Apr 23, 2024  
2015-2016 Graduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Anthropology (ANTH)

  
  • ANTH 484 - Museum Studies III: Field Projects

    1-12 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Art 484.)

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • ANTH 485 - Oral Biology

    4 Credit Hours
    Intense examination of human dentition and oral skeletal structures: including dento-facial embryology/growth, histology, gross tooth morphology and pathology.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117; 480.
  
  • ANTH 489 - Forensic Science and Human Rights

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of the intersection of forensic science and human rights, emphasizing forensic anthropologists’ role in human rights investigations. Practical, ethical, and theoretical implications of scientific work in the human rights arena. Special topics and in-depth case studies illustrating the complexity of human rights oriented forensic science work.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117, 419.
  
  • ANTH 490 - Primate Evolution

    3 Credit Hours
    Living and fossil primate taxonomy, ecology, and comparative anatomy. Survey of primate fossil record with emphasis on the origin or major primate lineages.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117.
    Registration Restriction(s): Anthropology major.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 494 - Primate Behavior

    3 Credit Hours
    Social organization and behavior of selected primates: group composition, size, and structure; patterns of mating; other social interactions; communication; and cultural behavior. Application of primate studies to human ethology.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117.
    Registration Restriction(s): Anthropology major.
  
  • ANTH 500 - Thesis

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ANTH 501 - Graduate Research

    1-9 Credit Hours
    Independent investigation of special problems in anthropology.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 18 hours.
  
  • ANTH 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ANTH 504 - Anthropological Statistics I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to frequentist statistics (including standard parametric statistics and some of their nonparametric correlates) emphasizing anthropological applications, available methods and appropriate usage. Exploratory data sets will be provided to facilitate learning, and students may additionally provide their own data.
  
  • ANTH 510 - Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of primary theoretical orientations by cultural anthropologists; formulation of research problems and methods of collecting, organizing, and utilizing data.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 511 - Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Seminars for advanced students on topics of special interest: ethnomedicine, psychological anthropology, comparative social organization, religion, and art.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 515 - Medical Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Cultural impact on disease patterning, theories of disease causation, and models of therapy. Theoretical and applied aspects of the anthropological study of health and disease.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 520 - Seminar in Zooarchaeology

    3 Credit Hours
    Approaches to analysis and interpretation of archaeological fauna. Intensive reading; evaluation and discussion of major faunal studies, guides to identification, methods of presenting faunal data.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • ANTH 521 - Laboratory Studies in Zooarchaeology

    4 Credit Hours
    Examination and comparison of skeletons of major vertebrate groups, shells of terrestrial and aquatic mollusks, in relation to animal remains from archaeological contexts. Basic osteology and shell characters of species encountered in aboriginal sites; use of comparative collections.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 8 hours.
  
  • ANTH 522 - Seminar in Archaeology

    3 Credit Hours
    Theoretical and practical issues in contemporary archaeology: ethnoarchaeology, paleoethnobotany, taphonomy, ceramic analysis, agricultural origins, and regional archaeological cultures.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • ANTH 523 - Anthropology of Genocide

    3 Credit Hours
    Seminar in the comparative analysis of the context and causes of genocides, with attention to problems of prevention, intervention, post-genocide dynamics, and the search for international justice. Methods and challenges of post-genocide research in cultural anthropology, archaeology, and forensics.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 530 - Fieldwork in Archaeology

    3-9 Credit Hours
    Practicum in surveying, excavating, processing, and analysis of archaeological data.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 531 - Ethnographic Research Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Conceptual and practical exploration of methods and techniques cultural anthropologists use in fieldwork. Research design, ethical considerations, field safety, and qualitative data collection and analysis methods are addressed.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 550 - Contemporary Issues in Anthropology

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Review of recent directions in method and theory in anthropology.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • ANTH 551 - Hunter-gatherer Archaeology and Ethnography

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced seminar directed to the current literature and thinking about hunter-gatherers worldwide.
  
  • ANTH 552 - Peopling of the Americas

    3 Credit Hours
    Archaeological, bioanthropological, linguistic and paleoenvironmental evidence associated with the initial human settlement of the Americas during the late Pleistocene.
  
  • ANTH 560 - Theory in Archaeology

    3 Credit Hours
    Detailed consideration of theory in contemporary archaeology: models of scientific explanation, research design, archaeological formation processes, and methods of analysis and interpretation.
  
