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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2016-2017 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog Program: Architecture (Pre-professional Program), B.S. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Architecture (Pre-professional Program), B.S.

General Architecture Program

Only courses with a minimum grade of C or better will be accepted into the architecture program.

Recommended Curriculum

First Year

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
MATH 1321 - Trigonometry
TCCNS: MATH1316
3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Core Curriculum (see below) 6 Semester Credit Hours
  • Total: 15

    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
  • Core Curriculum (see below) 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Total: 16

    Preprofessional Program

    Competitive placement based on comprehensive review including student portfolio, written 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

    • Life and Physical Sciences 4 Semester Credit Hours (select from the university core curriculum)
    • Core Curriculum (see below) 3 Semester Credit Hours
    Total: 7

    Summer II

    • Core Curriculum (see below) 3 Semester Credit Hours
    • Core Curriculum (see below) 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
  • Core Curriculum (see below) 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
  • Multicultural Requirement 3 Semester Credit Hours (select from the university multicultural list)
  • Total: 16

    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
  • Elective 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
  • Elective 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

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    ARCH 4341 - Media Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ARCH Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • ARCH Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Total: 12

    Total Hours: 128

    Core Curriculum

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric
    TCCNS: ENGL1301
    3 Semester Credit Hours
    ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric
    TCCNS: ENGL1302
    3 Semester Credit Hours

     

    POLS 1301 - American Government, Organization
    TCCNS: GOVT2305
    3 Semester Credit Hours
    POLS 2302 - American Public Policy
    TCCNS: GOVT2306
    3 Semester Credit Hours
    HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877
    TCCNS: HIST1301
    3 Semester Credit Hours
    HIST 2301 - History of the United States Since 1877
    TCCNS: HIST1302
    3 Semester Credit Hours

     

    COMS 2300 - Public Speaking
    TCCNS: SPCH 1315
    3 Semester Credit Hours

    OR

    COMS 2358 - Speaking for Business 3 Semester Credit Hours
    Notes: