Architectural Design

2018 - 19 Curriculum

Total credits required for a BFA in Architectural Design: 120.0


The below degree plan is for students who entered in the 2018 - 19 academic year.

Course

Course #

Credits

FIRST-YEAR-EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Art Matters AH 100 3.0
Critical Inquiry HMST 101 3.0
Forum I FF 111 3.0
Forum II FF 112 3.0
Drawing: Tradition and Innovation FF 161 3.0
Drawing: Contemporary Practices FF 162 3.0
Choose one course from the following Color/Design category
Color/Design/Process
FF 120A 3.0
Color/Design/Pattern FF 120B 3.0
Choose one course from the following Form/Space category
Prototype/Situate/Fabricate
FF 130A 3.0
Body/World/Machine FF 130B 3.0
Choose one course from the following Systems/Time category
Haptics and Optics
FF 140A 3.0
Cartographies FF 140B 3.0
First-Year-Experience Elective 3.0
LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS
Modernism and After AH 201 3.0
World Architecture AH 250 3.0
Modern Architecture & Urbanism AH 376 3.0
Contemporary Architectural Criticism* AH 379-TH 3.0
Scientific Readings: Physics** NSCI 201E 3.0
Art History Elective AH 6.0
Intellectual History I -IH1 3.0
Intellectual History II -IH2 3.0
Academic Electives (or Writing Workshop, if required)   3.0
Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (any level)   3.0
Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300 or 400 level)   3.0
Architectural design MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Integrated 3D Design AD 200 3.0
Methods AD 201 3.0
Structures AD 205 3.0
Interior and Exterior AD 210 3.0
Digital Drawing AD 211 3.0
Architectural Lab I AD 300 3.0
Materials and Fabrication AD 301 3.0
Architectural Lab II AD 310 3.0
Building Technology AD 311 3.0
Architectural Lab III AD 400 3.0
Advanced Drawing AD 401 3.0
Architectural Lab IV: Thesis AD 410 6.0
Professional Development AD 411 3.0
Studio Electives 15.0

* Fulfills Theory requirement
**Fulfills Math/Science requirement