The information below lists undergraduate courses approved in this subject area effective Summer and Fall, 2000. Not all courses will necessarily be offered these terms. Please consult the Timetable for a listing of courses offered for a specific term.
101
Visual Studies.
4 Hours.
Introduction to elements of visual language and methods of observation
fundamental to the production of creative work utilizing
two-dimensional representation, composition, and critical analysis.
Prerequisites:
Admission to the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies program
and concurrent registration in Arch 161.
102
Physical Studies.
4 Hours.
Introduction to issues of materiality and their significance in
three-dimensional form making. Study of development of two-dimensional
composition into three-dimensional form.
Prerequisites:
Arch 101 and concurrent registration in Arch 162.
121
Structures I.
4 Hours.
Equilibrium of bodies. Trusses, frames, shear, and moment diagrams in
beams. Course includes 2-hour laboratory each week.
Prerequisite:
Math 180.
122
Structures II.
3 Hours.
Strength of materials and introduction to determinate and indeterminate
analysis of structures.
Prerequisite:
Arch 121.
161
Introduction to Architectural Analysis.
4 Hours.
Analysis of the form and space of the built environment beginning with
experiential and empirical inquiry and expanding to formal, visual,
compositional, and perceptual techniques.
Prerequisites:
Admission to the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies program
and concurrent registration in Arch 101.
162
Introduction to Architectural Theory.
4 Hours.
Introduction to the concept of architectural theory as an integral part
of making, understanding, and interpreting works of architecture.
Prerequisites:
Arch 161 and concurrent registration in Arch 102.
163
Introduction to Architecture I and II.
4 Hours.
For students transferring into the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural
Studies Program from other institutions and qualifying UIC students
changing majors. Architecture as the composition of environmental,
social, behavioral, and cultural factors. Exploration of subjective,
objective, and expressive responses to the built environment.
Prerequisite:
Approval of the School.
201
Architectural Design I Lecture.
3 Hours.
Analytical and design problems introducing concepts of urban form;
study of building types, urban infrastructure, open space, planning,
and design. Emphasis on housing and housing types on open and
restricted sites.
Prerequisites:
Completion of the first plateau course work; and concurrent
registration in Arch 202.
202
Architectural Design I Laboratory.
4 Hours.
Laboratory case study component of Architecture 201.
Prerequisites:
Completion of the first plateau course work and concurrent registration
in Arch 201.
203
Architectural Design II Lecture.
3 Hours.
Analytical and design problems introducing concepts of public
architecture; form and space in civic and commercial settings such as
libraries, schools, and retail centers.
Prerequisites:
Arch 201, 202,
and concurrent registration in Arch 204.
204
Architectural Design II Laboratory.
4 Hours.
Laboratory case-study component of Architecture 203.
Prerequisites:
Arch 201, 202,
and concurrent registration in Arch 203.
211
Building Science I: Introduction to Low Rise Residential Buildings.
4 Hours.
Construction and technology of low-rise residential building types.
Analysis and application of appropriate structural and environmental
control systems, construction methods, and building materials.
Prerequisite:
Arch 114.
212
Building Science II: Industrial/Commercial Buildings.
4 Hours.
Construction and technology of low-rise commercial and industrial
building types. Analysis and application of appropriate structural
and environmental control systems, construction methods, and
building materials.
Prerequisite:
Arch 211.
215
Computers in Architecture.
4 Hours.
Introduction to computer methods, techniques and applications in
architecture.
Prerequisite:
Arch 162.
220
Computers in Architecture.
3 Hours.
Introduction to the use of the computer as a conceptual and
representational tool for spatial and formal analysis, communication,
and design.
221
Structures III: Design of Steel and Timber Structures.
3 Hours.
Design of steel and timber structures: flexural members, columns,
connections.
Prerequisite:
Arch 122.
222
Structures IV: Design of Masonry/Concrete Structures.
