Architecture

Courses

Architecture

• ARCH 1110 - Introduction to Architecture

  
  Introduces students to the essential ways of looking at and thinking about buildings, sites and cities, exposing students to the various perspectives, positions and practices that they will encounter in both an architecture curriculum and in architectural practice. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 1710 - Architectural Drawing: Analysis and Representation

  
  This course explores the development of graphic skills emphasizing drawing as a means to analyze and represent architectural ideas throughout the design process. Using freehand and mechanical drawing methods students will learn the conventions and opportunities of the three architectural projections. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 2110 - Design Studio I

  
  Introduces students to the principles of design and composition through studies of architecture’s formal, spatial, and geometric systems. Students explore these using a variety of drawing techniques including diagramming and drawings that are exploratory, analytical and developmental. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 2230 - Architectural History I

  
  Introduces architecture and urbanism from prehistory to the mid-seventeenth century by exploring the social, cultural, technical, philosophical and aesthetic ideas that shaped buildings and other architectural and urban settings in different parts of the world. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3110 - Design Studio II

  
  Introduces students to the expressive potential of architecture’s elements and systems. Students explore techniques for translating and expressing ideas in buildings through the static, dynamic and sequential manipulation of architectural form and space. Prereq: ARCH 2110. Restriction: Restricted to undergraduate ARCH students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  
• ARCH 3120 - Design Studio III

  
  Focuses on the design of buildings in their relationship to physical, natural and cultural contexts. Students explore non-formal concepts and translate them into architectural experiences that integrate program, site and climate. Prereq: ARCH 3110. Restriction: Must be an undergraduate Architecture student. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  
• ARCH 3130 - Construction Practices: Material and Structural Systems

  
  Provides an overview of the materials, systems, assemblies and processes that inform the design and construction of buildings, reviewing the building technologies and developing student understandings of the interrelationship between the interconnected elements and systems that define buildings and spaces. Prereq: PHYS 2010/2030 and MATH 1130 are recommended. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3230 - Architectural History II

  
  Introduces architecture and urbanism from the mid-seventeenth century to the present, exploring the forces that shaped buildings and other architectural and urban settings in different parts of the world. Prereq: ARCH 2230. Restriction: Open to all undergraduate majors. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3330 - Building Systems I

  
  Introduces the concepts of thermal behavior of buildings, climate as a determinant of building design, energy use in buildings, natural and mechanical means of environmental control, plumbing, electrical, communication systems, water supply and sanitation systems. Recommended Prereq: MATH 1130 OR MATH 1110 & 1120; PHYS 2010/2030 OR PHYS 2311/2321. Restriction: Restricted to undergraduate ARCH students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3340 - Theory of Structures I

  
  Introduction to the analysis and design of structural elements and focuses on the principles of statics and the strength of materials. Topics include stress determination, deflection and the behaviors of tension, compression and shear in various structural elements. Recommended Prereq: MATH 1130 OR MATH 1110 & 1120; PHYS 2010/2030 OR PHYS 2311/2321. Restriction: Restricted to undergraduate ARCH students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3430 - Construction Practices: Building Envelope

  
  Discusses the principles and processes of building construction and introduces the major systems and assemblies that inform construction practices. Stresses the relationship between architectural concepts and emerging building technologies, teaching students how to select appropriate materials, systems and assemblies. Prereq: ARCH 3130. Restricted to sophomore standing or higher. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3600 - Special Topics Cultural

  
  Special topics in architecture studies related to cultural inquiries including theory, cultural diversity, and/or cross cultural thinking. Repeatable. Max Hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3601 - History of American Architecture

  
  This course investigates the history of architecture in the United States as a chronological survey of buildings, architects, landscapes, and urban forms and as an exploration of the social, political, economic, technological, and similar issues that inform this built environment. Prereq: ARCH 2230 and 3230. Restriction: Restricted to undergraduate ARCH students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3602 - Architecture Photography

  
  Architecture elective in photography of space, interior, and exterior with an emphasis on design composition of architecture. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3603 - Modern Architecture