  • ANTH 562 - Special Topics in Mediterranean Archaeology

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Classics 562.)

  
  • ANTH 563 - Lithic Artifact Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Methods for analyzing prehistoric stone tools in practical laboratory/lecture format. Stone tool production, use, stylistic variability, and discard processes.
  
  • ANTH 565 - Graduate Seminar in Ancient Mediterranean Civilization

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Classics 565.)

  
  • ANTH 581 - Forensic Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of human identification methods to skeletal/dental tissues. Evolving role of forensic anthropology in medico-legal system. Relationship of anthropology to pathology, odontology and subsequent legal responsibilities.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 480.
  
  • ANTH 582 - Paleoanthropology

    4 Credit Hours
    Fossil record from origin of hominids to appearance of anatomically modern humans. Functional morphology and phylogenetic relationships of fossil humans.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 480.
  
  • ANTH 583 - Skeletal Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Practical and theoretical approaches to analysis of prehistoric human skeletal remains. Demography, vital statistics, pathology, nutrition, and measures of biological relationships as related to population as adaptive unit.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 480.
  
  • ANTH 584 - Seminar in Bioarchaeology

    3 Credit Hours
    Method and theory in Bioarchaeology, incorporating aspects of Biological Anthropology and Anthropological Archaeology. The focus is on traditional methodological issues and the application of recent social theory to the analysis of the mortuary record.
    Recommended Background: Human osteology and basic bioarchaeology.
  
  • ANTH 585 - Laboratory Studies in Biological Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Topical coverage of laboratory methods in biological anthropology.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 586 - Anthropological Genetics

    3 Credit Hours
    Method and theory of Anthropological Genetics, applying methods from genetics and genomics to issues in Anthropology. The course explores recent innovations in the field with respect to human variation and human origins.
    Recommended Background: Basic genetics and evolutionary biology.
  
  • ANTH 590 - Method and Theory in Biological Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Current methods of analysis in biological anthropology and of past and current history of theoretical perspectives. Paleoanthropology, human osteology, and human variation and population structure.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 591 - Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • ANTH 592 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • ANTH 593 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • ANTH 595 - Biomechanics

    3 Credit Hours
    Lecture-based seminar focusing on the basic concepts of biomechanics and how they relate to the study of vertebrates, especially humans. A review of bone biology is followed by scaling relationships (allometry) and basic mechanics, statics and bone, and finally kinematic and energetic studies.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 480 or equivalent.
    Recommended Background: Human anatomy, preferably Anthropology 695.
  
  • ANTH 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation

    3-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ANTH 601 - Advanced Graduate Research

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Independent investigation of special problems in anthropology by advanced graduate students.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Only 3 hours may be applied toward the 600-level requirement.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ANTH 604 - Anthropological Statistics II

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced frequentist statistics for anthropology focusing on multivariate methods, time series analyses, resampling statistics, maximum likelihood analyses, with an introduction to Bayesian approaches. While exploratory data sets will be provided, students are strongly encouraged to supply their own research data to facilitate learning.
    Registration Restriction(s): Must have completed Anthropology 504 or its equivalent with at least a B. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ANTH 611 - Advanced Seminar in Cultural Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Critical evaluation of current issues in theory and data interpretation.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ANTH 613 - Anthropology of Policy and Law

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced seminar in the theoretical and ethnographic study of policy and law as instruments of social control and transformation in contemporary and cross-cultural contexts.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 650 - Research Design and Proposal Writing

    3 Credit Hours
    Practicum in research design and proposal writing for advanced graduate students. Classes will consist of seminar-style discussions and presentations to aid students in thesis and grant proposal preparation.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ANTH 660 - Advanced Seminar in Archaeology

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected topics in prehistoric and historic archaeology.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ANTH 690 - Selected Topics in Physical Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): For doctoral students in biological anthropology concentration.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ANTH 691 - Selected Topics in Paleoanthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ANTH 695 - Gross Human Anatomy

    9 Credit Hours
    Skeleton, muscles, and cardiovascular system. Dissection of cadavers.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 5 hours and 5 labs.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 480 or human biology course.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Architecture (ARCH)

  
  • ARCH 425 - Special Topics in Architecture

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Faculty-initiated courses. Topics vary.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Architecture major or interior design major.
  