3 Hours.
Design of reinforced concrete and engineered masonry structures;
flexural members, columns, walls, and footings.
Prerequisite:
Arch 221.
261
Introduction to Architecture III.
4 Hours.
Study of objective architectural practices by organizing architecture
into different categories through the use of drawings,
representations, and catalogs.
Prerequisite:
Arch 162.
262
Introduction to Architecture IV.
4 Hours.
Study of changes in the tradition of architectural practice by exploring
the role of individual translation and interpretation.
Prerequisite:
Arch 261.
281
Theory, Form, and Urbanism.
3 Hours.
Comparative overview of physical elements that establish street
patterns and places. Relationship of regular patterns to variation.
Consideration of issues of containment, decomposition, movement,
perspective, and meaning.
Prerequisite:
Completion
of the first-plateau coursework or consent of the
instructor.
301
Architectural Design III Lecture.
3 Hours.
Analytical and design problems of high density sites; multi-use,
multi-story buildings; complex programs and building typologies.
Emphasis on urban context and related building forms.
Prerequisites:
Arch 203, 204,
and concurrent registration in Arch 302.
302
Architectural Design III Laboratory.
4 Hours.
Laboratory case study component of Architecture 301.
Prerequisites:
Arch 203, 204,
and concurrent registration in Arch 301.
303
Architectural Design IV Lecture.
3 Hours.
Analytical and design studies treating special use requirements for
large volume assembly facilities: theaters, churches, stadia,
transportation terminals; consideration of open and/or restricted
contents.
Prerequisites: Arch 301 and 302.
304
Architectural Design IV Laboratory.
4 Hours.
Laboratory case study component of Architecture 303.
Prerequisites:
Arch 301 and 302.
305
Architectural Design Lecture I.
2 Hours.
Architectural design from the body to collections of individuals within
the natural environment. Emphasis on program and context influenced
by analytic, critical, and ethical judgment.
Prerequisites:
Arch 102 and concurrent registration in both Arch 306 and 371.
306
Architectural Design Laboratory I.
4 Hours.
Laboratory component of Architecture 305.
Prerequisites:
Arch 162 and concurrent registration in Arch 305.
307
Architectural Design Lecture II.
2 Hours.
Design of buildings addressing programmatic complexity within an urban
environment. Emphasis on program and context influenced
by analytic, critical, and ethical judgement.
Prerequisites:
Arch 305 and concurrent registration in both Arch 308 and 372.
308
Architectural Design Laboratory II.
4 Hours.
Laboratory component of Architecture 307.
Prerequisites:
Arch 306 and concurrent registration in Arch 307.
313
Building Science III: Multi-Story Residential/Office Buildings.
4 Hours.
Construction and technology of midrise and highrise residential and
commercial buildings. Analysis and application of appropriate
structural and environmental control systems, construction methods,
and building materials.
Prerequisite:
Arch 212.
314
Building Science IV: Special Use/Long Span Buildings.
4 Hours.
Construction and technology of long-span, large-volume, and special-use
building types.
Prerequisite:
Arch 313.
315
Professional Practices.
4 Hours.
Relationship of the discipline of architecture to the profession.
Exposure to interdisciplinary studies that may lead to alternative
careers in allied businesses and professions.
Prerequisite:
Arch 162.
331
Architecture Seminar.
1 to 6 Hours.
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours of credit. Current problems.
Prerequisite:
Consent of the instructor.
332
Architecture Reading Course.
1 to 6 Hours.
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours of credit. Individually
planned readings on selected topics under the supervision of a faculty
member. Prior to registration, the student should be advised by the
instructor.
Prerequisite:
Consent of the instructor.
361
Design and Technology.
4 Hours.
Study of building elements including materials and methods of
construction and the historical effect of time and space on the use of
those elements.
Prerequisite:
Arch 262.
362
Design and the City.
4 Hours.
Exploration of the form of the city through study of changing urban
elements.
Prerequisite:
Arch 361.
