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AR 110 Architectural Design I
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: Admission to the School of Architecture
The first semester is introductory, whose character is high energy, creative, reflective and enthusiastic. It is intended to introduce students to design concepts of form, space, composition, in two and three dimensions, and how they relate to human experiences. Students are introduced to the principles of design and the design process as a foundation for architectural design. Being the first studio course, the assumption is that the student comes with limited to no design or drawing skills. | 4 | 0 | 12 | | |
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AR 111 Visual Communication I
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
(Prerequisite: Admission to the School of Architecture or permission of advisor.)
The first course in architectural graphic analysis and presentation techniques. Students are introduced to basic techniques in freehand drawing and design illustration. The course stresses perspective drawing as a primary method for studying and representing three-dimensional shapes in two dimensions. Monochromatic graphic tools are used such as charcoal, pencil, pen and pastels. | 3 | 0 | 8 | | |
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AR 116 Introduction to Computer Graphics
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
An introduction to computer graphics. This course utilizes Autodesk's AutoCAD and Revit on IBM compatible hardware . The course stresses three dimensional digital modeling as a primary method of communication and design and includes elements of computer visualization techniques. Students acquire hands-on experience through a series of laboratory exercises and individual projects | 3 | 0 | 3 | | |
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AR 119 Introduction to Architecture
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Introduction to Architecture is offered to first year architecture students to create awareness of the profession of architecture. The course looks at the history of the profession; how architecture is practiced in the United States; how the profession is changing; current issues with the architectural profession; the tenets of the American Institute of Architects; and ethical concerns facing a practitioner today. The course gives students a broad based background into architecture before they have an opportunity to be engaged in practice through cooperative education and subsequently internship after graduation. | 1 | 2 | 0 | | |
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AR 120 Architectural Design II
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 110
Design II is intended to introduce students to design concepts directly related to the design of buildings and spatial experience. It is characterized by several short term, intense projects that introduce the student to the many scales and concerns of architectural design from the study of exterior spaces, to the programming of a space, to the detail of its constructability. It establishes the fundamentals of all aspects of architectural design- from posing initial questions, conceptualization and issues of realization, to materiality and constructability. | 4 | 0 | 12 | | |
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AR 121 Visual Communication II
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 111
This course builds on the experiences from AR 111. Color techniques are introduced such as pastels and watercolors. The subjects in this course range from still-life and architectural interiors to perspective presentation renderings. The complete sequence provides students with the visual language to analyze and communicate graphically various types of architectural concepts. | 3 | 0 | 8 | | |
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AR 130 Architectural Design III
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 120
Design III is intended to transfer ideas explored in first year into their architectural applications while introducing students to the design of simple buildings and spaces as a creative integration of multiple systems i.e. concept, site, function, structure, mechanical systems, accessibility, materials and codes. The overall intent is to give students the opportunity to understand and explore in more detail how various systems inform, integrate and coordinate the design of architectural form and space. This term focuses on the issues of the integration of form and structure and the issue of materiality/constructability. | 4 | 0 | 12 | | |
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AR 140 Architectural Design IV
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 130
Design IV is a continuation of studies begun in Design III. It is intended to further develop the student’s ability to design buildings and building complexes within the context of integrated multiple systems. The issues of focus for this term include also sustainability, environmental systems and the design of a totally integrated project | 4 | 0 | 12 | | |
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AR 210 Architectural Design V
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 140
This series of studios combines students from the third and fourth years into a common studio to explore a particular project type and theme. These projects change from term to term. Project types include: housing, civic buildings, urban design, retail, office, health care and manufacturing buildings, etc. Themes include: community design, architectural competitions, historic preservation, electronic design, sustainable design, representation, design-build, and architectural theory. Examples include: an electronic design studio for the design of a German Embassy for the City of Detroit, a design- build studio for the design and construction of a prototypical design studio space, an urban design and landscape design studio, and a community design studio for the design of a VFW Hall. It is the intent of these studios to broaden and deepen the student’s design skills and experiences while preparing them for the Master’s Studios. | 5 | 0 | 14 | | |
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AR 212 Architectural History & Theory I
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
An examination of the emergence and development of man’s constructed environment from antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. This course examines various architectural traditions and traces the development of architectural form as an expression of social, religious, political and technological conditions. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 213 Principles of Structural Behavior
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
An analysis of known structural systems in terms of spatial behavior in non-mathematical terms. The basic approaches to structure, proper scale of use and the effects of various materials, geometry and construction techniques are integrated into the course content. Illustrated lectures covering buildings from ancient to modern are used to demonstrate structural principles. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 214 Ecological Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
This course introduces students to a broad range of strategies relevant to the design of sustainable environments. Topics include land consumption, climate and site analysis, site design, natural heating and cooling, building envelope design including earth sheltering, daylighting, water conservation, sustainable materials, active solar heating, and alternative energy sources. Lectures are supplemented by an integrated design and analysis project. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 215 Construction I
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Third year standing.
An exploration of principles and methods of architectural construction including the study of various exterior wall systems relative to different structural systems. The investigation provides an overview beginning with earth and footings and concludes at the roof where various roof to wall conditions are evaluated. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 216 Computer Aided Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
This course in computer aided design uses primarily Autodesk 3D Studio software. The emphasis is on visualization and design in three dimensions. Students learn how to assemble complex three-dimensional, digital architectural landscapes equipped with real-life attributes of light, building materials, etc. These objects are rendered and animated to facilitate the needs of the design process as well as complex graphic presentations. Additional post-processing and graphic software is introduced. | 3 | 0 | 3 | | |
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AR 220 Architectural Design VI
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 210
This series of studios combines students from the third and fourth years into a common studio to explore a particular project type and theme. These projects change from term to term. Project types include: housing, civic buildings, urban design, retail, office, health care and manufacturing buildings, etc. Themes include: community design, architectural competitions, historic preservation, electronic design, sustainable design, representation, design-build, and architectural theory. Examples include: an electronic design studio for the design of a German Embassy for the City of Detroit, a design- build studio for the design and construction of a prototypical design studio space, an urban design and landscape design studio, and a community design studio for the design of a VFW Hall. It is the intent of these studios to broaden and deepen the student’s design skills and experiences while preparing them for the Master’s Studios. | 5 | 0 | 14 | | |
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AR 222 Architectural History and Theory II
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 212
An examination of the development of architecture from the Industrial Revolution to present day. The course examines the fundamental themes underlying the creation of modern architectural form and relates them to developments in the other plastic arts. The course makes extensive use of slides and visual materials. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 225 Construction II
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 215
Principles, materials and methods of architectural construction are examined as they relate to the exterior enclosure systems of buildings. An analysis of materials and systems, including: damp proofing, waterproofing, curtain walls, windows, glass and glazing, sealants and joint design, moisture and heat control is undertaken. Codes and standards are considered for their affects on the technical aspects of the construction process. The importance of maintaining the integrity of exterior enclosure systems is stressed. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 230 Architectural Design VII
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 220
This series of studios combines students from the third and fourth years into a common studio to explore a particular project type and theme. These projects change from term to term. Project types include: housing, civic buildings, urban design, retail, office, health care and manufacturing buildings, etc. Themes include: community design, architectural competitions, historic preservation, electronic design, sustainable design, representation, design-build, and architectural theory. Examples include: an electronic design studio for the design of a German Embassy for the City of Detroit, a design- build studio for the design and construction of a prototypical design studio space, an urban design and landscape design studio, and a community design studio for the design of a VFW Hall. It is the intent of these studios to broaden and deepen the student’s design skills and experiences while preparing them for the Master’s Studios. | 5 | 0 | 14 | | |
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AR 233 Structures I
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
MTH 140
Analysis of structures. This course teaches the mathematical calculation of structures through lectures, and individual problem assignments. It focuses on resolution of forces; reaction; forces in frames and trusses; and forces in frames with beams. Also examined are characteristics of structural materials and structural components: shear and bending movements, flexural and shear stresses, combined stresses, principal stresses, combined bending and axial loads and stresses, deflection, continuity in structures. Light weight wood framing is presented as is wood as a structural material. | 3 | 6 | 0 | | |
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AR 234 Environmental Technology I
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Theory and application of building plumbing systems and of heating, ventilating, cooling, humidity control and fire protection. Emphasizes the effects these requirements have on architecture in terms of human comfort and health. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 243 Structures II
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 233
This second course in structures focuses on principles of design of simple structures. Primarily studied are the design of beams, columns, trusses, built-up components and foundations in standard structural materials, steel and concrete. Related building construction techniques as well as lateral and seismic loading are also presented. | 3 | 6 | 0 | | |
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AR 244 Environmental Technology II
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Physical theory of light and color; subjective determination of light level and lighting quality; building electrical systems; sound energy, transmission, absorption, room acoustics and noise control are some f the topics explored. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 252 Architectural History & Theory III
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 222
An examination of selected examples of contemporary theory. The course closely examines competing ideas regarding architecture, urbanism and landscape and their implication for contemporary design. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 314 Energy in Architecture
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 234
This course introduces students to a broad range of strategies relevant to the design of sustainable environments. Topics include land consumption, climate and site analysis, site design, natural heating and cooling, building envelope design including earth sheltering, daylighting, water conservation, sustainable materials, active solar heating, and alternative energy sources. Lectures are supplemented by an integrated design and analysis project. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 327 Architectural Analysis
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
third-year standing.