  • ARCH 500 - Thesis

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Student works independently but with his/her thesis committee, which reviews the work on a systematic basis at critical times during the project. The thesis with its associated issues is defined in the approved 580 Thesis Preparation document. The committee chair serves as the primary critic of the thesis and is responsible to assure that the requirements for the thesis are met.
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 580.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ARCH 501 - Introduction to the Built Environment

    2 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the design disciplines from an intellectual perspective. Intended as a framework for understanding architectural form, its production, and interpretation, the course analyzes the built environment through discussions of space, place, and culture. Human experience, the performance of materials, social concerns, technological developments, and natural contexts provide ways of understanding design form. Texts explore the integrated relationship of history, theory, representation, and design. Content coordinated with Architecture 538 and 518/519.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 538.
  
  • ARCH 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ARCH 503 - Modern Architecture: Histories and Theories

    3 Credit Hours
    Architectural thought in design practice in late 20th century. Examples of contemporary works and review of theoretical issues.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 512.
  
  • ARCH 505 - History and Theory of Architectural Stewardship

    3 Credit Hours
    Analyzes buildings as urban interventions that transmit the past into the present. Approaches to maintaining the architectural fabric of cities. Topics engage theories of cultural stewardship in design though issues of re-use, public space, and artistic expression.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 521.
    Recommended Background: 213.
    Comment(s): Required for MArch Track 2 students.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ARCH 506 - Ideas in Architecture

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical and critical review of major ideas of architecture through the ages.
  
  • ARCH 507 - Architecture, Culture and Modernity

    3 Credit Hours
    Scope of ideas generated in architecture’s recent history to reveal and explain production and reception of architecture: historical background necessary to understand those concepts. Complements history sequence but in specialized field of theory.
  
  • ARCH 508 - Preservation Technology

    3 Credit Hours
    Techniques of preservation. Methods of analysis, history of materials and technology used in old buildings.
  
  • ARCH 509 - Seminar in Design Integration

    3 Credit Hours
    Technological aspects influencing building form and space. Integral application of technical aspects of structural, environmental control, and construction supporting sustainability, experience, use, contextual fit, meaning, and expression. Whole building simulation and other methods for higher performance building. Bases for integrating design knowledge.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 546, 540, 516.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 572.
  
  • ARCH 510 - History and Theory of Urban Form

    3 Credit Hours
    Patterns of community development. Selected historical and contemporary examples. Basic urban design issues and exemplary design approaches examined through lectures, readings, essays, and sketch studies including historical change in urban form and design.
  
  • ARCH 511 - History and Theory of Architecture I

    3 Credit Hours
    Architecture and ideas of building and community form in major world cultures from the prehistoric era to about 1500.
  
  • ARCH 512 - History and Theory of Architecture II

    3 Credit Hours
    Architecture and ideas of building and community form in major world cultures from 1500 AD to the mid-20th century.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 511.
  
  • ARCH 513 - Non-Western and Indigenous Architecture

    3 Credit Hours
    Building responsive to climate, material availability, and economic level, as designed by anonymous builders. Examples from prehistoric times to present including the fertile crescent; the Indus Valley; Hindu, Buddhist, and Mughal architecture of India, China, and Japan.
  
  • ARCH 514 - Seminar in Ethical Imperatives

    3 Credit Hours
    Social, cultural, philosophical and moral issues which impact professional responsibilities. Attitudes, values, and ideas that address formation of profession’s ethos.
  
  • ARCH 515 - Seminar in Urban Design Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Investigations of urban forms, patterns, and attitudes that have shaped towns and cities.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 516 - Design Implementation: Construction Methods I

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of design implementation introducing properties of interior and exterior building materials and their relation to construction methods and detailing. Theory and practice of material selection and especially detailing, in service of architectural expression, sustainability, aesthetics, spatial order and perception, performance, experience, and meaning.
  
  • ARCH 517 - The International Style

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of architecture of the early modern movement, primarily in Europe and America, covering the years 1900 to 1940.
  
