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ARCHITECTURE Bachelor's Programs

• Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree with a Major in Architecture (https://

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architecture/architecture-ba/)
Architecture • Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree with a Major in Architectural Studies
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Igor Marjanović Post-Bachelor's Program

Dean • Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) Degree (https://ga.rice.edu/
[email protected] programs-study/departments-programs/architecture/architecture/
architecture-barch/)
Andrew Colopy
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Master's Programs
• Master of Architecture (MArch) Degree (https://ga.rice.edu/
Carlos Jimenez programs-study/departments-programs/architecture/architecture/
Director of Graduate Studies architecture-march/)
[email protected] • Master of Science (MS) Degree in the field of Architecture (https://
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architecture/architecture-ms/)

William Ward Watkin Dean

The Rice School of Architecture focuses on the scholarship and Igor Marjanović
practice of architecture as a broad discipline that touches the lives,
cultures, and environments of peoples of the world. Intimate student-
faculty interaction, academic freedom, and unrestricted institutional
Harry K. and Albert K. Smith Professor
cooperation within and outside the university are distinctive qualities of John J. Casbarian
the architecture degree programs at Rice. The international character
of the school is further augmented by the multicultural character of Gus Sessions Wortham Professor
Houston—now the third largest and demographically most diverse Albert H. Pope
city in the United States. A design-focused school with exceptional
student projects and distinguished faculty work, Rice Architecture also
offers numerous platforms for local and global engagement: from the
Professor
Carlos Jimenez
community design-build projects through our Construct program to
numerous travel opportunities, including independent travel, worldwide
studio field trips, and our study abroad program in Paris. Associate Professors
Andrew Colopy
Rice Architecture's undergraduate programs maintain a balance between Reto Geiser
a focused study of architecture and a broad general education. In Christopher Hight
addition to formal coursework, students benefit from lectures and R. Troy Schaum
presentations from distinguished practitioners and scholars, symposia, Jesús Vassallo-Fernando
and other cultural events. The unique Rice Preceptorship program places
students in an outstanding professional office for a nine- to twelve-
month internship that includes all phases of the design-construction
Assistant Professors
process. Rice Architecture’s graduate programs situate design within Georgina Baronian
a broader context of architectural history, contemporary practice, and Shantel Blakely
advanced material and fabrication technologies. Rice’s graduate program Juan José Castellón Gonzalez
culminates in an independent design thesis, on the principle that an Scott Colman
architectural education provides a complete exposure to architecture’s Margaret Tsang
breadth, from which students establish their expertise, through this Brittany Utting
independent design research.

Rice Architecture's Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) and Master of

Professors Emeriti
William Tillman Cannady
Architecture (MArch) degree programs are accredited by the National
Gordon G. Wittenberg Jr.
Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB (https://www.naab.org/)),

Professors in the Practice

which accredits professional degrees in architecture offered by
institutions with U.S. Department of Education recognized accreditation.
Nathan Friedman
Nicola Springer

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Mark S. Wamble ARCH 105 - ENVIRONMENT, CULTURE AND SOCIETY

Short Title: ENVIRONMENT, CULTURE & SOCIETY
Senior Lecturers Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Alan Fleishacker
Course Type: Lecture
David Stephen Fox
Distribution Group: Distribution Group II
Christof Spieler
Credit Hours: 3

Lecturers Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate

Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
Mandi Chapa Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level
Stephen Redding Description: This introductory course in environmental studies helps
Rives Taylor students to better understand the complex interrelationship between
human cultures and their social and physical environments. Lectures
Visiting Critic and assignments draw upon the methods and expertise of architecture,
the humanities and the social sciences. This is a core course of Rice's
Amna Ansari
Environmental Studies minor. Cross-list: ENST 100.

Wortham Fellows ARCH 201 - PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE III - CONTEXT

Short Title: PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE III
Tania Tovar
Department: Architecture
Zhicheng Xu
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
For Rice University degree-granting programs: Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
To view the list of official course offerings, please see Rice’s Credit Hours: 6
Course Catalog (https://courses.rice.edu/admweb/!SWKSCAT.cat? Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
p_action=cata). Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
To view the most recent semester’s course schedule, please see Rice's Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level
Course Schedule (https://courses.rice.edu/admweb/!SWKSCAT.cat). Prerequisite(s): ARCH 102
Description: In this studio, students are introduced to ideas of program
Architecture (ARCH) and its relationship to architectural type. Students will develop an
understanding of site through analysis and critical interpretation of
ARCH 101 - PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE I - SPACE environmental and social factors.
Short Title: PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE I
Department: Architecture ARCH 202 - PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE IV - URBANITY
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Short Title: PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE IV
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory Department: Architecture
Credit Hours: 6 Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Credit Hours: 6
Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
Description: This introductory studio frames architecture as a discipline Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
through a set of short assignments that examine the relationship Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level
between formal systems and spatial ordering, compositional, and Prerequisite(s): ARCH 201
material concepts. Permission required by director of undergraduate Description: In the last undergraduate core studio,
studies, Rice School of Architecture. Department Permission Required. students are introduced to concepts of urban design, working in
multiple scales—from the building to the city block and the spaces in
ARCH 102 - PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE II - SYSTEMS between. The studio investigates the evolution of place and its related
Short Title: PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE II infrastructural, logistical, ecological, typological, and cultural shifts.
Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Credit Hours: 6
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level
Prerequisite(s): ARCH 101
Description: This studio explores concepts of formal ordering systems
and the tools of notation and representation in architecture and how
they serve as instruments of inquiry in a design processes. Students
are introduced to various design working methods including the use of
precedents, the analysis of a project, and the project's concepts that
inform the design of a small architectural project.

