Total credits required for a BFA in Architectural Design: 120.0
The below degree plan is for students who entered in the 2018 - 19 academic year.
Course |
Course # |
Credits |
FIRST-YEAR-EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS |
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| Art Matters | AH 100 | 3.0 |
| Critical Inquiry | HMST 101 | 3.0 |
| Forum I | FF 111 | 3.0 |
| Forum II | FF 112 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Tradition and Innovation | FF 161 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Contemporary Practices | FF 162 | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Color/Design category | ||
| Color/Design/Process |
FF 120A | 3.0 |
| Color/Design/Pattern | FF 120B | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Form/Space category | ||
| Prototype/Situate/Fabricate |
FF 130A | 3.0 |
| Body/World/Machine | FF 130B | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Systems/Time category | ||
| Haptics and Optics |
FF 140A | 3.0 |
| Cartographies | FF 140B | 3.0 |
| First-Year-Experience Elective | 3.0 | |
LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS |
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| Modernism and After | AH 201 | 3.0 |
| World Architecture | AH 250 | 3.0 |
| Modern Architecture & Urbanism | AH 376 | 3.0 |
| Contemporary Architectural Criticism* | AH 379-TH | 3.0 |
| Scientific Readings: Physics** | NSCI 201E | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 6.0 |
| Intellectual History I | -IH1 | 3.0 |
| Intellectual History II | -IH2 | 3.0 |
| Academic Electives (or Writing Workshop, if required) | 3.0 | |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (any level) | 3.0 | |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300 or 400 level) | 3.0 | |
Architectural design MAJOR REQUIREMENTS |
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| Integrated 3D Design | AD 200 | 3.0 |
| Methods | AD 201 | 3.0 |
| Structures | AD 205 | 3.0 |
| Interior and Exterior | AD 210 | 3.0 |
| Digital Drawing | AD 211 | 3.0 |
| Architectural Lab I | AD 300 | 3.0 |
| Materials and Fabrication | AD 301 | 3.0 |
| Architectural Lab II | AD 310 | 3.0 |
| Building Technology | AD 311 | 3.0 |
| Architectural Lab III | AD 400 | 3.0 |
| Advanced Drawing | AD 401 | 3.0 |
| Architectural Lab IV: Thesis | AD 410 | 6.0 |
| Professional Development | AD 411 | 3.0 |
| Studio Electives | 15.0 | |
* Fulfills Theory requirement
**Fulfills Math/Science requirement