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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Architecture B.S.
Sub-plan: Accelerated Program
Sample Plan: Accelerated Program Sample Plan
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
ARCH 1281 - Design Fundamentals I : 4.0 cr : AH
ARCH 2301 - Drawing and Critical Thinking : 4.0 cr
MATH 1142 - Short Calculus : 4.0 cr : MATH
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ARCH 2281 - Design Fundamentals II : 4.0 cr
PHYS 1101W - Introductory College Physics I : 4.0 cr : PHYS, WI
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ARCH 3xxx : 3.0 cr
ARCH 3281 - Architecture Studio 01: Material : 6.0 cr
ARCH 4511 - Materials and Methods I : 3.0 cr
ARCH 3411W - Architectural History to 1750 : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP, WI
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 18.0 cr
ARCH 3282 - Architecture Studio 02: Site : 6.0 cr
ARCH 3611 - Design in the Digital Age : 3.0 cr
ARCH 4521 - Environmental Technology I : 3.0 cr
ARCH 4561 - Architecture and Ecology : 3.0 cr : ENV
ARCH 3412W - Architectural History Since 1750 : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP, WI
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ARCH 4xxx : 3.0 cr
ARCH 3711W - Environmental Design and the Sociocultural Context : 3.0 cr : SOCS, CIV, WI
ARCH 4283 - Architecture Studio 03: Program : 6.0 cr
ARCH 4571 - Architectural Structures I : 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
ARCH 4284 - Architecture Studio 04: Urban Design : 6.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Upper-division outside major credits 6.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
ARCH 4701W - Introduction to Urban Form and Theory : 3.0 cr : WI
Elective :8.0 cr
Upper-division outside major credits 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
ARCH 4421W - Architecture and Interpretation: The Cave and the Light : 3.0 cr : WI
ARCH 4xxx : 3.0 cr
ARCH 5212 - Undergraduate Architecture Studio 05: Advanced Design : 6.0 cr
Elective :1.0 cr