371
Design and the Environment.
3 Hours.
Design of the built environment engaged with the natural environment.
Influence of natural elements on the making of architecture.
Relationship of architecture to site and landscape.
Prerequisite:
Arch 162.
372
Design and the City.
3 Hours.
Theory of the city including typologies of urban form, transformation
of the concept of the city through history, and contemporary urban
design and planning issues.
Prerequisite:
Arch 371.
391
Architectural Study in Europe.
0 to 17 Hours.
May be repeated for a maximum of 34 semester hours of credit. Lectures,
seminars, studio, and independent travel/study in Europe.
Architectural/art history, architectural elective, and/or architectural
theory and analysis.
Prerequisites:
Completion of the first plateau course work; a 3.50 overall grade point
average in architecture; approval of the school.
399
Architecture Elective I.
2 to 6 Hours.
May be repeated for a maximum of 12 hours of credit. Students may
register for more than one section per term. Special problems in
theory, design, building science, or graphic skills (manual or
automated).
Prerequisites:
Completion of the first plateau course work; and consent of the
instructor.
401
Advanced Architecture I Lecture.
3 Hours.
Comprehensive architectural problem solving with an emphasis on one
of the two concentration options: design or building science.
Focus of each option would include interior space for design or
building systems for building science.
Prerequisite:
Completion of the second plateau course work.
402
Advanced Architecture I Laboratory.
6 Hours.
Laboratory case study component to Architecture 401.
Prerequisite:
Completion of the second plateau course work.
403
Advanced Architecture II Lecture.
3 Hours.
Comprehensive architectural problem solving with emphasis on one of
two concentration options: design or building science.
Focus of each option would include exterior space and landscape for
design or fabrication and energy topics for building science.
Prerequisite:
Completion of the second plateau course work.
404
Advanced Architecture II Laboratory.
6 Hours.
Laboratory case study component of Architecture 403.
Prerequisite:
Completion of the second plateau course work.
405
Architecture Design Lecture I.
2 Hours.
Process of architecture as a synthesis of diverse forces into formal
compositions. The struggle to integrate architectural wholes at
smaller scales.
Prerequisites:
Arch 362 and concurrent registration in Arch 406.
406
Architecture Design Laboratory I.
4 Hours.
Laboratory and case study component of Architecture 405.
Prerequisites:
Arch 362 and concurrent registration in Arch 405.
407
Architecture Design Lecture II.
2 Hours.
Process of architecture as a synthesis of diverse forces into formal
compositions. The struggle to integrate architectural wholes at
large scales.
Prerequisites:
Arch 405 and 406 and concurrent registration in Arch 408.
408
Architecture Design Laboratory II.
4 Hours.
Laboratory and case study component of Architecture 407.
Prerequisites:
Arch 405 and 406 and concurrent registration in Arch 407.
412
Women and the Environment.
3 Hours.
Same as Gender and Women's Studies 412.
Women's place in the built environment; the role of gender in
environmental experience including women as users, designers, planners,
policy makers, and critics.
Prerequisite:
Advanced undergraduate or graduate standing or consent of the
instructor.
415
Architectural Design Lecture III.
2 Hours.
Examination of the relationship of architecture to society,
technological change, and structural and environmental innovation.
Prerequisites:
Arch 307 and concurrent registration in Arch 416.
416
Architectural Design Laboratory III.
4 Hours.
Laboratory component of Architecture 415.
Prerequisites:
Arch 308 and concurrent registration in Arch 415.
417
Architectural Design Lecture IV.
2 Hours.
Diverse topics in architecture and interdisciplinary practices; design
problems representing areas of specialized interest within and allied
to the practice of architecture.
Prerequisites:
Arch 415 and concurrent registration in Arch 418.
418
Architectural Design Laboratory IV.
4 Hours.
Laboratory component of Architecture 417.
Prerequisites:
Arch 416 and concurrent registration in Arch 417.
