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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2016-2017 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog Program: Architecture, B.S. / General Business, B.B.A. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Architecture, B.S. / General Business, B.B.A.

Recommended Curriculum

General Architecture Program

Only courses with a minimum grade of C or better will be accepted for the architecture program. Must complete lower- division business core requirements and have at least 2.75 GPA to take junior/senior-level business courses. All business administration students must maintain a 2.75 GPA to continue enrollment in business courses at Texas Tech.

Fall: Seeing

Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ARCH 1301 - Architectural Design Studio I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 1311 - Design, Environment, and Society
TCCNS: [ARCH 1311]		 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric
TCCNS: ENGL1301		 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1321 - Trigonometry
TCCNS: MATH1316		 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 1301 - American Government, Organization
TCCNS: GOVT2305		 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

First Year

Spring: Foundation

Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ARCH 1302 - Architectural Design Studio II 3 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 1353 - Digital Media I 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 1403 - General Physics I
TCCNS: PHYS1301+1101; 1401		 4 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1350 - Analytical Geometry
TCCNS: MATH2312, 2412		 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric
TCCNS: ENGL1302		 3 Semester Credit Hours
Total: 16

Preprofessional Program

Competitive placement based on comprehensive review, including student’s portfolio, essay, GPA, statement of intent, and successful completion of PHYS 1403. Students who have not been admitted to the preprofessional program are not eligible to take courses at the 2000 level and above, except ARCH 2311, ARCH 2315, and ARCH 3313.

First Year

Summer I

Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ACCT 2300 - Financial Accounting
TCCNS: [ACCT 2301, 2401]		 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877
TCCNS: HIST1301		 3 Semester Credit Hours
Total: 6

Summer II

Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ACCT 2301 - Managerial Accounting
TCCNS: [ACCT 2302, 2402]		 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 2345 - Introduction to Statistics with Application to Business 3 Semester Credit Hours
Total: 6

Second Year

Fall: Basic-Internal

Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ARCH 2401 - Architectural Design Studio III
TCCNS: [ARCH 1404]		 4 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 2311 - History of World Architecture I
TCCNS: [ARCH 1301]		 3 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 2351 - Architectural Construction I
TCCNS: [ARCH 2312]		 3 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 3341 - Digital Media II 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECO 2301 - Principles of Economics I
TCCNS: [ECON 2302]		 3 Semester Credit Hours
Total: 16

Spring: Basic-External

Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ARCH 2402 - Architectural Design Studio IV 4 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 2315 - History of World Architecture II
TCCNS: [ARCH 1302]		 3 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 2342 - Creative Process 3 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 2355 - Architectural Environmental Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECO 2302 - Principles of Economics II
TCCNS: [ECON 2301]		 3 Semester Credit Hours
Total: 16

Summer I

Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
FIN 3320 - Financial Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
MGT 3370 - Organization and Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
Total: 6

Summer II

Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
  • Life and Physical Sciences 4 Semester Credit Hours (select from university core curriculum)
    • MKT 3350 - Introduction to Marketing 3 Semester Credit Hours
    Total: 7

    Third Year

    Fall: Building Systems

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    ARCH 3501 - Architectural Design Studio V 5 Semester Credit Hours
    ARCH 3350 - Architectural Construction II 3 Semester Credit Hours
    ARCH 3373 - Environmental Analysis - Site Planning 3 Semester Credit Hours
    ARCH 3313 - History of World Architecture III 3 Semester Credit Hours
    POLS 2302 - American Public Policy
    TCCNS: GOVT2306    		 3 Semester Credit Hours
    Total: 17

    Spring: Building Enclosure

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    ARCH 3502 - Architectural Design Studio VI 5 Semester Credit Hours
    ARCH 3314 - Contemporary Issues in Architecture 3 Semester Credit Hours
    ARCH 3352 - Building Information Technology 3 Semester Credit Hours
    ARCH 3355 - Architectural Construction III 3 Semester Credit Hours
    FIN 3332 - Real Estate Fundamentals 3 Semester Credit Hours
    Total: 17

    Summer I and II: URBANISM

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    ARCH 4601 - Architectural Design Studio VII 6 Semester Credit Hours
    Total: 6

    Fourth Year

    Fall: Collaboration

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    FIN 4336 - Urban Land Development 3 Semester Credit Hours
    ISQS 3344 - Introduction to Production and Operations Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
    BLAW 3391 - Business Law I 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Advanced BA course 3 Semester Credit Hours *
    • Total: 15

    Spring

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
  • Advanced BA course 3 Semester Credit Hours *
  • Advanced BA course 3 Semester Credit Hours *
  • Economics Course 3 Semester Credit Hours (Must be junior- or senior-level ECO course except for ECO 3323 or ECO 4332.)
    • MGT 4380 - Strategic Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
    HIST 2301 - History of the United States Since 1877
    TCCNS: HIST1302    		 3 Semester Credit Hours
    Total: 15

    Total Hours: 161

    Students continuing in the M.Arch. program require a Multicultural Requirement.

    * These courses must be selected from ACCT, ECO, ISQS, MGT, and MKT. There must be at least one course chosen from at least two of the five areas.

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