• Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality. 
  • Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

NUpath attributes Engaging with the Natural and Designed World (ND), Exploring Creative Expression and Innovation (EI), Interpreting Culture (IC), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), and Engaging Differences and Diversity (DD) are met through the major course requirements. 

In order to graduate, students must complete Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ) and Ethical Reasoning (ER) in their electives. 

*Note: Students who wish to be eligible for the two-year Master of Architecture degree should take the following courses: Architectonic Systems (ARCH 2240), Architecture, Infrastructure, and the City (ARCH 3170), Structural Systems (ARCH 5230), along with calculus and physics.

Architectural Studies Courses

Required Courses
ARCH 1110Fundamental Architectural Representation4
ARCH 1120Fundamental Architectural Design6
ARCH 1310
and ARCH 1311
Buildings and Cities, A Global History
and Recitation for ARCH 1310
4
ARCH 2130Site, Space, Program6
ARCH 2260Introduction to Building Systems4
ARCH 3450Advanced Architectural Communication4
Architecture History Elective
Students must complete at least one ARCH 2300-level history course.4
Electives
Complete two of the following:8
Understanding Design
Urban Housing
Topics in Architectural History
Any second ARCH 2300-level history course
Architecture Topics Abroad: Theory
Architecture Topics Abroad: Drawing
Advanced Topics in Architectural History
Urban and Architectural History Abroad
Design Tactics and Operations

Design Requirements

Art + Design Fundamentals
ARTF 1220Elements of Visual Composition (with optional ARTF 1221)2
Art + Design Fundamentals Elective
Complete three of the following:6
Representational Drawing
Abstract Drawing
Making with Form and Materials
and Making with Form and Materials Tools
Making with Video, Sound, and Animation
and Making with Video, Sound, and Animation Tools
Designing Interactive Experiences
and Designing Interactive Experiences Tools
Design Required
ARTG 1001
and ARTG 1002
Design Perspectives: An Introduction to Design in the World
and Seminar for Design Perspectives
4
ARTG 1270
and ARTG 1271
Design: Process + Practices
and Studio for Design: Process + Practices
4
ARTG 1290
and ARTG 1291
Typographic Systems
and Studio for Typographic Systems
4
Design Elective
Complete any one ARTG course as long as prerequisites have been met and course has not been used to fulfill other requirements of the program. 14
Art + Design History Elective
Complete any one ARTH course. ARTH 1001 Visual Intelligence and ARTH 1002 Seminar in Visual Intelligence is recommended to fulfill this requirement.4
Art + Design Elective
Complete any one ARTD, ARTE, ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, or GAME course as long as prerequisites have been met.4
If ARTG 5000 Topics in Design (or any other topics course in the subjects listed above) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives.
Degree Capstone Project
ARTG 4550Design Degree Project4
1

Successful completion of both Prototyping with Code (ARTG 2262)  and Lab for Lab for ARTG 2262 (ARTG 2263) may satisfy this requirement.

Design Option

Complete one of the following options:8
Experience Design Option
Experience Design Principles
Topics In Experience Design Inquiry
Graphic Design Option
Graphic Design Principles
Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry
Information Design Option
Information Design Principles
Topics in Information Design Inquiry
Interaction Design Option
Interaction Design Principles (with optional ARTG 2401)
Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry

Integrative Requirement

The following course is already required in the major:
ARTG 4550Design Degree Project4

Major Credit Requirement

Complete 88 semester hours for the major.

Program Requirement

132 total semester hours required

Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ARCH 1310
and ARCH 1311
4ARCH 11104ARTF elective 2Vacation
ARTF 1000 or ARCH 10001ARCH 11206ARTF elective2 
ARTF 1220 (with optional ARTF 1221)2ARTG 1270
and ARTG 1271
4Elective4 
ARTF elective2ARCH history elective 4  
ARTG 1001
and ARTG 1002
4   
ENGW 11114   
 17 18 8 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ARCH 21306ARCH 2340
and ARCH 2341
4Elective4Co-op0
ARCH 22604ARCH 34504Elective4 
ARTG 1290
and ARTG 1291
4EEAM 20001  
ARCH elective4ARTH elective4  
 Design option level 14  
 18 17 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0ARCH elective4Elective4Co-op0
ENGW 3314 or 3302 (online)4A+D elective4Elective4 
 Design option level 24  
 Elective4  
 4 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0ARTG 45504  
Elective (online)4ARCH elective4  
 Design elective4  
 Elective4  
 4 16  
Total Hours: 134