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ARC 220 - Architectural History I ARC 250 - Architectural Design II ARC 310 - Architectural Design ARC 330 - Structure for of planning at different levels are ARC 410 - Architectural Design
III Architects I discussed and different models to the V
Credit Hour: 3 Credit Hours: 4 planning process are introduced. The
Prerequisite: ENG 200 Prerequisite: ARC 210 Credit Hours: 6 Credit Hours: 3 course alsoexplores social, cultural, Credit Hours: 6
Prerequisite: ARC 250 Prerequisite: ARC 270 economic and environmental aspects Prerequisite: ARC 350
This course is a historical and Simple and single use architectural of planning, planning management
conceptual survey of architecture project (s); aspects of spatial Issues concerning manipulation of An introduction to main concepts of and implementation. Manipulation of a complex
from prehistory to Medieval. The arrangements, site, climate and space/volume and building form structures and structural members. multi- use/mix-used project(s),
course will address questions of style traditions are to be examined. are explored, with special emphasis The course introduces different kinds ARC 370 Professional Practice and experimentation with the
and cover the major movements (e.g. kindergarten, small clinic, art on alternative spatial organization of structural systems. It discusses and Ethics vocabulary of architectural form,
and figures in architectural history. workshop). of space (centralized, linear, radial, the structural analysis of simple space,and order. Aspects of the inter-
The course will focus on the way and clustered). Design process, structures. Credit Hours: 3 relationship of architectural form and
architecture provides the physical, ARC 260 - Architectural and conceptualization, and creativity ARC 340 - Building Technology Prerequisite: ENG 200 function are analyzed, and evaluated
spatial, and temporal frameworks Interior Design History II are practiced by students. The III This course is an introduction to to be applicable to the potential
for human interaction with nature, problem of space formation, and the organization, management, and design concept. Expression in the
culture and the built environment. Credit Hours: 3 form/function interaction are Credit Hours: 3 context of traditional architecture is
Prerequisite: ARC 220 characterizing in this design course. practice of Architecture, Landscape a considerable aspect for developing
ARC 230 - Building Technology I Prerequisite: ARC 270 architecture Interior Design as a design solution(s). (e.g. Hospital,
This course will examine twentieth- Students are also expected to handle Different advanced building business and profession. Emphasis museum, cultural center, local
Credit Hour: 3 and twenty-first (21st) century design problems related to large systems & technologies and means is placed on the range of services airport).
span single-use spaces; issues of
Prerequisite: DES 110 architecture and its origins. Through of deploying them in buildings. provided, professional ethics,
slide lectures, readings, and class structural systems and light weight business management, marketing, ARC 420 - Environmental Design
An overview of basic concepts and discussions. The course will focus on material are applied. Contextual Emphasis on prefabrication, modular contracts and negotiations, design II: Energy and Systems
coordination, mechanization, super
properties of building structural issues concerning style, technology, design elements of site, topography, cost analysis/control, and other
components and their materials.The urbanism, regionalism, function, climate, and traditional architecture structures, and long spans: concrete, aspects of professional practice. Credit Hours: 3
steel, and wood. The building
course discusses elements and types and reform to address the diverse are identified. Their influence on the The course introduces the students Prerequisite: ARC 240 + ARC 270
of superstructure, substructure, forces that have shaped modern conceptual design solution(s) are envelope, cladding, curtain walls. to effective techniques for resume
and foundations. It covers linear architecture. analyzed. An overview of basic concepts and writing, letters of introduction, This course will study the influences
properties of different systems.
of energy, human comfort, climate,
and planner, vertical and horizontal, portfolio preparation, and job
structural systems and their ARC 270 - Building Technology II ARC 320 - Environmental Design ARC 350 - Architectural Design interview techniques. context, heating, cooling and water
on the design of buildings and
members such as short–medium Credit Hours: 3 I: Lighting and Acoustics IV
span roofing, flooring, walls, columns, Prerequisite: ARC 230 ARC 399A Internship sites. The design of passive and
girders, and beams. Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 6 active environmental systems with
The course provides an insight of Prerequisite: ARC 210 Prerequisite: ARC 310 Credit Hours: 1.5 continued emphasis on day lighting,
ARC 240 Architecture and the materials, and detailing of walls, This course is a comprehensive Prerequisite: 90 credit hours acoustics and design strategies for
Environ- ment floors, false ceilings, doors and overview of the luminous and sonic This design studio introduces ARC 399B Internship sustainability, and issues of green
windows. Also special attention to environment with consideration to architectural design as a multi- construction relating to energy in
Credit Hour: 3 wood systems and carpentry and energy conscious design. Content faceted problem-solving effort. It Credit Hours: 1.5 buildings.
Prerequisite: No Prerequisite means of vertical circulation (stairs, includes human physiological and focuses on to different aspects of the Prerequisite: ARC 399A ARC 430 - Working Drawings I
This course is an introductory elevators and escalators). psychological perceptions of light design process such as site analysis/ This course focuses on getting the
selection, environmental/ climatic
course on the interaction between ARC 280 - Computer Aided in the built environment, natural impacts, culture, and tradition. student practically involved in the Credit Hours: 3
buildings and their environment. Design and electric light sources, day Problem-solving techniques are day-to-day business events in a Prerequisite: ARC 340
The course uses examples lighting design techniques, lighting applied in terms of configuration and relevant, modern and automated Through a series of exercises
of vernacular architecture as Credit Hours: 3 measurements and controls, light manipulation circulation paths, space organization. The student will follow a and a small to medium size final
examples of architecture adapted Prerequisite: DES 110 and form, computations for quantity interaction, structural system, and well-planned course of action during project, this course will examine the
to its environment. It explores the and quality light, and the use of building form. (e.g. small museum, the period of training. The plan process of design development and
influences of local materials, human This course serves as an introduction illuminated models for day lighting bank, library, recreational facilities). will be devised jointly by the site- the logical structure of “working
comfort, climate and culture on to various electronic media and electric lighting design, the base supervisor and college- supervisor. drawings.” At the same time, the
building forms. The course discusses employed within the practice of principles of acoustics impacting ARC 360 - Urban Planning The course is intended to be a production of working drawings
passive heating, cooling, ventilation, architecture and interior design. room acoustics, mechanical system breakthrough experience in exposing will be pursued as a creative design
shading and daylighting strategies in Creative and effective skills in the noise, sound absorptio and isolation, Credit Hours: 3 student to the organizational work process.
different climatic zones. use of computers in architecture and the basic principles of electrical Prerequisite: ARC 210 culture and the nature of business
and interior design applications are systems. This course introduces the evolution complexities.
consistently stressed.
of city form and structure and
the development of order and
organization in the city. Theories

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