Program Requirements
Program credit weight: 126 credits
Program credit weight for CEGEP students: 98 credits
The B.Sc.(Arch.) program provides conceptual, technical, and procedural foundations for the professional M.Arch. program, which is accredited by the Canadian Architectural Certification Board and recognized as accredited by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards in the US. Students entering the B.Sc.(Arch.) program complete first-year courses in general studies (including sciences, humanities, and social sciences), for which individuals entering with the Qu茅bec Diploma of Collegial Studies in Arts and Science or Pure and Applied Science (or equivalent) are generally granted transfer credits. All students then complete six terms of immersion in architecture, centered in studio courses exploring principles of design, norms of representation, cultures of construction, and the human experience of architecture. Studio-based learning is complemented by lecture courses on foundational knowledge. Complementary courses provide further opportunities to learn about how culture intersects with technology in the work of architecture, and students select electives to customize their learning experience.
Required Year 0 (Freshman) Courses
28 credits
Generally, students admitted to the Architecture program from Quebec CEGEPs are granted transfer credit for the Year 0 (Freshman) courses and enter a 98-credit (six-term) program.
Course choices must be made through consultation with the Student Adviser for the Professional Programs.
All Year 0 students must successfully complete 10 credits from the following:
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MATH 133 Linear Algebra and Geometry (3 credits)
Overview
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : Systems of linear equations, matrices, inverses, determinants; geometric vectors in three dimensions, dot product, cross product, lines and planes; introduction to vector spaces, linear dependence and independence, bases. Linear transformations. Eigenvalues and diagonalization.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Macdonald, Jeremy; Ayala, Miguel; Branchereau, Romain; Giard, Antoine (Fall)
3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
Prerequisite: a course in functions
Restriction(s): 1) Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UQ or equivalent. 2) Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 123, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
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MATH 140 Calculus 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : Review of functions and graphs. Limits, continuity, derivative. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antidifferentiation. Applications.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Sabok, Marcin; Trudeau, Sidney; Kalmykov, Artem (Fall)
3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
Prerequisite: High School Calculus
Restriction(s): 1) Not open to students who have taken MATH139 or MATH 150 or CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent. 2) Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
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PHYS 131 Mechanics and Waves (4 credits) *
Overview
Physics : The basic laws and principles of Newtonian mechanics; oscillations, waves, and wave optics.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Ragan, Kenneth J (Fall)
Fall
3 hours lectures; 1 hour tutorial, 3 hours laboratory in alternate weeks; tutorial sessions
Corequisite: MATH 139 or higher level calculus course.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 101, or who have taken CEGEP objective 00UR or equivalent.
Laboratory sections have limited enrolment
All Year 0 students must also successfully complete 18 credits as follows:
3 credits from among any 100- or 200-level courses with the subject codes of ATOC (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences), COMP (Computer Science), ENVR (Environment), and EPSC (Earth and Planetary Sciences).
15 credits from among any 100- or 200-level courses with the subject codes of AFRI (African Studies), ANTH (Anthropology), ARTH (Art History), CANS (Canadian Studies), CATH (Catholic Studies), CLAS (Classics), COMS (Communication Studies), EAST (East Asian Studies), ECON (Economics), ENGL (English), FREN (French), FSCI (Faculty of Science), GEOG (Geography), GSFS (Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice), GERM (German), HISP (Hispanic Studies), HIST (History), INDG (Indigenous Studies), ISLA (Islamic Studies), ITAL (Italian), JWST (Jewish Studies), LING (Linguistics), LLCU (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures), MUAR (Music - Arts Faculty), PHIL (Philosophy), POLI (Political Science), PSYC (Psychology), RELG (Religious Studies), RUSS (Russian), SOCI (Sociology).
* A PHYS course equivalent to Mechanics with labs may be substituted upon approval of the department.
Required Courses (83 credits)
Architectural Courses
Note: ARCH 250 and ARCH 378 should be taken in the first year of studies.
