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ARCH-4075: Building Structures

Description: Building structures in steel, timber, and reinforced concrete; design of typical components: beams, slabs, columns, beam-columns, connections, and foundations; design of retaining walls; the resistance of buildings to gravity and lateral force action; building stability; floor/roof framing systems; design of simple buildings.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ESM-3704

Required By: ARCH-4144, ARCH-4154

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 49

Average GPA: 3.07 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 31.65%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.74%

Mehdi Setareh202433.1%30.5%20.6%8.3%2.7%4.7%2.8523
Mario Cortes202244.3%40.3%11.4%1.6%1.3%1.1%3.2522
Andrew Gipe202373.8%10.2%1.3%5.6%9.3%0.0%3.303
Kouchaksaraei Ramtin Haghnazar202470.6%21.4%5.4%0.0%1.4%1.3%3.581

Grade Distribution Over Time