B.F.A. in architecture

Foundation studies: 30 hours

• FOUN 110 Design Thinking and Process
• FOUN 111 Sketching and Drawing
• FOUN 112 Color in Context
• FOUN 113 Creative Collaboration Lab
• FOUN 240 Spatial Design and Fabrication
• FOUN 245 Drawing: Idea to Object

General education: 50 hours

• COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas
• BUSI 110 Business I: Fundamentals
• CTXT 121 Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives
• CTXT 122 Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities
• ENGL 123 Ideas to Ink: Critical Concepts in Academic Writing
• DIGI 130 Digital Communication
• MATH 201 Applied Mathematics
• PHYS 201 Applied Physics
• General education elective*
• Social/behavioral sciences elective

Major curriculum: 80 hours

• ARCH 201 Principles of Architecture
• ELDS 225 Graphic Representation in the Building Arts
• ARCH 250 Introduction to Building Systems
• ARLH 301 Global Architectural Histories
• ARCH 310 Human Experience in the Built Environment
• ARCH 319 Structures: General Structure
• ARCH 320 Placemaking in the Built Environment
• ARCH 330 Narratives in the Built Environment
• ARCH 350 Advanced Building Systems
• ARCH 410 Collaboration in Architectural Design
• ARCH 420 Innovations in Architectural Design
• ARCH 430 Tectonics in Architectural Design
• 300- to 400-level ARLH elective

• Select three of these five options:

• Interdisciplinary Elective**
• ARCH 479 Undergraduate Internship
• ARCH 577 Design Build
• 500-level SCADpro Elective
• Business-Focused Elective

Additional electives: 20 hours

• Free Elective
• Free Elective
• Free Elective
• Free Elective

Total course of study: 180 hours

* Courses with the ARLH subject code will not satisfy these general education requirements.
** Satisfied by ARVR, ELDS, FIBR, FURN, GAME, IDUS, INDS, KDES, PRES, SUST, and THED.