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ARC 220 - Architectural History I ARC 250 - Architectural Design II ARC 310 - Architectural Design
III
Credit Hour: 3 Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite: ENG 200 Prerequisite: ARC 210 Credit Hours: 6
Prerequisite: ARC 250
This course is a historical and Simple and single use architectural
conceptual survey of architecture project (s); aspects of spatial Issues concerning manipulation of
from prehistory to Medieval. The arrangements, site, climate and space/volume and building form
course will address questions of style traditions are to be examined. are explored, with special emphasis
and cover the major movements (e.g. kindergarten, small clinic, art on alternative spatial organization
and figures in architectural history. workshop). of space (centralized, linear, radial,
The course will focus on the way and clustered). Design process,
architecture provides the physical, ARC 260 - Architectural and conceptualization, and creativity
spatial, and temporal frameworks Interior Design History II are practiced by students. The
for human interaction with nature, problem of space formation, and
culture and the built environment. Credit Hours: 3 form/function interaction are
Prerequisite: ARC 220 characterizing in this design course.
ARC 230 - Building Technology I
This course will examine twentieth- Students are also expected to handle
Credit Hour: 3 and twenty-first (21st) century design problems related to large
span single-use spaces; issues of
Prerequisite: DES 110 architecture and its origins. Through
slide lectures, readings, and class structural systems and light weight
An overview of basic concepts and discussions. The course will focus on material are applied. Contextual
properties of building structural issues concerning style, technology, design elements of site, topography,
components and their materials.The urbanism, regionalism, function, climate, and traditional architecture
course discusses elements and types and reform to address the diverse are identified. Their influence on the
of superstructure, substructure, forces that have shaped modern conceptual design solution(s) are
and foundations. It covers linear architecture. analyzed.
and planner, vertical and horizontal,
structural systems and their ARC 270 - Building Technology II ARC 320 - Environmental Design
members such as short–medium Credit Hours: 3 I: Lighting and Acoustics
span roofing, flooring, walls, columns, Prerequisite: ARC 230
girders, and beams. Credit Hours: 3
The course provides an insight of Prerequisite: ARC 210
ARC 240 Architecture and the materials, and detailing of walls, This course is a comprehensive
Environ- ment floors, false ceilings, doors and overview of the luminous and sonic
windows. Also special attention to environment with consideration to
Credit Hour: 3 wood systems and carpentry and energy conscious design. Content
Prerequisite: No Prerequisite means of vertical circulation (stairs, includes human physiological and
This course is an introductory elevators and escalators). psychological perceptions of light
course on the interaction between ARC 280 - Computer Aided in the built environment, natural
buildings and their environment. Design and electric light sources, day
The course uses examples lighting design techniques, lighting
of vernacular architecture as Credit Hours: 3 measurements and controls, light
examples of architecture adapted Prerequisite: DES 110 and form, computations for quantity
to its environment. It explores the and quality light, and the use of
influences of local materials, human This course serves as an introduction illuminated models for day lighting
comfort, climate and culture on to various electronic media and electric lighting design, the base
building forms. The course discusses employed within the practice of principles of acoustics impacting
passive heating, cooling, ventilation, architecture and interior design. room acoustics, mechanical system
shading and daylighting strategies in Creative and effective skills in the noise, sound absorptio and isolation,
different climatic zones. use of computers in architecture and the basic principles of electrical
and interior design applications are systems.
consistently stressed.

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