  
  Examination of that period in architecture called the Modern Movement, its proponents and its influence on the design of buildings today. Extensive readings and writings required. Prereq: ARCH 2230. Restriction: Restricted to Sophomore standing or higher. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3690 - Cultural Research Abroad

  
  Topics in architecture studies related to cultural inquiries including theory, cultural diversity, and/or cross cultural thinking in other cultures. Work shall include preparation in culture, history and language skills in other countries. Repeatable. Max Hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3691 - Cultural Design Abroad

  
  Design topics in architecture studies related to cultural inquiries including design, cultural implications of design, and/or cross cultural application of design. Repeatable. Max Hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3692 - International: Project Delivery

  
  This course is the delivery of the design solution developed in ARCH 3703. Critical thinking skills will be honed as students respond to construction material and technology limitations during the 10 day build in a South American cultural setting. Prereq ARCH 3703. Restriction: Restricted to undergraduates with a Junior standing or higher. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3693 - Rome: Architecture & Urbanism

  
  The objective of this course is to provide a broad overview of the city’s major architectural sites, topography, infrastructure and systems of urban design and organization through the study of the rich palimpsest of buildings, piazzas and landscapes from antiquity to the present day. Coreq. ARCH 3694 Restricted to undergraduate BS-ARCH students with Junior standing or higher. Cross-listed with ARCH 6755. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3694 - Rome: Documentation, Analysis and Design

  
  With graphic representation as the primary mode of inquiry, this course is an intensive study of a single building, piazza or landscape within the rich urban fabric of Rome. The graphical inquiry will be supported by pre-departure research and onsite observation and presentations. Coreq: ARCH 3693. Restricted to undergraduate BS-ARCH students with Junior standing or higher. Cross-listed with ARCH 6760. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3700 - Special Topics Design

  
  Special topics in architecture studies related to design inquiries including theory, design skills, and/or analytical thinking. Repeatable. Max Hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3701 - Survival Sketching

  
  The focus of this course will be the sketchbook and the keeping of a sketchbook. Restriction: Restricted to undergraduate ARCH students within the College of Architecture and Planning with sophomore standing or higher. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3702 - Design Thinking

  
  Students will be introduced to tools that will enable them to reframe design dilemmas in favor of productive resolutions. Course content will include examples and specific techniques of design thinking, including empathy, abductive reasoning, testing, plussing and diagramming. Prereq: sophomore standing or higher. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3703 - International: Design in Context

  
  The course is a project-based design seminar. In collaboration with a small community in Central America, students have the opportunity to engage in the context of another culture, environment, construction limitations and economic constraints. The course integrates architecture, engineering, and business. Restriction: Restricted to ARCH-BS majors with Junior standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3704 - The Poetic Detail-Studies in Tectonics—Wood

  
  This research seminar focuses on tectonics through traditional timber frame and wood construction case studies. The relationship between function, aesthetics, detail, and tectonics are explored in relation to contemporary concerns. Learning by making. Cross-listed with ARCH 6357. Restriction: Restricted to ARCH-BS majors with sophomore standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3705 - Human Centered Design, Innovation and Prototyping

  
  Introduces techniques for collaborative design by interdisciplinary teams: design thinking, problem solving, and rapid prototyping. Teams of students design and implement increasingly complex projects while acquiring essential innovation and problem-solving skills. The course will culminate in a final project chosen by each team. Cross-listed with IWKS 2100. Restriction: Restricted to ARCH-BS majors with sophomore standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3706 - 3D Design, Computation, and Prototyping

  
  Introduces the design and computer-controlled fabrication of three-dimensional objects using both additive (3D printing) and subtractive (laser cutter, CNC router/mill) processes. Various commercial and open-source software tools for 3D design (CAD), manufacturing (CAM) and visualization will be explored. Increasingly complex projects throughout the semester will be used to illustrate fabrication techniques. The course will culminate in a final project. Restriction: Restricted to ARCH-BS majors with sophomore standing. Cross-listed with IWKS 3100 and 5170. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3707 - Color Theory + Application

