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USC Catalogue 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Courses of Instruction

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USC School of Architecture

Courses

Architecture

All courses must be taken in sequential order, a before b.

  • ARCH 102a Architectural Design I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Introduction to principles and processes; sequence of exercises emphasizing development of basic skills, ideas, and techniques used in the design of simplified architectural projects.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 102bL Architectural Design I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Introduction to principles and processes; sequence of exercises emphasizing development of basic skills, ideas, and techniques used in the design of simplified architectural projects.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 102a  
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required, Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 105L Fundamentals of Design Communication

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Visual communication techniques applicable to the design of the built environment; drawing, photography, modeling.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 106x Workshop in Architecture

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to the ways architecture is created and understood, for minors and non-majors. Hands-on discussion and laboratory session with some drawing and model building.
    Not available for credit to architecture majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 114 Architecture: Culture and Community

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to the ways architecture represents aspirations of culture, satisfies practical and spiritual needs, shapes the social and urban environment, and helps preserve the planet.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 202aL Architectural Design II

    Units: 6
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Continuing development of principles and processes; sequence of projects selected to broaden awareness of design issues at various scales in the urban context.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 102bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required, Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 202bL Architectural Design II

    Units: 6
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Continuing development of principles and processes; sequence of projects selected to broaden awareness of design issues at various scales in the urban context.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 102bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required, Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 203 Visualizing and Experiencing the Built Environment

    Units: 4
    Methods for direct observation and recording of the directly experienced built environment through drawing, diagramming, photographing, and writing. Course includes exercises and field experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 205aL Building Science I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The process and communication of building design: physical building shell, systems for structure, enclosure, and space ordering.
    Prerequisite: CE 106L .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 205bL Building Science I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The process and communication of building design: physical building shell, systems for structure, enclosure, and space ordering.
    Prerequisite: CE 106 .
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required, Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 207 Computer Applications in Architecture

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction for the non-programmer to the uses of the computer in architecture, including the application of existing programs and their implications for design. Overview and use of software types.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 211 Materials and Methods of Building Construction

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Basic considerations and design implications of the problem of determination of the materials and construction details and processes for buildings.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 213a Building Structures and Seismic Design

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Investigation and design of elements and systems for building structures; applied mechanics, strength of materials, structural investigation as a design tool.
    Recommended Preparation: PHYS 125  and MATH 108g .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 213b Building Structures and Seismic Design

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Investigation and design of structure systems: their resistance to seismic and wind forces and integration with architectural design for synergy of form and structure.
    Recommended Preparation: PHYS 125  and MATH 108g .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 214ag World History of Architecture

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    A world-wide perspective of architectural history as a product of social, cultural, religious, and political dimensions, 4500 BCE to 1500 CE.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 214bg World History of Architecture

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    A world-wide perspective of architectural history as a product of social, cultural, religious, and political dimensions, 1500 CE to present.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 215 Design for the Thermal and Atmospheric Environment

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Ideas, problems, and computations related to the design of buildings in response to the thermal and atmospheric environment; passive solar systems, mechanical control systems.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 220 The Architect’s Sketchbook

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The architect’s sketchbook as a portable laboratory for perceiving and documenting space introduces the study of the built environment. On-site sessions develop drawing, observation, and visualization skills.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 302aL Architectural Design III

    Units: 6
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Special integrative year including design issues relating to housing.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 202bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required, Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 302bL Architectural Design III

    Units: 6
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Special integrative year including design issues relating to housing.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 202bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required, Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 303 Principles of Spatial Design I

    Units: 4
    Introduction to design principles and processes; sequence of exercises emphasizing development of basic skills, ideas, and techniques used in the creation of simplified urban space design projects.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 203 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 304x Intensive Survey: Prehistory to the Present

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    An intensive historical overview of architecture from prehistory to the present, emphasizing interrelationships of various global cultures and how social considerations were translated into form.
    Not available for credit to architecture majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 305aL Building Science II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The design of a building as a complex of interacting systems; relations of subsystems; influences of production and marketing on design.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 205aL , ARCH 205bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required, Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 305bL Building Science II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The design of a building as a complex of interacting systems; relations of subsystems; influences of production and marketing on design.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 205aL , ARCH 205bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 306m Shelter

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Investigation of issues, processes, and roles of individuals, groups and communities in relation to present and future shelter needs and aspirations.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 307 Digital Tools for Architecture

    Units: 3
    Exploration of digital tools with an emphasis on building information modeling (BIM), parametric modeling, and interoperability including special topics in Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC) and sustainable design.
    Recommended Preparation: basic computer skills.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 313 Design of Building Structures

