Architecture

Name	Title	Credits	School
ARCH-701	Urban and Regional Design Studio I	6.0	Architecture & Design
Design studio problems focus on both theoretical and real contexts, utilizing required skills of architectural design to address broader issues of the form of cities, suburbs, and their regional inter-relationships.
ARCH-702	Urban and Regional Design Studio II	6.0	Architecture & Design
Continuation of Urban and Regional Design Studio I. Prerequisite Course(s): ARCH-701
ARCH-703	Urban and Regional Design Studio III	6.0	Architecture & Design
Continuation of Urban and Regional Design Studio II. This course constitutes the "capstone" demonstration of ability at the level of a Master's of Architecture Degree. Prerequisite Course(s): ARCH-702
ARCH-721	History of the City and Region	3.0	Architecture & Design
Survey the historic development of cities as artifacts of concentrated human settlement and its related regions.
ARCH-725	Theories of Urbanism and Suburbanism	3.0	Architecture & Design
An examination of theories of urbanism, suburbanism and regionalism from its early history to the present, making the relationship of historical material to recent ideas and the problems and practices of today.
ARCH-726	Case Studies in Urbanism/Suburbanism	3.0	Architecture & Design
Critical analysis of canonical urban and suburban design precedent, in terms of form, operations, and policy as carriers of meaning. Seminar format.
ARCH-824	City and Regional Resources and Infrastructure	3.0	Architecture & Design
A historical survey and review of contemporary applications of attempts to organize systems of communication, commerce, movement, settlement, etc. at both local and regional scales of operation.
ARCH-841	Computer-Aided Design and Planning I	3.0	Architecture & Design
Introduction to modeling techniques for city and regional design using computer aided design methods and technologies. Application to simple urban and regional design problems.
ARCH-842	Computer-Aided Design and Planning II	3.0	Architecture & Design
Continuation of Computer-Aided Design and Planning I. Advanced modeling of urban and regional design using input from remote sensing geographic information systems and new techniques of dynamic mapping and spatial simulation. Prerequisite Course(s): ARCH-841
ARCH-871	Housing: Urban, Suburban, and Rural	3.0	Architecture & Design
Analysis of the forms of residential buildings and neighborhoods at all densities in urban and suburban regions. Study of the relationship between architecture and public policy.
ARCH-881	Issues of Practice	3.0	Architecture & Design
Students, either individually or in groups, will work with a community organization or planning agency on projects, attend meetings, make presentations, and produce a final report.
ARCH-882	Externship	3.0	Architecture & Design
Students will work 12-16 hours per week at externships with government agencies, community associations, or architectural practices involved with urban design. Students will meet and report regularly with the Program Director on their work and the employer will make a final report to the Director. Students shall submit final written reports or project presentations. The externships will be developed and/or approved by the Program Director. Paid Internships that provide a stipend to cover the cost of three credits of tuition may be permitted with approval of the program director. International students must also have approval from the international student advisor. Chairperson permission required