 or consent of instructor. Survey of Houston architecture, past and present.

ARCH 4367: Case Studies in Sustainable Architecture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 3325, ARCH 3326, ARCH 3365, ARCH 3366, and ARCH 3501. Green Revolution, sustainability, and ecological restoration. Sustainability measurements including biomimcry, ecological footprint, embodied energy, and full cost accounting. Building components sustainability by CSI division. LEED certification overview.

ARCH 4373: Urban Environments
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350 and 2351 or SOC 1300 or PSYC 1300. History of eastern and western architecture and art from 1750 to the present with attention to cultural, philosophical and technical influences.

ARCH 4374: World Cities
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ENGL 1304. Critical exploration of cities of cities of the world from different geographical, chronological and disciplinary perspectives. Development of analytical tools for understanding complex urban phenomena.

ARCH 4375: Capitalism, Architecture and the City
Cr. 3. (3-0). Seminar exploring determinants of urban form throughout history.

ARCH 4378: Methods of Historic Preservation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350, 2351, and 3501. Theory, methods of research, and practice of the preservation of historic buildings and resources.

ARCH 4390: Landscape Architecture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350, ARCH 2351 and ARCH 2501. Landscape as the bridge between the man-made and natural.

ARCH 4393: Thesis Publication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 3395 and concurrent enrollment ARCH 5595. Documentation of ARCH 3395: Thesis Preparation and ARCH 5595: Thesis Project in bound book form.

ARCH 4397: Selected Topics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of college advisor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

ARCH 4398: Independent Study
Cr. 3. Prerequisites: approval of college advisor and instructor.

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ARCH 4427: Technology 5
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 3428. Advanced building science focusing on integrative design process, materials, and delivery process.

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ARCH 4427: Technology 5
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 3428. Advanced building science focusing on integrative strategies.

ARCH 4428: Technology 6
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 4427. Advanced building science focusing on professional issues.

ARCH 4498: Independent Study
Cr. 4. Prerequisites: approval of college advisor and instructor.

ARCH 4500: Architecture Design Studio VII
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisite: ARCH 2350, ARCH 2351, and ARCH 3501. Exploration of large scale buildings and urban design factors including programming, aspects of land development, and the human and environmental impact of individual design applications in the built environment.

ARCH 4501: Architecture Design Studio VIII
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisite: ARCH 2350, ARCH 2351, and ARCH 3501. Design development and technical documentation.

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ARCH 4510: Comprehensive Design Studio  
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350, 2351, 3501, and 3428, and successful Sixth Studio Review. Design studio comprehensive development of architectural design and building systems from schematic design through detailed development.

ARCH 4598: Independent Study
Cr. 5. Prerequisites: approval of college advisor and instructor.

ARCH 5335: Computer Visualization for Architecture Applications
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 4333 or equivalent. Advanced techniques in computer aided visualization and animation of architectural models.

ARCH 5360: Practice of Architecture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARCH 3501 and 4344. Office operations and project administration in the practice of architecture.

ARCH 5397: Selected Topics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 2501.

ARCH 5398: Independent Study
Cr. 3. Prerequisites: Approval of college advisor and instructor.

ARCH 5427: Technology 7
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisite: ARCH 4428. Independent building science research topics.

ARCH 5498: Independent Study
Cr. 4. Prerequisites: Approval of college advisor and instructor.

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ARCH 5500: Architecture Design Studio IX
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisites: ARCH 2350 and 2351, 3501, 3428, and successful Sixth Studio Review. Design studio: advanced architectural ideas. May be repeated for credit.

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ARCH 5500: Architecture Design Studio IX
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisites: ARCH 3428 and ARCH 3501. Design studio: advanced architectural ideas.

ARCH 5501: Architecture Design Studio X
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisites: ARCH 3428 and ARCH 3501. Design studio: comprehensive development of architectural design and building systems from schematic design through detailed development.

ARCH 5505: Architecture Design Studio - International I
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisites: ARCH 3501 and permission of the dean. Corequisite: ARCH 5350. Design studio requiring overall development potentials and study of site(s). Actual problem areas vary by studio section. Individual and group projects concerned with the design of new structures within the historical context. Projects have a potential within the community for actual construction, although it is anticipated that solutions will range from pragmatic to theoretical. Drawings, three dimensional models, and descriptive text are generated to investigate the relationship between the projects and their respective contexts.

ARCH 5506: Architecture Design Studio - International II
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisites: ARCH 3501 and permission of the dean. Corequisite: ARCH 5350. Design studio requiring overall development potentials and study of site(s). Actual problem areas vary by studio section. Individual and group projects concerned with the design of new structures within the historical context. Projects have a potential within the community for actual construction, although it is anticipated that solutions will range from pragmatic to theoretical. Drawings, three dimensional models, and descriptive text are generated to investigate the relationship between the projects and their respective contexts.

ARCH 5507: Architecture Design Studio - International III
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisites: ARCH 3501 and permission of the dean. Corequisite: ARCH 5350. Design studio requiring overall development potentials and study of site(s). Actual problem areas vary by studio section. Individual and group projects concerned with the design of new structures within the historical context. Projects have a potential within the community for actual construction, although it is anticipated that solutions will range from pragmatic to theoretical. Drawings, three dimensional models, and descriptive text are generated to investigate the relationship between the projects and their respective contexts.

ARCH 5593: Thesis Project
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisites: ARCH 3395 and concurrent enrollment ARCH 4395. Execution and defense of thesis project proposal.

ARCH 5597: Selected Topics
Cr. 5. (2-9). Prerequisites: ARCH 3428 and ARCH 3501. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

ARCH 5598: Independent Study
Cr. 5. Prerequisites: Approval of college advisor and instructor.

 

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