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ARCH 207 - TECHNOLOGY I ARCH 301 - COMPREHENSION I - STRUCTURE

Short Title: TECHNOLOGY I Short Title: COMPREHENSION I
Department: Architecture Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Distribution Group: Distribution Group III Credit Hours: 6
Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Prerequisite(s): ARCH 202
Description: The course will introduce students to historical and Description: In this first comprehensive studio, students are introduced
contemporary structures through multi-media presentations, computer- to contemporary design methods that incorporate structural and
based visualizations, field trips, and hands-on experiments with materials material principles from the early stages of the design process. Students
of construction and physical models of structures. This course also will collaborate with external consultants and explore digital and
addresses sustainability issues specific to structural systems such physical tools to test quantitative and qualitative design aspects at the
as embodied energy, life-cycle cost, and material recycling. This is the intersection between architecture, engineering, and the sciences.
introductory course on the art and science of designing engineered ARCH 302 - COMPREHENSION II - ASSEMBLY
structures and is the first of four required courses in the architectural Short Title: COMPREHENSION II
technology sequence. It is intended for first or second year students Department: Architecture
interested in both civil engineering and architecture. Graduate/ Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 507. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
register for ARCH 207 if student has credit for ARCH 507. Credit Hours: 6
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
ARCH 225 - INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL THINKING Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
Short Title: INTRO ARCHITECTURAL THINKING Prerequisite(s): ARCH 301
Department: Architecture Description: This second comprehensive studio furthers knowledge of
Grade Mode: Standard Letter building assemblies and tectonics. It introduces students to material
Course Type: Lecture practices and construction principles and advances a critical view of
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I resource use, energy, and materials involved in construction. Working
Credit Hours: 3 on a synthetic design problem, students will learn an integrated and
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate collaborative approach to building design and gain the ability to meet
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. relevant aesthetic, performative, and code-required criteria.
Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level ARCH 305 - ARCHITECTURE FOR NON-ARCHITECTS
Description: Introduction to architectural thought. Lectures and Short Title: ARCH FOR NON-ARCHITECTS
discussions focusing on practice and ideas that have exercised a Department: Architecture
significant influence on the discourse and production of architecture and Grade Mode: Standard Letter
urbanism. Cross-list: HART 225. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: Course Type: Lecture
ARCH 525. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 225 if student Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
has credit for ARCH 525. Credit Hours: 3
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
ARCH 238 - SPECIAL TOPICS Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
Short Title: SPECIAL TOPICS Description: This course is designed to increase awareness and
Department: Architecture appreciation of broad range of architectural issues through lectures,
Grade Mode: Standard Letter comparative building studies, design exercises, readings, and discussion.
Course Type: Internship/Practicum, Laboratory, Lecture, Seminar, Intended for non-majors in architecture, the course will provide students
Independent Study the opportunity to understand the architectural design process through
Credit Hours: 1-4 hands-on experience. Enrollment limited to 15 and requires instructor
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate permission. Instructor Permission Required.
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level
Description: Topics and credit hours may vary each semester. Contact
department for current semester’s topic(s). Repeatable for Credit.

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ARCH 309 - TECHNOLOGY II ARCH 313 - CASE STUDIES IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

Short Title: TECHNOLOGY II Short Title: CASE STUDIES IN SUSTAIN DESIGN
Department: Architecture Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group III Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Description: This course will explore sustainable design from initial
Description: This course is the second part of the introduction to sustainable facility concepts and team organizations, to enlisting
contemporary building structures. The topics covered are the design community support and process assessment. The course will develop
of concrete structures and design of specialized structures including into details about sustainable design, lessons learned, processes and
tilt wall, long span, and high rise. Each structural type is explored in outcomes. Space is limited and registration does not guarantee a
terms of overall performance, design of individual components, and the space in this course. The final course roster is formulated on the first
relation of structure to other building subsystems such as foundations, day class by the individual instructor. Cross-list: ENST 313. Graduate/
enclosure, and interiors. This course also addresses sustainability issues Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 613. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot
specific to structural systems and is the second of four required courses register for ARCH 313 if student has credit for ARCH 613.
in the architectural technology sequence. Graduate/Undergraduate Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
Equivalency: ARCH 509. Recommended Prerequisite(s): Prior completion www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)
of Technology I. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 309 if ARCH 314 - TECHNOLOGY III
student has credit for ARCH 509. Short Title: TECHNOLOGY III
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// Department: Architecture
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ARCH 311 - HOUSTON ARCHITECTURE Course Type: Lecture
Short Title: HOUSTON ARCHITECTURE Credit Hours: 3
Department: Architecture Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
Course Type: Lecture Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I Description: The building envelope is the collection of material
Credit Hours: 3 assemblies that separate a building’s interior from the exterior
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate environment. This course examines the interaction of those assemblies
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. with natural forces such as temperature, moisture, and solar radiation
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level and the details of construction which have evolved to mitigate them.
Description: This course consists of a series of illustrated lectures and The subject matter includes both traditional building exterior wall and
walking tours that describe and analyze the architecture of Houston from roof construction and newer technologies such as rainscreen, green
the city's founding in 1836 to the present. Characteristic building types roof, and building surface media systems. This course addresses
and exceptional works of architecture are identified; tours stimulate an sustainability issues related to enclosure systems through energy cost
awareness of the historical dimension of urban sites. Mutually Exclusive: and carbon footprint analysis. It is the third of four required courses
Cannot register for ARCH 311 if student has credit for ARCH 611. in the architectural technology sequence. Graduate/Undergraduate
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// Equivalency: ARCH 514. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 314
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) if student has credit for ARCH 514.
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)

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ARCH 316 - TECHNOLOGY IV ARCH 322 - CASE STUDIES IN SUSTAINABILITY: THE REGENERATIVE
Short Title: TECHNOLOGY IV REPOSITIONING OF NEW OR EXISTING RICE CAMPUS BLDGS
Department: Architecture Short Title: CASE STUDIES IN SUSTAINABILITY
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Department: Architecture
Course Type: Lecture Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Distribution Group: Distribution Group III Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Description: This course will explore application of high performance,
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level sustainable design to specific Rice University campus and facility
Description: This course addresses building environmental systems targets. In partnership with Rice University leadership, the team effort will
including power, water, and wastewater with an emphasis on air condition develop "regenerative redesign" approaches based on investigation of
systems. Through multimedia presentations and fieldtrips, students other campuses' case study. Space is limited and registration does not
are taught to analyze the thermal environment in a variety of building guarantee a space in this course. The final course roster is formulated
types and select equipment to meet these needs. Sustainability issues on the first day of class by the individual instructor. Cross-list: ENST 322.
related to environmental systems such as energy conservational and Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 322 if student has credit for
life cycle costs are also addressed. This is the fourth required course ARCH 622.
in the architectural technology sequence. Graduate/Undergraduate Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
Equivalency: ARCH 516. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 316 www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)
if student has credit for ARCH 516. ARCH 323 - SEMINAR IN ARCHITECTURE
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// Short Title: SEMINAR IN ARCHITECTURE
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) Department: Architecture
ARCH 321 - CASE STUDIES IN SUSTAINABILITY: THE HIGH Grade Mode: Standard Letter
PERFORMANCE BUILDING Course Type: Seminar
Short Title: SUSTAINABILITY CASE STUDIES Credit Hours: 3
Department: Architecture Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
Course Type: Seminar Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
Credit Hours: 3 Description: Small, focused, discussion, workshop and/or design based
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate courses on topics of recent research in architecture, delivered by RSA
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. full time or visiting faculty. Each section is a different seminar topic. This
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level seminar series is open to RSA undergraduate and graduate students.
Description: The project-based seminar will provide a means by Students from other departments may enroll in the course with instructor
which all those with an interest in the building science entailed in permission. See our website for more information: arch.rice.edu/courses.
the design of commercial, institutional, and residential structures Space is limited and registration does not guarantee a space in this
can investigate common issues, obtain information, discuss local course. The final course roster is formulated on the first day class by the
strategies, and otherwise address subjects relating to building or campus individual instructor. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 523.
performance over its lifecycle. To develop an approach of taking an Repeatable for Credit.
existing Rice University building an optimizing its use via "repositioning" ARCH 327 - CONSTRUCT
or redesign the class will create an interdisciplinary forum where Short Title: CONSTRUCT
students of architecture, engineering (structural, mechanical, etc.), and Department: Architecture
human sciences will potentially collaborate with professional building Grade Mode: Standard Letter
consultants, materials manufactures, contractors, developers, owners, Course Type: Laboratory
and Rice campus facility managers Cross-list: ENST 321. Graduate/ Credit Hours: 3,4
Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 621. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
register for ARCH 321 if student has credit for ARCH 621. Description: Construct involves graduate and undergraduate students in
the design and construction of real projects at various scales. Elective
courses and course sequences will be formatted to address the specific
requirements of each project as required. Please consult postings for
further information. Space is limited, and registration does not guarantee
a space in this course. The final course roster is formulated on the
first day of class by the individual instructor. Graduate/Undergraduate
Equivalency: ARCH 627. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 327
if student has credit for ARCH 627. Repeatable for Credit.
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)

