Architecture Major, Bachelor of Architecture

The curriculum for the Bachelor of Architecture degree includes a combination of required and elective courses offering the student both a solid professional program of study and a sound general education. While the majority of courses are designated as required, students may use the available architecture and general electives to broaden their education and to expand their knowledge in areas of personal interest.

All students studying for a Bachelor of Architecture degree will complete the following requirements in their course of study. For any additional specialized requirements, the student should refer to the Student Handbook of the School of Architecture and the student’s professional advisor.

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students who first entered Fall 2013 or later. uTrack does not apply to transfer students who entered prior to Fall 2015.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Architecture

Term 1	Hours	Milestone Notes
ARCH 101 or ARCH 107 , ARCH 121	5	2.5 cumulative GPA
¹ARCH 171	3
ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118 *	3
²MATH 113 * or MATH 125 *	3
³Non-Architecture Elective	3
Term 2
ARCH 102 , ARCH 122	4	2.5 cumulative GPA
¹ARCH 172	4	ENGL 102 *
⁴Communicating Orally Elective *	3	MATH 113 * or MATH 125 *
ENGL 102 *	3
PHYS 161 *	3
Term 3
ARCH 211 * or ARCH 217 *, ARCH 221 , ARCH 261 , ARCH 262	9	2.5 cumulative GPA
¹ARCH 271	6
⁵Unrestricted Elective	2
Term 4
ARCH 212 * or ARCH 218 *, ARCH 263 , ARCH 264	7	2.5 cumulative GPA
¹ARCH 272	6	PHYS 161 *
⁴Cultures and Civilizations Elective *	3
Term 5
ARCH 213 * or ARCH 227 *, ARCH 321 , ARCH 361 , ARCH 362	9	2.5 cumulative GPA
¹ARCH 373	6
⁵Unrestricted Elective	2
Term 6
ARCH 363 , ARCH 364 , ARCH 365	6	2.5 cumulative GPA
¹ARCH 374	6
⁴Cultures and Civilizations Elective *	3
Term 7
ARCH 461 *	3	2.5 cumulative GPA
¹ARCH 471	6
⁶Professional Elective	3
⁴Social Sciences Elective *	3
Term 8
^1,7ARCH 472	6	2.5 cumulative GPA
³Non-Architecture Elective	3
⁶Professional Elective	3
⁴Social Sciences Elective *	3
⁵Unrestricted Elective	3
Term 9
¹ARCH 474 or ARCH 496	6	2.5 cumulative GPA
⁴Natural Sciences w/Lab Elective *	4
⁶Professional Elective	3
⁵Unrestricted Elective	3
Term 10
ARCH 462	3	2.5 cumulative GPA
¹ARCH 475 , ARCH 497 , ARCH 498R , or ARCH 499	6
³Non-Architecture Elective	3
⁶Professional Elective	3
TOTAL	163

¹	Students are not allowed to enroll simultaneously in two of these design courses.
²	Students are exempt from MATH 125 * with a score of 3 or higher on Calculus AB or Calculus BC AP exam.
³	Chosen from any courses outside architecture, interior architecture, and landscape architecture not already required for the major.
⁴	Chosen from the University General Education list .
⁵	Any course not already required for the major.
⁶	Chosen from any 300-599 architecture or landscape architecture courses or any 300-499 interior architecture or industrial design courses.
⁷	Students are required to participate in a school-approved study abroad or off-campus semester of study, minimum 12 credit hours including a 6 credit hour design studio. Study will typically occur in the spring of fourth-year, the fall of fifth-year, or the summers after the third or fourth years of study.

* Meets University General Education Requirement .

Six-Year Architecture/Landscape Architecture Path

Qualified students in the architecture program may consider entering the Master of Landscape Architecture degree path in their fifth year. Completing this path allows Bachelor of Architecture graduates to gain advanced standing in the landscape architecture program, satisfying degree requirements in one year rather than three. This path only applies to the Master of Landscape Architecture, Track 1, Path C – First Professional Degree option offered at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. For more information, see the Graduate Catalog.

Requirements for architecture students pursuing this degree path:

The student must meet with advisors from both the architecture and the landscape architecture programs.
The student must complete the following requirements during or before the fifth year. Prerequisites to the landscape architecture program (#) may be completed using non-architecture and unrestricted electives.
- Approved life science with lab course#
- ARCH 474 - Advanced Architectural Design: Landscape Architecture I (fifth year design studio option)
- ARCH 475 - Advanced Architectural Design: Landscape Architecture II (fifth year design studio option)
- GEOL 590 – Special Problems in Geology#
- LAR 421 - Design Communication I
- LAR 422 - Design Communication II
- LAR 432 - Plants in the Landscape I or LAR 433 - Plants in the Landscape II
- LAR 534 – Operative Strategies

Qualifications for achieving advanced standing in the landscape architecture program:

The student must have an earned minimum cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 and meet all other admission requirements for the landscape architecture program.
Conditional admission may be granted after application in the spring semester of the fourth year. The student must also follow the normal procedure and deadline for admission to the Graduate School.
Full admission of a student into this program must be approved by the College of Architecture and Design and the Graduate School.
A student will not be eligible for a graduate assistantship until the student is enrolled as a graduate-level student in the Graduate School, has satisfied all of the requirements for the bachelor’s degree, or the student is in the final semester of the bachelor’s degree and has completed all undergraduate coursework.