Undergraduate Minors
Undergraduate Minor in Art and Architectural History
The courses listed below constitute the 15 hours required for a minor in Art and Architectural History.
Six hours are required from the following 100 and 200 level courses: ARTS 149 or ARCH249, ARTS 150 or ARCH 250
Nine hours are required from the following 300 and 400 level courses: ARCH 329, ARCH 345, ARCH 350, ARCH 430, ARCH 434, ARCH 437, ARCH 440, ARCH 441, ARCH 442, ARTS 330, ARTS 335
Application
Students must receive signed approval from the Department of Architecture Undergraduate Advisor or the advisor for the Minor. Application is then made in the student’s home college or major department.
Eligibility
Students applying for a minor in Art and Architectural History must have a 2.0 or better overall GPR. Application is made in the student’s home college or major department. Some colleges and departments outside the College of Architecture do not permit their students to minor.
Satisfactory Completion of Courses
To be awarded the minor in Art and Architectural History and receive transcript recognition, students must obtain a “C” or better in each course listed above (or in any transfer course used as an equivalent).
Transfer Courses
The student’s home college or major department may grant, with agreement from the College of Architecture, transfer course work subject to approval by the History faculty. A course syllabus must be submitted for review by the history faculty in order to be considered for transfer credit.
Senior Design Sequence Options
Architectural Studies Option
The Architectural Studies Option in the Senior Design Sequence is a mainstream studio-based curriculum aimed at those students who wish to pursue graduate studies in an accredited MArch program and eventually, professional practice in architecture.
Fall semester features an integrated studio sequence of ARCH 405 - Architectural Design IV, ARCH 431- Integrated Structures, and ARCH 435 - Integrated Systems. All three classes are taught in the studio and students integrate design, structures and systems into their projects.
Spring semester features ARCH 406 - Architectural Design V, where students can choose from a wide variety of studios focusing on topical approaches to design, emphasizing theory and practice of architecture or related disciplines, such as urban design, interior design, health care design, etc.
Home Architecture Option
The Home Architecture Option replaces general architectural studies in the Senior Year Design Sequence. It immerses students in the sector of design and construction that is concerned with single-family homes. The topics of the Option are comprehensive across phases of the procurement process to include land development, regulation, design, construction, marketing, and habitation. Students will design and construct a house, and in the process gain knowledge of construction materials, methods, supply chains, and management. They will employ advanced information technologies that enable them to integrate knowledge of these diverse areas that into their design decision-making process.
Research Option
The Research Option replaces general architectural studies in the Senior Year Design Sequence. It provides an opportunity for motivated students to explore and participate in research to create new knowledge in the built environment. This option introduces students to the rigor of scientific and naturalistic methods of inquiry. Areas of research include sustainable design, technology, history, historic preservation, practice, evidence-based design, health issues, visualization, simulation, entrepreneurship, leadership and others. Students graduating in the Research Option may apply for graduate studies in architecture or related disciplines, but it is the responsibility of individual Research Option participants to investigate and understand the particular requirements and perquisites of the graduate programs they are planning to apply to.
The Research Option requires a 3.0 GPA for entry. Students will write proposals for funding from the University and Honors Research Grants to be utilized in their fourth year of study. Arch 491-Research is the main course and. Key supporting courses include Arch 291-Research.
If another graduate program besides architecture is being pursued, courses in the first semester of the fourth year may be substituted with the recommendation and approval of the Associate Department Head to enhance the research experience.