Seminar and lecture activities related to evaluation of specific architectonic elements of building relating these to psychological responses, the visual language of building, and syntactic process. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 332 History of Urban Form
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Participation in Poland Exchange Program
An overview of the history of town planning from antiquity to the present using Polish towns as examples. It is a lecture course supplemented by field trips. | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 347 Interior Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
This course explores the qualities of interior space, materiality, design sources, and human factors as they relate to architecture as a whole. It draws upon and expands the fundamental methods of interior design and the intersection between the human body, architecture and the environment through concept, composition and theory. Students will have the opportunity to use a past or current architectural project to explore the above issues. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 361 Advanced 3D Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
The course is a "hands on" design build exploration. The term ‘urban furniture’ is shorthand for a construction project that in some way responds to the needs of the human body relative to a particular activity; in this case in the context of some type of public rather than private circumstance. Each student develops a scenario and a specific site within a given neighborhood in Detroit. Designs are developed using drawings, models and mock-ups prior to construction of the full scale objects. Students are given the option to work individually or in pairs. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 371 Graphic Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
This course explores the architectural application of graphic design, visual communication, signage (wayfinding), business identity, type logo development as transmitted through words and symbols using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. The student will draw upon and expand the fundamental methods of visual and graphic communication to design and understand the intersection of graphic design, architecture and the environment. | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 381 Drawing & Watercolor
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Participation in the Polish Exchange Program.
A studio class in architectural drawing which utilizes the internationally recognized Polish system. The class emphasizes drawing from life, memory and imagination and attempts to develop methods of visualization and representation introducing techniques uncommon in the U.S. A variety of graphic media are examined. | 3 | 0 | 9 | | |
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AR 382 History of Polish & Vernacular Architecture
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Participation in the Polish Exchange Program.
A lecture class taught by several professors from the department of History and Preservation examining Polish architectural history, town planning & vernacular architecture, and architectural preservation. Field trips to historic sites such a Krakow, Lublin, Torun, Gdansk, Zamosc and Kasimierz Dolny are required. Students document monuments and other major works of architecture located in those cities. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 392 Italian Renaissance
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
A study of the history and history of art and architecture in Florence and Venice in the Renaissance period. Students will read primary source material in translation (Dante, Boccaccio, Alberti and others). The cultural and artistic traditions of the two cities will be compared in historical context. Texts will be studied in a seminar format and a research topic of the student's choice will focus on material related to the course in history or art history. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 396 Special Problems: Digital
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
These courses are basically directed studies with the permission of a faculty member selected by the student. Students electing this path may select any topic that is related to the problems and use of digital media in architectural design and/or representation. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 410 Integrative Design Studio
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Ar 140
The intent of the Integrative Design Studio is to expose the student to design development of their design ideas beyond schematic/conceptual design. The student develops the beginnings of a clearly articulated and developed design solution that integrates structure, mechanical systems and equipment considerations, material and construction decisions while advancing the development of their conceptual position. Attention is also given to conformance to the building codes, egress provisions and special needs of universal design. | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 459 Graphic Design I
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 471
This course explores the architectural application of graphic design, visual communication, signage (way finding), business identity, type logo development as transmitted through words and symbols using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. The student will draw upon and expand the fundamental methods of visual and graphic communication to design and understand the intersection of graphic design, architecture and the environment. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 471 Graphic Design II
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 371
This advanced course in graphic design explores a multi-disciplinary theoretical approach towards architecture, graphic and product design. Projects explore these relationships by creating a conceptual framework of existing architectural questions posed by the student and then explored by the means of graphic representation. The products produced in the course consist of publications, interface design and identity packages and posters. Although this course is intended to be a continuation of Ar 471/571: Graphic Design, it may be taken out of sequence if the student has some knowledge of Adobe Photoshop. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 481 Graphic Design II
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Or permission of the instructor
This advanced course in graphic design explores a multi-disciplinary theoretical approach towards architecture, graphic and product design. Projects explore these relationships by creating a conceptual framework of existing architectural questions posed by the student and then explored by the means of graphic representation. The products produced in the course consist of publications, interface design and identity packages and posters. Although this course is intended to be a continuation of Graphic Design I, it may be taken out of sequence if the student has some knowledge of Adobe Photoshop. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 488 Urban & Regional Planning
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
(Prerequisite: Participation in the Polish Exchange Program.)
