Minor in Architectural Studies

Overview

Overview

This minor can complement any discipline on campus and is the only minor offered by the School of Architecture. Successful completion requires a minimum of 17 credit hours in architecture.

Minor Information

The architecture minor application will open on January 24, 2025. The deadline is March 7, 2025.

Required Courses

• ARCH 101:  Introduction to Architecture (2 hours)
• ARCH 210: Introduction to the History of World Architecture (3 hours)
• ARCH 237: Urban Scale Sustainability (3 hours)
• ARCH 321: Environment, Architecture, and Global Health (3 hours)

Elective Courses (select at least 6 hours)

• ARCH 314: History of World Landscapes (4 hours)
• ARCH 402: Introduction to the History of Architectural Theory
• ARCH 403: Special Topics in Architectural Theory (3 hours)
• ARCH 407: Rome: City of Visible History (3 hours)
• ARCH 410: Ancient Egyptian & Greek Arch
• ARCH 411: Ancient Roman Architecture
• ARCH 412 Medieval Architecture (3 hours)
• ARCH 414: Baroque & Rococo Arch
• ARCH 415: Modernity’s Mirror: Nineteenth-Century Architecture 1750-1900 (3 hours)
• ARCH 416: The Architecture of the United States, c. 1650 to Present (3 hours)
• ARCH 417: Modern and Contemporary Global Architecture (3 hours)
• ARCH 418: History of the Urban Environment (5 hours)
• ARCH 434: Environmental Control Systems 1 (5 hours)