Courses
The faculty has approval to offer the following courses in the academic years 2012-2013 and 2013–2014; however, not all courses are taught each semester or summer session. Students should consult the Course Schedule at http://registrar.utexas.edu/schedules/ to determine which courses and topics will be offered during a particular semester or summer session. The Course Schedule may also reflect changes made to the course inventory after the publication of this catalog. For current information, students should consult the schedule posted in the School of Architecture.
A full explanation of course numbers is given in General Information. In brief, the first digit of a course number indicates the semester hour value of the course. The second and third digits indicate the rank of the course: if they are 01 through 19, the course is of lower-division rank; if 20 through 79, of upper-division rank; if 80 through 99, of graduate rank.
The information in parentheses after a course number is the Texas Common Course Numbering (TCCN) designation. Only TCCN designations that are exact semester-hour equivalents of University courses are listed here. Additional TCCN information is given in Appendix A.
Architectural Interior Design: ARI
Lower-Division Courses
ARI 310K. Design I.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Introduction to studio design, with an emphasis on foundations in form, space, scale, human aspects of design, movement, structure, and place-making. Nine hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in Architectural Interior Design 311K.
ARI 310L. Design II.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Application of foundation elements, such as light, color, and texture. Introduction of concerns for program and activity accommodation within interior environments. Nine hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 310K and 311K, or Architecture 310K and 311K, with a grade of at least C in each.
ARI 311K. Visual Communication I.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Introduction to freehand drawing and the fundamentals of two- and three-dimensional visual design. Includes exercises in color theory and application, formal and spatial studies, life drawing and building sketching, and the principles of linear perspective. Employs a variety of media. Six hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in Architectural Interior Design 310K.
ARI 311L. Visual Communication II.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Study and application of drawing and other communication skills for designers. Six hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 310K and 311K, or Architecture 310K and 311K, with a grade of at least C in each.
ARI 318K. Interiors and Society.
Concepts, principles, and elements of interior design, presented in artistic, philosophical, and professional contexts. Includes a basic historical overview of the development of interior design. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: For students in the School of Architecture, none; for others, consent of instructor.
ARI 318M. Interior Design History.
Survey of interior design from antiquity through the eighteenth century, including theoretical, social, technical, and environmental forces. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 318K with a grade of at least C.
Upper-Division Courses
ARI 320K. Design III--Interiors.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Focus on the physical and psychological needs of the inhabitants of interior space. Emphasis on conceptual process and diagrammatic techniques. Projects deal with real building situations and introduce implications of fenestration, structure, and materials. Nine hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 310L and 311L, or Architecture 310L and 311L, with a grade of at least C in each.
ARI 520L. Design IV--Interiors.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Explores linkages between multiple interior spaces and the study of spatial thresholds. Investigates individual spaces in relation to the body and the surrounding environment, utilizing a clearly defined program. Fifteen hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 320K, Architecture 415K, and Architectural Interior Design 221K or Architecture 221K, with a grade of at least C in each.
ARI 221K. Visual Communication III.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Introduction to digital tools for communicating design, with an emphasis on integrating digital image, CAD, and 3-D software processes with hand drawing and modeling techniques. Topics include manipulation of digital images, combination of text and image, rendered perspectives, measured drawings, and an introduction to 3-D modeling. Use of advanced visual language. Some projects are based on work done in the student's design studios. Six hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 310L and 311L, or Architecture 310L and 311L, with a grade of at least C in each.
ARI 324K. Environmental Controls I.
Restricted to architectural interior design majors. A survey of acoustics, color, light, illumination, and electrical and information systems in architectural interiors. Includes techniques of documentation. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Architectural Interior Design 324K and Architecture 334K may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 520L or Architecture 520L with a grade of at least C.
ARI 130. Interior Design Internship.
Practical application of design procedures in a professional design office. At least 250 hours of work in one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 530T.
ARI 530K. Design V--Interiors.
Examination of the elements of interior space and scale, including specific human factors. Particular emphasis on the design, documentation, production, and placement of objects in interiors. Fifteen hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 520L and 434K with a grade of at least C in each.
ARI 530T. Design VI--Interiors.
Capstone studio with projects that are specific design situations from current markets. Application of code issues, regulatory restraints, fire safety, and regulations for accessibility in interiors. Fifteen hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 324K and 530K with a grade of at least C in each.
ARI 434K. Construction II--Interior Materials and Assemblies.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Core concepts in interior materials, assemblies, and systems. Includes material properties, environmental and sustainable issues, attachment, detailing, and product specifications. Projects encourage manipulation and assembly of various material systems. Case studies using material samples, and field trips to sites of fabrication. Six hours of lecture and laboratory a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architecture 415K with a grade of at least C.
