Winter 07/Spring 08 Course Descriptions

All courses below are approved to be taught in Winter 2007 and Spring 2008; however, some (or all) may not be offered in either term.  The courses that are offered in Spring link to the Schedule of Classes.  Classes with alternative delivery modes (Web based, cable TV, correspondence, etc) are noted in the Schedule at the section level.  The complete list below is a good indicator of what may be offered over the next few years (contact department about offerings).  For explanations of course elements see the Key to Course Descriptions.

Architecture (ARC )  Department Info

ARC 101 -- Foundation Studio I  (4 units)
Description:  Visual, haptic and cognitive representation by means of freehand drawing and material manipulation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 4 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 102 -- Foundation Studio II  (4 units)
Description:  Visual, haptic and cognitive representation by means of technical drawing, descriptive geometry and material manipulation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 101.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 4 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 201 -- Design Studio I: Composition  (6 units)
Description:  Making of space by elements in motion and experiments probing the nature of materials. Introduction of spatial elements (line, plane, volume) and tectonic elements (material, arrangement, light).
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  $20.
Prerequisite(s):  admission to professional phase.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 202 -- Design Studio II: Performance  (6 units)
Description:  This course explores relationship of human experience and spatial and formal characteristics of architecture. The studio emphasizes development of design processes including value and goal identification, design concept formation, modeling techniques, and evaluation procedures.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  $20.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 201.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 221 -- Building Technology I  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the basic principles in structure, materials and methods of construction and environmental control systems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  $20.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 102 or consent of instructor. Open to majors only.
Typical structure:  3 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 222 -- Building Technology II  (3 units)
Description:  Three-module course on the topics: statics and material principles, introduction to wood systems, elements of environmental control systems and human perception.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  $20.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 221. Open to majors only.
Typical structure:  3 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 227 -- Architectural Programming  (2 units)
Description:  Programming and design methodologies including problem seeking, goal identification, code search, observation, questioning, relationship diagrams, brainstorming, space allocation, and simulation as techniques for processing information for building design.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  admission to professional phase.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 231 -- History I: World Architecture: Ancient Through Medieval  (3 units)
Description:  Considers the creation, use and interpretation of ancient and medieval architecture from a variety of perspectives: environmental, functional, material, structural, formal, socio-political, and cultural.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 232 -- History II: World Architecture, Renaissance Through Modern  (3 units)
Description:  Considers the creation, use and interpretation of architecture from the fifteenth century through the twentieth from a variety of perspectives: environmental, functional, material, structural, formal, socio-political, and cultural.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 231 or by consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 241 -- Design Communication I  (3 units)
Description:  Course emphasis is on the development of basic communication techniques for the study and presentation of architectural concepts.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Concurrent registration, ARC 201. Admission to professional phase.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 4 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 294 -- Practicum  (1-4 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 299 -- Independent Study  (1-4 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 299H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARC 301 -- Design Studio III: Land Ethics  (6 units)
Description:  Explores relationship of architecture to site and context. Explores design in relation to issues like topography, climate, vegetation, wildlife, hydrology, historical context, and regional materials. Design sites may include both urban and rural sites.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 202.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 302 -- Design Studio IV: Tectonics  (6 units)
Description:  Design of buildings with emphasis on tectonic assembly and spatial integration.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 301.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 321 -- Building Technology III  (3 units)
Description:  Three-module course exploring technological issues relating to small and intermediate scale buildings; including environmental issues of climate/micro-climate and daylighting.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 222.
Typical structure:  3 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 322 -- Building Technology IV  (3 units)
Description:  Integration of building systems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 321.
Typical structure:  3 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 326 -- Site Analysis and Planning  (2 units)
Description:  Introduction to the study of the context in which architecture is developed. Course will introduce students to the second of the pre-design studies essential to the understanding of architecture.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 202, ARC 227; Concurrent registration, ARC 301.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 332 -- History III: World Architecture, Modern and Contemporary  (3 units)
Description:  A study of modern architecture through a critical examination of particular works, in an attempt to locate the duration and effect of the era on the discipline of architecture.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 231 or by consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 341 -- Design Communication II  (3 units)
Description:  Course emphasis is on the further development of communication techniques for the study and presentation of architectural ideas.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 241; Concurrent registration, ARC 301.
