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Undergraduate Record 2011-2012 
    
Undergraduate Record 2011-2012 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

Minors


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The School offers minors in Architectural History, Architecture, Historic Preservation, Global Sustainability, Landscape Architecture, and Urban & Environmental Planning.

 

Applications


Applications for the minors are available in Campbell Hall, Student Records & Registration Office. Upon completion of all requirements, the signature of the respective program director must be obtained.

Architectural History Minor


Requirements for Minor


A minor in architectural history requires 17 ARH credits, including ARH 1010 and ARH 1020, and 9 credits of ARH electives with a minimum grade of C-. No thesis is required.

Architecture Minor


A minor in architecture provides students with an opportunity to develop a basic understanding of, and appreciation for, architecture as an important component of culture and the built environment. The Minor in Architecture is offered to all students at the University. Students who complete the Minor range from those whose major is in a related field and who wish to expand the boundaries of that endeavor, to those considering graduate study in architecture.

Requirements


  • Credits: 4
  • Credits: 4
  • ARCH - Architecture department elective Credits / Units: 3
  •          Prerequisite: ARCH 1010

  • ARCH - Architecture department elective Credits / Units: 3
  •             Prerequisite: ARCH 1010        

  • Elective within the School of Architecture Credits / Units: 3
  •         Total Credits: 17

  • Upper-level undergraduate students may enroll in graduate courses in the 5000 level for elective credit. These courses are described in the Graduate Record and are offered through all four departments.

    Although ARH, ARCH, LAR, and PLAN are pre-professional and professional courses, not all are restricted to School of Architecture students. If students outside the school wish to enroll in one of these courses, they should secure the approval of the faculty member offering that course. Even in professionally-oriented courses, some faculty members encourage and welcome such participation.

Global Sustainability Minor


A Minor in Global Sustainability is comprised of 5 courses: a required Foundation Course, Global Sustainability; three electives from a pre–approved list with one course selected from each of three categories: equity, environment, and economy; and a final Capstone course selected from an approved list of sustainability–focused, upper–level courses in several disciplines. No more than two of the four elective courses may be taken within a student’s own department, in order that each student add breadth to their major course of study.

Requirements for Minor


  • Credits: 3
  •  crosslisted: ETP 2020/ENGR 2595/COMM 3880        

  • Equity Elective  Credits / Units: 3
  • Environment Elective Credits / Units: 3
  • Economy Elective Credits / Units: 3
  • Capstone Elective Credits / Units: 3
  •          Total Credits: 15

Landscape Architecture Minor


Undergraduates wishing to minor in landscape architecture explore the issues and the future of the natural and built environment as shaped by dynamic processes and human cultural practices.  The minor is offered to all undergraduates–from those considering graduate studies in landscape architecture to those who just wish to broaden the scope of their major in a related field.

Requirements for Minor


A minor in landscape architecture requires at least 15 credits in landscape architecture and a minimum GPA of 3.000.
 
Required core courses (take two):

-LAR 4120/5120 History of Landscape Design;  AND either LAR 4330/ 5330 Sites and Systems OR  4370/ 5370 Natural Systems & Plant Ecology;

Selected courses (must take at least three): 

  • Credits: 3
  • LAR 5130: American Landscape History

  • Credits: 3
  • LAR 5140: Theories of Modern Landscape Architecture

  • LAR 5200: Healing Landscapes

  • Credits: 3
  • LAR 5210: Topics in Contemporary Theory

  • Credits: 3
  • LAR 5230: Cultural Landscapes

  • LAR 5290: Green Lands

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     These additional courses are open only to Landscape Architecture Minors who are enrolled undergraduate architecture students. These courses require the approval of the course instructor:

     

  • LAR 5340: Earth Work
  • LAR 5380: Planted Systems & Urban Ecology
  • ALAR 5500-S: Living Barns: Regenerative Design at Morven
  • LAR 5590A: From the Ground Down
  • LAR 5590B: The Delta Cities Atlas
  • LAR 5590C: Faculty Research Seminar
  • LAR 5590D: Campbell Hall Landscapes Design+Build+Maintain
  • LAR 7320: Regenerative Technologies
  • LAR 7340: Site Assembly
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    Other non-studio LAR courses may be taken with the permission of the Landscape Architecture Minor Advisor and the course instructor. (Note that many of the other courses have technical pre-requisites).  Students in the Architecture Program are strongly encouraged to take a 4000-level studio in Landscape Architecture (subject to availability). Courses listed by ARCH, ARH, LAR, and PLAN headings are pre-professional and professional courses, but not all are restricted to School of Architecture students.

    Some faculty welcome interdisciplinary student enrollments and may elect to enroll upper-level undergraduate students in their graduate courses for elective credit.   Students outside the Architecture School wishing to enroll, must secure the approval of the faculty member offering that course.  Students outside the Architecture Department are strongly encouraged to take ARCH 1010 Lessons of the Lawn  and ARCH 1020 Lessons in Making,  in addition to the courses listed above. Students in the College of Arts and Sciences must submit an “Academic Advisement” report to their advisor in Landscape Architecture.

Urban and Environmental Planning Minor


Requirements for Minor


A minor in urban and environmental planning requires 15 credits of PLAN courses with a minimum grade of C-. Students may choose from among any PLAN course, with no more than 6 credits at the 5000 level. PLAN courses taken as a completed Planning Minor do not count against the limit of credits college students can take outside the College.

Jointly listed courses PLAN/ARCH, PLAN/EVSC, etc. also count toward the minor.

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