  • ARCH 518 - Design Representation and Process I

    2 Credit Hours
    Exploration of drawing as a means of visual thinking and communication, addressing perceptual phenomena, the relationship between the abstract and the concrete, the representation of design ideas in early design process. Introduces compositional principles of design and basic technical drawing skills and conventions, including orthographic and paraline drawings. Concentration on both freehand and measured drawing as a means of visualizing space and form. Content coordinated with Architecture 501 and 538.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 501 and 538.
  
  • ARCH 519 - Design Representation and Process II

    2 Credit Hours
    Elaboration of drawing as a means of visual thinking and a method of communication, emphasizing the relationship of design intent representation methods in the design process and presentation. Continued development of freehand and constructed drawings, including shadow, shade, and perspective. Introductory digital skills related to scanning, image manipulation, layout, and printing. Content coordinated with Architecture 501 and 538.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 501 and 538.
  
  • ARCH 520 - History of American Architecture

    3 Credit Hours
    Consideration of architecture and city planning in the United States from the pre-Columbian period until the mid-20th-century.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 512.
  
  • ARCH 521 - Principles of Architectural Form

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical and contemporary architectural theory through investigation of literature and related examples. Theories of understanding and theories of application related to generation of architectural form and space in response to both cultural and environmental focus.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Architecture - architecture major.
  
  • ARCH 522 - Special Topics in Urban Design

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Faculty initiated professional elective involving history and theory of urban form, urban developments, the study of landscape and urbanism, and related issues.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Architecture major or consent of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 523 - Special Topics in Interior Design

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Faculty initiated professional elective involving interior design, history and theory of interior design, furniture design, lighting design, acoustical design, and related issues.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Architecture major or consent of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 524 - Special Topics in Landscape Architecture

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Faculty initiated professional elective involving landscape architecture, history and theory of landscape architecture, ecology, and related issues.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Architecture major or consent of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 525 - Special Topics in Architecture

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Faculty initiated professional elective in architecture and applied architectural theory.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Architecture major or consent of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 526 - Directed Readings in Architecture

    3 Credit Hours
    Faculty-guided independent readings on topics of interest: primary texts, history, theory, urban issues, technology and professional practice. Products determined by instructor. Proposal required prior to registration.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 530 - Computer Applications in Design I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to computer systems, software and hardware, and their application in design. Emphasis on learning how the computer can assist in the design process by modeling, visualizing and analyzing building designs. Introduction to drafting, three-dimensional modeling, and desktop publishing.
  
  • ARCH 531 - Information Modeling

    2 Credit Hours
    Exploration of advanced information modeling programs. Emphasis is placed on learning how the digital model can assist in the design process through the representation of construction and analysis. The use of building information modeling to predict building performance and to document material properties will also be included.
  
  • ARCH 533 - Introduction to Preservation

    3 Credit Hours
    History, theory, and legal aspects of architectural preservation and restoration.
  
  • ARCH 534 - Visual Thinking in Digital Media

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasizes form, content, and structure of images moving in time and applications in architecture. Focus is on use of time-based digital media as an analytical tool for clarifying ideas, making observations, and experimentation. Advanced understanding of 2D and 3D digital animation, video editing, and digital audio.
  
  • ARCH 535 - Presentation Design I

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic techniques and understanding of graphic presentation design within the profession of architecture. Addresses fundamental design principles, page layout, image manipulation and typography, employing computer software applications. Conducted through lectures, assigned projects, assigned readings, labs, exams and/or critiques.
    Recommended Background: 231.
  
  • ARCH 536 - Presentation Design II

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced techniques and understanding of graphic presentation design within the profession of architecture. Addresses document design, layout and binding, image manipulation and typography, employing computer software applications. Conducted through lectures, assigned projects, assigned readings, labs, exams and/or critiques.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 535.
  
  • ARCH 537 - Architectural Photography

    3 Credit Hours
    Photography as a design, research, and presentation medium. Application of photographic techniques, printing and processing. Color, black and white.
  
  • ARCH 538 - Design I: Fundamentals

    6 Credit Hours
    Elements of form, space, and place in compositions, simple structures, and site designs. The introduction of significant ideas, context, human experience, purpose, construction, and ecological literacy as the basis of design. Application and engagement of representational and theoretical skills and knowledge in design process. Content coordinated with Architecture 501 and 518/519.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 501.
  
  • ARCH 539 - Structures in Architecture I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the structural properties of materials, foundations and simple statically determinant assemblies of buildings.
  