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ARCH 330 - CONSTRUCT II ARCH 346 - FOUNDATIONS IN THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF
Short Title: CONSTRUCT II ARCHITECTURE II (1850-1950)
Department: Architecture Short Title: FOUNDATIONS IN ARCH II
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Department: Architecture
Course Type: Seminar Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Credit Hours: 3,4 Course Type: Lecture
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Description: Construct involves graduate and undergraduate students in Credit Hours: 3
the design and construction of real projects at various scales. Elective Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
courses and course sequences will be formatted to address the specific Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
requirements of each project as required. Please consult postings for Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
further information. Space is limited, and registration does not guarantee Prerequisite(s): ARCH 345 or ARCH 645 or HART 345 or HART 645
a space in this course. The final roster is formulated on the first day of Description: Lectures and discussions focusing on significant
class by the individual instructor. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for architectural and urban practices and ideas formulated be 1850 and
ARCH 330 if student has credit for ARCH 630. Repeatable for Credit. 1950. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 646. Mutually
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 346 if student has credit for ARCH
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) 336/ARCH 536.
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
ARCH 340 - LECTURE IN ARCHITECTURE
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)
Short Title: LECTURE IN ARCHITECTURE
Department: Architecture ARCH 350 - INTRODUCTORY ARCHITECTURE SEMINAR
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Short Title: INTRODUCTORY ARCHITECTURE SEM
Course Type: Lecture Department: Architecture
Credit Hours: 3 Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Course Type: Seminar
Description: Large, introductory-level course in lecture/discussion format Credit Hours: 3
on topics related to current research in architecture. Current offerings Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
and enrollment eligibility are listed on the Rice Architecture website: Description: Small, focused, introductory-level course in discussion,
www.arch.rice.edu. Repeatable for Credit. workshop and/or design-based format on topics related to current
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// research in architecture. Current offerings and enrollment eligibility are
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) listed on the Rice Architecture website: arch.rice.edu. Space is limited
and registration does not guarantee a space in this course. Repeatable
ARCH 345 - FOUNDATIONS IN THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF
for Credit.
ARCHITECTURE I (1450-1850)
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
Short Title: FOUNDATIONS IN ARCH I
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)
Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter ARCH 352 - FOUNDATIONS IN THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF
Course Type: Lecture ARCHITECTURE III (1950-2000)
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I Short Title: FOUNDATIONS IN ARCH III
Credit Hours: 3 Department: Architecture
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Type: Seminar
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Description: Lectures and discussions focusing on significant Credit Hours: 3
architectural and urban practices and ideas formulated before 1850. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
Cross-list: HART 345. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 645. Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 345 if student has credit for Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
ARCH 235/ARCH 535. Prerequisite(s): (ARCH 225 or ARCH 525) and (ARCH 345 or ARCH 645)
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// and (ARCH 346 or ARCH 646)
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) Description: Lectures and discussions focusing on significant
architectural and urban practices between 1950 and 2000. Graduate/
Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 652. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot
register for ARCH 352 if student has credit for ARCH 337/ARCH 537.
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)

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ARCH 353 - PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ARCHITECTS ARCH 366 - RIO DE JANEIRO: A SOCIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
Short Title: PHOTO FOR ARCHITECTS Short Title: RIO DE JANEIRO
Department: Architecture Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
Description: Exploration of a variety of photographic techniques for Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
architectural research, design, and presentation. Space is limited and Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
registration does not guarantee a space in this course. The final course Description: The development of Rio de Janeiro from a colonial capital to
roster is formulated on the first day class by the individual instructor. an Olympic host with emphasis on the peoples of the city and evolution
Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 353 if student has credit for of the urban panorama. Cross-list: HIST 366. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot
ARCH 653. register for ARCH 366 if student has credit for ARCH 666.
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// ARCH 367 - SCULPTURE STUDIO
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) Short Title: SCULPTURE STUDIO
ARCH 359 - CINEMAS OF URBAN ALIENATION Department: Architecture
Short Title: CINEMAS OF URBAN ALIENATION Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Department: Architecture Course Type: Studio
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Credit Hours: 3
Course Type: Seminar Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
Credit Hours: 4 Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Prerequisite(s): ARTS 165
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Description: Study of advanced problems in various sculptural media.
Description: This seminar examines cinematic engagements with Limited enrollment. The roster is formulated on the first day of class
urban spaces and experiences around the world spanning the last by the instructor, who may allow additional registration for majors and
two centuries. Particular attention will be paid to issues of migration, under-classmen. It is necessary to attend the first class meeting to
marginality, colonialism, war and post-war, nostalgia and memory, race confirm your place on the class roster. Cross-list: ARTS 366.
and gender. Cities of focus include Berlin, Istanbul, Moscow, Algiers, ARCH 375 - LATIN-EUROPE/LATIN-AMERICA: THE AESTHETICS AND
Beirut and Paris. Our weekly discussions of individual films will be POLITICS OF MODERN CITIES
grounded in critical writings of the cities' histories and theories of space Short Title: LATIN-EUROPE/LATIN-AMERICA
and film. Cross-list: FILM 359, HART 359. Graduate/Undergraduate Department: Architecture
Equivalency: ARCH 654. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 359 Grade Mode: Standard Letter
if student has credit for ARCH 654. Course Type: Seminar
ARCH 363 - ARCHITECTURAL FREEHAND DRAWING WORKSHOP Credit Hours: 3
Short Title: ARCH FREEHAND DRAWING WKSHOP Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
Department: Architecture Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory Description: This course challenges our pre-conceived maps of the world,
Credit Hours: 3 highlighting Latin America's place within our understanding of modernity
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate as a product of transnational interconnections. Transversing the Atlantic,
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. this course traces the interactions of capitalism and culture, science and
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level aesthetics, and the ideologies that informed and formed the urban fabric
Description: The object of this workshop is to explore, practice and and spatial politics of important cities in the modern Latin world - Paris,
develop a series of drawing methods and techniques in the context of Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Havana, and Brasilia.
the architectural design process. Emphasis will be on the development Cross-list: HART 375. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 675.
of free-hand drawing skills that will enhance the ability the ability of the Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 375 if student has credit for
design in communicating conceptual ideas. The course will consist of a ARCH 675.
combination of lectures/demonstrations, in-class drawing exercises, and
out-of-class assignments. Two sketch books (one at mid-term and one
at the end of the semester) will also be required. Attendance is critical.
Please come to the first class prepared to draw with pen and an 8 1/2
x 11 or 9 x 12 sketch pad. Space is limited and registration does not
guarantee a space in this course. The final course roster is formulated on
the first day class by the individual instructor. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot
register for ARCH 363 if student has credit for ARCH 663. Repeatable for
Credit.