A course that examines the physical development of a district of Warsaw or a small town nearby. This course analyzes the physical, social and economic conditions of the study area, develops a master plan addressing salient issues arising from the analysis, and proposes an urban design expression for those issues. The course attempts to be responsive to Poland’s transition to a free market economy by incorporating workable solutions to Warsaw’s rapidly changing physical environment. | 3 | 0 | 9 | | |
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AR 496 Special Problems: Digital Media
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
These courses are basically directed studies with the permission of a faculty member selected by the student. Students electing this path may select any topic that is related to the problems and use of digital media in architectural design and/or representation. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 503 Masonry Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
The history, materials and methods of construction of masonry structures are examined. Structural behavior of key building elements such as lintels, walls, columns and pilasters are reviewed as well as building code requirements for their design. Examination of testing and construction techniques are included through field trips, also possible hands on construction processes, and guest lecturers. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 510 Master’s Studio I
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
The student poses the "question" that the Master’s project will address. The question leads to the development of the architectural program and the selection of the site for the project. Design analysis and conceptualization phases are begun for the development of a comprehensive, thoughtful and creative proposal. | 5 | 0 | 14 | | |
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AR 518 Urban Design Issues
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
This course challenges architecture students to critically analyze the urban environment by exposing them to a cross-disciplinary discussion of architecture, urban design and urban planning theory. Detroit is used as a common point of discussion. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 519 Profession of Architecture
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
This course examines professional practice issues including internship, construction documents, firm organization, compensation, financial management, marketing and the architect’s responsibilities in the project delivery process. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 520 Master’s Studio II
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 510
Studies begun in Master’s Studio I are continued. Articulation of the design concept, presentation of design conclusions and reflection on the total learning experience, its process and products of the Master’s Studio are the foci of this course. Documentation of the entire effort, incorporating research through design proposal in written and graphical forms, is required. | 5 | 0 | 14 | | |
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AR 524 Sustainability and Architecture
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
This course explores, investigates and analyzes the concepts associated with the issue of "sustainability" as it relates to Architecture and Urbanization. It examines what is presently being designed within the concept of sustainable "Green" buildings as well as what is forecast for the future . | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 528 Detroit Urban Issues
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
The course explores, with the help of visiting experts, the history of how metropolitan Detroit got to be the way it is today, the dynamics linking metropolitan core disinvestment with metropolitan edge unsustainable investment, and remedies for Detroit’s problems. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 529 Development Practicum
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
Students, under the direction of the instructor, undertake the analysis of an actual land development project including market analysis, financial feasibility and process of implementation. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 534 Sustainability Lab
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
This lab applies Sustainable Design strategies to the study of architectural and environmental problems. Passive heating, cooling and daylighting computer software is used to analyze and evaluate building design options and decisions. Project topics vary according to student interest. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 535 Technology Craft & Invention
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
This seminar/workshop will focus on material research and investigation. Throughout the term, we will explore and research alternative and familiar materials that have the capacity to transform how we design and build today. Acting as material scientists, we will collect and assemble samples accompanied by product sheets detailing graphics, material descriptions and technical performance specifications; the manufacturing process; design applications and examples; product history, and sourcing options. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 537 Public Policy
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
This seminar examines the interplay between urban public policy in the U.S., Michigan, and the Metropolitan Detroit Area and politics. Topics include forms of political participation, governmental structures, community power and influence, case studies on urban-suburban interdependency, metropolitan job sprawl, regional agendas, smart growth, mega-project trends in public investment, and history of projects that encourage urban sprawl. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 547 Interior Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
This course explores the qualities of interior space, materiality, design sources and human factors as they relate to architecture as a whole. The student will draw upon and expand the fundamental methods of interior design and the intersection between the human body, architecture and environment through concept, composition and theory. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 551 Advanced Visual Communications: Drawing
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
This course is conducted in a studio environment arranged to provide graduate level exposure to traditional architectural drawing for purpose of graphic expression with an emphasis on visual rather than technical modes of representation. | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 552 Computer Communication & the Practice of Architecture
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
This seminar explores the theoretical aspects of computer communications technology (the World Wide Web–or Internet–and 3D computer modeling of buildings) as it impacts architectural design and how we learn design. This is not a design studio; students analyze and critique the design process, not the results of any architectural project designed together in class. Students learn the implications of "designing together apart"—working with a widely-dispersed, electronically-connected collaborative team. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 557 Health Care Environments
