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Virginia Tech

ARCH-4004: Architecture IV - Option Lab

Description: Advanced architecture laboratory with specialized design options, off-campus domestic and study abroad opportunities, technical research, and professional internships. Role of design processes in shaping the built environment in response to multiple factors and across diverse contexts. Immersion in professional or specialized settings to contextualize the student's position in the discipline. Development of student-driven course of action for pursuing ongoing professional interests through engagements with, and contributions to, disciplinary research and discourse. Engagement of new territories of inquiry and representation in design work. Critical professional skills in documentation of technical and discursive dimensions of architectural works. Hybrid Lecture (2H, 2C), Lab (12L, 4C), Design Lab/Studio (2L, 1C) (2H,14L,7C)

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 7 credits

Prerequisites: ARCH-3016

Required By: ARCH-4515, ARCH-4514

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 14

Average GPA: 3.67 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 58.42%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Palladino Susan C Piedmont202328.6%57.2%14.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.061
Kouchaksaraei Ramtin Haghnazar2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.911
Joseph Bedford202370.0%30.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.671
Bryan C Green202380.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.771
James R Jones2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.911
Edward G Becker2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001
Frank H Weiner202376.3%21.1%2.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.712
Clive R Vorster2022100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001
Scott B Archer202380.9%19.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.771
Sharone Tomer202342.8%57.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.391
Joseph H Wheeler202220.0%20.0%60.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.661
Peter F Vanderpoel2023100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001
Mario Cortes202388.9%11.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.871

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