Typical structure:  4 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 343 -- Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt  (3 units)
Description:  Art and archaeology of the Egyptian civilization from the beginning of the Pharaonic Period to the Alexandrian Age.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  CLAS 343; CLAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 392 -- Directed Research  (1-6 units)
Description:  Individual or small group research under the guidance of faculty.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARC 394 -- Practicum  (3 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 399 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 399H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 401 -- Design Studio V: Technology  (6 units)
Description:  Content and theme will be design and programming of projects which grow and change with systematic clarity. Emphasis on future oriented problem identification, efficient utilization of resources, the appropriate interface with contextual activities and building systems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 302.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 402 -- Design Studio VI: Urban Form  (6 units)
Description:  Emphasis on urban context of architectural design with issues such as housing, community design, urban design, and urban infrastructure elements (transportation, recreation, education and utilities). Will study city as culture: the city as an environment for well-being.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 401.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 403 -- Art and Architecture of the Islamic World  (3 units)
Description:  Principal achievements in Islamic architecture 680-1600, AD/CE, understand the achievements in social/cultural contexts, become familiar with vocabulary and basic methodologies of the field, and consider historical evolution of our knowledge and understanding of this architecture.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  NES 403; NES is home department.
May be convened with:  ARC 503.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARC 421 -- Building Technology V  (3 units)
Description:  Technological issues related to large scale, complex buildings, building code, life safety, design of passive and active environmental control systems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 322.
Typical structure:  3 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 422 -- Building Technology VI  (3 units)
Description:  Simultaneous thinking about site when building in urban context, one and two-directional structural systems, alternative renewable energy and environmental indoor and outdoor climate modification systems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 421.
Typical structure:  3 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 432 -- History IV: Urban Form  (2 units)
Description:  A lecture survey dealing with the origins and evolution of communal ordering systems. A variety of critical attitudes are developed with which current and historic settlement patterns are visually compared to discover spatial attributes as a dimension of human experience.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 302.
Identical to:  PLNN 432.
May be convened with:  ARC 532.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 441 -- Construction Documents  (3 units)
Description:  The study of the concepts, vocabulary, intent, and skills necessary to understand construction documents. The focus is on the analysis and creation of a set of working drawings that will illustrate the student's mastery of the material.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 302.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 451 -- Design Studio VII: Research Electives  (6 units)
Description:  Studio work may include: desert architecture, commercial design, historic preservation, computer aided design, competitions, design/build, entrepreneurial design, architectural programming and evaluation, interdisciplinary studio architecture, planning and/or landscape architecture. All topics may not be offered each year.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 402.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 452 -- Design Studio VIII: Senior Project  (6 units)
Description:  Studio-based project demonstrating a synthesis of knowledge or development of theoretical concepts, process and methodology, and definitive resolution of design issues.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 451.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 452H -- Honors Design Studio VIII: Senior Project  (6 units)
Description:  Studio-based project demonstrating a synthesis of knowledge or development of theoretical concepts, process and methodology, and definitive resolution of design issues.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 451; admission to Honors Program.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 459 -- Ethics and Practice  (2 units)
Description:  Standards and values of architectural services and professional project and practice management.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 402.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 461A -- Solar Utilization in the Built Environment  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of solar energy utilization principles, methods and case studies.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 461B -- Lightweight Construction Techniques  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of lightweight construction techniques, including pneumatics, tensile membranes, three-dimensional cable nets, grid shells and flexure stiff plates.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 461D -- Computer Energy Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  A comprehensive course that teaches students energy conservation and passive solar architecture and up-to-date computer energy simulation techniques. The course promotes students learning through field investigation of existing buildings and/or new design projects.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 302.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 461E -- Sustainable Design and the LEED Initiative  (3 units)
Description:  Lectures on advanced passive solar soft technology features fine tune passive architectural designs. Explanation of thermal performance/alternative applications on a basecase design. Thermal efficiency/energy cooling/heating loads assessed through computer energy simulation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  ARC 561E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 461F -- The Nature of Structure  (3 units)
Description:  Course will investigate structural concepts and characteristics of force, form, material and connection. Natural precedents examined in context of their generative conditions; structural concepts will be distilled, abstracted, developed and altered through construction of physical models/drawings.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Arch majors 3rd year or higher, or consent of instructor.
