Courses of Instruction

USC School of Architecture

Courses

Architecture

• ARCH 100x A-LAB Architecture Development Program

  Units: 4
  Immersive, project-based architecture thinking, drawing, building, and making course, which includes aspects of professional development and college readiness. (Not available for major or minor credit.)
  Registration Restriction: Restricted to high school students participating in the School of Architecture A-LAB Development Program
  Credit Restriction: Not for Major Credit
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 102a Architectural Design I

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  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

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  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 104 History and Theory of Architecture, Technology, Innovation

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Introduction to and critical examination of history, theory and cultural significance of architecture, technology and innovation through lectures and readings.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 105L Fundamentals of Design Communication

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  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

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  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.
  Credit Restriction: Not available for credit to architecture majors.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 108 Idea to Reality

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Examines the entrepreneurial process of taking a product from idea to marketplace, including innovation, concepts of feasibility, design, prototyping, getting investors and marketing.
  Recommended Preparation: ARCH 104 
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 109 Design Foundation Workshop

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Introduction to concepts and principles that are the distinguishing attributes of the architectural discourse and to the range of skills essential to the design process.
  Prerequisite: ARCH 105 
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Architecture and Inventive Technologies students
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 114 Architecture: Culture and Community

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  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

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  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: Lecture, Lab Required
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 202bL Architectural Design II

  Units: 6
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  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: Lecture, Lab Required
  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

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  The process and communication of building design: physical building shell, systems for structure, enclosure, and space ordering.
  Prerequisite: CE 106 .
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 205bL Building Science I

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  The process and communication of building design: physical building shell, systems for structure, enclosure, and space ordering.
  Prerequisite: CE 106 .
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 207 Computer Applications in Architecture

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  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

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  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

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  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 .
  Satisfies New General Education in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 213b Building Structures and Seismic Design

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  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 .
  Satisfies New General Education in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 214ag World History of Architecture

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  A world-wide perspective of architectural history as a product of social, cultural, religious, and political dimensions, 4500 BCE to 1500 CE.
  Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 214bg World History of Architecture

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  A world-wide perspective of architectural history as a product of social, cultural, religious, and political dimensions, 1500 CE to present.
  Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 215 Design for the Thermal and Atmospheric Environment

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  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 218 Resilient Design

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Seminar focused on sustainability and resilient design strategies. Topics such as urban ecology, climate change, sea-level rise, wildfires and Net Zero design will be examined.
  Recommended Preparation: ARCH 108 
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 219 Design at the Scale of the Human Body Workshop

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  A design-based exploration of the scale of the human body and how it informs, interferes or interacts with furniture, goods, fixtures and furnishings.
  Prerequisite: ARCH 109 
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Architecture and Inventive Technologies students
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 220 The Architect’s Sketchbook

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  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 228 Social Environments

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Exploration of the intersection between the urban form and the social life of cities, looking at systemic problems of urban societies and potential design solutions.
  Recommended Preparation: ARCH 218 
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 229 Shelter Design Workshop

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Introduction to design at an occupiable scale – from tents and pavilions to single units of housing, including issues of materiality, accessibility, constructability, functionality, etc.
  Prerequisite: ARCH 219 
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 302aL Architectural Design III

  Units: 6
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Special integrative year including design issues relating to housing.
  Prerequisite: ARCH 202bL .
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 302bL Architectural Design III

  Units: 6
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Special integrative year including design issues relating to housing.
  Prerequisite: ARCH 202bL .
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
  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

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  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.
  Credit Restriction: Not available for credit to architecture majors.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 305aL Building Science II

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  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 305bL Building Science II

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  (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 318 Experimental Futures

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Examination of experimental architecture, both historically, in the present day and the future. New waves of experimentation have the potential to bring about positive change in architecture.
  Recommended Preparation: ARCH 228 
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 319 Architectural Product Design Workshop

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Exploration into development of students’ own architectural product and working prototype, using digital fabrication techniques for creating a physical prototype or coding for development of an app.
  Prerequisite: ARCH 229  
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 326 The Modern Movement in Architecture

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  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 328 Entrepreneurial Practices for Architecture

