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Courses - Summer 2023
ARCH
Architecture Department Site
ARCH150
Discovering Architecture
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ARCH-Architecture Program.
Introduction to architecture and design studio education. The course examines fundamental design principles and skills related to architecture. The design studio projects apply ideas and concepts introduced in lectures, readings and on site visits. The design studio projects are both analytic and synthetic in nature. The explicit goals of the course are: To explore the discipline of architecture; To promote visual thinking and representational skills; To develop analytic design thinking skills; To learn some of the conventions of architectural representation; To enhance cultural awareness of architecture and design.
Students learn about careers in architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning. Architecture faculty teach basic design principles that students use to complete their own design project in a design studio environment.
ARCH200
(Perm Req)
Design Media and Representation I
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in a major in ARCH-Architecture Program.
Study of architectural representation in physical and digital design media. Examine visual literacy and visual communications through applied drawing, modeling and visual making to explore the role of design media and representation in design and design thinking.
ARCH225
History of World Architecture I
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
GenEd: DSHU
Pre-1500 World Architecture survey course - History of Architecture structured to develop critical thinking and visually literacy with regard to the worldwide legacy of design thinking and cultural production through architecture
ARCH300
(Perm Req)
Design Media and Representation II
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ARCH200; or permission of ARCH-Architecture Program.
Restriction: Must be in a major in ARCH-Architecture Program.
Study of architectural representation in physical and digital design media. Examine visual communications and speculative visual studies through applied drawing, modeling and making to explore expanded roles of representation in design and design thinking.
ARCH401
(Perm Req)
Architecture Design Studio II
Credits: 6
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in ARCH400.
Restriction: Must be in Architecture (B.S.) program.
Continuation of ARCH 400 with introduction to building typology, urban and contextual issues, design of the vertical surface, and architectural interiors.
ARCH418C
Selected Topics in Architectural Technology; Design Thinking, Innovation and the Future of Smart Green Building Technologies
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
ARCH425
(Perm Req)
History of Architecture I
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ARCH-Architecture Program.
Credit only granted for: ARCH225 or ARCH425.
Additional information: Graduate architecture history course requires additional recitation section and additional coursework tied to survey lectures.
Pre-1500 World Architecture survey course - History of Architecture structured to develop critical thinking and visually literacy with regard to the worldwide legacy of design thinking and cultural production through architecture. Structured to nurture critical thinking and visually literacy with regard to the worldwide legacy of architecture. The work in the course will involve the evaluation of sources and arguments in reading architectural history. Architecture will be framed relative to ways of thinking, religious beliefs, cultural heritage, and cultural values.
ARCH428B
Selected Topics in Architectural History; Vertical Communities: Programming for Urban Mobility
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
ARCH428R
Selected Topics in Architectural History; A Global History of Modern Architecture
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
ARCH448B
Selected Topics in Visual Studies in Architecture; Design Drawing: Explorations in Mixed-Media
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
ARCH464
(Perm Req)
Architectural Structures I
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ARCH462, ARCH463, and PHYS121; and MATH120 or MATH140, or equivalent; or permission of the ARCH-Architecture Program.
Corequisite: ARCH401 or ARCH406.
Restriction: Must be in either BS in Architecture or M.Architecture Program.
Credit only granted for: ARCH411 or ARCH464.
This course covers the basic principles of architectural structures, including the influence of geometric, sectional, and material properties related to flexure and shear in beam and framed systems; vector mechanics with application to analysis of trusses, catenaries, and arches; diagrammatic analysis of beams for bending moment, shear, and deflection as well as the study of structural framing systems for vertical and lateral loads.
ARCH465
(Perm Req)
Architectural Structures II
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ARCH464 and PHYS121; and MATH120 or MATH140, or equivalent; or permission of the ARCH-Architecture Program.
Restriction: Must be in either BS in Architecture or M. Architecture Program.
Credit only granted for: ARCH412 or ARCH465.
The basic principles of elastic behavior for different materials such as wood, steel, concrete, and composite materials and compares the properties and applications of materials generally will be covered. It investigates cross sectional stress and strain behavior in flexure and in shear, and torsion as well as the stability of beams and columns. The qualitative behavior of combined stresses and fracture in materials is also covered.
ARCH468F
Selected Topics in Architecture; Mapping Networks of Power and Care: Bathroom Design and Reconstruction
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Ahead of the redevelopment of the UMD Architecture Building bathrooms and related Fall Symposium and public design charette, this course will undertake a research and network mapping process. Students will grow their definition of accessible architecture and its application in bathroom design while developing their expertise as design justice advocates. The course will include a broad historical survey, touching on subjects including racial and gender segregated restrooms in the U.S., the restroom as a queer space, "bathroom bills", and the movement for accessibility on UMD's campus.
ARCH472
(Perm Req)
Building Information Modeling Communication and Collaboration
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in a major in ARCH-Architecture Program; or must be in the Construction Project Management Minor.
Credit only granted for: ARCH678I or ARCH472.
Formerly: ARCH678I.
Building Information Modeling is explored as pertains to collaboration and communication in the design and construction of buildings and building systems. Practical and empirical learning using BIM software and case studies of real world projects and construction scenarios.
ARCH628R
Selected Topics in Architectural History; A Global History of Modern Architecture
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
ARCH668F
Advanced Selected Topics in Architecture; Mapping Networks of Power and Care: Bathroom Design and Reconstruction
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Ahead of the redevelopment of the UMD Architecture Building bathrooms and related Fall Symposium and public design charette, this course will undertake a research and network mapping process. Students will grow their definition of accessible architecture and its application in bathroom design while developing their expertise as design justice advocates. The course will include a broad historical survey, touching on subjects including racial and gender segregated restrooms in the U.S., the restroom as a queer space, bathroom bills , and the movement for accessibility on UMD s campus.
ARCH770
Professional Practice of Architecture
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud, S-F
Restriction: Permission of ARCH-Architecture Program.
Project management, organizational, legal, economic and ethical aspects of architecture.