Curriculum: Environmental Design in Architecture

Concentration:

Degree earned: Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture

Effective: 07/2009
Updated:
Degree Key: 12EDA097

FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit

D 100 Design Thinking
D 102 Design Culture & Context I
D 104 First Year Studio I
ENG 101 Academic Writing & Research H
GEP Mathematical Science A

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4
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D 101 Design Thinking II
D 103 Design Culture & Context II
D 105 First Year Studio II
ARC 162 Introduction to Architecture
GEP Mathematical Sciences (A)
GEP PE & Healthy Living (E)

2
3
4
3
3
1

16
 
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit

ARC 201 Arch. Design:  Environment
ARC 211 Natural Systems & Architecture
ARC 241 Introduction to World Architecture
GEP Humanities (C)
GEP Social Science D

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3
3
3
3

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ARC 202 Arch. Design:  Form
ARC 232 Structures & Materials
ARC 242  History of Western Architecture  (C)
ARC 251 Digital Representation
GEP Natural Sciences (B)

6
3
3
3
3

18
 
JUNIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit

ARC 301  Arch. Design:  Intermediate
ARC 331  Arch. Structures I
ARC 432  Arch. Construction Systems
ARC 441 History of Contemporary Arch
GEP PE & Healthy Living E

6
3
3
3
1

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ARC 302 Arch. Design:  Technology
ARC 332 Arch. Structures II
GEP Social Sciences (D)
GEP Natural Sciences (with Lab) (B)

6
3
3
4

16
 
SENIOR YEAR
Fall Semester 3 Credit   Spring Semester Credit

ARC 401 Arch. Design:  Urban
Free Elective2
Free Elective2
GEP  Additional Breadth:
Mathematics/Natural Sciences (F)

                   

6
2
3
3

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ARC 402 Arch. Design:  Advanced1
ARC 414 Environmental Controls Systems
Free Elective (300-level or above)2
       

6
3
3

12
 
Minimum Credit Hours Required for Graduation*I,J,K: 126
 
Footnotes:        
 

Major/Program Footnotes:

  • No more than one studio may be taken in any semester.
  • Foreign language proficiency at 102 level is required for graduation but does not count toward the degree requirements.

1. ARC 402 Architectural Design: Advanced may be substituted with one 6 credit-hour design studio from the following list: ADN 400, 460, 470, 480, GD 201, 202, ID 201, LAR 200 and 400.

2. The sequence of free elective and GEPcourses is illustrative only and not mandatory. Students may schedule elective courses in any order which support their educational objectives.

3. The Fall Semester of the Senior Year may be taken at the Prague Institute or some other approved international program.                  

*General Education Program (GEP) requirements and GEP Footnotes:
To complete the requirements for graduation and the General Education Program, the following category credit hours and co-requisites must be satisfied.
University approved GEP course lists for each of the following categories can be found at http://www.ncsu.edu/uap/academic-standards/gep/courselists/index.html.

  1. Mathematical Sciences (6 credit hours – one course with MA or ST prefix)
    Choose from the University approved GEP Mathematical Sciences course list.
  2. Natural Sciences (7 credit hours – include one laboratory course or course with a lab)
    Choose from the University approved GEP Natural Sciences course list.
  3. Humanities (6 credit hours selected from two different disciplines/course prefixes)
    Choose from the University approved GEP Humanities course list or the following course(s) if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part or all of this requirement:  ARC 242 fulfills 3 hours of this requirement. Choose an additional 3 hours in a discipline other than ARC.
  4. Social Sciences (6 credit hours selected from two different disciplines/course prefixes)
    Choose from the University approved GEP Social Sciences course list
  5. Physical Education/Healthy Living (2 credit hours – at least one 100-level Fitness and Wellness Course)
    Choose from the University approved GEP Physical Education/Healthy Living course list.
  6. Additional Breadth  - (3 credit hours to be selected from the following checked University approved GEP course lists)
      X   Mathematical Sciences/Natural Sciences/Engineering
  7. Interdisciplinary Perspectives (5-6 credit hours)
    Satisfied by courses taken as part of the major requirements.
  8. Introduction to Writing (4 credit hours satisfied by completing ENG 101 with a C- or better )

    The following Co-Requisites must be satisfied to complete the General Education Program requirements:
  9. U.S. Diversity (USD)
    Choose from the University approved GEP U.S. Diversity course list or choose a course identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the U.S. Diversity (USD) co-requisite.
  10. Global Knowledge (GK)
    Choose from the University approved GEP Global Knowledge course list or choose a course identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the Global Knowledge (GK) co-requisite.
  11. Foreign Language proficiency - Proficiency at the FL_102 level is required for graduation.