The request to revise the MArch degree program graduate catalog

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ARCH 50506100.  Introductory Design ExperienceDesign Studio: Basics. (3)Cross-listed as MUDD 5050.  Prerequisite: B.A., B.S. or equivalent college degree. This introductory graduate course in architecture is intended for students newly admitted to the School of Architecture's MArch I3+ year professional program. This three five week, intensive studio-based course includes an introduction to freehand drawing, 2-D composition, 3-D modeling, and visual theory. In addition, the course offers an introduction to a variety of related topics (history, urbanism, structure, lighting, materials, etc.) that serve as critical departure points for understanding and making architectural and urban projects.(Summer)

ARCH 52115201.  Architectural History I: Prehistory to – 1750. (3)This course is a global survey of architecture and urbanism from prehistory to 1750.  It explores key examples of buildings and cities as well as the theoretical, environmental, political, economic, technological, and cultural context in which they were built. This course provides a general knowledge of the formal, spatial and ornamental characteristics that distinguish the built environment of distinct historic and traditional building cultures. (Fall)

ARCH 52125202.  Architectural History II: 1750 to the – Present. (3)Prerequisite: ARCH 5211 5201 or permission of instructor. This course is a global survey of architecture and urbanism from 1750 to the present. It explores key architectural and urban ideas, designers, buildings, and urban projects as well as how they were shaped by their environmental, political, economic, technological, and cultural context.  (Spring)

ARCH 5203. Architectural History III: Survey of Contemporary Theory (1950 - Present). (3) Prerequisite: ARCH 5202 or permission of instructor. This course is a survey of architecture theory from 1950 to the present. It focuses on the key ideas, texts, debates, and discourse that have informed architectural practice in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. (Fall)

ARCH 52145204/5205. Topics in Architectural History / TheoryArchitectural History: Topics.  (3) Prerequisite: ARCH 5212 5203 or permission of instructor. Study of topical areas of history and theory of architecture. These courses develop in-depth research, writing, and presentation skills. May be repeated for credit as topics of course change.(Fall/Spring)

ARCH 51125206. Professional Practice. (3)This course serves as an introduction to the objectives of the practice of architecture, its responsibilities and procedures, and emerging alternative forms of practice and as they pertain to the role of the architect. (Spring)

ARCH 53125301. Architectural MaterialsMaterial and Assembly Principles. (3)This course introduces the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of architectural materials, systems, and processes. Students will be introduced to the physical properties of materials relevant to their application in construction, assembly, and detail systems. Topics will include masonry, concrete, wood, steel, glass, cladding, and roofing and flooring materials and their assemblies. (SpringFall)

ARCH 53155302. Environmental Control SystemsEnvironmental Systems Principles. (3)Prerequisite: ARCH 53125301or permission of instructor.  Corequisite:  ARCH 5313. This course introduces qualitative and quantitative analytical methods commonly used to assess the impact of environmental forces on occupant thermal and luminous comfort, energy performance, and regional sustainability. Students will be introduced to the interplay between climatic events, patterns of building use, and the architectural variables that inform the appropriate application of building systems technology. Topics will include building envelope performance, and the introduction of passive and mechanical systems for heating, cooling, illuminating, and ventilating buildings. (FallSpring)

ARCH 53135303.Structures OneStructural Principles. (3)Prerequisite: ARCH 53125302or permission of instructor. This course introduces issues relevant to the fundamentals of structures including statics, strength, and stability of materials. Students will be introduced to structural concepts, systems, and the tracing of structural loads through basic principles, physical modeling, and theoretical and analytical methods. Topics will include interrelationship between strain, stress, and stability, as well as the implications of tension, compression, shear, torsion, and bending. (Fall)

ARCH 53145304.Structures TwoStructural Systems. (3)Prerequisite: ARCH 53135303. This course introduces specific structural applications of wood, steel, concrete, and masonry systems commonly used in small-scale commercial/institutional buildings. Students will be introduced to the design of beams, columns, walls, joinery, and connections appropriate to each material type through theoretical, analytical, and computer simulation methods. (Spring)

ARCH 53175305. Building Systems Integration. (3)Prerequisites: ARCH 5314 5304and ARCH 5315. This course will introduce a set of advanced issues related to the comprehensive, systemic integration of building technology systems commonly used in large-scale buildings through case study, analytical, and simulation methods. Topics will address the resolution of building structure, materials, environmental systems, mechanical systems, electrical systems, life safety, building water supply and waste, and conveying systems in building design. (Fall)

ARCH 6306/6307: Technology Topic. (3)Prerequisite: ARCH 5305 or permission of instructor. This course focuses on the study of topical areas of technology in architecture. These courses provide an in-depth extension of the five required technology courses. Thecourse may be selected from a number of designated technology courses that examinespecific issues contributing to architecture as a process of investigation, innovation, analysis and/or research. May be repeated for credit as course topics change. (Fall/Spring)

ARCH 56016601. Ideas in Architecture. (3)Prerequisite: ARCH 5050. Corequisite: ARCH 61116100. This seminar class concentrates on fundamental concepts, issues, and working knowledge specific to design in architecture. It is intended to complement the design problems encountered in ARCH 6111 6100(studio) and to serve as a critical platform to raise issues that are not always evident in studio making alone. Primary topics addressed include order, form and space, site, type, and architectural meaning. (FallSummer)

ARCH 6602.  Representation I: Fundamentals. (3)Prerequisite: ARCH 6100, Corequisite: ARCH 6101 or permission of instructor. A fundamental visual and architectural skills course that includes lessons in: visual composition, 2D design and communication, 3Dphysical models, graphic and photographic image manipulation, and craft in design. The course also includes readings and criticism, which address the artistic and architectural correlation of these skills. (Fall)

ARCH 6603. Representation II: Digital Fundamentals. (3)Pre-requisite: ARCH 6602, Co-requisite ARCH 6102. This course introduces students to architectural drafting (2D) and modeling (3D) using digital tools and processes. The expected outcome of this course is a student who is skillful, adaptable, and,most of all, critical towards digital media. (Spring)

ARCH 5604 Computational Methods. (3)Pre-requisite: ARCH 6603or permission of instructor, Corequisite: ARCH 7101. This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of computation through explorations with basic scripting and parametric tools. The goal is to understand the potential of computation and the role it can play as part of one's design process,not as a collection of specific tools, but as a way of thinking about design. (Fall)

ARCH 5605. Computational Practice. (3)Pre-requisite: ARCH 5604or permission of instructor. This course is the capstone for digital media and computational studies in the School of Architecture. The goal of this seminar course is to provide students with experience using advanced digital tools and methods, including digital fabrication, parametrics, Building Information Modeling/Management (BIM), scripting, and performance analysisin preparation for professional practice and/or advanced graduate research. (Spring)

ARCH 61116101. Design Fundamentals Fundamentals. (76)Corequisite: ARCH 56015602. This introductory architectural design studio focuses on fundamental concepts of architecture as well as the acquisition and practice of a wide range of technical and graphic skills and media. It is intended to complement the reading and writing engaged in ARCH 5601 (Ideas in Architecture) and to serve as an arena to explore and test the issues encountered in that course through the act of making. (Fall)