Architecture Minor

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

• ARTS 105 - Introduction to Architecture in Cultural Context

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.

• At least two courses must be focused on the history and theory of architecture from the following:
  ARTS 220 - Early Modern European Architecture
• ARTS 244 - Housing the Sacred in Ancient India
• ARTS 273 - Architecture of Art Museums
• ARTS 275 - American Campus Architecture
• ARTS 277 - Modern Architecture 1880-1970
• ARTS 344 - Hindu Temples: Architecture and Sculpture, Architecture as Sculpture
• ARTS 350 - Art and the Goddess
• ARTS 357 - Storytelling Without Words
    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:
• ARTS 207 - Roman Art
• ARTS 245 - Palaces and Paintings of India
• ARTS 360 - Borderlands
• ARTS 363 - War and Plunder

Electives

Complete at least one course from the following:

• ARTS 211 - Drawing
• ARTS 263 - Sculpture: Surface and Form
• ARTS 264 - Sculpture: Material & Process
• ARTS 271 - Architectural Design I
• ARTS 274 - Sustainability in Architectural Design
• ARTS 312 - 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 or PHYS 111 and one semester of calculus. Experience in studio courses, especially drawing (ARTS 211), sculpture (ARTS 263 or 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 ARTS 207, ARTS 216, ARTS 220, ARTS 226, ARTS 275, ARTS 277, ARTS 344, and ARTS 360. Students interested in careers in architecture should contact the architecture adviser.