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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Architecture B.D.A.
Sample Plan: BDA Sample Plan
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ARCH 1281 - Design Fundamentals I : 4.0 cr : AH
ARCH 1621W - Introduction to Critical Inquiry in Practice : 3.0 cr : WI
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
ARCH 2281 - Design Fundamentals II : 4.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
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Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
ARCH 2301 - Drawing and Critical Thinking : 4.0 cr
ARCH 3411W - Architectural History to 1750 : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP, WI
ARCH 3711W - Environmental Design and the Sociocultural Context : 3.0 cr : SOCS, CIV, WI
ARCH 3xxx : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Note: Good Term to Study Abroad/Away
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
ARCH 3231 - Intensive Applications Design Workshop : 3.0 cr
ARCH 3232 - Extensive Applications Design Workshop : 3.0 cr
ARCH 3412W - Architectural History Since 1750 : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP, WI
ARCH 3xxx : 3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Note: Good Term to Study Abroad/Away
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
ARCH 3232 - Extensive Applications Design Workshop : 3.0 cr
ARCH 4231 - Advanced Intensive Applications Design Workshop : 3.0 cr
ARCH 4423 - Gothic Architecture : 3.0 cr
ARCH 3xxx : 3.0 cr
Upper Division Electives Outside the Major 3.0 cr
(Suggested Option: Des 3201) 1.0 cr
Note: Good Term to Study Abroad/Away
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
ARCH 4231 - Advanced Intensive Applications Design Workshop : 3.0 cr
ARCH 4561 - Architecture and Ecology : 3.0 cr : ENV
ARCH 4232 - Advanced Extensive Applications Design Workshop : 3.0 cr
ARCH 4701W - Introduction to Urban Form and Theory : 3.0 cr : WI
LA 3501 - Environmental Design and Its Biological and Physical Context : 3.0 cr : ENV
Note: Good Term to Study Abroad/Away
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
ARCH 4xxx : 3.0 cr
ARCH 5xxx : 3.0 cr
ARCH 4434 - Contemporary Architecture : 3.0 cr
Upper Division Electives Outside the Major 3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Note: Good Term to Study Abroad/Away
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 12.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr