Architecture (ARCH)

ARCH 1A.     History of Architecture: Prehistory to 1800. 3 Units

General Education Area/Graduation Requirement: Arts (3-A)

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

A survey of global architecture and the built environment from prehistory through the end of the 18th century, viewed through its narratives, theories, representations, and formal qualities. Emphasis on architecture's social, cultural, economic and political contexts. Introduction to basic methods of architectural analysis, using context, typology, poetics, structure, technology, materiality, zeitgeist, economics, tectonics, and creativity.

Cross Listed: ARCH/INTD 1A; only one may be counted for credit.

ARCH 1B.     History of Architecture: 1800 to Today. 3 Units

General Education Area/Graduation Requirement: Arts (3-A)

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

A survey of global architecture and the built environment from 1800 to today, viewed through its narratives, theories, representations, and formal qualities. Emphasis on architecture's social, cultural, economic and political contexts. Introduction to basic methods of architectural analysis, using context, typology, poetics, structure, technology, materiality, zeitgeist, economics, tectonics, and creativity.

Cross Listed: ARCH/INTD 1B; only one may be taken for credit.

ARCH 10.     Architectural Design Fundamentals. 3 Units

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Foundational studio course introducing students to how the fundamental design principles including scale, proportion, and ordering systems are used within the fields of interior architecture and architecture. Emphasis is placed on learning the visual (basic architectural drawing and model-making, sketching, photography, and collage,) verbal and written communication skills to convey design ideas. Students will also develop their iterative design process techniques, learning how to critically analyze and refine their work.

ARCH 11A.     Architectural Space Planning. 3 Units

Prerequisite(s): Students are encouraged to take ARCH 10 (previously INTD 25) and DSGN 10 before ARCH 11A.

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Introduction to interior space planning related to residential and commercial projects. Emphasizes understanding and applying programmatic relationships and spatial problem-solving processes to multiple small-scale multilevel design problems. Focuses on the programmatic and schematic design phases. Continues the development of architectural drafting concepts, including architectural scale, drawing conventions, and orthographic view creation. Continues the development of iterative design work processes and subsequent architectural design development and communication.

ARCH 11B.     Beginning Interior and Architectural Design. 3 Units

Prerequisite(s): Grade C or better in each of the following courses: ARCH 11A, ARCH 10, ARCH 33.

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Architectural fundamentals studio building upon foundational/introductory courses. Focuses on the factors and issues that underlie the translation of human needs and purposes into an integrated and holistic architectural solution. Continues to develop students¿ abilities to conceptualize and implement architectural ideas in response to environmental, site, enclosure, program, and human experience issues. Emphasis will be placed on understanding architectural solutions as a means to mediate between diverse human needs and the external world. Forms of visual inquiry include abstraction, modes of representation, tectonics, materiality, scale, and space.

ARCH 30.     Digital Literacy for Designers. 2 Units

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Introductory digital literacy course for design majors. Focuses on preparing students to engage with digital assets and techniques relevant to the scholarly and creative endeavors of the design disciplines. Explores digital literacy as a practice in relation to design.

ARCH 33.     Beginning AutoCAD and SketchUP. 2 Units

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 30.

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Introductory computer-aided design (CAD) course. Focuses on using AutoCAD and SketchUp software for orthographic drawing development and three-dimensional models of buildings. Emphasis on CAD vocabulary, digital drawing/modeling conventions, and techniques. Provides practice constructing digital two-dimensional orthographic drawings and digital three-dimensional models of architectural projects.

ARCH 36.     Beginning Revit. 2 Units

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 30

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Introduction to Building Information Modeling (BIM) concepts and modeling techniques using Autodesk Revit. Introductory course on the basic methodology of parametric systems. Covers the fundamental principles of BIM modeling workflow. Emphasis on project setup, project modeling, view setups, and sheet layouts.

ARCH 85.     Introduction to Architecture and Interior Design Practice. 3 Units

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Survey course on the fundamental principles of interior design and architecture, exploring how spatial design impacts human experience and built environments. Students will examine the roles and responsibilities of interior designers, interior architects, and architects within contemporary building design practices. Exploration the different career pathways and the main types of building design projects. Additionally, students will focus on the major frameworks for social justice, sustainable and data-driven design, analyzing their evolution in response to political and social influences.