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Problems and processes of design of building structures; structural investigation for design; codes and standards; design of elements and systems of wood, steel, masonry, and concrete for gravity and lateral loads.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 213a .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 314 History of Architecture: Contemporary Issues

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Examination of the buildings, issues and images, the polemics and personalities that are animating current architectural discourse and practice.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 214bg .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 315 Design for the Luminous and Sonic Environment

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Ideas, problems, and computations related to the design of buildings in response to the luminous and sonic environment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 316 Place and Culture

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    (Study abroad programs only) Study of the relationships between places and culture through readings, lectures, discussion and weekly field trips.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 326 The Modern Movement in Architecture

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Major theories of modern architecture are presented by studying the work of masters such as: Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Corbusier, and Kahn.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 341 History of Italian Architecture 1400–1990

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Introduction to the important buildings, architects and architectural movements in Italy from the Renaissance to the present.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 361L Ecological Factors in Design

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Lectures, laboratory exercises and field trips introduce basic knowledge of incorporating ecological factors in urban design and interaction of landscape science with the human environment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 363 Plant Material Identification: Horticulture

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to 300 species of plantings. Learn visual characteristics, nomenclature, cultural considerations, and design applications through visits to existing gardens.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 370 Architectural Studies — Expanding the Field

    Units: 2
    Survey of opportunities, specializations, and professions related to architecture provides a resource for professional growth for architecture majors, and introduction to the field for non-majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 390 Special Problems

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 402aL Architectural Design IV

    Units: 6
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Selected areas of specialization; three projects chosen with advisement from a variety of studio offerings that concentrate on different areas of vital concern.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 302bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required, Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 402bL Architectural Design IV

    Units: 6
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Selected areas of specialization; three projects chosen with advisement from a variety of studio offerings that concentrate on different areas of vital concern.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 302bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required, Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 403 Principles of Spatial Design II

    Units: 4
    Emphasis on developing advanced urban spatial design solutions set within contemporary urban conditions, with a particular emphasis on ecology, public space, neighborhoods and districts.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 303 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 404 Topics in Modern Architecture in Southern California

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Investigation of modern architecture in southern California within its cultural and historic contexts.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 405aL Building Science III

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Design of building systems as an experimental process.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 305aL , ARCH 305bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 405bL Building Science III

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Design of building systems as an experimental process.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 305aL , ARCH 305bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 406 Global Studies: Topics in Architecture, Urbanism, History and Art

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 6.0
    Offered for particular geographic areas of study. Required prerequisite for all full semester undergraduate global programs. Also intended for general interest in focused study on particular geographic area.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 214ag , ARCH 214bg  or ARCH 304 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 407 Advanced Computer Applications

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Investigation of computer graphic applications, emphasizing the role of computers in helping designers create and communicate using color (rendering), form (modeling), and time (animation) and the implications of future technological advancements.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 207 . 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 409L Design Foundation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to basic architectural design principles for problem solving scenarios; foundational architectural design course for systematic thinking.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 410 Computer Transformations

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    To explore the potential of computer-integrated design software; to develop techniques for critical analysis of architectural precedents; to expand the ability to visualize options; to expand perception; and to learn the basics of computer-integrated design.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 411 Architectural Technology

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Architectural design considered as a technological problem; influence of technology on design; buildings as integrated sets of subsystems.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 313 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 412L GeoDesign Practicum

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in SSCI 412L )

  • ARCH 414 Perspectives in History and Theory in Architecture

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 6.0
    Perspectives in Architecture and Urbanism is an advanced course that allows students to delve deeply into one aspect of world history, theory and/or contemporary issues to develop more focused and critical understanding of that discourse.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 214ag , ARCH 214bg  or ARCH 304 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 417 Computer Programming in Architecture

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Principles underlying computer programming, emphasizing algorithms, procedures, and program structures applicable to architecture.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 418 Designing with Natural Forces

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Investigation of natural force effects and their relationships to architecture; laboratory work includes drawing, photography, model building and tests on models.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 419 Architectural Sustainability Tools and Methods

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Lectures, comparative studies and exercises on international architectural sustainability rating and certification systems.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 420 Visual Communication and Graphic Expression

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    An exploratory study of fundamental and innovative visual communication principles and graphic expression techniques to facilitate the design enquiry process for architects.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 302b .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 421 Digital Architectural Photography

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Perceiving and documenting the built environment through the perspective and frame of the digital camera. Mastering the basic principles of the digital image through an understanding of frame, light, exposure, color correction, and printing output.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 422L Architectural Photography — Film and Digital