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ARCH 376 - THE ARCHITECTURE OF BOOKS ARCH 402 - ADVANCED TOPICS II - TERRITORY
Short Title: THE ARCHITECTURE OF BOOKS Short Title: ADVANCED TOPICS II
Department: Architecture Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 6
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
Description: Over the past decades, the conception of books has become Prerequisite(s): ARCH 401 and ARCH 403
an integral part of any architectural practice. This seminar aims to Description: This final design studio of the four-year BA in Architecture
introduce students to the book as a means to think about the production focuses on architecture’s relationship to site and landscape,
of space, and as a critical vessel to discuss and disseminate architectural probing environmental considerations and relationships between
ideas. In the first part of the seminar students will engage in an in-depth systems and processes across the scales of the building, the city, and
analysis of seminal architectural publications, considering their historical the territory. The course is conducted as design research studio in which
background, conceptual background and introducing such topics as students pursue a topic and develop a brief under a conceptual umbrella
typography and layout- and in-class discussions of relevant literature. provided by the instructor. The studio is linked to the ARCH 403 design
The second part will be dedicated to the actual "building" of a small research seminar taken the semester prior to the studio.
architectural publication, which will reflect critical and editorial skills as ARCH 403 - DEGREE PROJECT SEMINAR
well as the craft of bookmaking. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: Short Title: DEGREE PROJECT SEMINAR
ARCH 676. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 376 if student Department: Architecture
has credit for ARCH 676. Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ARCH 400 - ARCHITECTURE UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP Course Type: Seminar
Short Title: ARCH UNDERGRAD INTERNSHIP Credit Hours: 3
Department: Architecture Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
Course Type: Internship/Practicum Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
Credit Hours: 1-4 Description: A special-topics seminar establishing the intellectual/
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate design foundation for the spring Watkin Studio (ARCH 402). Texts,
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. case studies, and design methods will be used to investigate focused
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level subjects of particular contemporary relevance as established by the
Description: Topics and credit hours vary each semester. Subject to instructor. Assignments can consist of written papers, analytical projects,
approval of faculty advisor and director or undergraduate studies. elaborations of design techniques, and other forms of investigation.
Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit. Department Students are approved for section and topic, taking their preference into
Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit. account. Students enrolled in each section will continue to work with the
same instructor in the spring studio. Instructor Permission Required.
ARCH 401 - ADVANCED TOPICS I - ENVIRONMENT
Short Title: ADVANCED TOPICS I ARCH 412 - ADVANCED SEMINAR IN ARCHITECTURE
Department: Architecture Short Title: ADV SEMINAR IN ARCHITECTURE
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Department: Architecture
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Credit Hours: 6 Course Type: Seminar
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Credit Hours: 3
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
Prerequisite(s): ARCH 302 Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
Description: In this urban studio, students approach the scale of the Description: Small, focused, advanced discussion, workshop and/or
neighborhood from an environmental and social perspective, charting design based courses on topics of recent research in architecture,
out prospects for reconstruction and growth over extended timelines. delivered by RSA full time or visiting faculty. This seminar is open to
Students will further their capacity to analyze and design synthetically RSA undergraduate students junior-level and above, and RSA graduate
across scales, from the building to the city. students. Students from other departments may enroll in the course
with instructor permission. See the RSA website for more information:
arch.rice.edu/courses. Cross-list: HART 412. Graduate/Undergraduate
Equivalency: ARCH 612. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 412
if student has credit for ARCH 612. Repeatable for Credit.

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ARCH 423 - PROFESSIONALISM AND MANAGEMENT IN ARCH 433 - THE CULLINAN SEMINAR
ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE Short Title: THE CULLINAN SEMINAR
Short Title: PROF&MGMT IN ARCH PRACTICE Department: Architecture
Department: Architecture Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Seminar
Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Description: This seminar for advanced undergraduate students
Description: Students explore the challenges, standards, expectations, and graduate students will focus on the writings and practice of the
and demands that apply to a design professional. They learn how to start, semester's four RSA Cullinan visitors: art historian David Joselit (Yale),
organize, and manage a professional firm and protect it from preventable architect Michael Maltzan (L.A.), architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo (London),
risks. They study how a project becomes a reality, starting with marketing and art historian Neil Levine (Harvard). The seminar will be a platform
and sales efforts, writing and negotiating the contracts involved, turning for researching these four topics, including additional background
a design idea into reality, getting it built, and handling claims. Architects, references, other writings by these four figures as well as writings about
engineers, and constructors who are directly involved in the construction them and their own work. Additionally, the seminar will feature one
industry provide real world profiles of their practices. Students also do seminar session each with the four speakers. Graduate/Undergraduate
case studies of completed projects. Open to non-architecture majors. Equivalency: ARCH 633. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 433
This course is required for the completion of the professional degree if student has credit for ARCH 633. Repeatable for Credit.
tracks. Bachelor of Architecture students should take the course in their ARCH 450 - INTERMDIATE ARCHITECTURE SEMINAR
fourth year of architectural study in the B.A. program or in their final Short Title: INTERMEDIATE ARCH SEMINAR
year of study in the B.Arch. program. M.Arch. students should take the Department: Architecture
course in the year prior to thesis. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ARCH 623. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 423 if student Course Type: Seminar
has credit for ARCH 623. Credit Hours: 3
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) Description: Small, focused, intermediate-level course in discussion,
ARCH 431 - URBANISM: ARCHITECTURE AND THE CITY workshop and/or design-based format on topics related to current
Short Title: URBANISM: ARCH & THE CITY research in architecture. Current offerings and enrollment eligibility are
Department: Architecture listed on the Rice Architecture website: arch.rice.edu. Space is limited
Grade Mode: Standard Letter and registration does not guarantee a space in this course. Repeatable
Course Type: Seminar for Credit.
Credit Hours: 3 Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. ARCH 455 - HOUSING AND URBAN PROGRAMS: ISSUES IN POLICY
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Short Title: HOUSE&URBAN PROG:ISSUES POLICY
Description: The intention of a course on urbanism is to view architecture Department: Architecture
in light of the city. An assembly of theoretical considerations serves Grade Mode: Standard Letter
to construct a perspective that allows us to critically assess modern Course Type: Seminar
urbanization. The goal is to help students form their own perspective Credit Hours: 3
on the practice of architecture and to broaden their understanding of Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
the relentless urbanization that dominates the modern world. Students Description: This course will explore current issues in the formulation and
are expected to read extensively, to be prepared to discuss topics of implementation of housing and urban development programs in the U.S.
urbanism in class, to form two-person teams to read selected texts to be An oral presentation and written paper on a specific topic within a general
presented in class and to shape a term project that may take the form of policy area required.
a final paper or a design proposal dealing with suburban issues. Grades Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
are based on class participation, the reading project and the term project. www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)
Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 631. Mutually Exclusive:
Cannot register for ARCH 431 if student has credit for ARCH 631.