Typical structure:  3 hours laboratory, 2 hours lecture.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 461G -- Technology of Ecological Building  (3 units)
Description:  Explores possibilities, challenges and potentials of low-tech strategies and techniques, like natural ventilation and thermal storage in high-tech applications, focusing on building type of high-rise office tower and possibilities for future high-rise residential buildings.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 402.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
May be convened with:  ARC 561G.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 471B -- Space: A Social Cultural View/American Indian Landscape and Architecture  (3 units)
Description:  Examine American Indian landscape and architecture as social space, contrasting the traditional with the contemporary. The majority of students will come from AID, Anthropology, Geography, Education,a nd elsewhere, with a smaller number from design fields. Graduate students are required to write longer papers or complete more extensive projects than undergraduates.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  consent of department.
Identical to:  AIS 471B.
May be convened with:  ARC 571B.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 471F -- Introduction to Conservation of Cultural Resources  (3 units)
Description:  An overview of the Historic Preservation movement in America, including discussion of concepts, rationale for and methods of resource utilization, implementation of plans, legislation, etc.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 471G -- Museums: History, Theory, Design  (3 units)
Description:  Investigate the architecture of museums and the installation of exhibitions, past and present, as manifestations of contemporary positions on the construction and content of knowledge, the public mission of cultural and scientific institutions, and the framing of visitor's experience.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 231, ARC 232, or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARC 471I -- Urban Space: History, Theory, Design  (3 units)
Description:  Investigates a number of cities as historical case studies of issues informing design of urban public space: social construction of space, ethical positions on accommodation of individual and community in the city, role or memory and symbolism in creating sense of place, etc.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 231, ARC 232.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 471J -- The Impact of World War One on Architecture and the Arts  (3 units)
Description:  Architecture and art around World War I. Topics: avant-garde in art and architecture; new media, especially film, and contribution to visual environment; industrial efficiency and productivity on design of city; modern advertising; modern city street; alientation; utopian proposals for architecture and urbanism.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 332.
May be convened with:  ARC 571J.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARC 471S -- Theory and Principles of Urban Design  (3 units)
Description:  Course provides critical investigation on the evolution of city design in United States and Europe. Focus is an investigation of dominant theories and paradigms informing urban design from the renaissance to the 20th century.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 474 -- Field Methods in Environmental Psychology  (3 units)
Description:  Behavior and man-made or managed environments, with emphasis on objective methods; designed for students having a professional interest in environmental design or management.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE); PSYC 230.
Identical to:  PSYC 474; PSYC is home department.
May be convened with:  ARC 574.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 481A -- Advanced Design Communication Applications  (3 units)
Description:  Two separate modules combine graphic communication techniques taught in earlier courses. Emphasizes use of freehand perspective, orthographic drafting, computer modeling and physical models, then uses computer as a tool to link different outputs into a seamless presentation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 301.
May be convened with:  ARC 581A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 481B -- Advanced Design Communication  (3 units)
Description:  Course consists of two separate modules dealing with study of advanced communication theories and their application to architectural communication. Current theories and new technologies including computer graphics, video and interactive multi-media techniques will be discussed.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 301.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 481C -- Communicating Design Data  (3 units)
Description:  Concepts, vocabulary and skills to understand graphic communications in architecture, landscape architecture, and planning. Focus on analysis of information and creation of visual models illustrating mastery of existing material and researching new, emerging forms of graphic communication.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 341 or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 481D -- Architectural Photography  (3 units)
Description:  Emphasis on the "daily use" of 35mm equipment and color slide films for self expression, documentation (exteriors/interiors), copywork, scale models and simulation. Introductory hands-on exploration of large format photography with Polaroid film.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 301 or consent of instructor.
May be convened with:  ARC 581D.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 481E -- Architecture in the Mediterranean  (3 units)
Description:  Develop awareness of architecture, places and spaces in new cultures. Experience uses of space, materials, structural techniques and cultural expression. Highest priority placed on recording new and different experiences emphasizing creativeness, character and expression.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Summer.

