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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: 15

Average GPA: 2.99 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 29.91%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 5.33%

Mehdi Setareh202424.2%24.3%26.8%11.3%4.2%9.3%2.577
Mario Cortes202248.9%36.3%9.9%0.6%0.9%3.3%3.344
Kouchaksaraei Ramtin Haghnazar202470.6%21.4%5.4%0.0%1.4%1.3%3.581
Andrew Gipe202373.8%10.2%1.3%5.6%9.3%0.0%3.303

Grade Distribution Over Time

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