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B.Arch. Curriculum

Click here for the complete course listing for the B.Arch. curriculum.


Click here for the B.Arch. curriculum for students who matriculated fall 2010.

Click here for the B.Arch. curriculum for students who matriculated prior to fall 2010.

 

For Students Matriculating in Fall 2011

First Year

Fall Semester Credits
Spring Semester Credits
ARCH 1101 Design I 6
ARCH 1102 Design II 6
ARCH 1501 Representation I: Freehand Architectural Drawing
3
ARCH 1502 Representation II: Media of Representation
3
ARCH 1611 Environmental Systems I
3
ARCH 1612 Structural Concepts
3
ARCH 1801 History of Architecture I 3
ARCH 1802 History of Architecture II 3
Out-of-College Elective (First Year Writing Seminar suggested)
3
Free Out-of-Department Elective* 3
Total Credits 18
Total Credits 18

Second Year
Fall Semester Credits
Spring Semester Credits
ARCH 2101 Design III 6
ARCH 2102 Design IV 6
ARCH 2301 Architectural Analysis I: Buildings, Drawings, and Texts
3

ARCH 2615 Building Technology II: Structural Elements
3
ARCH 2613 Structural Systems 3

ARCH 2616 Environmental Systems II 3
ARCH 2614 Building Technology I: Materials and Methods
3

Out-of-Department Elective (MQR suggested)*
3
Free Out-of-Department Elective*
3
Free Out-of-Department Elective*
3
Total Credits 18
Total Credits 18

Third Year

During the third year, half the class is in Rome each semester, taking the core studio. Those not in Rome are primarily in Ithaca taking the Ithaca-based design studio.

Fall Semester: Rome
Credits
Spring Semester: Ithaca
Credits
ARCH 3101 Design V 6
ARCH 3102 Design VI 6
ARCH 3301 Architectural Analysis II: Architecture, the City, and Landscape
3
ARCH 5201 Professional Practice
3
Departmental Elective (architectural history suggested)* 3
Free Departmental Elective*
3
Out-of-Department Elective (art suggested)* 3
Free Departmental Elective*
3
   
Free Out-of-Department Elective* 3
Total Credits 15
Total Credits 18

Fourth Year
Fall Semester Credits
Spring Semester Credits
ARCH 4101 Design VII 6
ARCH 4102 Design VIII 6
Departmental Elective (architectural history suggested)*
3
Departmental Elective (Architecture, Culture, & Society suggested)*
3
Departmental Elective (theory suggested)*
3
Out-of-Departmental Elective (art suggested)*
3
Out-of-Department Elective (MQR or PBS suggested)*
3
Free Out-of-Department Elective*
3
Free Out-of-Department Elective* 3
Departmental Elective*
3
Total Credits 18
Total Credits 18

Fifth Year
Fall Semester Credits
Spring Semester Credits
ARCH 5101 Design IX
6
ARCH 5902 Design X Thesis
8
ARCH 5110 Thesis Proseminar
3
Free Departmental Elective* 3
Out-of-Department Elective (humanities suggested)*
3
Free Out-of-Department Elective*
3
Free Departmental Elective*
3
Free Out-of-Department Elective* 3
Free Out-of-Department Elective*
3

Total Credits 18
Total Credits 17

 

TOTAL CREDITS: 176

 

*Elective courses may be switched between different semesters, as long as total distribution requirements are met (except that the First-Year Writing Seminar should be taken in the first year).