Program: Architecture, B.S. / General Business, B.B.A. - Texas Tech University

May 01, 2025

2016-2017 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

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

ARCH 1301 - Architectural Design Studio I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 1311 - Design, Environment, and Society 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1321 - Trigonometry 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 1301 - American Government, Organization 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

First Year

Spring: Foundation

ARCH 1302 - Architectural Design Studio II 3 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 1353 - Digital Media I 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 1403 - General Physics I 4 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1350 - Analytical Geometry 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 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

ACCT 2300 - Financial Accounting 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 6

Summer II

ACCT 2301 - Managerial Accounting 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 2345 - Introduction to Statistics with Application to Business 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 6

Second Year

Fall: Basic-Internal

ARCH 2401 - Architectural Design Studio III 4 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 2311 - History of World Architecture I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 2351 - Architectural Construction I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 3341 - Digital Media II 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECO 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Spring: Basic-External

ARCH 2402 - Architectural Design Studio IV 4 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 2315 - History of World Architecture II 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 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Summer I

FIN 3320 - Financial Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
MGT 3370 - Organization and Management 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 6

Summer II

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

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 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 17

Spring: Building Enclosure

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

ARCH 4601 - Architectural Design Studio VII 6 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 6

Fourth Year

Fall: Collaboration

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

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 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.