  
  This course will explore Color perception and theory; media/medium technique/application and landscape/built-environment drawing preparation, composition and presentation. The objective is to develop your understanding of color interaction and interrelationship especially, as it pertains to the use of color in the design and implementation of the built environment. Restriction: Restricted to ARCH-BS majors with sophomore standing. Max Hours: 3 Credits Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3708 - Introduction to the Essentials of Biomimicry

  
  Biomimicry is the conscious emulation of nature’s genius that can be applied to the fields of design, engineering, medicine, transportation, and social interaction. This class will be geared towards designers and will give an overview of the discipline, the (3) Essential Elements, the human-nature connection, The Biomimicry Thinking Methodology, and Life’s Principles. Restriction: Restricted to ARCH-BS majors with sophomore standing. Max Hours: 3 Credits Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3709 - Furniture Design

  
  Students learn how to design and build furniture in the College’s woodshop. Topics include ergonometrics, properties of materials, principles and techniques of joinery and techniques of hand and machine tools. Cross-listed with ARCH 6180. Restriction: Restricted to ARCH-BS majors with sophomore standing. Max Hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3800 - Special Topics - Technical

  
  Special topics elective will include coursework in either Digital Media In Design courses, Design-Build site Construction, or the Science and Art of Engineering Buildings. Additional topics will be develop in conjunction with the required undergraduate technical electives. Restriction: Must be an undergraduate Architecture student with sophomore standing or higher. Repeatable. Max Hours: 12 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3801 - Introduction to Digital Media

  
  Introduces Building Information Modeling (BIM) systems as a means to integrate and optimize design processes and building systems in the professional practice of architecture. Topics include creation of simulated, complex, three-dimensional environments in support of the architectural design studio sequence. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3802 - Arch Project Presentation

  
  Architecture elective in digital and analog methods of presentation and composition for various audiences and formats. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3804 - Green Tech Eco-Furniture Fabrication I

  
  Green Tech I is the first of two courses that are a “real build” course in which students advance their knowledge of environmental design through full-scale construction of architectural elements, furnishings, accessories, finishes, outdoor gear, or even clothing. Restriction: Restricted to ARCH-BS majors with sophomore standing or higher. Coreq: ARCH 3806. Cross-listed with ARCH 6375. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3805 - Beginning Revit

  
  Introduction to Building Information Modeling through Autodesk’s Revit Architecture software. The course explores fundamental architectural concepts as they are developed and expressed in Revit. Appropriate program use and team learning experiences are emphasized. Prereq: ARCH 3110 and 3130. Restriction: Restricted to ARCH-BS majors with sophomore standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3806 - Green Tech Eco-Furniture Fabrication II

  
  Green Tech II is the second of two courses that are a “real build” course in which students advance their knowledge of environmental design through full-scale construction of architectural elements, furnishings, accessories, finishes, outdoor gear, or even clothing. Restriction: Restricted to ARCH-BS majors with sophomore standing or higher. Coreq: ARCH 3804. Cross-listed with ARCH 6376. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3807 - Small Eco Home Design & Fabrication

  
  This unique, quick-paced seminar focuses on small-scale residential design, from tiny-homes, to prefab, and movable residences. Students learn Small Home design, methods, and techno-systems, then using green materials, they design and fabricate architectural elements and furniture for enhancing small-scale living. Restriction: Restricted to ARCH-BS majors with sophomore standing. Cross-listed with ARCH 6377. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3808 - Architectural Design and Fabrication

  
  This course explores architectural production using advanced 3D-modeling, fabrication, and construction documentation techniques. The course connects contemporary design practice with material experimentation and architectural production. Prereq: ARCH 3801. Restriction: Restricted to ARCH-BS majors with sophomore standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3809 - Architectural Design and Graphics

  
  This course explores the varied mediums of graphic representation in architecture. Using advanced tutorials in 3D-modeling, computer-generated rendering, and workflows through multiple software platforms, students will create work that is reflective of contemporary architecture culture. Prereq: ARCH 3801. Restriction: Restricted to ARCH-BS majors with sophomore standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 3949 - Internship I

