Degree Outlines

BFA Architecture Outlines

M.Arch Outlines

School of Architecture

BFA Architecture

First Year - 30.0 Units

First Semester 12.0 Units

• ARH_110: Introduction to Environments: The Physical World
  [Major Required Course]
• FND_113: Sketching for Communication
  [Major Required Course]
• LA_352: Golden Section/Sacred Geometry
  [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course]
• FASCU_130: Sculpture 1
  [Major Required Course]

Second Semester 18.0 Units

• ARH_150: Design Studio 1: Materials, Ordering Systems, & Forms
  [Major Required Course]
• ARH_170: The Drawing Room: Projections
  [Major Required Course]
• ARH_190: The Digital World: BIM and Computer Graphics
  [Major Required Course]
• LA_108: Composition for the Artist
  [Liberal Arts: Written Communications Requirement]
• LA_255: College Math
  [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course]

Second Year - 36.0 Units

Third Semester 18.0 Units

• ARH_210: Design Studio 2: Study of Precedents
  [Major Required Course]
• ARH_230: Media Development: Space, Form & Canvas
  [Major Required Course]
• (LA_202: English Composition: Creative Persuasion & Argument, OR LA_280: Perspective Journalism)
  [Liberal Arts: Written Communications Requirement] [Liberal Arts: Written Communications Requirement]
• (LA_219: History of Architecture 1, OR ARH_219: History of Architecture 1)
  [Liberal Arts: History of Architecture Requirement] [Liberal Arts: History of Architecture Requirement]
• LA_256: Topics in Contemporary Mathematics
  [Liberal Arts: Quantitative Reasoning Literacy Requirement]

Fourth Semester 18.0 Units

• ARH_250: Design Studio 3: Site, Context and Sustainability
  [Major Required Course]
• (LA_249: History of Architecture 2, OR ARH_249: History of Architecture 2)
  [Liberal Arts: History of Architecture Requirement] [Liberal Arts: History of Architecture Requirement]
• ***_***:
  [Liberal Arts: Historical Awareness Requirement]
• LA_126: Seminar in the Arts
  [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course]
• LA_291: Designing Careers
  [Liberal Arts: Employment Communications & Practices Requirement]

Third Year - 36.0 Units

Fifth Semester 18.0 Units

• ARH_310: Design Studio 4: Urban Context and Sustainability
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• ARH_320: The Structural World: Wood, Steel, & Masonry
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• (LA_319: History of Architecture 3, OR ARH_319: History of Architecture 3)
  [Liberal Arts: History of Architecture Requirement] [Liberal Arts: History of Architecture Requirement]
• LA_303: Critical Thinking and Philosophical Concepts
  [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course]
• LA_110: English Composition: Narrative Storytelling
  [Liberal Arts: Written Communications Requirement]

Sixth Semester 18.0 Units

• ARH_350: Design Studio 5: Form & Order: Wood & Steel
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• ARH_360: Place, Site and Context
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• ARH_370: Spatial Ordering and Evolution of Form
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• LA_238: World Literature
  [Liberal Arts: Cultural Ideas & Influences Requirement]
• ***_***:
  [Art Elective 1]

Fourth Year - 30.0 Units

Seventh Semester 15.0 Units

• ARH_410: Design Studio 6: Form and Order: Concrete
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• ARH_420: The Structural World: Concrete
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• ARH_440: The Mechanical World: Energy and Sustainability
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• ***_***:
  [Art Elective 2]

Eighth Semester 15.0 Units

• ARH_450: Design Studio 7: Building Type: Housing
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• ARH_475: Professional Practices for Architects
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• LA_228: Topics in Modern Science
  [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course]
• ***_***:
  [Art Elective 3]