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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: 16

Average GPA: 3.02 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 27.94%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.39%

Mehdi Setareh202427.1%31.0%20.6%14.0%4.1%3.3%2.628
Kouchaksaraei Ramtin Haghnazar202461.4%27.5%9.4%0.6%0.0%1.2%3.472
Mario Cortes202259.0%28.6%9.0%1.1%0.8%1.5%3.426

Grade Distribution Over Time

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