Curriculum BArch
Suggested Course Map
Download the Requirements Sequence Chart for a suggested sequence of courses that applies to students matriculating in fall 2011 and spring 2012.
Studio Requirements
Core Studio
- Drawing 1
- 3 units
- 2D, 3D & 4D
- 9 units
Architecture Major Requirements
- Architecture Studios 1–4
- 24 units
- Visual/Digital Media 1–3
- 9 units
- Advanced and Comprehensive Building Design Studios
- 24 units
- Building Technology (BT):
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- Materials and Methods
- 3 units
- Structures
- 3 units
- Building Energy
- 3 units
- Advanced Technology Systems
- 3 units
- Building Technology Elective (BT)
- 3 units
- Professional Practice
- 3 units
- Internship
- 0 units
- History/Theory (HT)
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- Architectural Analysis
- 3 units
- Architectural Theory
- 3 units
- History/Theory Elective (HT)
- 3 units
- Architecture Electives
- 6 units
Additional Studio Requirements
- Diversity Studies Studio
- 3 units
- Interdisciplinary Studio
- 3 units
- Studio Electives (Recommended: Intro to Arch and Studio 0)
- 6 units
- Open Electives (any discipline)
- 6 units
120 total units
Humanities & Sciences Requirements
- English 1: Language Dynamics
- 3 units
- English 2: Literature and Writing
- 3 units
- Introduction to the Arts: Antiquity to Early Modern
- 3 units
- Introduction to the Modern Arts
- 3 units
- History of Architecture 1: Antiquity to Baroque
- 3 units
- History of Architecture 2: Enlightenment to Postmodern
- 3 units
- Visual Studies Elective
- 3 units
- Physics for Architecture
- 3 units
- Advanced Geometry
- 3 units
- Social Science / Philosophy
- 3 units
- Foundation in Critical Studies
- 3 units
- Cultural History
- 3 units
- Methods of Knowledge Seminar
- 3 units
- Literature Seminar (304 level)
- 3 units
- Diversity Studies Seminar
- 3 units
45 total units
These are degree requirements for students matriculated in fall 2011 and spring 2012.