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The Architecture minor offers a program of study in which our undergraduates can become more adept at understanding the power of the built environment to shape lives and embody societal values.
Minor Requirements
The minor includes a minimum of six courses as follows.
Introductory Course
Four Courses
Students may apply to the Architectural Studies Minor Coordinator for permission to integrate one course from outside the ARTS department into their minor concentration, as a substitute for one of the following requirements.
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At least two courses must be focused on the history and theory of architecture from the following:
ARCH 220聽-聽Early Modern European Architecture - ARCH 244聽-聽Housing the Sacred in Ancient India
- ARCH 273聽-聽Architecture of Art Museums
- ARCH 275聽-聽American Campus Architecture: 含羞草研究所
- ARCH 277聽-聽Modern Architecture 1880-1970
- ARCH 344聽-聽Hindu Temples: Architecture and Sculpture, Architecture as Sculpture
- ARTH 350聽-聽Art and the Goddess
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ARTH 357聽-聽Storytelling Without Words
聽聽No more than two of the four courses may be drawn from those focused on architecture and its interaction with other arts and cultural forms: - ARTH 207聽-聽Roman Art
- ARCH 245聽-聽Palaces and Paintings of India
- ARTH 360聽-聽Borderlands
- ARCH 363聽-聽War and Plunder
Electives
Complete at least one course from the following:
- ARTS 211聽-聽Drawing
- ARTS 263聽-聽Sculpture: Surface and Form
- ARTS 264聽-聽Sculpture: Material & Process
- ARCH 271聽-聽Architectural Design I
- ARCH 274聽-聽Sustainability in Architectural Design
- ARTS 312聽-聽Advanced Drawing
Graduate Study Recommendations
Students anticipating graduate work in architecture should be aware that liberal arts experience is highly valued by the best graduate schools. To prepare for graduate work in architecture, students should take PHYS 105听辞谤 PHYS 111聽and one semester of calculus. Experience in studio courses, especially drawing (ARTS 211), sculpture (ARTS 263听辞谤 ARTS 264), is extremely valuable in the preparation of a graduate portfolio. The study of historical architecture and the ways in which architecture connects to society is promoted in many art courses such as ARTH 207, ARTH 216, ARCH 220, ARTH 226, ARCH 275, ARCH 277, ARCH 344, and聽ARTH 360. Students interested in careers in architecture should contact the architecture adviser.