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ARCH 211 Architecture Design I
Credits: 4(1,0,7) Prerequisites: ARCH 112, ARCH 140, ID131

The course covers architectural design for residential interiors and exteriors as asynthetic
discipline that considers material/spatial experience, contextual analysis, formal concepts, and
social/cultural relationships. Material/graphic representations are explored in models,
drawings, collages and renderings.

ARCH 212 Architecture Design II
Credits: 4(1,0,7) Prerequisite: ARCH211
This design class cultivates the ability to respond to natural and built site conditions in the
development of a program as well as religious or cultural design projects. Design compositions
employ analysis of precedent.

ARCH 223 HISTORY AND THEORY OF ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
Credits: 2(2,0,0) Prerequisite: ARCH122

The course examines the history of Islamic architecture, its theoretical bases, and its flowering
in the past through to the present.

ARCH 224 HISTORY AND THEORY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisite: ARCH223
This course surveys the concepts and theories of architecture and urban design relating to the
modern and contemporary movements. These two periods are analyzed in typological, formal,
technological and philosophical terms.

ARCH 251 CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY I
Credits: 3(2,0,4) Prerequisites: ARCH 131
Via an investigation of building technologies, this course lays the foundation for understanding
the systems that make a building and influence the form, texture and character of the
construction environment.

ARCH 252 CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY II
Credits: 3(2,0,4) Prerequisite: ARCH251

This course looks at behavior cued to the construction of buildings. The basic principles,
appropriate applications, performance, and environmental impact of construction materials,
products, components, and assemblies are covered.

ARCH 260 BUILDINGSSURVEYING
Credits: 2(2,0,2) Prerequisite: ARCH132

The course introduces surveying principles and techniques. Items examined include:
measurement of distances, triangulation, taping errors, corrections, differential and cross
sectional leveling, compass use, measuring heights, elevations, computing angles (amplitude,
azimuth), construction and topographic surveys, using traditional and advanced techniques.