Categories: Graduate Courses
ARH 650: Foundational Design Studio I
ARH 650: Introductory Design Studio I Faculty: Yim Lim Jew / Alberto Bertoli / Vasilena Vassilev / Aja Jeanty / Stephanie Davidson / Mark Myers Course Description Learn the principal concepts of architecture in this foundational design studio. Engage in the iterative design process, where you will achieve conceptual and spatial ideas through deliberate experimentation.…
ARH 653: Foundational Design Studio II
ARH 653: Introductory Design Studio 2 Faculty: Eric Reeder / Peter Strzebniok / Simon Battisti / José Ramón Sierra Gómez de León Course Description In this foundational design studio, you will develop your spatial design and investigative skills in developing architectural projects. You will begin with analytical studies of urban contexts and inherent patterns therein.…
ARH 609: Advanced Design Studio I – Design Process and Morphology
ARH 609: INTERMEDIATE DESIGN STUDIO I Faculty: Peter Suen / Mark Myers / José Mayoral Moratilla / Jaime Daroca Course Description In this Advanced Design Studio, you will focus on using phenomenology to explore methods for developing concepts, form and space-making. You will be exploring human experiences and cultural phenomena as a programmatic basis in…
ARH 608: Advanced Design Studio II – Concept, Context, and Typology
ARH 608: ADVANCED DESIGN STUDIO 1: CONCEPT, CONTEXT, AND TYPOLOGY Faculty: Mark Mueckenheim / Maria Paz De Moura Castro / Nicole Lambrou Course Description In this advanced Design Studio, you will engage in a stimulating and intensive design process. You will investigate concept, context and typology, such as physical site characteristics, environmental and programmatic factors, as…
ARH 619: Advanced Design Studio 2: Concept and Comprehensiveness
ARH 619: Advanced Design Studio III - Integrated Design Concepts Faculty: David Gill / Benjamin Corotis / Ethen Wood / Eric Reeder / Eric Lum / Nicole Lambrou Course Description In this advanced Design Studio, you will engage in an integrated building design from concept to final detail. Engage in an investigative process fostering multiple…
ARH 690 Thesis Preparation & Midpoint
ARH 690 Thesis Preparation & Development Faculty: David Gill / Eric Reeder / Nicole Lambrou / Jaime Daroca Course Description This course prepares you for the final Master of Architecture Thesis course. You’ll begin by thinking through an architectural problem critically, identifying an area of investigation that is based on your years of study in…
ARH 810: Master of Architecture Thesis
ARH 810: Master of Architecture Thesis Faculty: Mark Mueckenheim / David Gill / Alberto Bertoli / Nicole Lambrou / Jaime Daroca / Maria Paz De Moura Castro / Peter Strzebniok Course Description In the thesis course you will develop a comprehensive architecture proposal. You will build on the architectural thesis proposal developed in the Thesis…
ARH 601 Spatial Composition
ARH 601 Spatial Composition Faculty: Stephanie Davidson / Maria Paz De Moura Castro Course Description In this course, students will study organizational principles in the patterns and structure of architectural spaces. Through a series of focused projects, students will gain an understanding of the relationship of organizational, structural, and spatial systems in architecture. Course Learning…
ARH 903 Contemporary Architecture Foreign Study
ARH 903 Architecture Foreign Study Faculty: Mark Mueckenheim Course Description Immerse yourself in outstanding contemporary built works of architecture. Discover their conceptual meaning, and their role in recent architectural discourse, through an intensive site visit, throughout a particular region outside the USA. Your comprehension of these architectural examples will be supported through discussions, guided tours,…
ARH 651 Design Process and 2D Media
ARH 651 Design Process and 2D Media Faculty: Gloria Yim Lim Jew / Nathan Ogle / Jonathan Odom / Peter Suen Course Description Gain fundamental knowledge of two-dimensional media skills needed to begin an architectural design education. Explore orthographic conventions of plan, section, and elevation, architectural notation, and two-dimensional media. You will learn how to relate…
ARH 654 Design Process & 3D Media
ARH 654 Design Process & 3D Media Faculty: Peter Suen Course Description Gain fundamental knowledge of three-dimensional digital media, modeling, and rendering techniques to develop representation and simulation skills needed for mastering the architectural design process. Course Learning Outcome As a result of successfully completing this course, students... Will be able to: Employ approaches and…
ARH 620 Digitally Generated Morphology
ARH 620 Digitally Generated Morphology Faculty: Peter Suen / David Campbell / Benjamin Rice Course Description In this class, you will learn the essential skills and software necessary to generate and design an architectural proposal using 3D modeling software. You will learn how to use the computer beyond representation as a generative design tool. Course…
ARH 659 Digitally Generated Fabrication
ARH 659 Digitally Generated Fabrication Faculty: Peter Suen / David Campbell / Benjamin Rice Course Description You will explore methods of advanced architectural fabrication in relation to architectural design and construction processes. Your work will engage into several techniques and technologies, as well as in the applications of these processes towards architectural production. Course Learning…
ARH 657 Design Media – Perspective
ARH 657 Design Media - Perspective Faculty: Nicole Lambrou / Peter Suen / Benjamin Rice Course Description In this course, you will be exposed to a multitude of advanced presentation techniques. You will begin to increase your spatial vocabulary to enhance your abilities in the architectural design process and the visual communication of your designs.…