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
This course provides an historical presentation of the thought behind the design of a variety of prototypical health care facilities with a focus on present day and future trends in health care design. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 559 Architecture & Construction Law
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
This course stresses the importance of selecting the proper structure for business ventures such as corporations and partnerships. It explores the liability of architects as a result of client relationships and construction difficulties. Also covered are problems facing the private practitioner, including bonding requirements and architectural malpractice. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 561 Advanced 3D Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
The course is a "hands on" design build exploration. The term ‘urban furniture’ is shorthand for a construction project that in some way responds to the needs of the human body relative to a particular activity; in this case in the context of some type of public rather than private circumstance. Each student develops a scenario and a specific site within a given neighborhood in Detroit. Designs are developed using drawings, models and mock-ups prior to construction of the full scale objects. Students are given the option to work individually or in pairs. | 3 | 0 | 3 | | |
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AR 581 Graphic Design II
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
AR 571
Admission into the Master’s Program or permission of the instructor
This advanced course in graphic design explores a multi-disciplinary theoretical approach towards architecture, graphic and product design. Projects explore these relationships by creating a conceptual framework of existing architectural questions posed by the student and then explored by the means of graphic representation. The products produced in the course consist of publications, interface design and identity packages and posters. Although this course is intended to be a continuation of Graphic Design I, it may be taken out of sequence if the student has some knowledge of Adobe Photoshop. | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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AR 589 Vernacular Architecture
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
This course surveys world vernacular architecture, including the folk traditions of the Americas, Africa, Oceania, Europe and Asia. Emphasis in the course is placed on the vernacular architecture of the United States. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 590 Special Problems: Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
Courses under this sequence may be applied to the graduate concentration or elective requirements. These courses are basically directed studies with the permission of a faculty member selected by the student. Students electing this path may select any topic that is related to the problems of the environment. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 591 Special Problems: Visual Communications
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
Courses under this sequence may be applied to the graduate concentration or elective requirements. These courses are basically directed studies with the permission of a faculty member selected by the student. Students electing this path may select any topic that is related to the problems of visual communications. | 3 | 0 | 3 | | |
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AR 592 Special Problems: History & Theory
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
Courses under this sequence may be applied to the graduate concentration or elective requirements. These courses are basically directed studies with the permission of a faculty member selected by the student. Students electing this path may select any topic that is related to the problems of history and theory of architecture. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 593 Special Problems: Structures
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
Courses under this sequence may be applied to the graduate concentration or elective requirements. These courses are basically directed studies with the permission of a faculty member selected by the student. Students electing this path may select any topic that is related to the problems of structural systems and their design and construction. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 594 Special Problems: Environmental Technology
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
Courses under this sequence may be applied to the graduate concentration or elective requirements. These courses are basically directed studies with the permission of a faculty member selected by the student. Students electing this path may select any topic that is related to the problems of environmental systems, passive and active. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 595 Special Problems: Construction
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
Courses under this sequence may be applied to the graduate concentration or elective requirements. These courses are basically directed studies with the permission of a faculty member selected by the student. Students electing this path may select any topic that is related to the problems of materiality and construction. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 596 Special Problems: Digital
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
Courses under this sequence may be applied to the graduate concentration or elective requirements. These courses are basically directed studies with the permission of a faculty member selected by the student. Students electing this path may select any topic that is related to the problems and use of digital media in architectural design and/or representation. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 597 Special Problems
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
Courses under this sequence may be applied to the graduate concentration or elective requirements. These courses are basically directed studies with the permission of a faculty member selected by the student. Students electing this path may select any topic that is related to issues not covered in other course offerings. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 598 Special Problems: Urban Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
Courses under this sequence may be applied to the graduate concentration or elective requirements. These courses are basically directed studies with the permission of a faculty member selected by the student. Students electing this path may select any topic that is related to the problems of urban design and the study of urban environments. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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AR 599 Special Problems: Practice
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Admission into the Master’s Program.
Courses under this sequence may be applied to the graduate concentration or elective requirements. These courses are basically directed studies with the permission of a faculty member selected by the student. Students electing this path may select any topic that is related to the problems of architectural practice. | 3 | 3 | 0 | | |
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