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Twin Cities Campus
Architecture B.A.
School of Architecture
College of Liberal Arts
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Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2008.
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Required credits to graduate with this degree: 120.
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Required credits within the major: 57 to 58.
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Degree: Bachelor of Arts.
Architecture encompasses the study and creation of the buildings and environment that we inhabit. The concerns of architecture involve a wide variety of areas of study including the art of representing existing environments and proposals through drawings and models; the technology of building structure, building materials, and natural and mechanical systems; the history, theory, and art of making, using, and understanding buildings as cultural artifacts for human use; and the practice of architecture in the context of urban form and society.
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Admission Requirements
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Students must complete 3 courses before admission to the program.
Students interested in the B.A. with a major in architecture should see the prospective student adviser in 107 Rapson Hall, 612-626-3690.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions Web site.
Preparatory Courses
Students must also complete the first-year writing requirement (with a minimum grade of C-), all high school prep requirements, and a total of 30 credits.
ARCH 1281 - Design Fundamentals I (4.0 cr)
ARCH 1701 - The Designed Environment (3.0 cr)
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General Requirements
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All students are required to complete general University and college
requirements including writing and liberal education courses.
For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
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Program Requirements
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Students are required to take 4 semester(s) of any second language.
All courses in math, physics, and English composition must be taken A-F with grades of C- or better to satisfy degree requirements and to progress in sequence courses.
During their program, students should maintain a portfolio of originals or duplicates of all freehand drawings, projects, and architecture studio designs. A portfolio is required for application to the graduate professional degree program. Math and Physics Courses
MATH 1142 - Short Calculus, MATH (4.0 cr)
or MATH 1271 - Calculus I, MATH (4.0 cr)
PHYS 1101W - Introductory College Physics I, PHYS SCI/L, WI (4.0 cr)
or PHYS 1201W - Introductory Physics for Biology and Pre-medicine I, PHYS SCI/L, WI (5.0 cr)
or PHYS 1301W - Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering I, PHYS SCI/L, WI (4.0 cr)
Major Courses
In addition to the required courses, students must complete 6 or more architecture elective credits not used elsewhere in the program.
ARCH 2301 - Introduction to Drawing in Architecture (4.0 cr)
ARCH 2281 - Design Fundamentals II (4.0 cr)
ARCH 3411 - Architectural History to 1750, HP, IP (3.0 cr)
ARCH 3412 - Architectural History Since 1750, HP, IP (3.0 cr)
ARCH 3711W - Environmental Design and the Sociocultural Context, C/PE, WI (3.0 cr)
ARCH 3611 - Design in the Digital Age (3.0 cr)
ARCH 4561 - Architecture and Ecology (3.0 cr)
ARCH 4701 - Introduction to Urban Form and Issues (3.0 cr)
LA 3501 - Environmental Design and Its Biological and Physical Context, ENVT (3.0 cr)
Take 6 or more credit(s) from the following:
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ARCH 3xxx
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ARCH 4xxx
Architectural history elective
ARCH 4421W - Architecture and Interpretation: The Cave and the Light, WI (3.0 cr)
or ARCH 4423 - Gothic Architecture (3.0 cr)
or ARCH 4424 - Renaissance Architecture (3.0 cr)
or ARCH 4425 - Baroque Architecture (3.0 cr)
or ARCH 4431W - Eighteenth-Century Architecture and the Enlightenment, WI (3.0 cr)
or ARCH 4432 - Modern Architecture (3.0 cr)
or ARCH 4434 - Contemporary Architecture (3.0 cr)
or ARCH 4445W - Suburbia, WI (3.0 cr)
or ARCH 4446 - Architecture Since World War II: Post-War Experimentation; Aesthetics and Politics of Architecture (3.0 cr)
or ARCH 4461 - North American Indian Architecture (3.0 cr)
Design workshops
Take 4 credits of design workshops (workshops may be 2 to 4 credits each).
Take 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
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ARCH 3250 - Design Workshop (1.0-6.0 cr)
Credits outside the major
B.A. majors complete 18 credits of 3xxx-4xxx courses outside the major.
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Program Sub-plans
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A sub-plan is not required for this program.
Honors UHP
This is an honors sub-plan.
Students admitted to the University Honors Program (UHP) must fulfill UHP requirements in addition to degree program requirements. For any course required in a degree program, UHP students must register for the honors version if one is offered. Honors courses used to fulfill degree program requirements will also fulfill UHP requirements.
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