UNDERGRAD Courses - School of architecture
Course information can also be found in the UNC Charlotte Undergraduate Catalog.
Also check the Bachelor of Arts in Architecture Academic Plan of Study.
Core Courses
| Year | Studio | Skills | History & Theory | Building Technology |
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1st - Fall 1st - Spring |
ARCH 1101 - Studio I ARCH 1102 - Studio II |
COAA 1101 - College Success Skills ARCH 1602 - Writing Reading Thinking Architecture |
LBST 2213 - Environmental Ethics |
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2nd - Fall 2nd - Spring |
ARCH 2101 - Studio III ARCH 2102 - Studio IV |
ARCH 4201 - History I ARCH 4202 - History II |
ARCH 4301 - Materials ARCH 4302 - Environmental Systems |
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3rd - Fall 3rd - Spring |
ARCH 3101 - Studio V ARCH 3102 - Studio VI |
ARCH 4604 - Computational Methods ARCH 4605 - Computational Practice |
ARCH 4303 - Structures I ARCH 4304 - Structures II |
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4th - Fall 4th - Spring |
ARCH 4101 - Studio VII ARCH 4102 - Studio VIII |
ARCH 4203 - History III |
ARCH 4101 - Topical Studios
- Anderson - Urban Affordable Housing LS3P (Charlotte)
- Forget - Architecture & Media (Charlotte, Japan, open site)
- Gamez - The Studio @ CTI: Phase III (Bahamas)
ARCH 4204 - History/Theory Topics
- Balmer - From Auschwitz to Zapruder: mapping the mid-century
- Klein - Architectural History and Criticism Methodologies
- West - Humanitarian Architecture: Small-Scale Design in a Big-Scale World
Offered past semesters
- Brownell - Material Transformations: Technology and Change in the Built Environment
- Gamez - Learning from Los Angeles: The Architecture of Seven Ecologies
- Klein - Architecture and Production: from Assembly Line to 3-D Printing
- Makas - Memory, Museums, Memorials, and Race
- Nolan - Ancient to Baroque Rome
- Sauda - Theory of Computational Design
- Wong - History and Theory of Architectural Space
- Wong - Landscape Assemblages in Art and Architecture
ARCH 4050 - Architecture Topics
- Brownell - Material Transformations
- Ellinger - Digital Ecological Systems
- Forget - Public Transportation
- Jarrett - Japanese Conceptions of Space
- Manack - Good Fast Cheap
- Papanikolaou - Connective Environments
- Ranis - Sculpture Projects
- Ryan - Urban Form: Race and Place
- Zhang - Atmospheric Animations: Collaborative-Vision in Motion
Offered past Semesters
- Anderson - Inclusive Design Practice: Who has the right to the city?
- Ault - Unpacking: Applying Historical Techniques in Design Thinking
- Azarbayjani - Eco-Responsive--Next Generation Facades
- Bacon - Architecture + Popular Culture
- Balmer - Modern and Contemporary Rome
- Cabral / Sacks - Everything Has to be Right
- Carlson-Reddig - MARK
- Christine - Airport Terminal Planning & Design
- Costanza - Made of Plastic
- Dickey - Robots, Cyborgs, and Architecture
- Ellinger - Composite Design: Advanced Materials in Architecture
- Futrell - Daylighting
- Gamez - Community Planning Workshop
- Harrison - Detailing the Design
- Hsu - Contemporary Urbanisms
- Kim - Sustainable Facade Design
- Lee - GeoDesign
- McCormick - Build, Test, Iterate Repeat
- Ryan - Dilemmas of Modern City Planning: Design for Equity
- Sauda - Theory of Computational Design
- Thaddeus - The Structure of the Everyday
- West - Architecture & Activism: Humanitarian Design in Practice