ARI 338. Designing for Human Behavior.
Issues of mood, privacy, perception, proxemics, and preferences applied to the design of interiors. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
ARI 350R. Topics in Interior Design Theory.
Seminar in a variety of topics. Designed to broaden the student's knowledge of interior design and to encourage critical and theoretical thinking in the discipline. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
ARI 560R. Advanced Interior Design.
Synthesis of components covered in other interior design courses, such as human aspects, place-making, the interior envelope, transitional spaces, and conceptual processes. These components form a basis for addressing specific topics related to interiors. Fifteen hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 530T with a grade of at least C and satisfactory completion of a third-year portfolio review.
ARI 362. Interior Design Practice.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Business procedures, professional practice, design project control and management, and professional ethics. Documents procedures for interior design. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
ARI 368R. Interior Design History II.
Study of function and aesthetics, and decoration and use, emphasizing interiors from the nineteenth century to the present. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 318M with a grade of at least C.
ARI 279, 379. Interior Design Research.
Investigation of problems selected by the student with approval of the supervising instructor. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor and the dean.
Architecture: ARC
Lower-Division Courses
ARC 301D. Connecting Research Experience.
Restricted to freshmen and sophomores. Supervised research associated with the Connexus Bridging Disciplines Program. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester. With consent of the Connexus Bridging Disciplines Program, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Admission to the Connexus Bridging Disciplines Program.
ARC 001F. First-Year Interest Group Seminar.
Restricted to students in the First-Year Interest Group Program. Basic issues in various School of Architecture disciplines. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
ARC 308 (TCCN: ARCH 1311). Architecture and Society.
Introduction to the social contexts, potential, and consequences of architecture and interior design. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
ARC 310K. Design I.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Introduction to forms and methods of architectural design. Taught in a studio format by faculty members under the direction of a faculty coordinator. Nine hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in Architecture 311K.
ARC 310L. Design II.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Introduction to forms and methods of architectural design. Taught in a studio format by faculty members under the direction of a faculty coordinator. Nine hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 310K and 311K, or Architecture 310K and 311K, with a grade of at least C in each.
ARC 311K. Visual Communication I.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Study and application of drawing and other communication skills for architects. Six hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in Architecture 310K.
ARC 311L. Visual Communication II.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Study and application of drawing and other communication skills for designers. Six hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 310K and 311K, or Architecture 310K and 311K, with a grade of at least C in each.
ARC 415K. Construction I.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Introduction to building construction, materials, and structures. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
ARC 415L. Construction II.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Analysis of building assemblies, envelope design, and structures. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architecture 415K with a grade of at least C; Mathematics 408C, or 408K and 408L; and Physics 302K and 102M, or 303K and 103M.
ARC 318K (TCCN: ARCH 1301). World Architecture: Origins to 1750.
Comparative study of the architecture of the ancient world, including Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architecture 308 with a grade of at least C.
ARC 318L (TCCN: ARCH 1302). World Architecture: The Industrial Revolution to the Present.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architecture 318K with a grade of at least C.
Upper-Division Courses
ARC 320C. Connecting Research Experience.
Supervised research associated with the Connexus Bridging Disciplines Program. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester. With consent of the Connexus Bridging Disciplines Program, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and admission to the Connexus Bridging Disciplines Program.
ARC 320K. Design III.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Intermediate-level studio addressing spatial, tectonic, environmental, social, and theoretical issues in architectural design. Taught in a studio format by faculty members under the direction of a faculty coordinator. Nine hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 310L and 311L, or Architecture 310L and 311L, with a grade of at least C in each.
ARC 520L. Design IV.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Intermediate-level studio addressing urban design and building design. Taught in a studio format by faculty members under the direction of a faculty coordinator. Fifteen studio hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architecture 415K, 320K, and Architectural Interior Design 221K or Architecture 221K, with a grade of at least C in each.
ARC 520M. Design V.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Intermediate-level studio with an emphasis on theory and research. Taught in a studio format by faculty members under the direction of a faculty coordinator. Fifteen studio hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architecture 415L and 520L with a grade of at least C in each.
ARC 221K. Visual Communication III.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Introduction to digital tools for communicating design, with an emphasis on integrating digital image, CAD, and 3-D software processes with hand drawing and modeling techniques. Topics include manipulation of digital images, combination of text and image, rendered perspectives, measured drawings, and an introduction to 3-D modeling. Use of advanced visual language. Some projects are based on work done in the student's design studios. Six hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 310L and 311L, or Architecture 310L and 311L, with a grade of at least C in each.
ARC 128C, 228C, 328C. Advanced Connexus Forum Seminar Series.