  • ARCH 540 - Structures in Architecture II

    3 Credit Hours
    Continuation of analysis and design of simple structures in wood, steel, and concrete. Introduction of building codes, loading tables, and handbooks for selection of structural members.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 539.
  
  • ARCH 541 - Design II: Principles

    6 Credit Hours
    Principles of architectural design of form, space, and place emphasizing building configuration and order as informed by persistent themes of buildings explored at a novice level. Design of simple buildings that develop themes introduced in Design I, exploring possibilities of modern design thinking for contemporary situations, typically in a local context.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 538.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 521.
  
  • ARCH 542 - Design III: Campus and Urban Architecture

    6 Credit Hours
    Development of architectural design principles and methods emphasizing form and space as informed by persistent themes of buildings explored at an early intermediate level. Design of buildings in a campus/group setting and design of moderately complex urban building type.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 541.
  
  • ARCH 545 - Principles of Environmental Control I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to heating, ventilating, air conditioning, solar energy, plumbing, and fire-protection systems.
    Comment(s): Enrollment is limited to Master of Architecture students.
  
  • ARCH 546 - Principles of Environmental Control II

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to electrical design and wiring, lighting and acoustics in buildings.
  
  • ARCH 550 - Special Topics in History, Theory and Criticism

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Faculty initiated professional elective involving architectural history, theory, and criticism.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Architecture major or consent of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 552 - Special Topics in Sustainable Design

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Faculty initiated professional elective involving sustainability and progressive environmental design.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Architecture major or consent of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 554 - Special Topics in Materials and Construction

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Faculty initiated professional elective that explores materials and construction, the physical development of large-scale, component, or installation construction.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Architecture major or consent of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 555 - Special Topics in Digital Fabrication

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Faculty initiated professional elective involving fabrication and technology in design.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Architecture major or consent of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 556 - Design Implementation: Construction Methods II

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of design implementation including advanced properties of interior and exterior building materials and their relation to construction methods and detailing. Advanced building systems design and detailing in service of architectural expression, sustainability, aesthetics, spatial order and perception, performance, experience, and meaning.
  
  • ARCH 562 - Professional Practice

    3 Credit Hours
    Management and organizational theories and practices for delivering professional design services: assessment of building industry and its influence on practice; analysis of basic management functions within professional firms; legal and ethical concerns facing practitioners today; and introduction to special obligations and privileges of design professional.
  
  • ARCH 563 - Architectural Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles and practice of the architect as a developer. Impact of economics, finance and urban policy on the design and development of real estate.
  
  • ARCH 571 - Design IV: Building in the Urban Context

    6 Credit Hours
    Architectural design in urban context emphasizing complex form and space informed by persistent themes of buildings explored at an intermediate level. Project development investigating the interrelationships of urban architecture and urban space as ‘place.’ Design of mixed-use and/or civic buildings in an urban neighborhood or district context.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 542.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 515.
    Recommended Background: 282.
  
  • ARCH 572 - Design VI: Design Integration

    6 Credit Hours
    Designing for integration of the orders of place, program, technology, space, and experiences, explored in simple or moderately complex types, explored at an advanced professional program level. Projects developed from conceptual through design development phase, integrating building systems with a carbon-neutral performance goal. Projects explore regionally adaptable solutions, plural space, integral aesthetics, communication of integration, and advanced digital, modeling.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 571.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 509.
  
  • ARCH 573 - Architectural Design Studio: Urban Context

    6 Credit Hours
    Investigations analyzing cultural, physical, and environmental influences and precedents of community on architectural form, space and structure. Design of projects: civic realm of urban forms and spaces.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 572.
  
  • ARCH 580 - Thesis Preparation

    3 Credit Hours
    Preparation of document under supervision of candidate’s thesis advisory committee and in support of topic of candidate’s thesis inquiry in 500 (Thesis).
  
  • ARCH 583 - Architectural Design: Urbanism

    6 Credit Hours
    Investigations analyzing cultural, physical, and environmental influences and precedents of community on architectural form, space and structure. Design of projects: civic realm of urban forms and spaces.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 571.
  
  • ARCH 586 - Advanced Architectural Design: Sustainable Architecture

    6 Credit Hours
    Architectural design studio emphasizing concern for the environment, consideration of energy conservation techniques, and use of renewable resources.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 571.
 

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