ARC X86M ARC 386M Topics in Architectural Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of critical theories and practices that affect the built environment. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Computer Applications in Design.
Topic 2: Architectural Criticism. Architecture 386M (Topic: Architectural Criticism) and 386M (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Topic 3: Architectural Photography. Architecture 386M (Topic: Architectural Photography) and 386M (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Topic 4: City as Form and Idea. Only one of the following may be counted: Architecture 386M (Topic 4), 386M (Topic: City as Form and Idea), 388R (Topic: City as Form and Idea).
Topic 5: Community Design Engagement. Architecture 386M (Topic: Community Design Engagement) and 386M (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Topic 6: Design Firm Leadership. Architecture 386M (Topic: Design Firm Leadership) and 386M (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Topic 7: Design of New Communities. Only one of the following may be counted: Architecture 386M (Topic 7), Urban Design (U D) 388R (Topic 2), Urban Design (UDN) 388R (Topic 2).
Topic 8: Design Process. Architecture 386M (Topic: Design Process) and 386M (Topic 8) may not both be counted.
Topic 9: Designing the Way We Build. Architecture 386M (Topic: Designing the Way We Build) and 386M (Topic 9) may not both be counted.
Topic 10: Eileen Gray and E.1027. Architecture 386M (Topic: Eileen Gray and E.1027) and 386M (Topic 10) may not both be counted.
Topic 11: Energy Modeling and the Design Process. Architecture 386M (Topic: Energy Modeling & Design Proc) and 386M (Topic 11) may not both be counted.
Topic 12: Global Housing Challenge. Architecture 386M (Topic: Global Housing Challenge) and 386M (Topic 12) may not both be counted.
Topic 13: Light and Sustainable Design. Architecture 386M (Topic: Light and Sustainable Design) and 386M (Topic 13) may not both be counted.
Topic 14: Managing the Design Project. Architecture 386M (Topic: Managing the Design Project) and 386M (Topic 14) may not both be counted.
Topic 15: Place and Historical Imagination. Architecture 386M (Topic: Place & Historical Imagination) and 386M (Topic 15) may not both be counted.
Topic 16: Poetics of Building. Architecture 386M (Topic: Poetics of Building) and 386M (Topic 16) may not both be counted.
Topic 17: Advanced Theories of Architecture. Architecture 386M (Topic: Advanced Theories of Architecture) and 386M (Topic 17) may not both be counted.
Topic 18: Smart, Green and Just. Architecture 386M (Topic: Smart, Green, and Just) and 386M (Topic 18) may not both be counted.
Topic 19: Solar Geometry and Energy Flow. Architecture 386M (Topic: Solar Geom/Energy Flow in Bldg) and 386M (Topic 19) may not both be counted.
Topic 20: Technology/Techniques Sustainable Design. Architecture 386M (Topic: Technol/Techniq Sustn Dsgn-Ger) and 386M (Topic 20) may not both be counted.
Topic 21: Timber Technologies. Architecture 386M (Topic: Timber Technologies) and 386M (Topic 21) may not both be counted.
Topic 22: Urban Land Institute Workshop. Only one of the following may be counted: Architecture 386M (Topic 22), Urban Design (UDN) 382M (Topic 1), Urban Design (U D) 382M (Topic 3).
Topic 23: Alternative Real Estate Action. Architecture 386M (Topic: Alternative Real Estate Action) and 386M (Topic 23) may not both be counted.
Topic 24: The American Dream: Status Quo and Alternatives. Architecture 386M (Topic: Amer Dream: Stat Quo/Alterns) and 386M (Topic 24) may not both be counted.
Topic 25: Preservation Law. Architecture 386M (Topic: Preservation Law) and 386M (Topic 25) may not both be counted.
Topic 26: Computational Design. Explore the theory and application of computational design. Use of software programs to develop experimental projects that uncover new tactics for the design of buildings and objects. Architecture 386M (Topic: COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN) and 386M (Topic 26) may not both be counted.
Topic 27: Research Design. Architecture 386M (Topic: Research Design) and 386M (Topic 27) may not both be counted.
Topic 28: Society, Nature, and Technology. Architecture 386M (Topic: Society, Nature, & Technology) and 386M (Topic 28) may not both be counted.
Topic 29: Futures and Cities. Only one of the following may be counted: Architecture 386M (Topic 29), Landscape Architecture 388 (Topic 2), Urban Design (U D) 388R (Topic 1), Urban Design (UDN) 388R (Topic 1).
Topic 30: Race and Gender by Design. Examine the relationship of design relative to the narratives of race, gender, and diversity. Architecture 386M (Topic: RACE AND GENDER: BY DESIGN) and 386M (Topic 30) may not both be counted.
Topic 31: Architecture Computation. Architecture 386M (Topic 31) and Urban Design (U D) 388R (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Topic 32: Composition and Architecture. Architecture 386M (Topic: Composition and Architecture) and 386M (Topic 32) may not both be counted.
Topic 33: Regenerative Architecture. Architecture 386M (Topic: Regenerative Architecture) and 386M (Topic 33) may not both be counted.
Topic 34: Sustainable Architectural Design. Architecture 386M (Topic: Sustainable Arc Design) and 386M (Topic 34) may not both be counted.
Topic 35: Sustainability: Why This Way. Architecture 386M (Topic: Sustainability: Why This Way) and 386M (Topic 35) may not both be counted.
Topic 36: Introduction to Urban Ecology. Architecture 386M (Topic 36) and Community Regional Planning 383 (Topic 7) may not both be counted.
Topic 37: Graphic Documentation. Architecture 386M (Topic: Graphic Documentation) and 386M (Topic 37) may not both be counted.
Topic 38: National Register of Historic Places. Architecture 386M (Topic: Natl Reg of Hist Places Docum) and 386M (Topic 38) may not both be counted.
Topic 39: Architectural Interrogations. Architecture 386M (Topic: Two Hundred Words) and 386M (Topic 39) may not both be counted.
Topic 40: Inside Utopia. Architecture 386M (Topic: Inside Utopia) and 386M (Topic 40) may not both be counted.
Topic 41: Designing for Human Behavior. Architecture 386M (Topic: Designing for Human Behavior) and 386M (Topic 41) may not both be counted.
Topic 42: Building Matters. Architecture 386M (Topic: Building Matters) and 386M (Topic 42) may not both be counted.
Topic 43: Spatial Stories. Architecture 386M (Topic: Spatial Stories) and 386M (Topic 43) may not both be counted. Restrictions: Restricted to students in the School of Architecture.
Topic 44: Biogenic Materials. Architecture 386M (Topic Biogenic Materials) and 386M (Topic 44) may not both be counted.