421
Advanced Structural Analysis I: Structures Option.
3 Hours.
Advanced technique of structural analysis applied to building frames.
Stiffness-displacement method of analysis; computer applications of
problem-oriented languages such as STRESS and STRUDL; influence lines,
moving loads, criteria for maxima.
Prerequisites:
Arch 222 and completion of the second plateau coursework.
422
Advanced Structural Design I Laboratory.
6 Hours.
Advanced techniques in the structural design of reinforced concrete
structures: columns subjected to biaxial bending, two-way edge and
column supported slabs; torsion analysis; yield line theory for slabs;
prestressed concrete.
Prerequisites:
Arch 222 and completion of the second plateau coursework.
423
Advanced Structural Analysis II: Structures Option.
3 Hours.
Advanced techniques of structural analysis applied to long span
building structures, such as plates, shells, arches, and domes.
Building dynamics. Wind and earthquake effects on buildings.
Prerequisite:
Arch 421.
424
Advanced Structural Design II.
6 Hours.
Selected advanced topics in the design of steel and masonry building
components and systems. Steel: composite design; plastic design;
LFRD design; special connections. Masonry: lateral-load resisting
elements; high-rise masonry; connections and joints.
Prerequisite:
Arch 422.
443
Professional Practice I.
2 Hours.
Legal and ethical considerations in architectural practice; operation
and management guidelines. Overview of the history of the professional
architectural practice.
Prerequisite:
Completion of the second plateau or approval of the school.
444
Professional Practice II.
2 Hours.
Business and financial considerations in architectural practice; scope
of services communications and marketing guidelines. Interrelationship
with clients, consultants, collaborators, and the manufacturing and
construction industry.
Prerequisites:
Arch 443 and approval of the school.
459
Introduction to Building Science I.
4 Hours.
Introduction to building science through materials and systems of
construction, forces that act on buildings, human comfort, construction
and technology of low-rise residential building types.
Prerequisites:
Fourth year standing in the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies
program or approval of the school.
460
Introduction to Building Science II.
4 Hours.
Introduction to construction and technology of low-rise commercial
and industrial building types, analysis of structural and environmental
control systems.
Prerequisites:
Arch 459 and
fourth year standing in the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies
program or approval of the school.
470
Structures I.
4 Hours.
Statics and an introduction to the nature of structural materials and
to the theoretical nature of architectural structures.
Prerequisites:
Phys 101 and
fourth year standing in the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies
program, or approval of the school.
471
Structures II.
4 Hours.
Introduction to the strength of materials; torsion, bending and shear;
combined loading, deflection; failure and safety; shear and moment
diagrams, and application of these principles.
Prerequisites:
Arch 470 and Math 180 and
fourth year standing in the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies
program, or approval of the school.
485
Theories of Urbanism.
4 Hours.
Introduction to the processes shaping the city and the theories of
urbanism, urban infrastructure and urban landscape from the middle
of the nineteenth century to the present.
Prerequisite:
Graduate standing in the Master of Architecture program or, for
students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies
program, consent of the instructor.
486
Urban Ecologies and Infrastructures.
4 Hours.
Introduction to dynamic relationship of ecology and infrastructure
in the context of contemporary urban landscape. Built and natural
environments as inseparable networks of a dynamic process.
Prerequisite:
Graduate standing in the Master of Architecture program or, for
students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies
program, consent of the instructor.
499
Architecture Elective II.
2 to 6 Hours.
May be repeated for a maximum of 12 hours of credit. Students may
register for more than one section per term. Special problems in
theory, design, building science, or graphic skills (manual or
automated).
Prerequisite:
Completion of architecture graduate course work; or consent of the
instructor.
Posted: 5 Apr 00
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This listing is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a contract. Every attempt is made to provide the most current and correct information. Courses listed here are subject to change without advance notice. Courses are not necessarily offered every term or year. Individual departments or units should be consulted for information regarding frequency of course offerings.