College of Architecture Newletter

ARCH 1143: Design, Construction & Society
Description: ARCH 1143 is an introduction to the issues forming and informing the built environment.  The history, principles, and practices of architecture, construction, and interior design will be explored.  The course format includes weekly lectures, reading from selected texts, and a selection of informative videos.  This survey course covers a wide range of issues in design and construction. 

ARCH 1153: Studio I
Description: ARCH 1153 is the first of ten studios for the Bachelor of Architecture Degree.  Architectural projects are individual and/or team assignments at an introductory level focused on the comprehensive integration of social, cultural, theoretical, environmental, and technical influences on architecture.  Application of professional techniques of representation and communication required. 

ARCH 2233: Architectural Structures I
Description: Structures I teaches the methods of statics and strengths of materials for both architecture and construction science majors.  Focus includes both wood and steel structural systems applied to columns, beams, open web joists, etc.

ARCH 2243: History of the Built Environment I
Description: ARCH 2243 is a theoretical investigation of the cultural, historical, political, and aesthetic values of diverse western and non-western cultures that result in significant built environments through the 16th century.  Buildings, urbanism, theories, and cultural context will be emphasized. 

ARCH 2354: Studio III
Description: A continuation of Studio II at a moderate level of project complexity.

ARCH 3433: Environmental Controls I
Description: Introduction of psychrometrics, heat transmission in buildings, heating, air conditioning and ventilation, solar heat gain, passive solar conditioning, plumbing and fire protection.

ARCH 3443: Modern and Contemporary Architecture
Description: ARCH 3443 is a survey and discussion of the built artifacts of the 20th century architectural culture and the last twenty-five years of American, Japanese, and European architecture.  Emphasis is on the formal, philosophical, social, technical, and economic context of the projects discusses, as well as their later reinterpretations. 

ARCH 3533: Architectural Materials
Description: Architectural Materials teaches the nature of building materials with regard to form, strength, durability, workability, structure, connection, surfaces, and edges, along with analysis of architectural expression in use of building materials.

ARCH 3554: Studio V
Description: Continuation of Studio IV.  Introduces projects of increasing complexity.  Individual and/or team architectural projects of substantial complexity focusing on the comprehensive integration of social, cultural, theoretical, environmental, and technical influences on architecture.  Application of professional representation and communication required.