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ARCH-3116: 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-3115

Required By: ARCH-3304, ARCH-4114

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.46 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 27.19%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.48%

David H Haney202465.4%30.4%3.8%0.0%0.0%0.4%3.552
Joseph Bedford202261.3%30.3%5.2%0.9%1.8%0.5%3.424

Grade Distribution Over Time

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