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    See how light alters the visual impact of architectural forms; master high-resolution images both with film and digital; become a professional image developer/processor utilizing photographic software.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 423 Light, Color and the Character of Material

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Color theory, constructed drawings, constructed shadows, descriptive geometry, constructed perspective drawing, and layered wash techniques lead to experimentation with methods representing materiality and construction in design projects.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 105L .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 424L Field Studies in Architecture

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    (Study abroad programs only.) Field studies using direct observation, site recordings/documentation, analysis and evaluation supplemented by discussions and readings in architecture.
    Prerequisite: Department approval.
    Recommended Preparation: core curriculum.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 425L Field Studies in Urbanism

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    (Study abroad programs only.) Field studies using direct observation, site recordings/documentation, analysis and evaluation supplemented by discussions and readings in urbanism.
    Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
    Recommended Preparation: core curriculum.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 426L Field Studies in Tectonics

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    (Study abroad programs only.) Field studies using direct observation, site recordings/documentation, analysis and evaluation supplemented by discussions and readings in tectonics.
    Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
    Recommended Preparation: core curriculum.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 430 Design Teaching Methods

    Units: 2
    The teaching of architectural design is introduced through readings, seminar discussions, and the observation of teaching in action. In addition to a one hour per week seminar, each student will participate in a design practicum.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 302L.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 432 People, Places and Culture: Architecture of the Public Realm

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Critical observation of the architecture of public buildings and places and the importance of design in promoting a better contemporary public life.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 434 City Cine: Visuality, Media and Urban Experience

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Exploration of the relationship between urban experience and visual media (from the photographic, to the filmic, to the digital) from circa 1880 to the present.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 440m Literature and the Urban Experience

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Post-industrial revolution urban environments and dynamic relationships in cities such as Manchester, Paris, St. Petersburg, New York, and Los Angeles, as revealed in novels, architecture, and urban forms.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 441 A History of Architectural Theory: 1400–1914

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    A seminar on architectural theory from Alberti to Scott, reviewing primary texts and subsequent criticisms.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 442m Women’s Spaces in History: “Hussies,” “Harems” and “Housewives”

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Methods for studying patterns of spatial differentiation of women throughout history from home to city embodied in gender specific language and gendered spaces.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as SWMS-442

  • ARCH 444 Great Houses of Los Angeles

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An introduction to the architectural philosophies of seven influential California architects through readings and site visits to significant case studies.
    Duplicates Credit in former ARCH 322.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 454 Contemporary Asian Architecture

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Exploration of various “Asian” architectures, comparisons of areas, identifying current trends and impact of Asia on Southern California and Los Angeles.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 463 Plant Material Identification: California Plant Communities

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Expand plant material vocabulary to include native plants of Southern California. Emphasis on bioengineering techniques for site design.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 363 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 465 The Landscape Imaginary

    Units: 4
    A cross-cultural introduction to ideas about and attitudes toward nature, landscape and the environment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 470 Concentration Capstone Seminar

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Collaborative research project and research paper in an area of concentration.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 481 Furniture Design

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An investigation into 20th century furniture design and its relationships to architecture, art and design.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 490x Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual research and readings.
    Not available for graduate credit.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Selected topics in various specialty areas of architecture.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 500aL Comprehensive Architectural Design

    Units: 6
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Selected areas of specialization; projects chosen from a variety of studio offerings, all with an emphasis on the comprehensive design of buildings.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 402a  and ARCH 402b  
    Corequisite: ARCH 501 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 500zL Comprehensive Architectural Design

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Selected areas of specialization; projects chosen from a variety of studio offerings, all with an emphasis on the comprehensive design of buildings.
    Prerequisite: 402abL;
    Corequisite: ARCH 501 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  • ARCH 501 Critical Topics in Architecture

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Seminar supporting the research, development, and writing of Degree Project Paper provides a comprehensive base of information for the final Bachelor of Architecture studio.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 402bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 502aL Architectural Design V

    Units: 6
    Terms Offered: Sp
    The final comprehensive architectural project under the guidance of a faculty adviser to demonstrate architectural knowledge, skills, and professional interests and goals.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: In-progress & Letter Grade

  • ARCH 502zL Architectural Design V

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: Sp
    The final comprehensive architectural project under the guidance of a faculty adviser to demonstrate architectural knowledge, skills, and professional interests and goals.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: In-progress & Letter Grade

  • ARCH 505aL Graduate Architecture Design I

    Units: 6
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A general introduction to architectural principles, intended to develop design and critical thinking skills and proficiency to communicate those ideas effectively.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 505bL Graduate Architecture Design I