ARC 491 -- Preceptorship  (1-3 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 492 -- Directed Research  (1-6 units)
Description:  Individual or small group research under the guidance of faculty.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARC 493 -- Internship  (1-3 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  for a total of 3 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 493L -- Legislative Internship  (1-12 units)
Description:  Working experience at the Arizona State Legislature; responsibilities draw upon student's area of major expertise and include preparing written and oral reports, summarizing legislative proposals, and providing information to legislators and legislative committees.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 494 -- Practicum  (3 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 496T -- Technology Seminar  (2 units)
Description:  Directed study focused on the technological development of the capstone project.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 497A -- Research Methods  (3 units)
Description:  An interdisciplinary survey of research methods applicable to research in Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  5th-year or graduate standing.
May be convened with:  ARC 597A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 497B -- Special Projects in Architecture  (1-3 units)
Description:  The practical application of theoretical learning within a group setting and involving an exchange of ideas and practical methods, skills, and principles.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  consent of department.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 497D -- Design Development for Architectural Interiors  (3 units)
Description:  This course will focus on the concept of designing public space environments that are compatible with the architecture envelope, context and structure of the building as well as accommodating human needs.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 301 or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 497E -- Furniture Design and Construction  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to designing, constructing, detailing and finishing furniture. Focus on safety, design theory, craftsmanship, functional requirements, material, and joinery. Use of materials and structure that meet programming/concept criteria for designing/constructing furniture.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Prerequisite(s):  Professional Phase admission or permission of instructor; Architecture majors only.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 497F -- Construction Laboratory  (3 units)
Description:  A laboratory course focusing on materials, craftsmanship, tools, safety, tectonic theories, programmatic and functional requirements of designing, detailing and constructing full scale building components.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  at least 4th-year standing in professional program suggested.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 497I -- Interdisciplinary Studio for Community Design  (3-6 units)
Description:  The practical application of theoretical learning within a group setting and involving an exchange of ideas and practical methods, skills, and principles.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 471F or consent of instructor; open to non-majors only.
Identical to:  PLNN 497I.
May be convened with:  ARC 597I.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 497J -- Documentation and Interpretation of the Historic Built Environment  (3 units)
Description:  Examines methods to document buildings, districts and cultural landscapes and methods to interpret historical and architectural significance. Focuses on historic built environments of Greater Southwest including semester-long service-learning project applying documentation and interpretation methodologies.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 471F or consent of instructor.
Identical to:  LAR 497J, PLNN 497J.
May be convened with:  ARC 597J.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 497T -- Case Studies in Urban Design  (3 units)
Description:  In-depth evaluation of contemporary urban design projects in Europe and the United Status. Focus is on selected contemporary cases. The kind of urban design projects under investigation will vary.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 471S, ARC 471I, or consent of instructor.
May be convened with:  ARC 597T.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 497V -- Affordable Housing and Community Development  (3 units)
Description:  The course focuses on housing and community development issues. Its purpose is to understand the nature of housing development, particularly for the lower income sectors of the community, and its relation to community development.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  PLNN 497V; PLNN is home department.
May be convened with:  ARC 597V.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 498 -- Senior Capstone  (1-3 units)
Description:  A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 498H -- Honors Thesis  (3 units)
Description:  An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 499 -- Independent Study  (1-4 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 499H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-4 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARC 501 -- Design Studio V: Technology  (6 units)
Description:  Content and theme will be design and programming of projects which grow and change with systematic clarity. Emphasis on future oriented problem identification, efficient utilization of resources, the appropriate interface with contextual activities and building systems. Graduate-level requirements include preparation of an extensive typological study and an extensive presentation which includes structural and bioclimatic response data.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 502 -- Design Studio VI: Urban Form  (6 units)
Description:  Emphasis on urban context of architectural design with issues such as housing, community design, urban design, and urban infrastructure elements (transportation, recreation, education and utilities). Will study city as culture: the city as an environment for well-being. Graduate-level requirements include greater responsibility in preparation of reading discussion material and demonstrating higher level of knowledge and production in studio work.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 503 -- Art and Architecture of the Islamic World  (3 units)
Description:  Principal achievements in Islamic architecture 680-1600, AD/CE, understand the achievements in social/cultural contexts, become familiar with vocabulary and basic methodologies of the field, and consider historical evolution of our knowledge and understanding of this architecture. Graduate-level requirements include a 6-10 page comparative essay on a set group of readings designed for each group.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  NES 503; NES is home department.