ARCH 96A.     Beginning Interior and Architectural Design. 3 Units

Prerequisite(s): Grade C or better in each of the following courses: ARCH 11A, ARCH 10, ARCH 33.

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Architectural fundamentals studio building upon content from ARCH 10, 11A, 33. Focuses on the factors and issues that underlie the translation of human needs and purposes into an integrated and holistic architectural solution. Continues to develop students¿ abilities to conceptualize and implement architectural ideas in response to environmental, site, enclosure, program, and human experience issues. Emphasis will be placed on understanding architectural solutions as a means to mediate between diverse human needs and the external world. Forms of visual inquiry include abstraction, modes of representation, tectonics, materiality, scale, and space.

ARCH 110A.     Intermediate Architecture Design Studio Option A. 4 Units

Prerequisite(s): INTD 25 OR ARCH 10, INTD 27 OR ARCH 11 OR ARCH 11A, INTD 153 OR ARCH 11B, INTD 30 OR ARCH 33, INTD 161 OR ARCH 36.

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Intermediate architectural design studio exploring issues, ideas, and methods of making and thinking in in single-family and multi-family residential architecture. Design problems emphasize creating an integrated solution that considers form, space, site, tectonics, materials, and energy considerations. Emphasis on schematic concept formation and subsequent architectural development. Students work on individual and group design projects.

ARCH 110B.     Intermediate Architecture Design Studio Option B. 4 Units

Prerequisite(s): INTD 25 OR ARCH 10, INTD 27 OR ARCH 11 OR ARCH 11A, INTD 153 OR ARCH 11B, INTD 30 OR ARCH 33, INTD 161 OR ARCH 36.

Term Typically Offered: Fall only

Intermediate architectural design studio exploring issues, ideas, and methods of making and thinking in commercial architecture. Design problems emphasize creating an integrated solution that considers form, space, site, tectonics, materials, and energy considerations. Emphasis on schematic concept formation and subsequent architectural development. Students work on individual and group design projects.

ARCH 110C.     Intermediate Architecture Design Studio Option C. 4 Units

Prerequisite(s): INTD 25 OR ARCH 10, INTD 27 OR ARCH 11 OR ARCH 11A, INTD 153 OR ARCH 11B, INTD 30 OR ARCH 33, INTD 161 OR ARCH 36.

Term Typically Offered: Fall only

Intermediate architectural design studio exploring issues, ideas, and methods of making and thinking in public-sector architecture. Design problems emphasize creating an integrated solution that considers form, space, site, tectonics, materials, and energy considerations. Emphasis on schematic concept formation and subsequent architectural development. Students work on individual and group design projects.

ARCH 136A.     Advanced Building Information Modeling for Architecture. 2 Units

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 36

Term Typically Offered: Spring only

Advanced techniques for designing in Building Information Modeling (BIM) environments, including conceptual modeling, design options, custom object creation, and energy modeling and analysis. Emphasis on creating construction drawings using Revit.

ARCH 136B.     Advanced Building Information Modeling_ Parametric and Free-Form Modeling with Visualization. 2 Units

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 36 with a minimum C grade.

Term Typically Offered: Fall only

This course explores advanced Revit workflows, parametric design, and free-form modeling techniques beyond standard Building Information Modeling applications. Students develop complex architectural forms, adaptive components, and generative design solutions through computational design, automation, and visualization techniques. The course integrates real-world applications of advanced rendering, visualization, and performance analysis, preparing students for cutting-edge architectural practice.

ARCH 138A.     Architectural Rendering I. 2 Units

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 30, ARCH 33, ARCH 36.

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Investigation of and practice with media, methods, and techniques of architectural visualization. Exploration of the many forms of perspective and isometric visual expression used during the various stages of the design process. Topics related to rendering, including 3D modeling, visual communication, color, light and shadow, and animation. Employs analog and digital techniques.

ARCH 138B.     Architectural Rendering II. 2 Units

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 30, ARCH 36.

Term Typically Offered: Spring only

Exploration of intermediate digital rendering techniques for interior architectural visualization. Students will refine their understanding of materials, lighting, and composition to create realistic and stylized digital renderings. Emphasizing material properties, light behavior, and rendering workflows, the course integrates industry-standard software to enhance spatial perception and design communication.