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ARCH 201 Communication, Behaviour and Architecture (6 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Introduction to design; development of design judgement and communication skills in a series of exercises addressing light, scale, space, form and colour in the built environment; introduction to techniques of oral and graphic presentation, including model making, photography, sketching and architectural drawing. The course is based in the studio and includes lectures, seminars and field trips.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Avorgbedor, Alan; Balbahadur, Vedanta; Kim, Sharon (Fall)
(2-10-6)
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ARCH 202 Architectural Graphics and Elements of Design (6 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Introduction to architectural design; consideration of building form in relation to program, structural system, material selection, site and climate; further development of skills in model making, conventional architectural drawing, axonometric and perspective drawing, sketching and architectural rendering. The course is based in the studio and includes lectures, seminars and field trips.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Balbahadur, Vedanta; Thorogood, Jennifer; Mana莽as, Julia (Winter)
(2-10-6)
Prerequisite: ARCH 201
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ARCH 221 Architectural Drawing (2 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Strategies for visualization and representation based on perspective, orthographic and oblique projection; drawing in the design process; relationship of drawing type to design intention; freehand drawing and sketching; architectural survey and notebook recording. Students work in the studio and in the field in a range of media.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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ARCH 240 Organization of Materials in Buildings (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : The characteristics of basic building materials: wood, steel, masonry and concrete. How building materials are shaped into building components, and how these components are integrated into the building envelope. Problems, laboratory projects and field trips to illustrate principles.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Plourde, Marc-Andr茅 (Winter)
(2-3-4)
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ARCH 241 Architectural Structures 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Introduction to the fundamental concepts and forms of structures in architecture.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Egli, Thomas (Winter)
(3-1-5)
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ARCH 250 Architectural History 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : The study of architecture and cities from ancient times to 1750.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Henni, Samia (Fall)
(3-0-6)
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ARCH 251 Architectural History 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : The study of North American architecture and cities from 1950 to the present.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Adams, Annmarie (Winter)
(2-1-6)
Prerequisite: ARCH 250
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ARCH 303 Design and Construction 1 (6 credits)
Overview
Architecture : An exploration of the design of buildings. Projects emphasize the major social, technological, environmental, and symbolic aspects of the design process. Introduction to specific modelling, presentation, and documentation techniques. Discussions, readings, field trips and practical exercises.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Covo, David; Godlovitch, Nathan; Taylor, Rebecca (Fall)
(2-10-6)
Prerequisite: ARCH 202
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ARCH 304 Design and Construction 2 (6 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Continuation of Design and Construction I with projects of increasing complexity. Projects deal with particular aspects of architectural design and/or explore approaches to design methodology. Discussions, readings, field trips and practical exercises.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Bressani, Martin (Winter)
(2-10-6)
Prerequisite: ARCH 303
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ARCH 325 Architectural Sketching (2 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Seven days of supervised field sketching in selected locations outside Montreal. The course develops traditional skills in architectural sketching in pencil, ink and watercolour. Sketching is explored as a process that frames the student's encounter with the environment and as a strategy for acquiring knowledge and understanding of the world.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Covo, David (Fall)
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ARCH 342 Digital Representation (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : This course introduces students to digital representation in architecture. Students explore applications of state-of-the-art two- and three-dimensional computer modeling software in architectural design.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Kim, Sharon (Fall)
(2-1-6)
Prerequisites: ARCH 201 or instructor's approval
- ARCH 354 Architectural History 3 (3 credits)
- ARCH 355 Architectural History 4 (3 credits)
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ARCH 375 Landscape (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Land form, plant life, microclimate; land use and land preservation; elements and methods of landscape design.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Robitaille, Sophie (Fall)
(3-0-6)
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ARCH 377 Energy, Environment, and Buildings 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Exploration of the interrelationship between energy, environment, and building. Climate analysis and design, daylighting, electrical systems, plumbing and water conservation, and conveyance systems.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Sampson, Conor (Fall)
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ARCH 378 Introduction to Building Environments (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Introduction to ecology, technology, and building through climate change as a central topic for architects in this century.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Rondinel, Daniel (Fall)
(3-0-6)
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ARCH 405 Design and Construction 3 (6 credits)
Overview
Architecture : A structured investigation of architectural concepts; program interpretation with respect to relevant cultural, social and environmental contexts; applications of appropriate formal languages and building technologies in integrated proposals for a variety of building forms.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Bouchard, Evelyne; Ruccolo, Lia; Carter, Morgan; Karpova, Olga (Fall)
(2-10-6)
Prerequisite: ARCH 304
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ARCH 406 Design and Construction 4 (6 credits)
Overview
Architecture : A detailed study and comprehensive development of architectural proposals for complex building types and site conditions; the exploration of coherent initial concepts with respect to programmatic requirements, image and form; subsequent elaboration leading to meaningful and technologically viable designs for the built environment.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Friedman, Abraham; Bouchard, Evelyne; Carter, Morgan; King, Andrew (Winter)
(2-10-6)
Prerequisite: ARCH 405
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ARCH 445 Architectural Structures 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Holistic overview of structural systems for architects and application to real-world architectural projects. Fundamentals and principles of the philosophy of structures; structural theory; mechanics of structures; loadings; different structural components such as gravity and lateral force resisting systems; materials and other factors in the design and analysis of structures.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Egli, Thomas (Fall)
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ARCH 447 Energy, Environment, and Buildings 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Advanced exploration of the interrelationships among energy, environment, and building. Topics include energy efficiency, thermal envelopes, life-cycle design, materials selection, fluid mechanics of natural ventilation, thermal science of passive design, adaptive thermal comfort, the 'air-conditioning trap', the 'embodied carbon blindspot,' and the 'timber-carbon sink'.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Goldman, Gabrielle (Fall)
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ARCH 451 Building Regulations and Safety (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : The study of building codes with specific emphasis on the National Building and National Fire Codes of Canada. Examples of existing buildings with assignments to illustrate regulations. Development of a systematic approach to the implementation of codes during the preliminary design stage of an architectural project.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Plourde, Marc-Andr茅 (Winter)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: ARCH 405
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ARCH 512 Architectural Modelling (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Architectural modelling using advanced applications in digital media. Topics include: 3-D modelling and rendering; image editing; digital animation; hypertext and the World Wide Web; issues of representation and methodology; comparison of publishing applications. Projects complement design studio courses and independent studies that are student or instructor initiated.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Pertigkiozoglou, Eliza (Fall)
(2-1-6)
Prerequisite: ARCH 342 or equivalent.