  
  Experiential learning student internships sponsored by faculty in a field related to architecture. Minimum of 45 work hours per credit. Prereq: Permission of instructor, advisor and acceptance in BS Architecture program. Must also have sophomore standing. Minimum 15 credit hours with 2.75 GPA. Repeatable. Max Hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  
• ARCH 4110 - Design Studio IV

  
  Design Studio IV. Introduces students to analysis and design as complementary processes. Students learn how to form design intentions based on analytical research and close study of the relationship between architecture, precedent and culture, and to consider buildings as settings that address issues of culture, society, economy and ecol. Prereq: ARCH 3120. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  
• ARCH 4120 - Design Studio V

  
  Explores the place and role of architecture as an instrument of critical social engagement and cultural change, the role of history and precedent in the design process, and the role of detail through projects that demonstrate student’s proficiency as designers. Prereq: ARCH 4110. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  
• ARCH 4340 - Theory of Structures II

  
  Focuses on the relationship between architectural concepts and the selection of structural systems. Addresses the qualitative and quantitative analysis of reinforced concrete, steel, and wood structural systems and members. Prereq: ARCH 3340. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 4440 - Building Systems II

  
  Focuses on the environmental systems in commercial and other nonresidential buildings. Discusses natural and artificial lighting, HVAC systems, acoustics, vertical transportation and fire protection. Recommended Prereq: MATH 1130 OR MATH 1110 & 1120; PHYS 2010/2030 OR PHYS 2311/2321. Restriction: Restricted to undergrad ARCH students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 4840 - Independent Study

  
  Studies initiated by students or faculty and sponsored by a faculty member to investigate a special topic or problem related to architecture. Prereq: Restricted to undergraduate ARCH students within the College of Architecture and Planning with sophomore standing or higher. Repeatable. Max Hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  
• ARCH 4949 - Internship II

  
  Experiential learning student internships sponsored by faculty in a field related to architecture. Minimum of 45 work hours per credit. Permission of instructor, advisor and acceptance in BS Architecture program. Must also have sophomore standing. Minimum 15 credit hours with 2.75 GPA. Repeatable. Max Hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  
• ARCH 5000 - Math and Physics for Architects

  
  Provides the review of mathematics and physics. This is a prerequisite for the graduate technology courses. Does not count toward the required credits for the MARCH degree. Restriction: Restricted to graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 5110 - Design Studio I

  
  The first of two elemental design studios focused on on the language of design, organizational and spatial systems and principles as well as on analog and digital methods of visualizing architectural ideas and forms. Restriction: Restricted to Graduate Architecture students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  
• ARCH 5120 - Design Studio II

  
  The second of two elemental design studios focused on translating organizational and spatial systems, principles and concepts into architectural systems. Through a number of small scaled design exercises students learn how organizational and spatial systems can be leveraged in the design of their buildings. Prereq: ARCH 5110 and ARCH 5510. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  
• ARCH 5130 - Design Studio III

  
  The first of the two analytical design studios addresses how design ideas are formed through the analysis of the program in terms of action and perception and how to transform those ideas into formal strategies and specific architectural experiences. Prereq: ARCH 5120. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  
• ARCH 5140 - Design Studio IV

  
  The second of the two analytical studios will build upon ideas developed in the previous studio concerning how the analysis of the program in terms of action and perception inform the formal strategies and the design of specific architectural experiences. Prereq: ARCH 5130. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  
• ARCH 5210 - Introduction to Architecture

  
  Introduces important ways of looking at architecture and acquaints students with the various perspectives that they will later find in the rest of the curriculum. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 5220 - History and Theory Architecture I

  
  Introduces world architecture and urbanism from prehistory to the Italian Renaissance. The course helps students understand the various cultural, technological, philosophical, and aesthetic ideas that helped shape buildings through history. Buildings and settlements on all continents and in all of the major world cultures are discussed. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 5230 - History and Theory Architecture II

