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The Bachelor of Science in Architecture consists of 131 credit hours of undergraduate courses.
This program has two components: general architecture and preprofessional.

  • Admission to the general architecture program is open to all students admitted into the university.
  • Admission into the preprofessional program is competitive and based on a comprehensive review of the student's portfolio, essay, statement of intent, and grade point average.


This degree will give students knowledge of and career opportunities in architecture, the building industry, and related fields. The college also offers dual-degree programs with civil engineering and business administration.


First Year

SEEING
Fall
ARCH 1311 Design Environment & Society
ARCH 1341 Arch. Freehand Drawing
MATH 1321 or MATH 1550
CORE CURRICULUM See Below
CORE CURRICULUM See Below
TOTALHOURS 15 (17)
FOUNDATION
Spring
ARCH 1412 Arch. Design Studio I
ARCH 1353 Digital Media I
PHYS 1403General Physics I w/lab
PHIL2310Logic
CORE CURRICULUM See Below
TOTAL HOURS 17

Pre-Professional Program

Competitive placement based on comprehensive review including student portfolio, written essay, GPA, statement of intent, and successful completion of PHYS 1403.

Summer
Session I
CORE CURRICULUM See Below (Nat'l Lab Science)
CORE CURRICULUM See Below
TOTAL HOURS 7
Session II
CORE CURRICULUM See Below
CORE CURRICULUM See Below
TOTAL HOURS 6

Second Year

BASIC-INTERNAL
Fall
ARCH 2501 Arch Design Studio II
ARCH 2311 Hist. of World Arch.
ARCH 2351 Arch. Construction I
CORE CURRICULUM See Below
+Diversity Elective 3
TOTAL HOURS 17
BASIC-EXTERNAL
Spring
ARCH 2502 Arch Design Studio III
ARCH 2315 Hist. 18/19/20 Cent. Arch
ARCH 2342 Arch. Design Drawing
ARCH 2355 Environmental Systems
Elective 3
TOTAL HOURS 17

Third Year

BUILDING ENCLOSURE
Fall
ARCH 3501 Arch Design Studio IV
ARCH 3341 Digital Media II
ARCH 3350 Arch. Construction II
ARCH 3373 Environ. Analysis/Site Planning
Elective 3
TOTAL HOURS 17
BUILDING SYSTEMS
ARCH 3502 Arch Design Studio V
ARCH 3314 Arch. Hist. & Contemporary Issues
ARCH 3352 Building Information
ARCH 3355 Construction III
ARCH Elective
TOTAL HOURS 17
URBANISM
Session I and Session II
++ARCH 4601 Architectural Design Studio VI
TOTAL HOURS 6

Fourth Year

Fall
Collaboration
ARCH 4341 Media Elective
ARCH 4354 Integrative Building Modeling
ARCH 4363 Architectural Theory
Elective3
Core Curriculum
ENGL 1301 Essentials of College Rhetoric
ENGL 1302 Advanced College Rhetoric
MATH 1321 Trigonometry or MATH 1550 Pre-Calculus
PHIL 2310Logic
PHYS 1403 General Physics I w/Lab 4
Natural Lab Science 4
POLS 1301 American Government Organ.
POLS 2302 American Public Policy
HIST 2300 History US to 1877
HIST 2301 History US since 1877
COMS 2300/3358Elective
  • Numerical Listing of Architecture Courses
  • Diversity elective course offerings
  • Optional courses ARCH 4365, 4366 maybe substituted for ARCH 4601 in order to complete the Bachelor of Science Degree (Pre-Professional Program). However, ARCH 4601 is a prerequisite for ARCH 5901.
  • Choose from Core Curriculum requirements.
  • Or approved substitution.