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ARCH 456 - FUTURES OF THE BOOK ARCH 500 - PRECEPTORSHIP PROGRAM

Short Title: FUTURES OF THE BOOK Short Title: PRECEPTORSHIP PROGRAM
Department: Architecture Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Course Type: Seminar Course Type: Internship/Practicum
Credit Hour: 1 Credit Hours: 15
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Graduate
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Description: Full time internship for nine to twelve months under
Description: From an ongoing interest in the book as a physical object, guidance of appointed preceptor. Required for all students enrolled in the
to the exploration of its potentials expanding into a four-dimensional Bachelor or Architecture degree program. Repeatable for Credit.
digital realm, to rapidly changing demands for the storage and retrieval ARCH 501 - CORE STUDIO I - DESIGN CULTURE
of knowledge, this master class will provide a platform to engage experts Short Title: CORE STUDIO I
from various disciplines in a debate on the shifting futures of the book. Department: Architecture
Instructor Permission Required. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ARCH 656. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 456 if student Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
has credit for ARCH 656. Credit Hours: 10
ARCH 461 - SPECIAL PROJECTS Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Short Title: SPECIAL PROJECTS Course Level: Graduate
Department: Architecture Description: This introductory studio foregrounds form,
Grade Mode: Standard Letter representation, and organization as the foundations of design
Course Type: Research culture. Students are introduced to a broad range of architectural
Credit Hours: 1-9 concepts and procedures to explore speculative design projects
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate of limited scope and complexity. Design provocations challenge
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. the students to think analytically, gain expertise in analogue and digital
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level techniques, employ diverse representational formats, and work at a
Description: Independent research or design arranged in consultation range of scales—objects, buildings, city blocks—to address compelling
with a faculty member. Subject to approval of faculty advisor and director contemporary issues through architecture.
or undergraduate studies. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for ARCH 502 - CORE STUDIO II - CONTEXT
Credit. Short Title: CORE STUDIO II
ARCH 477 - SPECIAL TOPICS Department: Architecture
Short Title: SPECIAL TOPICS Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Department: Architecture Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Credit Hours: 10
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory, Internship/Practicum, Laboratory, Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Lecture, Seminar Course Level: Graduate
Credit Hours: 1-4 Description: This studio foregrounds material, ecology, and
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate tectonics in architecture. Basic principles of material and structural
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. systems are introduced in relation to various architectural types.
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Students will develop a modest building and site design that
Description: Topics and credit hours vary each semester. Contact demonstrates an understanding of the relationship between built and
department for current semester's topic(s). Repeatable for Credit. natural systems/environments.
ARCH 491 - REAL ESTATE LAB: DEVELOP, DESIGN AND CONTSTRUCTION ARCH 503 - COMPREHENSION I - ASSEMBLY
Short Title: RE LAB:DEVELOP DESIGN CONSTR Short Title: COMPREHENSION I
Department: Architecture Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 10
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Graduate
Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Description: This first comprehensive studio foregrounds structure,
Description: . Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 691. Mutually material, climate, and culture in architecture. Students conduct focused
Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 491 if student has credit for building precedent analysis through detailed drawing and/or large-
ARCH 691. Repeatable for Credit. scale models and develop conceptually rigorous, technically advanced
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// architectural projects that demonstrate an understanding of material,
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) structural, and thermal systems and performance as elements of building
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ARCH 504 - COMPREHENSION II - URBAN COMPLEX ARCH 514 - TECHNOLOGY III

Short Title: COMPREHENSION II Short Title: TECHNOLOGY III
Department: Architecture Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 10 Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Course Level: Graduate Course Level: Graduate
Description: This second comprehensive studio foregrounds agency, Description: The building envelope is the collection of material
infrastructure, community, and policy in architecture. Students work in assemblies that separate a building’s interior from the exterior
collaborative teams to develop urban strategies and detailed building environment. This course examines the interaction of those assemblies
proposals within or upon multiple city blocks. Final design projects will with natural forces such as temperature, moisture, and solar radiation
demonstrate a thoughtful integration of structure, building envelope and the details of construction which have evolved to mitigate them.
systems and assemblies, regulatory requirements, accessible design, site The subject matter includes both traditional building exterior wall and
conditions, and life safety systems. roof construction and newer technologies such as rainscreen, green
roof, and building surface media systems. This course addresses
ARCH 507 - TECHNOLOGY I
sustainability issues related to enclosure systems through energy cost
Short Title: TECHNOLOGY I
and carbon footprint analysis. It is the third of four required courses
Department: Architecture
in the architectural technology sequence. Graduate/Undergraduate
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Equivalency: ARCH 314. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 514
Course Type: Lecture
if student has credit for ARCH 314.
Credit Hours: 3
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)
Course Level: Graduate
Description: The course will introduce students to historical and ARCH 516 - TECHNOLOGY IV
contemporary structures through multi-media presentations, computer- Short Title: TECHNOLOGY IV
based visualizations, field trips, and hands-on experiments with materials Department: Architecture
of construction and physical models of structures. This course also Grade Mode: Standard Letter
addresses sustainability issues specific to structural systems such Course Type: Lecture
as embodied energy, life-cycle cost, and material recycling. This is the Credit Hours: 3
introductory course on the art and science of designing engineered Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
structures and is the first of four required courses in the architectural Course Level: Graduate
technology sequence. It is intended for first year graduate students Description: This course addresses building environmental systems
in architecture. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 207. including power, water, and wastewater with an emphasis on air condition
Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 507 if student has credit for systems. Through multimedia presentations and fieldtrips, students
ARCH 207. are taught to analyze the thermal environment in a variety of building
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// types and select equipment to meet these needs. Sustainability issues
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) related to environmental systems such as energy conservational and
life cycle costs are also addressed. This is the fourth required course
ARCH 509 - TECHNOLOGY II
in the architectural technology sequence. Graduate/Undergraduate
Short Title: TECHNOLOGY II
Equivalency: ARCH 316. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 516
Department: Architecture
if student has credit for ARCH 316.
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
Course Type: Lecture
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. ARCH 523 - SEMINAR IN ARCHITECTURE
Course Level: Graduate Short Title: SEMINAR IN ARCHITECTURE
Description: This course is the second part of the introduction to Department: Architecture
contemporary building structures. The topics covered are the design Grade Mode: Standard Letter
of concrete structures and design of specialized structures including Course Type: Seminar
tilt wall, long span, and high rise. Each structural type is explored in Credit Hours: 3
terms of overall performance, design of individual components, and the Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
relation of structure to other building subsystems such as foundations, Course Level: Graduate
enclosure, and interiors. This course also addresses sustainability issues Description: Small, focused, discussion, workshop and/or design based
specific to structural systems and is the second of four required courses courses on topics of recent research in architecture, delivered by RSA full
in the architectural technology sequence. Graduate/Undergraduate time or visiting faculty. This seminar series is open to RSA undergraduate
Equivalency: ARCH 309. Recommended Prerequisite(s): Prior completion and graduate students. Students from other departments may enroll
of Technology I. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 509 if in the course with instructor permission. "See our website for more
student has credit for ARCH 309. information: arch.rice.edu/courses". Space is limited and registration
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// does not guarantee a space in this course. The final course roster is
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) formulated on the first day class by the individual instructor. Graduate/
Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 323. Repeatable for Credit.