  
  Examines world architecture and urbanism from the Italian Renaissance to the present. Helps students understand the various cultural, technological, philosophical and aesthetic ideas that helped shape buildings through history. Buildings and settlements on all continents and in all of the major world cultures are discussed. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 5310 - Building Construction I

  
  The first of a two-course sequence that provides an overview of the structure, systems, assemblies and processes that make a building. Provides a broad view of building technology and an understanding of the interrelationship of all the parts. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 5320 - Building Construction II

  
  This course focuses on principles and processes of building construction, and introduces major constructional systems. It stresses the relationship between architectural concepts and building technology and assemblies. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 5330 - Sustainable Systems I

  
  The first course in the sustainable systems sequence introduces concepts and design methods of energy-efficient environmental control in buildings including thermal and moisture loads, heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment and systems, and active and passive thermal strategies. Restricted to graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 5340 - Sustainable Systems II

  
  The second course in the sustainable systems sequence introduces concepts and design methods of plumbing, power distribution, renewable electricity, artificial illumination, daylighting, acoustics, vertical transportation, fire protection, and telecommunication systems in buildings with a focus on energy and resource efficiency. Prereq: ARCH 5330. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 5350 - Structures I

  
  The first course in the structures sequence introduces the analysis and design of structural elements and focuses on the principles of static’s and the strength of materials. Topics include stress determination, deflection and the behaviors of tension, compression and shear in various structural elements. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 5360 - Structures II

  
  Focuses on the relationship between architectural concepts and the selection of structural systems. Addresses the qualitative and quantitative analysis of reinforced concrete, steel and wood structural systems and members. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 5410 - Professional Practice

  
  Introduces the essential elements of professional practice through topics such as internship, licensing, services, modes of practice, fees, marketing, documents, specification and production procedures. Examines traditional and emerging forms of practice. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 5420 - BIM: Principles & Practices

  
  Introduces basic aspects of building information modeling (BIM) concepts, software, development, management and delivery for architectural projects. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 5430 - Social Context of Design

  
  Focuses on the ethical, social, cultural and psychological principles, which people bring to the perception and design of the built environment. Its major topics include: ethical values; cultural patterns and values; social, cultural and personal ritual; and pre-design and programming. Prereq: Graduate ARCH students only. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 5450 - Sustainable Design Practices

  
  This course explores sustainable principles and practices as it relates to the design, construction of both the building and its site. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 5510 - Architectural Graphics

  
  This course explores the development of graphic skills emphasizing drawing as a means to design. It includes investigation of drawing types and methods; diagramming of ideas and systems; informative, exploratory and developmental sketching. Restriction: Restricted to Graduate Architecture students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6150 - Design Studio V

  
  The first of two reflective studios will assume reflective/critical stance towards programmatic issues or rather cultural presuppositions and critically explore the ways in which architecture can play a critical as well as an affirmative role within the broader cultural context. Prereq: ARCH 5140. Coreq: ARCH 6151. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  
• ARCH 6170 - Design Studio VI

  
  This is the second of two reflective studios, which focuses on the comprehensive design of an architectural project including considerations of structural systems, environmental systems, life safety concerns, regulatory considerations, wall sections, building assemblies and significant detail. Prereq: ARCH 6150. Coreq: ARCH 6171. Repeatable. Max Hours: 12 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  
• ARCH 6171 - Integration Seminar

  
  In this seminar students will develop and document the technical aspects of their Design Studio VI design projects including, life safety, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, conveyance, accessibility systems and material assemblies. Prereq: ARCH 6150, ARCH 6151. Coreq: ARCH 6170. Repeatable. Max Hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6180 - Furniture Design

  
  Students learn how to design and build furniture in the College’s woodshop. Topics include ergonometrics, properties of materials, principles and techniques of joinery and techniques of hand and machine tools. Cross-listed with ARCH 3709. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6185 - Digital Design & Fabrication

