Program: Architecture (Pre-professional Program), B.S. - Texas Tech University - Modern Campus Catalog™

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May 01, 2025

2016-2017 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

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

ARCH 1301 - Architectural Design Studio I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 1311 - Design, Environment, and Society 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1321 - Trigonometry 3 Semester Credit Hours
Core Curriculum (see below) 6 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

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
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

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

Total: 16

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
Elective 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
Elective 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

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

ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 1301 - American Government, Organization 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 2302 - American Public Policy 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2301 - History of the United States Since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
COMS 2300 - Public Speaking 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
COMS 2358 - Speaking for Business 3 Semester Credit Hours