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ARCH 431 SHAPE GRAMMAR
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisite: None
The course goes over the principles underlying computer programming, the emphasis on
algorithms, along with the procedures and program structures applicable to architecture.

ARCH 432 ARCHITECTURE IMAGING AND ELECTRONIC AGE
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisite: None

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.

ARCH 441 LOW-INCOME HOUSING
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisite: None
The course provides evaluation and analysis of low-income housing theories and policies
impact on technical, functional, socio-behavioral factors, and design.

ARCH 442 HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH LIMITED ABILITIES
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisite: None
The course examines the implications of policy, planning, and design theories of housing for the
elderly and people with limited disabilities.

ARCH 443 REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisite: None
The course considers theories, strategies, and methods relating to real-estate prospects. The
course looks at the development of sustainable planning based on assessment of real market
needs and demands, as well as location analysis for proper marketing devolution.

ARCH 444 GIS FOR URBAN DESIGN
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisite: None
The course covers methods of constructing a Geographical Information System (GIS).Students
acquire the necessary skills to prepare intelligent maps with spatial databases for parcel
mapping, planning, zoning, facility mapping, creating buffer zones, slope analysis, and
neighborhood and zone analysis, using CAD map software packages.

ARCH 445 SPACE SYNTAX
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisite: None
The course explores structural properties of spatial representation. Both the mental images
and the possible critical aspects that connect those basic images with specific cultural contexts
are examined. The aim of the course is to guide students in the discovery the potentialities of