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Program Description

A special minor has been formulated specifically for those undergraduate students not enrolled in the Department of Architecture but who are interested in complementing their current academic program with an introduction to various facets of architectural studies. Some students may wish to use the Minor in Architecture as a means of investigating possible graduate studies in architecture. Some may wish to develop architectural specialties within other disciplines. Students meeting the requirements for this minor should complete a minor form, which can be found online on the AAP Academic Forms page, and submit it to the architecture department office. The minor will be validated by the architecture department and recorded on the official transcript at the time of degree completion.

Program Requirements

The curriculum for students in the Minor in Architecture program totals 15 credit hours minimum. Grades earned must be C or better in all courses used for minor credit. Distribution requirements for the minor are as follows:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
Architectural Design Studio
Select at least 3 credits from the following:		3
ARCH 1110	Introduction to Architecture: Design Studio (offered summer only)
ARCH 1104	Elective Design Studio (offered spring only, not offered every year)
Visual Representation
Select at least 3 credits from the following:		3
ARCH 1501	Representation I: Freehand Architectural Drawing (offered fall only) 1
ARCH 2502	Representation II: Media of Representation
Visual representation elective (offered fall, spring, summer) 1, 2
Architectural History
Select at least 3 credits from the following:		3
ARCH 1801	History of Architecture I (offered spring only) 1
ARCH 2802	History of Architecture II (offered fall only) 1, 3
Architectural history elective (offered fall, spring) 1, 3
Additional Courses
Any other department courses under the ARCH subject code* (two courses minimum, 6 credits minimum) 1		6

¹

Not all available courses have space for non-departmental students every time they are offered. Contact the Department of Architecture for current information on available courses for non-departmental students.  

²

Visual representative elective (ARCH 1510 Introduction to Virtual and Augmented Reality, ARCH 1518 Constructing Drawings: Negotiating Between Digital and Physical, ARCH 4500 Architectural Publications, or ARCH 4509 Special Topics in Visual Representation I)

³

Architectural history elective (ARCH 3819 Special Topics in the History of Architecture and Urbanism - ARCH 3823 Urban Design, Architecture, and Art in Renaissance and Baroque Rome, ARCH 6800 State of the Discipline - ARCH 6819 Seminar in Special Topics in the History of Architecture and Urbanism