  
  An introductory class to Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer aided manufacturing (CAM). Students explore how these technologies apply to the field of architecture with a focus is on parametric/algorithmic design approaches and mass customization manufacturing techniques. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6190 - Special Topics in Design Studies

  
  Various topics in design, according to current faculty and student interests. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Repeatable. Max Hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6195 - Aspen Summer Workshop

  
  Three weeks with three world class architecture firms in Roaring Fork Valley. The firms lead students through a unique design project that develops and challenges their observational, conceptual, and visualization abilities. Drawing as a means of seeing, understanding and creating dominates the process/ethic of the course. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6205 - Urban Housing

  
  This course examines housing trends and patterns; supply and demand factors; housing policies; housing challenges (e.g., inequitable distribution, special needs, segregation/discrimination, and homelessness); sociological, demographic, and economic considerations; and the roles of planners and the public and private sectors. Cross-listed with LDAR 6755 and URPL 6405. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6210 - History of American Architecture

  
  Examines the history of American architecture from prehistoric times to the present, mainly within the geographical borders of the present-day United States. Helps students understand the various cultural, technological, philosophical and aesthetic ideas that helped shape American buildings. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6212 - History of Modern Architecture

  
  Examines the various theories, accomplishments and ideals of modern architecture in the 20th century. Issues include the relationship between theory and practice, architecture and ideology, technology, abstraction and representation, functionalism and formalism, utopianism and social responsibility. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6220 - History of Architectural Theory

  
  Investigates the history of architectural theories in the West from antiquity to the present. Explores the various ideas that have been proposed to explain or to direct architectural design and examines the relationship between the theories and the buildings themselves. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6222 - Contested Terrains

  
  Explores the different processes, factors and forces and determines and influences occupation, land use and built form through the phenomena of conflict and contestation. Design is inherently located within the disputes and discourses involving landscape as location and resource. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6230 - Preservation Theory and Practice

  
  The practice of historic preservation has evolved in a specific policy context. This introductory course introduces basic American institutions and laws associated with preservation as well as standards, definitions, and practices associated with these. Cross-listed with HIPR 6010. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6231 - Regionalisms & the Vernacular

  
  This class explores the history of the built environment from the perspective of evolutionary change; peoples attempting to meet utilitarian needs, respond to environmental forces, societal expectations, and aesthetic aspirations through design. The course looks closely at vernacular structures in a global context. Cross-listed with HIPR 6110. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6232 - Reading the City

  
  Design and planning professionals, including preservationists, must learn to work in environments with which they have had little previous knowledge. This course emphasizes gaining understanding of a novel environment and translating that knowledge into a well researched and media savvy professional presentation. Prereq: HIPR 6410 is recommended. Cross-listed with HIPR 6610. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6233 - Historic Buildings in Context

  
  This course covers the concept of “historic significance” and develops skills in understanding and professionally utilizing this concept. Procedures and skills are introduced. Prereq: HIPR 6010 or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with HIPR 6210. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6240 - History Of The City

  
  Introduces students to the history of global cities through selected typologies. Explores similarities and differences among cities considered against the larger cultural, political and socio-economic envelope of which they are part. Provides awareness of origins, growth and evolution of urban form. Cross-listed with URBN 6640. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6241 - Studies in Tectonics

  
  This research seminar focuses on tectonics - the logic of structure & material combinations (wood, metal, stone, masonry etc.). Through case studies, the relationship between function, aesthetics, detail, and tectonics are explored in relation to contemporary architectural concerns. Prereq: HIST I & II. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6254 - Architecture, In Theory

  
  Explores theories and texts that have influenced the analysis and the production of architectural form. The focus is on the expressive potential of architectural forms and the modalities of the realization of this potential. Cross-listed with DSPL 7016. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6255 - Cultural Institutions

  
  Selected types of cultural institutions including art museums, libraries, cultural centers, theaters, etc. are studied in this research seminar. Through case studies and readings, their ongoing cultural, architectural and corporate values are examined. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6256 - Community Development

