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Architectural Engineering, Minor

2022-2023 Edition

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Architectural engineering is a field of engineering that encompasses elements of civil engineering, mechanical engineering, architecture, and related fields to plan, design, and create buildings within the urban environment. It includes the architectural and structural design, mechanical systems design, computational controls and sensing, and sustainable engineering strategies. 

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering recognizes the importance of interdisciplinary work and of exposing students to the great richness in a classroom of diverse students from multiple majors bringing their own perspectives. The prospect of engineering students in architecture classes and vice versa stands to benefit all the students, whether or not they are enrolled in the minor.

The minor in architectural engineering opens opportunities for students across the university who are interested in a unique and multidisciplinary approach to the built environment. For engineering students, this minor offers an opportunity to work in the built environment and to better understand architecture, while for architecture students this is an opportunity to acquire the technical knowledge of a course of study in an engineering minor.

A total of 20 semester hours (SH) are required to complete this minor. Students will be required to complete 8 SH of required courses and 12 SH of approved elective courses from several colleges and departments at the university. Students interested in this minor must contact the civil engineering academic advisor in order to declare the minor.

This minor in architectural engineering is designed for any major and is open to any undergraduate student at the university.  

Students may double count no more than two courses with any major or graduate degree requirement, other than general electives.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs and recitations courses where specified.

Required Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
CIVE 2221
and CIVE 2222
Statics and Solid Mechanics
and Recitation for CIVE 2221
4
ARCH 3210
and ARCH 3211
Environmental Systems
and Recitation for ARCH 3210
4

Electives

Architecture Electives

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete one of the following:4
ARCH 2240
Architectonic Systems
ARCH 2330
and ARCH 2331
Architecture and the City in the Nineteenth Century
and Recitation for ARCH 2330
ARCH 2340
and ARCH 2341
Modern Architecture
and Recitation for ARCH 2340
ARCH 5220
Integrated Building Systems
LARC 2230
Introduction to Sustainable Site Planning and Design
LARC 2240
Sustainable Site Construction and Detailing

Engineering Electives

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete one or two of the following:8
CIVE 2320
and CIVE 2321
Structural Analysis
and Recitation for CIVE 2320
CIVE 2324
Concrete Structure Design
CIVE 3425
Steel Structure Design
CIVE 5281
Coastal Dynamics and Design
CIVE 5363
Climate Science, Engineering Adaptation, and Policy
CIVE 5520
Structural Systems
CIVE 5522
Structural Systems Modeling
CIVE 5699
Special Topics in Civil Engineering (Vibration-based Structural Health Monitoring)
SBSY 5100
Sustainable Design and Technologies in Construction
SBSY 5200
Sustainable Engineering Systems for Buildings
SBSY 5250
Building Performance Simulation
SBSY 5300
Information Systems for Integrated Project Delivery
If only one course was taken above, complete one course from the following:
GE 3300
Energy Systems: Science, Technology, and Sustainability
CIVE 2340
and CIVE 2341
Geotechnical Engineering
and Lab for CIVE 2340
CIVE 4542
Foundation Engineering and Design
CIVE 5275
Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure

GPA Requirement

2.000 GPA required in the minor

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