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ARCH 551 Urban Design and Planning (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Fundamentals of city-building in Canada relative to municipal, regional, and provincial actions used to guide urban growth and development. Contemporary urban design in major metropolitan centres as shaped by legal, political, and cultural realities. Current preoccupations in citybuilding: reurbanisation and adaptive reuse of infrastructure, collaborative multi-stakeholder projects, strategic initiatives, changing relationships between professional experts and grassroots actors. Introduction to specific aspects of practice: public participation and community engagement; land development and real estate; project feasibility and implementation; policy monitoring and evaluation; emergent city-building regimes.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Luka, Nik (Winter)
Complementary Courses (6 credits)
6 credits from among the following:
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ARCH 217 Freehand Drawing (1 credit)
Overview
Architecture : Development of skills in drawing and observation through a series of exercises based on the study of the human figure in a studio setting. Media include pencil, charcoal, conte crayon, and pen and ink.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(0-2-1)
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ARCH 379 Summer Course Abroad (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Studies in-situ of key buildings, landscapes and urban settings; techniques of graphic documentations, analysis of physical configuration, constructional details and present use. Excursions to neighbouring sites of architectural interest.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(0-0-9)
Prerequisite: ARCH 202 or permission of instructor
Restriction: Departmental permission required
The fee for this field course is $1968, of which a small portion is eligible to be reported on a T2202A. The fee covers students' and instructor lodging and instructor transportation costs. The fee also includes the printing of students' final work in the course.
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ARCH 383 Geometry and Architecture (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Geometry in the formal structure of design. Grids, lattices, polygons and polyhedra; proportional systems. Evidence of these figures and structures in natural objects and phenomena. Graphical and physical models. Application to architecture and the human environment. Case studies.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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ARCH 461 Freehand Drawing and Sketching (1 credit)
Overview
Architecture : Drawing and sketching in pencil, charcoal and other media both in the studio and out-of-doors.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(0-3-0)
Prerequisite: ARCH 325
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ARCH 490 Selected Topics in Design (2 credits)
Overview
Architecture : A course to allow the introduction of special topics in related areas of design.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(2-0-4)
Prerequisite: ARCH 202 or permission of instructor
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ARCH 514 Community Design Workshop (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Context-focused community-based architectural projects undertaken in collaboration with external partners. Exploration of challenges, needs, and opportunities in architectural and urban-design interventions on real sites through interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial collaboration.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(1-4-4)
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking URBP 514.
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ARCH 515 Sustainable Design (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : This course will address sustainable design theory and applications in the built environment with students from a variety of fields (architecture, urban planning, engineering, sociology, environmental studies, economics, international studies). Architecture will provide the focus for environmental, socio-cultural and economic issues.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(3-0-6)
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ARCH 517 Sustainable Residential Development (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Design strategies of sustainable residential environments at the community and the unit levels. Historic references, siting principles, high density, healthy developments, green homes, urban renewal, circulation and parking, open spaces and implementation approaches.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Friedman, Abraham (Fall)
(3-0-6)
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ARCH 519 Field Course Abroad (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Advanced and comprehensive studies in-situ of key buildings, landscapes and urban settings; techniques of graphic documentations, analysis of physical configuration, constructional details and present use.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: ARCH 304 or permission of instructor
Restrictions: Limited enrolment; departmental permission required
Note: Excursions to neighbouring sites of architectural interest
The fee for this field course is $1968, of which a small portion is eligible to be reported on a T2202A. The fee covers students' and instructor lodging and instructor transportation costs. The fee also includes the printing of students' final work in the course.