  
  This course introduces community development, examining planners’ and other stakeholders’ roles in the field; key theories and practices; community dynamics; community-based organizations; asset-based development; social equity; and the influence of local physical and economic factors on community development. Cross-listed with URPL 6400. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6257 - Community Engaged Design Practice

  
  Obtain real-world pre-design and conceptual design experience in complex urban environments focusing on evolving trends in sustainability. Using digital trans-disciplinary learning students will develop comprehensive sustainable strategies that draw from their own sustainable philosophy developed during this class. Cross-listed with LDAR 6635 and LDAR 4435. Restriction: Restricted to graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6258 - Social Justice in Planning

  
  This course investigates various social justice issues encountered in planning, including conflict resolution; advocacy; environmental justice; social equity; culture and diversity; disadvantaged populations; public engagement techniques; affordability; equal access; and policy impacts. Cross-listed with URPL 6410 and LDAR 6637. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6259 - The Art of Traditional Design

  
  Introduction to Philosophy, History and Design Methods of Traditional Design derived from Greek precedents developed through the Renaissance and later the Beaux Arts. The course will emphasize this influence on the Architecture of the United States. Restriction: Restricted to graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6260 - Architectural Precedents

  
  Explores a number of traditional answers to recurring design issues, such as how to approach and enter a building or how to design a facade. In a seminar setting, students examine traditional ideas for their underlying principles and design new architectural compositions based on those principles. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6270 - Form and Formation of Cities

  
  This course investigates the origins and types of human settlements; the history of cities and urbanization; urban morphology and the evolution of the built environment; urban form principles and theory; and types of urbanism. Cross-listed with URPL 6350, URBN 6633, and LDAR 5530. Restriction: Restricted to graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6275 - History Native Amer Arch

  
  Introduces Native American architecture from the 12th century to the present. The course helps students understand the various cultural, technological, philosophical and aesthetic ideas that helped shape these buildings throughout history. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6290 - Special Topics in Cultural Studies

  
  Various topics in cultural studies, according to current faculty and student interests. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Repeatable. Max hours: 21 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6310 - Greenbuilding Tech

  
  This seminar will advance the student’s knowledge of environmental building and construction methods through studies in material resources, innovative green systems, alternate green technology, energy efficiency, and affordability in “green architectural design.” Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6313 - LEED Certification, Greenbuilding Seminar

  
  This RIGOROUS course will use the LEED Certification process to provide a framework for assessing building performance and meeting sustainability goals, following the 1st step in a two stage Professional Accreditation process, focusing on LEED GA, Green Associate Accreditation. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6314 - LEED AP Advanced Greenbuilding Seminar

  
  This advanced LEED Certification and Accreditation course builds on the first LEED GA course, providing a framework for assessing green building performance and sustainability goals, exploring advanced green building concepts and preparing the student for the LEED AP BD+C exam. Prereq: ARCH 6313 or instructor approval. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6351 - Building Conservation

  
  This course emphasizes the relationship between knowledge acquisition, professional judgement, and design modification. Topics include: 1) Historic Building Types & Methods, 2) Field and Lab Methods of Building Assessment, and 3) Management of Building Rehabilitation. The course takes an integrative approach to the scientific, aesthetic, managerial and legal dimensions of preservation. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6352 - Documentation, Analysis, Representation

  
  This methods course focuses on skills development in in-situ documentation of the historic environment. The course includes modules on: a) historic records, b) archaeological evidence, c) building and site measurement, d) photographic & Photometric methods, e) geo-spatial data, f) graphic representation, and g) reporting formats. Cross-listed with HIPR 6310. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6353 - Daylighting Design

  
  Daylighting is the use of light from the sky to illuminate building interiors. The objective of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of daylighting design including how it is perceived and how it impacts building energy flows. Restriction: Restricted to Architecture graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
• ARCH 6355 - Urban Conservation: Context for Reuse

  
  Human habitats (especially cities) are dynamic. The preservationist cannot freeze cities in a static representation of the past. The course deals with philosophical and political contexts, but emphasizes the role of strategic design intervention in the shaping of evolving cities. Cross-listed with HIPR 6410. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3