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Development of business acumen around new architectural products, materials, systems, etc. Marketing, pitching, business plan development and networking are important aspects of business that all early entrepreneurs need to learn and understand.
  Recommended Preparation: ARCH 318 
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 329 Professional Practicum Workshop

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Students are required to have an architecture-related internship. Students reflect on the nature of their internships and the practice in general through readings and assignments.
  Prerequisite: ARCH 319 
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 341 History of Italian Architecture 1400–1990

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Introduction to the important buildings, architects and architectural movements in Italy from the Renaissance to the present.
  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

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  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

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  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: Lecture, Lab Required
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 402bL Architectural Design IV

  Units: 6
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  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: Lecture, Lab Required
  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  (Enroll in SSCI 412L )
  
• ARCH 414 Perspectives in History and Theory in Architecture

  Units: 2
  Max Units: 06
  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 214a  or ARCH 214b  or ARCH 304 
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 417 Computer Programming in Architecture

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  An exploratory study of fundamental and innovative visual communication principles and graphic expression techniques to facilitate the design enquiry process for architects.
  Registration Restriction: Not open to Freshman and Sophomore students
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 421 Digital Architectural Photography

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  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

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  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

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  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.
  Registration Restriction: Not open to Freshman and Sophomore students
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 424L Field Studies in Architecture

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  (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

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  (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

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  (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 431 Nonconventional Materials for the Built Environment

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  An exploration of materials science topics relevant to the application of nonconventional materials in architecture, design, and engineering, addressing a broad range of materials, from the experimental to the vernacular.
  Recommended Preparation: ARCH 211 
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 432 People, Places and Culture: Architecture of the Public Realm

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  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 439 Landscape Architecture Foundations Workshop

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Introductory field studies and media workshop for new landscape architecture students. Topics include: regional ecology, field drawing, measured drawings, computer software (Adobe Creative Suite, Autocad, Rhinoceros, GIS).
  Registration Restriction: Open only to master students in Landscape Architecture
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 440m Literature and the Urban Experience

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  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

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  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 447 Ecological Factors in Design

  Units: 3
  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.
  Duplicates Credit in former ARCH 361
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 454 Contemporary Asian Architecture

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  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 464 The Politics of Architectures and Infrastructures

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Global histories and anthropologies of architectures and infrastructures are studied through questions of equitability, enfranchisement and political agency. Discussions are supplemented by visual material.
  Registration Restriction: Not open to Freshman and Sophomore students
  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 469 Mixed Use Development Process

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  (Enroll in RED 469 )
  
• ARCH 470a Architectural Studies Capstone

  Units: 1
  Introduction to methods of inquiry, research framework, and scholarly writing necessary to develop a comprehensive foundation for the Architectural Studies Capstone (ARCH 470b).
  Registration Restriction: Open only to seniors in Architectural Studies
  Duplicates Credit in former ARCH 470
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 470b Architectural Studies Capstone

  Units: 3
  Collaborative research project and research paper in an area of concentration.
  Prerequisite: ARCH 470a  
  Registration Restriction: Open only to seniors in Architectural Studies
  Duplicates Credit in former ARCH 470
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 472 Building Skins: Materials and Methods for Facades and Enclosures

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Broad-based survey course focused on facade system technology and explores the potent leverage of the building skin in the realization of intelligent and sustainable buildings and urban habitat.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 480 Conversations on the Expanded Role of the Architect

  Units: 1
  Max Units: 10
  Modeled after Renaissance Salons, this “flipped classroom” course relies on lectures by luminaries and discussions as a means to interrogate the role of the architect.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 481 Furniture Design

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  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

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  Individual research and readings.
  Credit Restriction: 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

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  Selected topics in various specialty areas of architecture.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• ARCH 500aL Comprehensive Architectural Design

  Units: 6
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  The final architectural project under the guidance of a faculty adviser to demonstrate architectural knowledge, skills, and professional interests and goals.
  Prerequisite: ARCH 500aL  and ARCH 501 
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Architecture seniors
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
  Grading Option: In Progress and Letter
  
  
• ARCH 502zL Architectural Design V

  Units: 0
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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