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ARCH365 Environmental Control II
Credits: 2(2,2,0) Prerequisites: ARCH364
This course discusses the development and application of visual/auditory comfort criteria, lighting
and acoustical design, and their respective design implications.

ARCH401 Special Topics in Architecture
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisites: Senior standing
This course allows specialized, in-depth studies of subjects supplementing architecture. It explores
new topics on an experimental basis, appropriate for testing interest and ability in architecture.

ARCH411 Architecture Design V
Credits: 4(1,0,7) Prerequisites: ARCH 311 (Co-op option); ARCH312(Internship option)
The object of the course is for students to design comprehensive architectural projects for
institutional buildings. Areas dealt with include development of programmed spaces
demonstratinganunderstandingofstructuralandenvironmentalsystems, building envelope
systems, life-safety provisions, wall sections, building assemblies and the principles of
sustainability.

ARCH412 Urban Design Studio
Credits: 4(1,0,7) Prerequisites: ARCH411
The course discusses design processes featured in existing urban environments and calls on
students to critically assess site and program, and creatively integrate the role of service to the
public as client.

ARCH431 Shape Grammar
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisites: Senior standing
The course goes over the principles underlying computer programming, the emphasis on
algorithms, along with the procedures and program structures applicable to architecture.

ARCH432 Architecture Imaging and Electronic Age
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisites: Senior standing
This is an interdisciplinary course designed to introduce students in the creative arts, science,
engineering, and architecture to the concepts of digital pictorial representation and display. It is a
concept and theory course, which concentrates on “why” rather than “how.” Topics include:
perspective representations, display technology, how television works, bandwidth and printing
concepts, digital photography, computer graphics modeling and rendering, and user interfaces.
Historical precedents from the Renaissance to today modern computer and digital effects are
discussed and critiqued.

ARCH441 Low-income Housing
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisites: Senior standing
The course provides evaluation and analysis of low-income housing theories and policies impact
on technical, functional, socio-behavioral factors, and design.

ARCH442 Housing for People with Limited Abilities
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisites: Senior standing
The course examines the implications of policy, planning, and design theories of housing for the
elderly and people with limited disabilities.

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