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Architectural Science and Systems, Minor

2023-2024 Edition

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The Minor in Architectural Science and Systems is a four-course curriculum that combines a comprehensive exploration of the full range of building systems with a thorough understanding of the physical phenomena to which they respond. Students investigate the primary component systems of buildings and their synergistic integration, including site, structure, enclosure, environmental comfort, and passive and active energy systems. While technical topics form the core content of these courses, systems thinking is the critical and analytical bond among them.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified.

Only one course can be double counted toward any other major or minor. 

Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Building Systems Required Course
ARCH 2260Introduction to Building Systems4
Building Systems Core
Complete two of the following:8
ARCH 2240
Architectonic Systems
ARCH 3210
Environmental Systems
or ARCH 5210
Environmental Systems
ARCH 5230
Structural Systems
Elective
Complete one of the following (the third course from the Building Systems Core section above may be taken as an elective):4
ARCH 5220
Integrated Building Systems
GE 3300
Energy Systems: Science, Technology, and Sustainability
SBSY 5200
Sustainable Engineering Systems for Buildings

GPA Requirement

2.000 GPA required in the minor

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