- 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
Code | Title | Hours |
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Required Courses | ||
ARCH 1110 | Fundamental Architectural Representation | 4 |
ARCH 1120 | Fundamental Architectural Design | 6 |
ARCH 1310 and ARCH 1311 | Buildings and Cities, A Global History and Recitation for ARCH 1310 | 4 |
ARCH 2130 | Site, Space, Program | 6 |
ARCH 2260 | Introduction to Building Systems | 4 |
ARCH 3450 | Advanced Architectural Communication | 4 |
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
Code | Title | Hours |
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Art + Design Fundamentals | ||
ARTF 1220 | Elements 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. 1 | 4 | |
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 4550 | Design Degree Project | 4 |
- 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
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
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
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
The following course is already required in the major: | ||
ARTG 4550 | Design Degree Project | 4 |
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 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
ARCH 1310 and ARCH 1311 | 4 | ARCH 1110 | 4 | ARTF elective | 2 | Vacation | |
ARTF 1000 or ARCH 1000 | 1 | ARCH 1120 | 6 | ARTF elective | 2 | ||
ARTF 1220 (with optional ARTF 1221) | 2 | ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
ARTF elective | 2 | ARCH history elective | 4 | ||||
ARTG 1001 and ARTG 1002 | 4 | ||||||
ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
17 | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
ARCH 2130 | 6 | ARCH 2340 and ARCH 2341 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
ARCH 2260 | 4 | ARCH 3450 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | 4 | EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||
ARCH elective | 4 | ARTH elective | 4 | ||||
Design option level 1 | 4 | ||||||
18 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Co-op | 0 | ARCH elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
ENGW 3314 or 3302 (online) | 4 | A+D elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
Design option level 2 | 4 | ||||||
Elective | 4 | ||||||
4 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
Co-op | 0 | ARTG 4550 | 4 | ||||
Elective (online) | 4 | ARCH elective | 4 | ||||
Design elective | 4 | ||||||
Elective | 4 | ||||||
4 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 134 |