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ARCH 525 - INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL THINKING ARCH 602 - ADVANCED OPTION STUDIO - RESEARCH PLATFORMS
Short Title: INTRO ARCHITECTURAL THINKING Short Title: ADVANCED OPTION STUDIO
Department: Architecture Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 10
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Course Level: Graduate Course Level: Graduate
Description: Introduction to architectural thought. Lectures and Description: Structured as the culmination of the design studio sequence,
discussions focusing on practice and ideas that have exercised a Research Platforms provides an opportunity for an in-depth, advanced
significant influence on the discourse and production of architecture and study of a subject matter—be it theoretical, material, or formal—engaging
urbanism. Cross-list: HART 545. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: a broad range of methodologies, constituents, and design futures.
ARCH 225. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 525 if student Each studio focuses on a single, closely-defined research topic that
has credit for ARCH 225. is culled from a variety of scales and contexts—from local to global,
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// from theoretical to material explorations, from formal and cultural
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) investigations of architecture to cities and environments. Repeatable for
credit. Repeatable for Credit.
ARCH 550 - INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE SEMINAR
Short Title: INTER/ADVANCED ARCH SEMINAR ARCH 605 - ARCHITECTURE FOR NON-ARCHITECTS INSTRUCTION
Department: Architecture Short Title: NON-ARCHITECTS INSTRUCTION
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Department: Architecture
Course Type: Seminar Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Credit Hours: 3 Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Course Level: Graduate Credit Hours: 3
Description: Small, focused, intermediate/advanced-level course in Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
discussion, workshop and/or design-based format on topics related Course Level: Graduate
to current research in architecture. Current offerings and enrollment Description: For selected graduate students only, this course will provide
eligibility are listed on the Rice Architecture website: arch.rice.edu. Space the opportunity for hands-on teaching experience by involvement
is limited and registration does not guarantee a space in this course. in syllabus design and preparation of lectures, discussions, design
Repeatable for Credit. exercises and other teaching methods, under the supervision of the
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// course instructors. Enrollment limited to 6 and by permission only.
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit.
ARCH 600 - M. ARCH. I INTERNSHIP ARCH 610 - HISTORY, THEORY AND STRUCTURE/ PARIS PROGRAM
Short Title: M. ARCH. I INTERNSHIP (RSAP)
Department: Architecture Short Title: HIST, THEORY & STRUCTR: PARIS
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Department: Architecture
Course Type: Internship/Practicum Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Credit Hours: 1-15 Course Type: Seminar
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. Credit Hours: 6
Course Level: Graduate Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Description: Practical work experience for students who have completed Course Level: Graduate
at least four semesters in the Option I Program prior to their entrance into Description: Seminar, comprised of separate modules, each addressing
the regular Master of Architecture studio sequence. Instructor Permission different issues of urban theory, historical evolution and structure of
Required. Repeatable for Credit. greater Paris, through lectures, discussions, research and site visits.
ARCH 601 - ADVANCED OPTION STUDIO - RESEARCH PLATFORMS
Short Title: ADVANCED OPTION STUDIO
Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Credit Hours: 10
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Course Level: Graduate
Description: Structured as the culmination of the design studio sequence,
Research Platforms provides an opportunity for an in-depth, advanced
study of a subject matter—be it theoretical, material, or formal—engaging
a broad range of methodologies, constituents, and design futures.
Each studio focuses on a single, closely-defined research topic that
is culled from a variety of scales and contexts—from local to global,
from theoretical to material explorations, from formal and cultural
investigations of architecture to cities and environments. Repeatable for
credit. Repeatable for Credit.

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ARCH 612 - ADVANCED SEMINAR IN ARCHITECTURE ARCH 621 - CASE STUDIES IN SUSTAINABILITY: THE HIGH
Short Title: ADV SEMINAR IN ARCHITECTURE PERFORMANCE BUILDING
Department: Architecture Short Title: SUSTAINABILITY CASE STUDIES
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Department: Architecture
Course Type: Seminar Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Credit Hours: 3 Course Type: Seminar
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. Credit Hours: 3
Course Level: Graduate Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Description: Small, focused, advanced discussion, workshop and/or Course Level: Graduate
design based courses on topics of recent research in architecture, Description: The project-based seminar will provide a means by
delivered by RSA full time or visiting faculty. This seminar is open to which all those with an interest in the building science entailed in
RSA undergraduate students junior-level and above, and RSA graduate the design of commercial, institutional, and residential structures
students. Students from other departments may enroll in the course can investigate common issues, obtain information, discuss local
with instructor permission. See the RSA website for more information: strategies, and otherwise address subjects relating to building or campus
arch.rice.edu/courses. Space is limited and registration does not performance over its lifecycle. To develop an approach of taking an
guarantee a space in this course. The final course roster is formulated existing Rice University building an optimizing its use via "repositioning"
on the first day class by the individual instructor. Cross-list: HART 612. or redesign the class will create an interdisciplinary forum where
Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 412. Mutually Exclusive: students of architecture, engineering (structural, mechanical, etc.), and
Cannot register for ARCH 612 if student has credit for ARCH 412. human sciences will potentially collaborate with professional building
Repeatable for Credit. consultants, materials manufactures, contractors, developers, owners,
and Rice campus facility managers Cross-list: ENST 621. Graduate/
ARCH 613 - CASE STUDIES IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 321. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot
Short Title: SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
register for ARCH 621 if student has credit for ARCH 321.
Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter ARCH 623 - PROFESSIONALISM AND MANAGEMENT IN
Course Type: Seminar ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE
Credit Hours: 3 Short Title: PROF&MGMT IN ARCH PRACTICE
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. Department: Architecture
Course Level: Graduate Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Description: . Cross-list: ENST 613. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: Course Type: Lecture
ARCH 313. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 613 if student Credit Hours: 3
has credit for ARCH 313. Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// Course Level: Graduate
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) Description: . Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 423. Mutually
Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 623 if student has credit for
ARCH 615 - WOODSHOP SAFETY
ARCH 423.
Short Title: WOODSHOP SAFETY
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
Department: Architecture
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Course Type: Laboratory ARCH 627 - CONSTRUCT
Credit Hour: 1 Short Title: CONSTRUCT
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. Department: Architecture
Course Level: Graduate Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Description: This course will cover all safety concerns in the model shop. Course Type: Laboratory
Students will learn the proper set up and maintenance of the stationary Credit Hours: 3
tools as well as how to do basic fabrication. Students will learn basic Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
material layout and produce objects using the tools as we cover them. Course Level: Graduate
Repeatable for Credit. Description: Construct involves graduate and undergraduate students in
the design and construction of real projects at various scales. Elective
ARCH 620 - ARCHITECTURAL PROBLEMS: STUDIO/PARIS PROGRAM
courses and course sequences will be formatted to address the specific
(RSAP)
requirements of each project as required. Please consult postings for
Short Title: ARCHITECTURAL PROBLEMS
further information. Space is limited, and registration does not guarantee
Department: Architecture
a space in this course. The final course roster is formulated on the
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
first day of class by the individual instructor. Department Permission
Course Type: Studio
Required. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 327. Mutually
Credit Hours: 10
Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 627 if student has credit for
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
ARCH 327.
Course Level: Graduate
Description: Advanced issues in building design and urban infrastructure
using greater Paris as context. Emphasis on abstract thought and design
capabilities relevant to systematic processes of designing specific
architectural interventions in the urban context.

