ARCDCP
Credits: 3.
Introduces the issues and opportunities derived through actively engaging the sustainable and ethical design of the environments in which we live: urban, landscape and architectural. (H)
Credits: 4; Prereq: architecture, interior design and landscape architecture majors only, or by college advising center permission.
Introduces interfacing communication skills with design thinking. Emphasizes awareness and understanding of basic organization ideas in design.
Credits: 4; Prereq: ARC 1301.
An analysis course that uses the study of architectural precedent as a foundation for the development of communication and design skills.
Credits: 3; Prereq: architecture majors only.
A general survey of social, political and cultural factors that have generated art and architecture. (H and N) (WR)
Credits: 3; Prereq: architecture majors only; Coreq: ARC 1301 or ARC 4072.
A survey of the history of architecture from 1400 to 1850. Lectures examine the effects of social, political, material, technological and cultural forces on the design and construction of the built environment and explore the role of the architect in civil society. Emphasizes the theoretical positions of the architects and architectural schools. (H and N)
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Credits: 3; Prereq: non-architecture majors only.
A survey of monumental buildings and their embodied architectural intentions from the pre-historical ages to the current age. Demonstrating interactive relationships between form and idea in architecture throughout history across cultural and regional differences. (H and N) (WR)
ARC 2180 Introduction to Digital Architecture
Credits: 3; Prereq: architecture majors only; Coreq: ARC 2303 or ARC 4071.
Introduces computer-aided design programs currently utilized by professional practices.
Credits: 3; Prereq: architecture majors only; Coreq: ARC 2303 or ARC 4071.
A critical study of the processes that influence the form and image of architecture with an emphasis on an understanding of ordering principles and concepts of how space and architecture systems are interrelated. (H)
Credits: 5; Prereq: ARC 1302.
Studio course explores the influence of history and culture on design decision-making.
Credits: 5; Prereq: ARC 2303.
Explores context as a generator of architectural design ideas. Contemporary cultural influences also are examined and incorporated in the design process.
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ARC 2461 Materials and Methods of Construction 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: architecture majors only; Coreq: ARC 2304.
The nature of materials used in construction. Criteria for evaluation and selection related to design decision-making.
ARC 3022 Introduction to Architectural Photography
Credits: 3; Prereq: ARC 3320.
Introduces the processes and techniques of photography as a medium for architectural documentation.
ARC 3181 Advanced Topics in Digital Architecture
Credits: 3; Prereq: ARC 2180.
Continued investigation of computer-aided design programs currently utilized by professional practices.
ARC 3291 Special Studies in Architecture
Credits: 1 to 3; can be repeated with change in content up to 6 credits; Prereq: completion of lower division in architecture and recommendation of advisor.
Special studies in architecture adjusted to individual needs of undergraduate students.
Credits: 6; Prereq: ARC 2304.
Architectural design and its relationship to regional contectural influences are investigated through a range of projects which vary in scale and complexity.
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Credits: 6; Prereq: ARC 3320.
Architectural design within a large scale urban context. Theory, methodology and evolution of urban form in response to social, cultural, economic and technological forces.
ARC 3463 Materials and Methods of Construction 2
Credits: 3; Coreq: ARC 4323 or ARC 4073.
Methods of assembling and selecting materials; detailed systems of construction are investigated.
ARC 3503 Introduction to Architectural Structures
Credits: 3; Prereq: PHY 2004 or PHY 2053; Coreq: ARC 3320 or ARC 4073.
A foundation course that investigates principles of structural behavior in withstanding gravity and lateral forces; consider structural layout, load distribution and preliminary design techniques; and examines contemporary structural systems through case studies emphasizing trussed, framed, funicular and shell structural systems.
Credits: 3; Coreq: ARC 3321 or ARC 4074.
Principles and practices relating to control of the thermal/atmospheric environment and to plumbing in buildings.
Credits: 3; Prereq: architecture majors only; Coreq: ARC 3320.
A survey of the history of architecture from 1850 to present. Lectures examine the effects of social, political, material, technological and cultural forces on the design and construction of the built environment and explore the role of the architect in civil society. Emphasizes the theoretical positions of the architects and architectural schools.
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Credits: 3; Prereq: junior standing or instructor permission.
How environmentalism has informed architectural discourses and how discourses on the built environment and urbanism have impacted environmentalism globally.
Credits: 6.
Introduces a variety of design techniques, including design theory, three-dimensional development and spatial relationships.
Credits: 6; Prereq: ARC 4071.
Continuation of core studio sequence with increased emphasis on manipulation of architectural elements.
Credits: 6; Prereq: ARC 4072.
Continuation of core studio sequence with studio projects related to program development, structural integration, energy analysis and introduction to mechanical integration systems.
Credits: 6; Prereq: ARC 4073.
Continuation of core studio sequence with increased emphasis on complex building types.