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ARCH 520 Montreal: Urban Morphology (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Historical, geographical, demographical, and regional evolution of the metropolis of Montreal. Topics include: important quartiers, the Montreal urban grid, industrialization, reform movements, geographical diversity, urban culture, local building techniques and materials. Basic concepts of urban morphology and their relationships to the contemporary urban context will be explored.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(2-1-6)
Prerequisite: ARCH 251
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ARCH 523 Significant Texts and Buildings (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Critical study of significant architectural thought since 1750 as it has been expressed in buildings and texts (treatises, manifestos, criticisms). A specific theme will be addressed every year to allow in-depth interpretations of the material presented and discussed.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(2-0-7)
Prerequisite: ARCH 251
Restriction: Departmental permission required
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ARCH 525 Seminar on Analysis and Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Analysis and evaluation of significant architectural projects with reference to contemporary architectural theories.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(2-0-7)
Prerequisite: ARCH 202 or permission of instructor
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ARCH 526 Philosophy of Structure (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Philosophy of Structure aims to investigate structure in its broadest sense. The course is divided in two halves; the first one gives an overview of the development of theoretical structural frameworks such as mathematics and geometry, while the second one highlights physical structures constructed by nature (geology, turbulence), man or animals.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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ARCH 528 History of Housing (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Indigenous housing both transient and permanent, from the standpoint of individual structure and pattern of settlements. The principal historic examples of houses including housing in the age of industrial revolution and contemporary housing.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Adams, Annmarie (Fall)
(2-0-7)
Prerequisite: ARCH 251 or permission of instructor
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ARCH 531 Architectural Intentions Vitruvius - Renaissance (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Architectural intentions embodied in buildings and writings of architects from antiquity to the Renaissance. Special emphasis is placed on the cultural connections of architecture to science and philosophy.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Caicco, Gregory (Fall)
(2-0-7)
Prerequisite: ARCH 251
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ARCH 532 Origins of Modern Architecture (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Examination of architectural intentions (theory and practice) in the European context (especially France, Italy and England), during the crucial period that marks the beginning of the modern era.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(2-0-7)
Prerequisite: ARCH 251
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ARCH 535 History of Architecture in Canada (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : French, British and American influences in the history of Canadian architecture, with particular emphasis on the Eastern Provinces. Site visits and case studies.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Gersovitz, Julia (Fall)
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ARCH 536 Heritage Conservation (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Historic attitudes and terminologies of conservation; historic research techniques. Restoration technology of building materials and principles of interior design in the 19th and 20th century; current preservation planning.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Gersovitz, Julia (Winter)
(3-3-3)
Site visits and case studies.
Prerequisite: ARCH 251 or permission of instructor.
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ARCH 540 Selected Topics in Architecture 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : A course to allow the introduction of new topics in Architecture as needs arise, by regular and visiting staff.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: King, Andrew (Fall)
(2-0-7)
Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
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ARCH 541 Selected Topics in Architecture 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : A course to allow the introduction of new topics in Architecture as needs arise, by regular and visiting staff.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Dunton, Nancy Hawley (Fall)
(2-0-7)
Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
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ARCH 542 Selected Topics in Architecture 3 (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Special topics related to architecture will be presented by core faculty and visiting lecturers.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Covo, David (Winter)
(2-0-7)
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ARCH 543 Selected Topics in Architecture 4 (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Special topics related to architecture will be presented by core faculty and visiting lecturers.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Branda, Ewan (Winter)
(2-0-7)
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ARCH 562 Innovative Homes and Communities (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Innovative design concepts for sustainable homes and communities to include adaptability; net-zero energy; micro units; recycling; plug and play; green roofs; aging in place and live-work.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Friedman, Abraham (Winter)
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ARCH 564 Design for Development (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Designing for sustainable development to meet broad developmental goals. Innovative design approaches, strategies and projects to address these objectives via economic empowerment, food security, gender equity, health, sanitation, climate-change preparedness, and shelter-sector engagements.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(2-0-7)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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ARCH 566 Cultural Landscapes Seminar (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Overview of cultural landscapes studies, methodologies, and resources. Comparative studies of the connection between people, place, and artifact systems through a critical examination of architecture, regional context, and material culture. Examination of precedents for the interpretation of cultural landscapes by architects, ethnologists, anthropologists, folklorists, historians, writers, filmmakers, photographers, and artists.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(3-0-6)
Elective Courses (9 credits)
9 credits of elective courses outside the School of Architecture must be completed, subject to approval by the Student Adviser.
