Architecture

Offered in: Savannah
B.F.A.*/M.Arch. Degree
 

Core curriculum
Foundation studies				35* hours
DRAW		100		Drawing I: Form and Space
DRAW		115		Graphics for the Building Arts
DSGN		100		Design I: Elements and Organization
DSGN		102		Design II: 3-D Form in Space
DSGN		223		Architectural Fundamentals Studio I
DSGN		224		Architectural Fundamentals Studio II
DSGN		225		Architectural Fundamentals Studio III
General education				55* hours
ARTH		100		Survey of Western Art I
ARTH		110		Survey of Western Art II
COMM		105		Speech and Public Speaking
ENGL		123		Composition
MATH		201		Applied Mathematics†
PHYS		201		Applied Physics†
		-		English Elective
		-		General Education Elective‡
		-		General Education Elective‡
		-		General Education Elective‡
		-		Social/Behavioral Sciences‡

Major curriculum				80*/155 hours
ARCH		101		Introduction to Architecture
ARCH		241		Construction Technology I
ARCH		301		Architecture Design Studio I§
ARCH		302		Architecture Design Studio II§
ARCH		303		Architecture Design Studio III§
ARCH		319		Structures: General Structure
ARCH		341		Construction Technology II
ARCH		361		Environmental Control I
ARCH		404		Architecture Design Studio IV§
ARCH		405		Architecture Design Studio V§
ARCH		406		Architecture Design Studio VI§
ARCH		461		Environmental Control II
ARLH		206		Modern Architecture I: 1750-1900
ARLH		208		Modern Architecture II: 1900-Present
ARLH		211		Survey of World Architecture and Urbanism
ELDS		225		Electronic Design I
ARCH		706		Architectural Practices
ARCH		717		Graduate Architecture Studio I
ARCH		719		Structures: Lateral Forces
ARCH		727		Graduate Architecture Studio II
ARCH		737		Graduate Architecture Studio III
ARCH		745		Graduate Seminar in Architecture
ARCH		747		Graduate Architecture Studio IV
ARCH		779F		Graduate Field Internship***
ARCH		779T		Graduate Teaching Internship***
ARCH		798		Graduate Architecture Studio: Thesis I
ARCH		799		Graduate Architecture Studio: Thesis II
ELDS		727		Electronic Design Practice and Project Management
		-		500- to 700-level ARCH, ARLH or ARTH Elective
		-		500- to 700- level HIPR or URBA Elective#
		-		Directed Elective**
		-		Focused Elective††
Additional Electives				10*/25 hours
		-		Free Elective
		-		Free Elective
		-		500- to 700-level Diversified Elective‡‡
		-		500- to 700-level Diversified Elective‡‡
		-		500- to 700-level Diversified Elective‡‡
Total course of study				180*/270 hours

 

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* The course of study for the B.F.A. in architecture consists of 180 credit hours and includes all the required and elective courses, with the exception of the 700-level courses and 35 credit hours of graduate-level electives. Successful candidates for the professional M.Arch. degree must complete the entire program of 270 credit hours shown here.
† Otherwise qualified applicants who have SAT math scores lower than 540, have ACT math scores lower than 23, or are unable to demonstrate an aptitude for the study of mathematics and science, may be admitted to the architecture program on a provisional basis. One condition stipulates that the student must complete MATH 101 with a grade of 2.0 or higher, and satisfactorily complete MATH 201 and PHYS 201 with a grade of 2.0 or higher in order to pursue the professional M.Arch. degree. The credit hours earned in MATH 101 may be applied as an undergraduate General Education Elective toward the 270 credit hours required for the M.Arch. degree.

‡ Consult the general education and mathematics competency requirements in this catalog. Courses with the subject code 'ARLH' will not satisfy these requirements.

§ Undergraduate students must pass all architecture design studio courses with a grade of "C" or better.
Choose one of these two courses.
# ARCH 721 Landscape Design for Urban Design or ARCH 765 Emerging Urban Issues will also satisfy this elective.
** Choose one of the following courses: ARCH 714 Advanced Parametric Design and Generative Modeling Strategies for the Building Arts, ARCH 715 Construction Management, ARCH 728 Architectural Craft and Tectonics, ARCH 730 Architecture Design Management, ARCH 735 Site Plan Design and Development, ARCH 736 Applied Structures, ARCH 743 Algorithmic Form, ARCH 755 Comprehensive Structural Design, ARCH 760 Sustainable Design, ARCH 772 Master Builder, ARCH 781 Landscape Design, ELDS 745 Digital Prototyping and Fabrication Methods.
†† The Focused Elective is assigned to coincide with the content of ARCH 747 Graduate Architecture Studio IV.
‡‡  Diversified Electives cannot have any architectural content. Courses with subject codes of ARCH, ARLH, ARTH, DECA, ELDS, HIPR, INDS, SUST and URBA will not satisfy these requirements.
Students may not progress into the design studio sequence until they have successfully completed DSGN 225 Architectural Fundamentals Studio III, and then only upon faculty recommendation and approval by the chair of the department and the dean of the School of Building Arts.
During the fourth-year studio sequence and upon completion of 150 credit hours, students wishing to proceed with the final 90 credit hours of the professional M.Arch. program must apply to the architecture department for admission into the fifth and sixth year of the professional M.Arch. program and successfully complete a portfolio review before proceeding. All coursework for the first four years of the program must be completed prior to entering the fifth year of the program (graduate-level courses). In addition, all coursework must be completed for any secondary, double major or minor program prior to entering the fifth year of the professional M.Arch. program. Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.