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ARCH-3115: Histories of Architecture

Description: Disciplinary study of architecture across time (pre-history to present) and across continents (Eastern, Western, Northern, and Southern hemispheres). Histories, principles, and factors grounding architecture’s expression, form, and methods. Architecture as a cultural production reflective of its social, political, artistic, intellectual, technological, and environmental context. Exploration through artifacts, texts, drawings. ARCH 3115: emphasis on artifacts and architecture between 25000 BCE and 1600 CE; ARCH 3116: includes architectural productions from 1600 CE to present.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ARCH-1015

Required By: ARCH-3116

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.48 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 39.45%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.66%

Joseph Bedford202366.4%21.8%6.5%2.3%1.3%1.9%3.485
David H Haney202459.5%33.8%3.4%2.0%0.7%0.7%3.461

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Term050% W