ARH 658 Introduction to Computer Aided Drafting & Modeling
ARH 658 Introduction to Computer Aided Drafting & Modeling Faculty: Cesar Escalante / Edward Pertcheck / Madeline Hartzell Course Description In this course, you will build on basic drafting skills using AutoCAD and then develop your modeling skills in Revit. Learn fundamental technical skills to produce a sophisticated set of drawings and renderings as the…
ARH 605 Graduate Design Technology: Environmental Controls & Building Systems
ARH 605 Graduate Design Technology: Environmental Controls & Building Systems Faculty: Goetz Frank / Steve Gross / Holly Brink / Scott Brown / Stephen Cia / Mark Donahue / Robert Henderson / Wyatt Kennedy / Toby Lewis / Shane Myrbeck / Paul Switenki Course Description Investigate the critical relationship between energy and the built environment. Make…
ARH 604: Materials and Methods of Construction
ARH 604: Materials and Methods of Construction Faculty: David Gill / Paul Rivers Course Description Gain a high level of competence in the technical and tactile aspects of architectural design by developing a sophisticated wall section. You will design key details, which provide a significant portion of a completed documentation for a building design. Course…
ARH 602 Graduate Design Technology 1: Structures
ARH 602 Graduate Design Technology 1: Structures Faculty: Carl Wilford Course Description Gain an understanding of how structural systems and materials impact architectural form and structural design. You will study the elements, connections, and organizations used in the construction process from elemental to complex structures in different materials. Course Learning Outcome As a result of…
ARH 652 Architectural Tectonics
ARH 652 Architectural Tectonics Faculty: David Campbell / Benjamin Corotis / Nicole Lambrou / Drake Hawthorne Course Description Get an introduction to the art, theory, and science of construction. Understand the relationships in-between design, technology, structures, and space on a broad and holistic level. Explore exemplary architectural concepts in relation to their structure and resulting…
ARH 640 Architectural History – Introduction
ARH 640 Architectural History - Introduction Faculty: Laura Brugger / Ana Mayoral Moratilla Course Description Gain a broad overview from early to pre-modern periods of western and non-western architectural development, spanning from approximately 3000 B.C. to 1890 A.D. You will attain an essential frame of reference for the understanding of the cultural evolution of architecture.…
ARH 641 Architectural History: Modernism and its Global Impact
ARH 641 Architectural History: Modernism and its Global Impact Faculty: Laura Brugger / Ana Mayoral Moratilla Course Description Learn about the development of architecture and urbanism since the Industrial Revolution. Examine cultural and technological implications on contemporary design and trace the global impact of the modern movement. Course Learning Outcome As a result of successfully…
ARH 642 Architectural Theory
ARH 642 Architectural Theory Faculty: Ana Mayoral Moratilla Course Description Immerse yourself in the world of contemporary architectural theory to understand the relationship of architectural thinking to social, political, technological, and scientific events. Learn about different schools of thought in architecture, current architectural discourse, and global practice. Course Learning Outcome As a result of successfully…
ARH 631: Architectural History Elective: Ascendancy of the Renaissance
ARH 631: Architectural History Elective: Ascendancy of the Renaissance Course Description Be captivated by the history of the emergence of the European Renaissance and its different regional expressions. You will explore formal and technological developments alongside contemporaneous artistic and literary innovations of this important epoch. Course Learning Outcomes Students will be able to: Discuss the…
ARH 613 Sustainable Design
ARH 613 Sustainable Design Course Description This course will give you an overview of sustainable principles and how they apply to architecture, design, and construction. Learn about renewable energy, passive buildings, cradle to cradle systems, which foster green buildings and cities for a better future. Course Learning Outcome As a result of successfully completing this…
ARH 606 Construction Documents and Building Codes
ARH 606 Construction Documents and Building Codes Faculty: Gloria Yim Lim Jew Course Description Gain the knowledge to develop a set of construction documents along with the application of building codes and realize your design ideas into an actual project. Carry your conceptual design ideas into the concrete building details of a project. Course Learning…
ARH 614 Architectural Professional Practices
ARH 614 Architectural Professional Practices Faculty: Elizabeth Tippin, Gloria Jew Course Description This course exposes you to the business of conducting an architectural practice. You will gain an understanding of the organization of professional architectural firms, including methods of project management, contracts, compensation, professional ethics, insurance, and relationships with consultants and contractors. Course Learning Outcome…
ARH 610 Programming and Space Planning
Course Learning Outcome As a result of successfully completing this course, students... Will be able to: Understand and critique the theories behind social and cultural behavior Learn methods of social science research on the built environment: using tactics of field work and data gathering Apply methods of social science research on the built environment Discuss…