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ARCH 631 - URBANISM I: THE CITY THEORETICALLY CONSIDERED ARCH 646 - FOUNDATIONS IN THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF
Short Title: URBANISM I ARCHITECTURE II (1850-1950)
Department: Architecture Short Title: FOUNDATIONS IN ARCH II
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Department: Architecture
Course Type: Seminar Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Credit Hours: 3 Course Type: Lecture
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. Credit Hours: 3
Course Level: Graduate Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Description: The intention of a course on urbanism is to view architecture Course Level: Graduate
in light of the city. An assembly of theoretical considerations serves Prerequisite(s): ARCH 345 or ARCH 645 or HART 345 or HART 645
to construct a perspective that allows us to critically assess modern Description: Lectures and discussions focusing on significant
urbanization. The goal is to help students form their own perspective architectural and urban practices and ideas formulated be 1850 and
on the practice of architecture and to broaden their understanding of 1950. Cross-list: HART 506. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency:
the relentless urbanization that dominates the modern world. Students ARCH 346. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 646 if student
are expected to read extensively, to be prepared to discuss topics of has credit for ARCH 336/ARCH 536.
urbanism in class, to form two-person teams to read selected texts to be Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
presented in class and to shape a term project that may take the form of www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)
a final paper or a design proposal dealing with suburban issues. Grades ARCH 650 - ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE SEMINAR
are based on class participation, the reading project and the term project. Short Title: ADVANCED ARCH SEMINAR
Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 431. Mutually Exclusive: Department: Architecture
Cannot register for ARCH 631 if student has credit for ARCH 431. Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ARCH 633 - THE CULLINAN SEMINAR Course Type: Seminar
Short Title: THE CULLINAN SEMINAR Credit Hours: 3
Department: Architecture Course Level: Graduate
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Description: Small, focused, advanced-level course in discussion,
Course Type: Seminar workshop and/or design-based format on topics related to current
Credit Hours: 3 research in architecture. Current offerings and enrollment eligibility are
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. listed on the Rice Architecture website: arch.rice.edu. Space is limited
Course Level: Graduate and registration does not guarantee a space in this course. Repeatable
Description: This seminar for advanced undergraduate students for Credit.
and graduate students will focus on the writings and practice of the Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
semester's four RSA Cullinan visitors: art historian David Joselit (Yale), www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)
architect Michael Maltzan (L.A.), architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo (London), ARCH 651 - PRESENT FUTURE SEMINAR
and art historian Neil Levine (Harvard). The seminar will be a platform Short Title: PRESENT FUTURE SEMINAR
for researching these four topics, including additional background Department: Architecture
references, other writings by these four figures as well as writings about Grade Mode: Standard Letter
them and their own work. Additionally, the seminar will feature one Course Type: Seminar
seminar session each with the four speakers. Graduate/Undergraduate Credit Hours: 3
Equivalency: ARCH 433. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 633 Course Level: Graduate
if student has credit for ARCH 433. Repeatable for Credit. Description: The Present Future seminar will examine the history of future
ARCH 645 - FOUNDATIONS AND THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF projection as it came to dominate modern architecture and urbanism
ARCHITECTURE I (1450-1850) in the period of 1914-2014. The realization of such a large number of
Short Title: FOUNDATIONS IN ARCH I future projections over the preceding century allows us to examine their
Department: Architecture effects as they have now come to constitute our present. Focusing on
Grade Mode: Standard Letter modern urbanism, will trace both the historical and the contemporary
Course Type: Lecture effects of the future as it was imagined so long ago. Given the volatile
Credit Hours: 3 historical moment that we are presently passing through, an effort will be
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. made to understand the logic as well as the remaining potential of future
Course Level: Graduate projection as a design strategy today.
Description: Lectures and discussions focusing on significant Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
architectural and urban practices and ideas formulated before 1850. www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)
Cross-list: HART 645. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 345.
Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 645 if student has credit for
ARCH 235/ARCH 535.
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http://
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/)

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ARCH 652 - FOUNDATIONS IN THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF ARCH 656 - FUTURES OF THE BOOK
ARCHITECTURE III (1950-2000) Short Title: FUTURES OF THE BOOK
Short Title: FOUNDATIONS IN ARCH III Department: Architecture
Department: Architecture Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Seminar
Course Type: Seminar Credit Hour: 1
Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. Course Level: Graduate
Course Level: Graduate Description: From an ongoing interest in the book as a physical object,
Prerequisite(s): (ARCH 225 or ARCH 525) and (ARCH 345 or ARCH 645) to the exploration of its potentials expanding into a four-dimensional
and (ARCH 346 or ARCH 646) digital realm, to rapidly changing demands for the storage and retrieval
Description: Lectures and discussions focusing on significant of knowledge, this master class will provide a platform to engage experts
architectural and urban practices between 1950 and 2000. Graduate/ from various disciplines in a debate on the shifting futures of the book.
Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 352. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot Instructor Permission Required. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency:
register for ARCH 652 if student has credit for ARCH 537. ARCH 456. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 656 if student
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// has credit for ARCH 456.
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) ARCH 675 - LATIN-EUROPE/LATIN-AMERICA: THE AESTHETICS AND
ARCH 654 - CINEMAS OF URBAN ALIENATION POLITICS OF MODERN CITIES
Short Title: CINEMAS OF URBAN ALIENATION Short Title: LATIN-EUROPE/LATIN-AMERICA
Department: Architecture Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Course Level: Graduate Course Level: Graduate
Description: This seminar examines cinematic engagements with Description: This course challenges our pre-conceived maps of the world,
urban spaces and experiences around the world spanning the last highlighting Latin America's place within our understanding of modernity
two centuries. Particular attention will be paid to issues of migration, as a product of transnational interconnections. Transversing the Atlantic,
marginality, colonialism, war and post-war, nostalgia and memory, race this course traces the interactions of capitalism and culture, science and
and gender. Cities of focus include Berlin, Istanbul, Moscow, Algiers, aesthetics, and the ideologies that informed and formed the urban fabric
Beirut and Paris. Our weekly discussions of individual films will be and spatial politics of important cities in the modern Latin world - Paris,
grounded in critical writings of the cities' histories and theories of space Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Havana, and Brasilia.
and film. Cross-list: HART 659. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: Cross-list: HART 675. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 375.
ARCH 359. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 654 if student Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 675 if student has credit for
has credit for ARCH 359. ARCH 375.
ARCH 655 - CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES IN ARCHITECTURE ARCH 676 - THE ARCHITECTURE OF BOOKS
Short Title: CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES Short Title: THE ARCHITECTURE OF BOOKS
Department: Architecture Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Course Level: Graduate Course Level: Graduate
Description: Lectures and discussions focusing on issues and Description: Over the past decades, the conception of books has become
approaches central to current architectural discourse and practice. an integral part of any architectural practice. This seminar aims to
M.Archs take this course in their penultimate semester. Also open to introduce students to the book as a means to think about the production
undergraduates, seniors and above. of space, and as a critical vessel to discuss and disseminate architectural
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// ideas. In the first part of the seminar students will engage in an in-depth
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) analysis of seminal architectural publications, considering their historical
background, conceptual background and introducing such topics as
typography and layout- and in-class discussions of relevant literature.
The second part will be dedicated to the actual "building" of a small
architectural publication, which will reflect critical and editorial skills as
well as the craft of bookmaking. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency:
ARCH 376. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 676 if student
has credit for ARCH 376.

