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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
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.
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At least two courses must be focused on the history and theory of architecture from the following:
ARTS 220聽-聽Early Modern European Architecture - ARTS 244聽-聽Housing the Sacred in Ancient India
- ARTS 273聽-聽Architecture of Art Museums
- ARTS 275聽-聽American Campus Architecture
- ARTS 277聽-聽Modern Architecture 1880-1970
- ARTS 344聽-聽Hindu Temples: Architecture and Sculpture, Architecture as Sculpture
- ARTS 350聽-聽Art and the Goddess
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ARTS 357聽-聽Storytelling Without Words
聽聽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聽-聽Roman Art
- ARTS 245聽-聽Palaces and Paintings of India
- ARTS 360聽-聽Borderlands
- ARTS 363聽-聽War and Plunder
Electives
Complete at least one course from the following:
- ARTS 211聽-聽Drawing
- ARTS 263聽-聽Sculpture: Surface and Form
- ARTS 264聽-聽Sculpture: Material & Process
- ARTS 271聽-聽Architectural Design I
- ARTS 274聽-聽Sustainability in Architectural Design
- ARTS 312聽-聽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听辞谤 PHYS 111聽and one semester of calculus. Experience in studio courses, especially drawing (ARTS 211), sculpture (ARTS 263听辞谤 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聽ARTS 360. Students interested in careers in architecture should contact the architecture adviser.