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ARCH-1115: Qualifying Design Laboratory

Description: 1115: An immersive, interactive course focused on inquiry, experimentation, discovery, and synthesis. Employs a series of iterative drawing and modeling exercises, at a beginners level, in two and three dimensions across multiple scales. Develops self-reliance and self-critique, which opens intellectual horizons. Challenges expand and deepen aesthetic judgment and critical understanding. Develops fundamental thinking and making skills that advance their abilities to solve problems by exploring strategies toward viable consequences. Restricted to students transferring into the School of Architecture + Design and changing their major to architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, or industrial design. 1116: An immersive, interactive course focused on inquiry, experimentation, discovery, and synthesis. Employs a series of iterative drawing and modeling exercises, at an intermediate level, in two and three dimensions across multiple scales. Develops self-reliance and self-critique, which opens intellectual horizons. Challenges expand and deepen aesthetic judgement and critical understanding. Advances foundational thinking and making skills that develop their abilities to solve problems by exploring strategies toward viable consequences. Restricted to students transferring into the School of Architecture + Design and changing their major to architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, or industrial design.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: ARCH-1116

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 8

Average GPA: 3.01 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 4.42%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Akshay Sharma201426.5%73.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.271
David Dugas20199.5%78.0%11.9%0.0%0.6%0.0%2.964
Patti K Harrison20139.5%73.9%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.941
Hilary Bryon201515.9%68.1%9.1%6.8%0.0%0.0%2.931
Howard S Gartner202123.5%68.6%7.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.111

Grade Distribution Over Time