ARCH 150.     Introduction to Structural Concepts. 3 Units

Prerequisite(s): Student must have completed their G.E. Area B4 requirement.

Term Typically Offered: Spring only

Introduction to structural principles as they apply to buildings. Course content includes a historical overview of how structural engineering has shaped buildings; an in-depth analysis of structural forces, including compression, tension, and lateral loads; and an examination of the structural properties of wood, concrete, masonry and steel.

ARCH 153.     Building Regulations, Life Safety, and Accessibility. 3 Units

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Study of the professional role of the architect in relation to clients, contractors, consultants, and the public. Topics include building and life-safety codes, accessibility codes, green building, and energy codes. Architectural licensure requirements, professional ethics, permitting, regulations, and related laws will be discussed along with strategies for project delivery. Field Trip(s) may be required.

Field trip(s) may be required.

ARCH 157.     Building Envelope: Materials, Systems, and Assemblies. 3 Units

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

An introduction to exterior building materials, envelope systems, assemblies, and façade design. Emphasis on materials selection, design, detailing, and performance evaluation including sustainable design criteria. Field trip(s) may be required.

Field trip(s) may be required.

ARCH 159.     MEP Systems and Building Performance Analysis. 3 Units

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

An introduction to the general concepts of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and overall building performance as they relate to sustainable design. Emphasis on active and passive thermal comfort and control, building energy, water use, acoustics, and lighting. Field trip(s) may be required.

Field trip(s) may be required.

ARCH 180.     Capstone Architecture Studio. 5 Units

Prerequisite(s): 12 units of the ARCH 110 choices with a grade "C" or better.

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Capstone design studio where given complex interior architectural problems, students explore issues, ideas, and methods of making and thinking in architecture. Continued emphasis is on designing integrated solutions that explore form, space, tectonics, materials, building systems, and sustainability. Focus is on demonstrating competency in design research, analysis, programming, conceptualization, design development, and communicating final design proposals. Projects completed with assistance from instructor, client, and working professionals.

ARCH 185.     Pro Practice - Architecture Career Preparation. 3 Units

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Professional practice studio course in which students develop their professional self-marketing tools. Required guest lectures, professional networking, and career guidance events with written and verbal self-reflection activities.

ARCH 186.     Special Topics in Contemporary Architecture Practice. 5 Units

Prerequisite(s): Any ARCH 110 or INTD 110 series course.

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Studio-based course exploring innovative concepts, techniques, and practices in contemporary architecture. Emphasis will be on intermediate-to-advanced understandings of the social, cultural, and spatial contexts of architectural practice, including research and design expression across all facets and scales of a project. Topics will be announced at the time of student registration. Projects completed with assistance from instructor, client, and working professionals.

Note: Permission of instructor required.

ARCH 195.     Architecture Internship. 3 Units

Prerequisite(s): Faculty approval required; Students must have completed at least two intermediate design studios.

Term Typically Offered: Summer only

Directed professional work experience that synthesizes work and academic explorations for architecture studies majors. Approved internship in an architecture office or a planning or architectural-related public service agency. Enhances students' academic experience by providing real-world application of theoretical knowledge, fostering invaluable professional skills, and facilitating connections between classroom learning and industry practices.

Note: Students must make arrangements with a faculty member for a work program prior to admittance.

Credit/No Credit

ARCH 196L.     Building Regulations, Life Safety, and Accessibility. 3 Units

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Study of the professional role of the architect in relation to clients, contractors, consultants, and the public. Topics include building and life-safety codes, accessibility codes, green building, and energy codes. Architectural licensure requirements, professional ethics, permitting, regulations, and related laws will be discussed along with strategies for project delivery.

ARCH 196M.     Building Envelope: Materials, Systems, and Assemblies. 3 Units

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

An introduction to exterior building materials, envelope systems, assemblies, and façade design. Emphasis on materials selection, design, detailing, and performance evaluation including sustainable design criteria.

ARCH 196S.     MEP Systems and Building Performance Analysis. 3 Units

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

An introduction to the general concepts of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and overall building performance as they relate to sustainable design. Emphasis on active and passive thermal comfort and control, building energy, water use, acoustics, and lighting. Field trip(s)s may be required.

Field trip(s) may be required.