May be convened with:  ARC 403.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARC 532 -- History IV: Urban Form  (2 units)
Description:  A lecture survey dealing with the origins and evolution of communal ordering systems. A variety of critical attitudes are developed with which current and historic settlement patterns are visually compared to discover spatial attributes as a dimension of human experience. Graduate-level requirements include a more in-depth research background that could result in an extended final paper.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  PLNN 532.
May be convened with:  ARC 432.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 541 -- Construction Documents  (3 units)
Description:  The study of the concepts, vocabulary, intent, and skills necessary to understand construction documents. The focus is on the analysis and creation of a set of working drawings that will illustrate the student's mastery of the material. Graduate-level requirements include presenting a construction document project in class or a paper describing CD techniques and procedures.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 551 -- Design Studio VII: Research Electives  (6 units)
Description:  Studio work may include: desert architecture, commercial design, historic preservation, computer aided design, competitions, design/build, entrepreneurial design, architectural programming and evaluation, interdisciplinary studio architecture, planning and/or landscape architecture. All topics may not be offered each year. Graduate-level requirements include additional project development focusing on a particular aspect of the topic under study.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 559 -- Ethics and Practice  (2 units)
Description:  Standards and values of architectural services and professional project and practice management. Graduate-level requirements include a written 5 to 10 page research paper on an ethics and practice area as agreed to by the instructor. This will constitute 15% of the graduate student grade.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 561A -- Solar Utilization in the Built Environment  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of solar energy utilization principles, methods and case studies. Graduate-level requirements include additional graduate credit exercise.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 561B -- Lightweight Construction Techniques  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of lightweight construction techniques, including pneumatics, tensile membranes, three-dimensional cable nets, grid shells and flexure stiff plates. Graduate-level requirements include an additional project demonstrating a comprehensive grasp of one lightweight construction technique.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 561D -- Computer Energy Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  A comprehensive course that teaches students energy conservation and passive solar architecture and up-to-date computer energy simulation techniques. The course promotes students learning through field investigation of existing buildings and/or new design projects. Graduate-level requirements include writing short essays on development exercises and presenting simple payback and lifecycle cost analysis on projects.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 561E -- Sustainable Design and the LEED Initiative  (3 units)
Description:  Lectures on advanced passive solar soft technology features fine tune passive architectural designs. Explanation of thermal performance/alternative applications on a basecase design. Thermal efficiency/energy cooling/heating loads assessed through computer energy simulation. Graduate-level requirements include an additional research report on selected passive solar systems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  ARC 461E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 561F -- The Nature of Structure  (3 units)
Description:  Course will investigate structural concepts and characteristics of force, form, material and connection. Natural precedents examined in context of their generative conditions; structural concepts will be distilled, abstracted, developed and altered through construction of physical models/drawings. Graduate-level requirements include completing all assignments as individuals (whereas undergraduate students will be working in teams of two).
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Typical structure:  3 hours laboratory, 2 hours lecture.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 561G -- Technology of Ecological Building  (3 units)
Description:  Explores possibilities, challenges and potentials of low-tech strategies and techniques, like natural ventilation and thermal storage in high-tech applications, focusing on building type of high-rise office tower and possibilities for future high-rise residential buildings. Graduate-level requirements include grading on their research and presentation. This constitutes 10% of the quantitative grade.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
May be convened with:  ARC 461G.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 561J -- Materials: Modeling  (3 units)
Description:  Modeling must not operate by precepts, but by the culture of experimentation, eliciting aesthetic and rational judgment in the free play between mind and matter. The play must be heuristic, inducing its own sense (or meta-logic) from the activity itself. The products must include in themselves their own meter for evaluation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 571B -- Space: A Social Cultural View/American Indian Landscape and Architecture  (3 units)
Description:  Examine American Indian landscape and architecture as social space, contrasting the traditional with the contemporary. The majority of students will come from AID, Anthropology, Geography, Education,a nd elsewhere, with a smaller number from design fields. Graduate students are required to write longer papers or complete more extensive projects than undergraduates. Graduate-level requirements include in-depth written discussions and in-depth paper or design projects applying the course content to some actual social setting.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  AIS 571B.
