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ARCH-4076: 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: 57

Average GPA: 3.20 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 37.98%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.01%

Mehdi Setareh202341.5%33.3%14.8%6.2%2.8%1.4%3.0428
Mario Cortes202253.7%33.6%9.8%1.6%0.8%0.6%3.3528
Kouchaksaraei Ramtin Haghnazar202377.8%14.9%3.7%1.3%0.0%2.5%3.701

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