Discussion of contemporary issues related to the topics of a Bridging Disciplines Program, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary perspectives, research, and critical discourse. For 128C, two lecture hours a week for eight weeks; for 228C, two lecture hours a week for one semester; for 328C, three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one hour of supervised research a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing. Additional prerequisites may vary with the topic and are given in the Course Schedule.
ARC 530T. Design VI.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Intermediate-level studio addressing the requirements of sound buildings--their programmatic, spatial, and tectonic resolution and their relationships to the physical and social context of the site. Taught in a studio format by faculty members under the direction of a faculty coordinator. Fifteen studio hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 324K, and Architecture 520M and 435K, with a grade of at least C in each.
ARC 333. Site Design.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. History, theory, and technique of landscape design, with emphasis on the relationship of a building to its landscape. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
ARC 334K. Environmental Controls I.
Restricted to architecture majors. Environmental issues in general and the environmental imperative of architecture. Emphasis on quantitative aspects of the fundamental principles of physics required in the areas studied in Architecture 334L. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Architectural Interior Design 324K and Architecture 334K may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Architecture 520L with a grade of at least C.
ARC 334L. Environmental Controls II.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. A survey of heating, ventilating, air conditioning, vertical transportation, and wiring and plumbing systems in buildings, including techniques of documentation. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architectural Interior Design 324K with a grade of at least C.
ARC 435K. Construction III.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Theories of building construction and materials; structural component analysis and design. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architecture 415L with a grade of at least C, and Physics 302L and 102N.
ARC 435L. Construction IV.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Theories of building behavior and materials; structural system analysis and design. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architecture 435K with a grade of at least C.
ARC 335M. Construction V.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Advanced analysis of building envelope, assemblies, detailing, and specifications. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architecture 435L with a grade of at least C.
ARC 350R. Topics in Design Theory.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule.
Topic 1: The Modern American City. Same as Geography 337 and Urban Studies 352 (Topic 1: The Modern American City). Issues facing residents of United States cities, such as transportation and housing, poverty and crime, metropolitan finance, environmental and architectural design; historical/comparative urban evolution. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 2: American Dream: Status Quo and Alternatives. Same as Urban Studies 352 (Topic 2: American Dream: Status Quo and Alternatives).
Topic 3: Urban Design Practice. Same as Urban Studies 352 (Topic 3: Urban Design Practice).
Topic 4: Economy/Value/Quality of Life. Same as Urban Studies 352 (Topic 4: Economy/Value/Quality of Life).
ARC 351R. Visual Communication.
Advanced problems for the refinement of visual communication skills and architectural presentation methods, including drawing, photography, and computer-aided graphics. Three lecture hours or six studio hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Architecture 520L.
Topic 1: Computer Applications in Design. Six studio hours a week for one semester.
Topic 2: Introduction to Computer Applications. Six studio hours a week for one semester.
Topic 4: Composition, Presentation, and Portfolio. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Topic 5: Descriptive Geometry. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Topic 6: Drawing Clinic. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Topic 7: Introduction to Computer Imaging. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Topic 8: Seeing Things: General Drawing. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Topic 9: Solid Geometry Drawing. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Topic 10: Visual Communication Exercises. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Topic 11: Wood Design. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
ARC 560R. Advanced Design.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Advanced problems in architectural design. Fifteen hours of lecture and studio a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics and instructors vary. Prerequisite: Architecture 530T with a grade of at least C and satisfactory completion of third-year portfolio review.
ARC 560T, 660T. Advanced Design.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Comprehensive studio to develop the student's ability to combine the elements that create a thorough building design. For 560T, fifteen studio hours a week for one semester; for 660T, eighteen studio hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architecture 560R with a grade of at least C.
ARC 361T. Technical Communication.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Studio to produce construction documents for buildings designed in Architecture 560T. Six studio hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architecture 560R with a grade of at least C.
ARC 362. Professional Practice.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Ethical, legal, and administrative responsibilities of the architect; organizations, processes, and roles in architecture. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Architecture 560R with a grade of at least C.
ARC 368R. Topics in the History of Architecture.
Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Seminars and lecture/seminars on advanced topics in the history of architecture. Topics address medieval, Renaissance, Latin American, Asian, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century history of architecture, and historiography of architecture. Three lecture/seminar hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Architecture 318L.
ARC 279, 379, 479, 579. Architectural Research.
Investigation of problems selected by the student with approval of the supervising instructor. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester. A grade of at least C is required for degree credit.
Community and Regional Planning: CRP
Upper-Division Courses
CRP 369K. Principles of Physical Planning.
Introductory course in the physical dimension of urban planning. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or six semester hours of upper-division coursework.