May be convened with:  ARC 471B.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 571F -- Introduction to Conservation of Cultural Resources  (3 units)
Description:  An overview of the Historic Preservation movement in America, including discussion of concepts, rationale for and methods of resource utilization, implementation of plans, legislation, etc. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper focusing on a particular concept or methodology utilized in preservation practice.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  LAR 571F.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 571G -- Museums: History, Theory, Design  (3 units)
Description:  Investigate the architecture of museums and the installation of exhibitions, past and present, as manifestations of contemporary positions on the construction and content of knowledge, the public mission of cultural and scientific institutions, and the framing of visitor's experience. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper of an additional five pages in length and a formal in-class presentation of their research topic and conclusions, to be illustrated as appropriate.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARC 571I -- Urban Space: History, Theory, Design  (3 units)
Description:  Investigates a number of cities as historical case studies of issues informing design of urban public space: social construction of space, ethical positions on accommodation of individual and community in the city, role or memory and symbolism in creating sense of place, etc. Graduate-level requirements include formal in-class presentation of their research topic and conclusions, to be illustrated as appropriate with drawings, photographs, slides, or digital images.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 571J -- The Impact of World War One on Architecture and the Arts  (3 units)
Description:  Architecture and art around World War I. Topics: avant-garde in art and architecture; new media, especially film, and contribution to visual environment; industrial efficiency and productivity on design of city; modern advertising; modern city street; alientation; utopian proposals for architecture and urbanism. Graduate-level requirements include a longer term paper, a formal in-class presentation of research topic and conclusions, to be illustrated as appropriate with drawings, photographs, slides, or digital images.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  ARC 471J.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARC 571S -- Theory and Principles of Urban Design  (3 units)
Description:  Course provides critical investigation on the evolution of city design in United States and Europe. Focus is an investigation of dominant theories and paradigms informing urban design from the renaissance to the 20th century. Graduate-level requirements include more weight placed on papers, plus a final research project.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 574 -- Field Methods in Environmental Psychology  (3 units)
Description:  Behavior and man-made or managed environments, with emphasis on objective methods; designed for students having a professional interest in environmental design or management.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  PSYC 574; PSYC is home department.
May be convened with:  ARC 474.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 581A -- Advanced Design Communication Applications  (3 units)
Description:  Two separate modules combine graphic communication techniques taught in earlier courses. Emphasizes use of freehand perspective, orthographic drafting, computer modeling and physical models, then uses computer as a tool to link different outputs into a seamless presentation. Graduate-level requirements include a more sophisticated and professional product.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  ARC 481A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 581B -- Advanced Design Communication  (3 units)
Description:  Course consists of two separate modules dealing with study of advanced communication theories and their application to architectural communication. Current theories and new technologies including computer graphics, video and interactive multi-media techniques will be discussed. Graduate-level requirements include one additional reading assignment, presentation of a short paper discussing the reading material and will be required to form a special team to prepare more extensive team project.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 581C -- Communicating Design Data  (3 units)
Description:  Concepts, vocabulary and skills to understand graphic communications in architecture, landscape architecture, and planning. Focus on analysis of information and creation of visual models illustrating mastery of existing material and researching new, emerging forms of graphic communication. Graduate-level requirements include preparing a manual intended as a teaching guide for undergraduates, further explaining techniques and procedures demonstrated in class.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 581D -- Architectural Photography  (3 units)
Description:  Emphasis on the "daily use" of 35mm equipment and color slide films for self expression, documentation (exteriors/interiors), copy work, scale models and simulation. Introductory hands-on exploration of large format photography with Polaroid film. Graduate-level requirements include an additional assignment demonstrating ability to apply their knowledge of architectural photography to their academic work, prefaced by a written and oral proposal.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  ARC 481D.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 581E -- Architecture in the Mediterranean  (3 units)
Description:  Develop awareness of architecture, places and spaces in new cultures. Experience uses of space, materials, structural techniques and cultural expression. Highest priority placed on recording new and different experiences emphasizing creativeness, character and expression. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Summer.

ARC 591 -- Preceptorship  (1-3 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 593 -- Internship  (1-3 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  for a total of 3 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 594 -- Practicum  (3 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 596U -- Interdisciplinary Environment-Behavior-Design  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  consult college before enrolling.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Identical to:  PSYC 596U; PSYC is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 597A -- Research Methods  (3 units)
Description:  An interdisciplinary survey of research methods applicable to research in Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture. Graduate-level requirements include an additional assignment of seeking out a granting agency applicable to their research topic and following their application guidelines in the completion of this assignment.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  LAR 597A, PLNN 597A.
