School of Architecture

The mission and educational intent of the School of Architecture is, in the broadest sense, concerned with the design of the built environment and its relationship with the natural environment as directed toward and responding to the needs and aspirations of human purposes. Architectural education at Illinois provides first, at the undergraduate level, an in-depth professional preparation together with a base of liberal arts education; and second, at the graduate level, an appropriately diversified selection of professional options that allow students to gain depth in pursuit of individual interests that are applicable to current and future professional directions.

In the final analysis, the goal of the program is multifaceted. Graduates should expect to prepare themselves for active professional roles and to gain knowledge of architectural opportunities, problems, issues, and challenges, and ways to address them. They will become familiar with the language of the many disciplines that contribute to the shaping of the built environment and to become aware of past, present, and new applications of information and knowledge. Additionally graduates also will develop a sense of confidence in their personal interpretation of the role of the profession in society and in their ability to become a vital part of the practice of architecture.

DEGREE PROGRAMS IN ARCHITECTURE

The School of Architecture offers a four-year preprofessional curriculum leading to the bachelor of science in architectural studies degree. The B.S.A.S. degree provides an undergraduate academic education in architecture that can serve as a foundation for advanced professional education. The undergraduate curriculum offers an appropriate balance of basic professional studies in architectural design, architectural history, practice and technology, structures, and studies in the arts and sciences.

School facilities are limited, and preference will be given to the best-qualified applicants until quotas are filled at both the undergraduate and graduate levels of the program.

Since 1967, the School of Architecture has operated a one-year study abroad program in Versailles, France, which is open to qualified students on a priority basis. Course offerings parallel those available to students on the Urbana-Champaign campus but stress the European context.

The School of Architecture occupies drafting rooms, lecture rooms, and offices in the Architecture Building, Flagg Hall, and Temple Hoyne Buell Hall. The Ricker Library of Architecture and Art is located in the Architecture Building.

UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM IN ARCHITECTURE

In this curriculum, normal progress is imperative. A student failing to complete any required course more than one semester later than the time designated in the curriculum is prohibited from progressive registration in architectural courses until the deficiency is corrected. To continue at the sophomore level and beyond, a student must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.25 (A = 5.0) for all University course work attempted. For the bachelor of science in architectural studies degree, a total of 127 semester hours are required.

First year
HOURS	FIRST SEMESTER
3	HIST 111--History of Western Civilization to 1660
2	ARCH 199 ITA--Introduction to Architecture (or approved elective see footnote 1 )
4	RHET 105 or RHET 108--Composition
5	MATH 120--Calculus and Analytic Geometry, I
2	ARTGP 187--Drawing
16	Total
HOURS	SECOND SEMESTER
3	HIST 112--History of Western Civilization, 1660 to the Present
3	Social and behaviorial sciences (see college list)
3	MATH 130--Calculus and Analytic Geometry, II
3	C S 102--Introduction to Digital Computing
3	Elective see footnote 1
15	Total
Second year
HOURS	FIRST SEMESTER
3	ARCH 171--Architectural Design, I
3	ARCH 210--Introduction to the History of Architecture
4	ARCH 231--Anatomy of Buildings
2	ARTGP 188--Watercolor
3	Social and behavioral sciences
15	Total
HOURS	SECOND SEMESTER
3	ARCH 172--Architectural Design, II
4	ARCH 232--Construction of Buildings
2	ARTGP 189--Art Studio
3	Natural sciences and technology (see college list)
3	Composition II see footnote 2
15	Total
Third year
HOURS	FIRST SEMESTER
3	ARCH 271--Architectural Design, III
3	Architectural history see footnote 3
4	ARCH 251--Statics and Dynamics
3	U P 101--Planning of Cities and Regions (or approved urban studies substitute) see footnote 4
3	Elective see footnote 1
16	Total
HOURS	SECOND SEMESTER
3	ARCH 272--Architectural Design, IV
3	Architectural history see footnote 3
4	ARCH 252--Strengths of Materials and Design Applications
3	Natural sciences and technology
3	Elective see footnote 1
16	Total
Fourth year
HOURS	FIRST SEMESTER
6	ARCH 371--Architectural Design, V
4	ARCH 241--Environmental Technology, I
4	Architectural structures (ARCH 351 or ARCH 352)
3	Elective see footnote 1
17	Total
HOURS	SECOND SEMESTER
6	ARCH 372--Architectural Design and Construction Documentation
4	ARCH 242--Environmental Technology, II
4	Architectural structures (ARCH 351 or ARCH 352)
3	Architectural history see footnote 3
17	Total

footnote 1. General education electives are any courses on the approved college list: minimum of 5, maximum of 14 hours. Professional electives are courses in architecture and related professional disciplines approved by the School of Architecture: no minimum, maximum of 9 hours.
footnote 2. Satisfied by either a separate, approved Composition II course or by a Composition II course which also satisfies one of the general education distribution list requirements. By the latter, electives would be taken to make up credit deficiency.
footnote 3. The architectural history requirement is one course from ARCH 310, ARCH 311, or ARCH 312; one course from ARCH 313 or ARCH 314; and one course from ARCH 315, ARCH 316, or ARCH 318.
footnote 4. Approval by the School of Architecture is required.