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ARCH 677 - SPECIAL TOPICS ARCH 701 - THESIS PROPOSAL

Short Title: SPECIAL TOPICS Short Title: THESIS PROPOSAL
Department: Architecture Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Course Type: Internship/Practicum, Laboratory, Lecture, Seminar, Course Type: Independent Study
Independent Study Credit Hour: 1
Credit Hours: 1-4 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Course Level: Graduate
Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Description: The course provides a structure in which the independent
Course Level: Graduate conceptual formulation, articulation, and critical evaluation of thesis
Description: Topics and credit hours may vary each semester. Contact proposals can take place. By the end of the semester, each student is
department for current semester’s topic(s). Repeatable for Credit. expected to clearly outline a thesis focus, its architectural implications,
contemporary relevance, and projected material results.
ARCH 690 - PEDAGOGY PRACTICUM
Short Title: PEDAGOGY PRACTICUM ARCH 702 - PRE-THESIS PREPARATION
Department: Architecture Short Title: PRE-THESIS PREPARATION
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Department: Architecture
Course Type: Internship/Practicum Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Credit Hours: 3 Course Type: Research
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. Credit Hours: 3
Course Level: Graduate Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Description: This course addresses the development of skills for the Course Level: Graduate
teaching of History & Technology core courses. Weekly meetings will Description: The aim of this course is to locate potential thesis topics
be held and supervised by faculty in the teaching of whose courses and hone those topics by situating them within a lineage of architectural
practicum students are involved. Department Permission Required. and urban paradigms. The aim is also to develop and rehearse a focused
Repeatable for Credit. argument for your particular approach to the topic. The thesis design
project tests this approach in a project, the underpinnings of which seek
ARCH 691 - REAL ESTATE LAB: DEVELOP, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
a synthesis of intellectual and design objectives. Thesis concludes with
Short Title: RE LAB:DEVELOP DESIGN CONSTR
a public final review, where the project is evaluated both on its own terms
Department: Architecture
and within the broader field of contemporary architectural discourse.
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 702 if student has credit for
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
ARCH 638.
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. ARCH 703 - DESIGN THESIS STUDIO
Course Level: Graduate Short Title: DESIGN THESIS STUDIO
Description: . Cross-list: MGMT 757. Graduate/Undergraduate Department: Architecture
Equivalency: ARCH 491. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 691 Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
if student has credit for ARCH 491. Repeatable for Credit. Course Type: Lecture
Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses (http:// Credit Hours: 10
www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses/) Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Course Level: Graduate
ARCH 700 - PRACTICUM
Short Title: PRACTICUM ARCH 711 - SPECIAL PROJECTS
Department: Architecture Short Title: SPECIAL PROJECTS
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Department: Architecture
Course Type: Internship/Practicum Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Credit Hours: 3 Course Type: Research
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. Credit Hours: 1-9
Course Level: Graduate Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll.
Description: Full-time internship service in approved local offices under Course Level: Graduate
interdisciplinary supervision. Emphasis on real world design, planning, or Description: Independent research or design arranged in consultation
research experiences. Special tuition. May be taken in any semester or in with a faculty member subject to approval of the student's faculty advisor
summer. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit. and director. Repeatable for Credit.

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ARCH 729 - THESIS WRITTEN DOCUMENT Graduate Degree Program Option Descriptions and
Short Title: THESIS WRITTEN DOCUMENT
Codes*
Department: Architecture
• Degree Program Option - Option 1 Thesis (MArch degree only):
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
MARCH-TH1
Course Type: Independent Study
Credit Hours: 3 • Degree Program Option - Option 1 Non-Thesis (MArch degree only):
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. MARCH-NONTH1
Course Level: Graduate • Degree Program Option - Option 2 Thesis (MArch degree only):
Description: All architecture thesis students are required to provide a MARCH-TH2
written document to the university on completion of their thesis as a • Degree Program Option - Option 2 Non-Thesis (MArch degree only):
requirement for graduation. This document, prepared in consultation MARCH-NONTH2
with the thesis director and the director of the thesis program, should
1
include a written and graphic description of the project and conform to CIP Code and Description
the university requirements for thesis documents. • ARCH Major/Program: CIP Code/Title: 04.0201 - Architecture
ARCH 751 - PRESENT FUTURE II • ARST Major/Program: CIP Code/Title: 04.0803 - Architectural Studies
Short Title: PRESENT FUTURE II • ARBS Major/Program: CIP Code/Title: 04.0902 - Architectural and
Department: Architecture Building Sciences and Technology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar * Systems Use Only: this information is used solely by internal offices at
Credit Hours: 3 Rice University (such as OTR, GPS, etc.) and primarily within student
Restrictions: Undergraduate level students may not enroll. information systems and support.
Course Level: Graduate 1
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2020 Codes
Description: ARCH 751 is the third core course of the Master of Arts and Descriptions from the National Center for Education
degree program. It is the concluding semester of the three semester Statistics: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/.
research project, the subject of which changes with each class. The
purpose of the semester is to draw the conclusions of the project and
produce and package the results. The formats vary with each project.

Description and Code Legend

Note: Internally, the university uses the following descriptions, codes, and
abbreviations for this academic program. The following is a quick reference:

Course Catalog/Schedule
• Course offerings/subject code: ARCH

Department (or Program) Description and Code

• Architecture: ARCH

Undergraduate Degree Descriptions and Codes

• Bachelor of Arts degree: BA
• Bachelor of Architecture degree: BArch

Undergraduate Major Descriptions and Codes

• Major in Architecture (attached to the BA degree): ARCH
• Major in Architectural Studies (attached to the BA degree): ARST
• Major in Architecture and Building Science (attached to the BArch
degree): ARBS

Graduate Degree Descriptions and Codes

• Master of Architecture degree: MArch
• Master of Science degree: MS

Graduate Degree Program Descriptions and Codes

• Degree Program in Architecture (attached to the MS degree): ARCH
• Degree Program in Architecture and Building Science (attached to the
MArch degree): ARBS

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