    Units: 6
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A general introduction to architectural principles, intended to develop design and critical thinking skills and proficiency to communicate those ideas effectively.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 507 Theories of Computer Technology

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Fundamental theories and meanings of computation as a technique in architectural design.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 510 Independent Degree Project Preparation

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Research and analysis, including written and graphic components, that tests a question/proposition in detail in preparation for Independent Degree Project Document.
    Corequisite: ARCH 501 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 511L Building Systems: Materials and Construction

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Studies of construction system development within the architectural design context; processes and issues of selection, evaluation, optimization, integration, design control, and innovation.
    Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 512 Material + Process: Material Systems

    Units: 2
    Confronts the conventional concepts behind modern building science and material applications, reapplying the processes of fabrication and methods of construction to investigate materiality.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 211  or ARCH 511L .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 513L Seminar: Advanced Structures

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Issues and problems in the development of structural systems for buildings; design criteria, system choice, design development, optimization, subsystem integration.
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 514a Global History of Architecture

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A historical survey of global architecture, analyzed as a product of social, cultural, religious and political forces. 4500 BCE to 1500 CE.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 514b Global History of Architecture

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A historical survey of global architecture, analyzed as a product of social, cultural, religious and political forces. 1500 CE to present.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 515L Seminar: Advanced Environmental Systems

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    A compressed course in design criteria and calculation methods for mechanical and passive solar systems (loads, plant system, duct, and storage sizing) and lighting and acoustics (CIE and IES methods, dBA and NC systems).
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 517 Current Topics in Building Science

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 6.0
    Critical studies in building science ranging from sustainability, lighting, acoustics, materials and methods, structures, energy issues, digital media, and fabrication. Students focus on minimum of two topics.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 518 Advanced Surface Tectonics: Methods in Material and Enclosure

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Studies in contemporary building systems through analysis, research, and computational methods leading to the design of a prototypical building surface.
    Recommended Preparation: A prior knowledge of fundamental building systems and 3D modeling.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 519 Sustainability in the Environment: Infrastructures, Urban Landscapes, and Buildings

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Methodologies and exercises on contextual design and environmentally sound technologies (EST’s) applications for the sustainability of urban infrastructures, operative landscapes, and building integration in the urban system.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 520 Housing and Community Design for an Aging Population

    Units: 2
    Exploration of the role design plays in enhancing independence and well-being for older people by examining cross-cultural models of housing and community design.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 521 Health and the Designed Environment: Landscape, Place, and Architecture

    Units: 4
    Case study-oriented course presenting critical relationships between human health and well-being and architectural and landscape architectural design at three scales: buildings, public space, and the urban landscape.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 523aL Structural Design and Analysis

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to behavior and analysis of building structures. Structural loading, materials, and element types will be explored to understand the basic building blocks of buildings.
    Recommended Preparation: One-semester college-level course in physics or calculus.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 523bL Structural Design and Analysis

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Investigation and design of building structural systems for gravity, wind and seismic loading. Comprehensive design exploration of framing type, materials, detailing, layout, form and integration.
    Recommended Preparation: One-semester college-level course in physics or calculus.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 524 Professional Practicum

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 2.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Comparative studies of professional practice between U.S. firms and firms in other countries.
    Registration Restriction: Open to international upper-division undergraduate and graduate architecture students only
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • ARCH 525 Professional Practice: Pre-Design, Project and Office Administration

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Design methodology, typology programming, site analysis, budget formulation and pro-forma procedures. Office management, emphasizing professional service and professional ethics as well as project management focusing on the architect’s responsibilities during construction.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 202bL  or ARCH 505aL  or ARCH 605aL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 526 Professional Practice: Legal and Economic Context, Project Documentation

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Design methodology, typology programming, site analysis, budget formulation and pro-forma procedures. Office management, emphasizing professional service and professional ethics as well as project management focusing on the architect’s responsibilities during construction.
    Prerequisite: ARCH 500a  or ARCH 605b .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 527 Case Studies: The Development of Urban Housing

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    An exploration of the various elements and stages of the housing development process.
    Recommended Preparation: a preliminary understanding of real estate or housing.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ARCH 528 Urban Housing: Types and Typologies

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Applications and precedents for the architect interested in designing multi-family housing. Review of the sources of modern housing types, the impact of building codes and technology on the form and construction of housing, and study of housing densities; comparative analysis of multi-family residential patterns. Major emphasis on critical knowledge of historic housing typologies as they are applied to site conditions and groupings, building form, section, organization, and the design of individual dwellings.
    Recommended Preparation: two years of undergraduate architectural studies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

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