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

• ARTH 105 - Introduction to Architecture in Cultural Context

Five Electives

Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of AREL in the course offerings.

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.

History and Theory of Architecture

Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of ARHT in the course offerings

At least two courses:

• ARTH 220 - Early Modern European Architecture
• ARTH 244 - Housing the Sacred in Ancient India
• ARTH 275 - American Campus Architecture: Colgate
• ARTH 277 - Modern Architecture 1880-1970
• ARTH 344 - Hindu Temples: Architecture and Sculpture, Architecture as Sculpture

Architecture and its Interaction with other Arts and Cultural forms

Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of ARIN in the course offerings

No more than two:

• ARTH 207 - Roman Art
• ARTH 245 - Palaces and Paintings of India
• ARTH 262 - War and Plunder
• ARTH 360 - Borderlands

Additional Elective

Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of AREL in the course offerings.

Complete at least one course from the following:

• ARTS 271 - Architectural Design I
• ENST 274 - Sustainability and the Built Environment
• ARTS 211 - Drawing (SA)
• ARTS 263 - Sculpture: Surface and Form
• ARTS 264 - Sculpture: Material & Process
• ARTS 312 - Advanced Drawing (SA)

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 ARTH 207, ARTH 216, ARTH 220, ARTH 226, ARTH 275, ARTH 277, ARTH 344, and ARTH 360. Students interested in careers in architecture should contact the architecture adviser.