May be convened with:  ARC 497A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 597B -- Special Projects in Architecture  (1-3 units)
Description:  The practical application of theoretical learning within a group setting and involving an exchange of ideas and practical methods, skills, and principles.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 597D -- Design Development for Architectural Interiors  (3 units)
Description:  This course will focus on the concept of designing public space environments that are compatible with the architecture envelope, context and structure of the building as well as accommodating human needs. Graduate-level requirements include producing individual projects for assignments and responsibility for broader solutions to assigned projects.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 597F -- Construction Laboratory  (3 units)
Description:  A laboratory course focusing on materials, craftsmanship, tools, safety, tectonic theories, programmatic and functional requirements of designing, detailing and constructing full scale building components. Graduate-level requirements include assignment of managerial tasks; serve as team leaders, scribes and accountants; responsible for integration of all research determinations.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 597I -- Interdisciplinary Studio for Community Design  (3-6 units)
Description:  The practical application of theoretical learning within a group setting and involving an exchange of ideas and practical methods, skills, and principles.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Identical to:  PLNN 597I.
May be convened with:  ARC 497I.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 597J -- Documentation and Interpretation of the Historic Built Environment  (3 units)
Description:  Examines methods to document buildings, districts and cultural landscapes and methods to interpret historical and architectural significance. Focuses on historic built environments of Greater Southwest including semester-long service-learning project applying documentation and interpretation methodologies. Graduate students also required to transform service-learning project into web-accessible format to integrate into Preservation Studies website.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 571F or consent of instructor.
Identical to:  LAR 597J, PLNN 597J.
May be convened with:  ARC 497J.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 597T -- Case Studies in Urban Design  (3 units)
Description:  In-depth evaluation of contemporary urban design projects in Europe and the United Status. Focus is on selected contemporary cases. The kind of urban design projects under investigation will vary. Graduate-level requirements include writing a paper concerning a specific research topic related to the case study research methods. The objective of the paper should be an exploration on research evaluation methods for design.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 571S, ARC 4/571I, or consent of instructor.
May be convened with:  ARC 497T.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARC 597V -- Affordable Housing and Community Development  (3 units)
Description:  The course focuses on housing and community development issues. Its purpose is to understand the nature of housing development, particularly for the lower income sectors of the community, and its relation to community development. Graduate-level requirements include individual projects and a longer research paper.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  PLNN 597V; PLNN is home department.
May be convened with:  ARC 497V.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 599 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 601 -- Integrative Studio  (6 units)
Description:  Integrative studio for graduate students in architecture and landscape architecture intended to provide a heuristic framework of investigation with the aim of incorporating the major areas of graduate concentration in the Master’s Program of Architecture, included but not limited to, design and energy conservation, urban design and infrastructure, materials and technologies, and preservation studies. Design research inquiry centered on the Sonoran Desert region as the setting for architectural interventions.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 696B -- Financing Public Services  (3 units)
Description:  This course first identifies the principle means by which local governments--cities, counties, school districts, special districts--finance both the construction and on-going operation of public services and facilities. The methods we examine include both traditional and evolving ways of implementing taxes, user charges, fees, and using debt instruments. The course also describes and analyzes how local governments use a variety of finance instruments--franchise fees, taxes, and impact fees, for example--to finance and to regulate community growth and development. We examine alternative ways to evaluate the comparative equity and effectiveness of each method.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Identical to:  PLNN 696B; PLNN is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARC 900 -- Research  (1-8 units)
Description:  Individual research, not related to thesis or dissertation preparation, by graduate students.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E K.
Special course fee required:  $18.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 909 -- Master's Report  (1-8 units)
Description:  Individual study or special project or formal report thereof submitted in lieu of thesis for certain master's degrees.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P E K.
Special course fee required:  $20.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 910 -- Thesis  (1-8 units)
Description:  Research for the master's thesis (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or thesis writing). Maximum total credit permitted varies with the major department.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P E K.
Special course fee required:  $25.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARC 930 -- Supplementary Registration  (1-9 units)
Description:  For students who have completed all course requirements for their advanced degree programs. May be used concurrently with other enrollments to bring the total number of units to the required minimum.
Grading:  Grade of K is awarded for this course except for the final term.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.