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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: 21

Average GPA: 3.19 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 27.40%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.65%

Markus Breitschmid201430.5%42.6%18.6%4.6%2.7%1.0%2.9311
Laura M Mcguire201656.1%37.3%6.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.442
Hahn Henri T De201764.3%32.1%2.7%0.9%0.0%0.0%3.551
David H Haney202366.4%29.7%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.8%3.541
Joseph Bedford202262.1%30.6%4.7%0.9%1.3%0.3%3.466

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