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Credits: 1 to 3.
Freehand drawing skills as generative and analytical architectural methodologies.
Credits: 3; Coreq: ARC 4322 or ARC 6241.
Investigates the theoretical, historical and ideological ideas in architecture that took place during the early decades of the twentieth century.
Credits: 3; Prereq: ARC 2180.
Emerging technology in building information modeling (BIM) in the context of architectural design development and documentation. Theoretical and technological evolution of different typologies of software with hands-on experience designing and modeling with BIM software.
Credits: 6; Prereq: ARC 3321.
Emphasizes the notion of control over architectural design processes needed to arrive at solutions that respond to needs through appropriate use of program development and construction technology. Course emphasizes the complete building as a final product and focuses on the urban and suburban housing project.
Credits: 6; Prereq: ARC 4322.
Architecture designs focus on architectural detail and articulation. An investigation of landscape provides the context for this study.
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ARC 4382 St. Augustine Interdisciplinary Design Studio
Credits: 6.
Upper-level design, construction, planning and related studies design studio in St. Augustine, Florida. Assigned projects based on structures and sites within and adjacent to historic districts and neighborhoods. Design process reinforced by study of cultural heritage conservation and interpretation in contemporary practice.
Credits: 3; Prereq: ARC 3503.
Introduces the fundamentals of structural modeling including building information modeling (BIM), digital design, and approximate systems analysis and detailing for architectural structures. Students will learn how to efficiently implement building information modeling to organize, coordinate and communicate information to convey data necessary for structural systems.
Credits: 3; Coreq: ARC 4322 or ARC 6241.
Fundamentals of architectural lighting, acoustics, electrical power distribution and building communications.
ARC 4684 LEED for Sustainable Design & Construction
Credits: 3; Prereq: Junior standing.
Campus projects demonstrate design and construction of high performance buildings and application of green building technologies. Economics and market development associated with the application of green building rating systems, with a focus on LEED. Successful completion helps prepare for LEED V4 Green Associate exam credentials.
ARC 4882 Vernacular Architecture and Sustainability
Credits: 3; Prereq: junior standing or instructor permission.
Investigates vernacular architecture in the discourse of architectural sustainability with an emphasis on the way that vernacular architecture has been constructed, represented and consumed in the environmental histories of architecture.
ARC 4930 Special Topics Seminar in Architecture
Credits: 1 to 6; can be repeated with change in content up to 6 credits. Prereq: junior standing or instructor permission.
Miscellaneous topics in architecture and related fields.
Credits: 2; Prereq: ARC 3321.
Provides an awareness of curriculum development, project preparation, program/project presentation, constructive criticism and evaluation techniques.
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ARC 4950 Vicenza Institute of Architecture: Italian Language and Culture
Credits: 3; Prereq: ARC 3321.
Taught through the Vicenza Institute of Architecture, located in Vicenza, Italy. It is intended for architecture students participating in the VIA program. The course establishes a basic level of competency in Italian language and culture as it relates to the architectural goals of the VIA program.
ARC 4951 Vicenza Institute of Architecture: Architectural Design Studio
Credits: 6; Prereq: ARC 3321.
Architectural design examining the regional contextual relationships found in northern Italy as well as central and southern Europe. Design exercises focus on the immediate relationships of European urban space, ideas of building program and the potential development of architectural details and material systems.
ARC 4952 Vicenza Institute of Architecture: Analytical Sketching
Credits: 3; Prereq: ARC 3321.
Introduces sketching as an analytical skill in understanding constructed space within the context of Italy's Veneto region as well as central and southern Europe.
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Credits: 1.
Professionals and academics introduce various GeoDesign topics. Presentations invoke discussion about the scope, applications, and implications of GeoDesign principles.
DCP 1241 Introduction to Spatial Thinking
Credits: 3.
Introduces fundamental concepts of spatial thinking that serve as the foundation for GeoDesign.
Credits: 3.
Introduces concepts and theories associated with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as related to GeoDesign. Requires lectures, class assignments, and homework assignments.
Credits: 3; Prereq: DCP 2001
Provides fundamental and advanced concepts, principles, and techniques for the use of GIS in the evolving GeoDesign process.
DCP 4213 Developing Sustainable Projects
Credits: 3; Prereq: Junior standing.
Provides an analytical framework and practical tools for implementing sustainability in the built environment, through focus on a central question: how do sustainable development projects move from concept to reality? Presented real-world strategies, tools, systems, and processes that shape the built environment answer that question.
DCP 4930 Special Topics of Design, Construction and Planning
Credits: 1 to 6; can be repeated with a change in content. Prereq: instructor permission.
Students will survey the economic, social and environmental impacts of a modern lifestyle. Students will find that new ways to address these issues are profitable, growing future opportunities that business organizations are capitalizing on worldwide.
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