Suggested Arrangement of Courses, Architectural Studies (BSAS)
Requirements | Hours | |
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1st Semester | ||
ARC 310K | Design I (Major) | 3 |
ARC 311K | Visual Communication I (Major) | 3 |
ARC 308 | Architecture and Society (Major) | 3 |
M 408C | Differential and Integral Calculus (General Education) | 4 |
UGS 302 | First-Year Signature Course (Core) 090 | 3 |
or UGS 303 | First-Year Signature Course | |
2nd Semester | ||
ARC 310L | Design II (Major) | 3 |
ARC 311L | Visual Communication II (Major) | 3 |
ARC 318K | World Architecture: Origins to 1750 (Major) | 3 |
PHY 302K & PHY 105M | General Physics Technical Course: Mechanics, Heat, and Sound and Laboratory For Physics 302K, 303K, and 317K (General Education) | 4 |
RHE 306 | Rhetoric and Writing (Core) 010 | 3 |
3rd Semester | ||
ARC 323D | Design III Intermediate Studio (Major) | 3 |
ARC 221K | Visual Communication III | 2 |
ARC 415K | Construction I (Major) | 4 |
ARC 318L | World Architecture: The Industrial Revolution to the Present (Major) | 3 |
PHY 302L & PHY 105N | General Physics Technical Course: Electricity and Magnetism, Light, Atomic and Nuclear Physics and Laboratory For Physics 302L, 303L, and 317L (General Education) | 4 |
4th Semester | ||
ARC 523E | Design IV Intermediate Studio (Major) | 5 |
ARC 415L | Construction II (Major) | 4 |
ARC 333 | Site Design (Major) | 3 |
U.S. History (Core) 060 | 3 | |
5th Semester | ||
ARC 523F | Design V Intermediate Studio (Major) | 5 |
ARC 435R | Structures I (Major) | 4 |
ARC 334K | Environmental Controls I (Major) | 3 |
ARC 342R | Topics in the History of Architecture (Major) | 3 |
or ARC 342C | Mexican Architecture and Urbanism: From Pre-Columbian to Contemporary | |
or ARC 342E | History and Theories of Landscape Architecture I | |
or ARC 342F | History and Theories of Landscape Architecture II | |
or ARC 342S | Modern European Architecture | |
or ARC 342T | Advanced Architecture History | |
or ARC 342U | Modern History of Sustainable Architecture | |
6th Semester | ||
ARC 327R | Topics in Architectural Theory (Major) | 3 |
or ARC 327C | Urban Design History, Theory, and Criticism | |
or ARC 327E | Alternative Real Estate Action | |
or ARC 327F | American Dream: Status Quo and Alternatives | |
or ARC 327G | Regenerative Architecture | |
or ARC 327J | Theory of Architecture I | |
or ARC 327P | Productions | |
or ARC 327R | Topics in Architectural Theory | |
or ARC 327U | Technology/Technique Sustainable Design | |
Free elective courses (Elective) | 12 | |
7th Semester | ||
GOV 310L | American and Texas Government (Core) 070 | 3 |
PHL course (Major) | 3 | |
U.S. History (Core) 060 | 3 | |
Natural Science and Technology, Part II (Core) 093 | 3 | |
Social and Behavioral Sciences (Core) 080 | 3 | |
8th Semester | ||
E 316L | British Literature (Core) 040 | 3 |
or E 316M | American Literature | |
or E 316N | World Literature | |
or E 316P | Masterworks of Literature | |
GOV 312L | Issues and Policies in American Government (Core) 070 | 3 |
Upper-division humanities course (General Education) | 3 | |
Free elective courses (Elective) | 8 | |
Total Hours | 125 |
Four-year degree suggestion (for planning purposes only).
Currently enrolled students should meet with their academic advisor.
Course categories: Core, General Education†, Major, Elective, Opportunity
Core Component Areas: 010 Communication; 020 Mathematics; 030 Natural Science and Technology, Part I; 040 Humanities; 050 Visual and Performing Arts; 060 U.S. History; 070 American and Texas Government; 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences; 090 First-Year Signature Course; 093 Natural Science and Technology, Part II
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