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Introduction

Architecture is both a profession and a discipline of study, offering a broad variety of career opportunities. As a profession it plays a pivotal role in the production of the built environment, bridging the technical and social, practical and theoretical. It is a cultural and artistic practice that is critically engaged with the forces of urbanization and technological change, the challenges of environmental sustainability, and the struggle for cultural expression. It involves the design, production, and organization of material culture from the scale of domestic objects to the scale of the metropolitan region. As such, studies in architecture interact with numerous related disciplines in the social sciences and humanities, as well as engineering, technology and media. These studies prepare students for professional graduate programs in architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and urban design, as well as for careers in related design disciplines, the arts, environment, history, business, journalism, and public policy.

The Architectural Studies Major Program (BA) provides a variety of degree options for students wishing to study architecture as part of a broad liberal arts education or as a specialization. The program serves as an introduction to the discipline of architecture, focused on the state of the art, current issues and emerging practices, considered from critical, theoretical, and historical perspectives. Studio courses in design and visual communication provide opportunities to learn practical, formal, and analytical skills, and are augmented by advanced courses in allied design arts, such as landscape, furniture, graphic, and stage design. Many of the courses will be taken in the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture where students are able to participate in the studio environment and events programs.

The Major program contains concentrations in Architectural Design or in History, Theory, Criticism. Either option can be pursued. The Architectural Design concentration is intended for students wishing an intensive exposure to architectural design within a broad liberal arts education; the History, Theory, Criticism concentration is intended for students wishing a broad interdisciplinary education in architectural studies but not wishing to pursue design. Introductory courses begin at the first-year level and lead into a sequence of courses in drawing and computer modelling, architectural design, history, theory, and technology. Emphasis is placed on advanced theory and interdisciplinary, since contemporary architecture is inexorably tied to knowledge and practice in urbanism, environmentalism, literature, media, cultural theory, art, science and technology, as well as philosophy, economics, and political science. This program could usefully be combined with a major in other disciplines. Graduates who have completed this program and have an Honours B.A. degree will be eligible to apply for admissions into graduate professional programs in architecture, but without advanced standing.

The Architecture Specialist Program (Honours BA) builds on the Architectural Design option and is particularly suitable for students wishing to pursue a professional education in architecture, landscape architecture, and/or urban design. It includes additional courses in design, theory, history, and building technology. Graduates who have completed this program will be eligible to apply for advanced standing by one year in the professional Master of Architecture program at the University of Toronto and at other universities in North America.

Students who are interested in pursuing professional studies in architecture are advised that half credit undergraduate courses in mathematics and in physics are strongly recommended for admission to the Master of Architecture program. For further information regarding admission to this program, consult the calendar of the School of Graduate Studies or contact the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Students should consult the program director for advice on the selection of courses, and are encouraged to seek information about this program from the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.

The School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture sponsors a variety of lectures, exhibitions and other special events for members of the architectural community.

For enquiries contact: Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, 230 College Street, 978-0850

ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMS

Enrolment in the Architecture Programs requires the completion of four courses including ARC 131H and 132H; no minimum GPA required.

Architecture Specialist program: (Hon.B.A.):
(12.5 full courses or their equivalent, including three 300+series and one 400-series course)
NOTE: The Specialist includes all the requirements of the Architectural Studies Major with the Architectural Design Concentration (see below) plus the following:
1. Design: ARC 413H; two of ARC 414H, 415H, 416H, 417H
2. Theory/Criticism: one of ARC 231H, 232H, 233H, 234H or 235H
3. History: ARC 431H, 432H
4. Technics: ARC 441H, 442H
5. an additional minimum 0.5 FCE from courses in groups A, B, C, D, E listed below.

Architectural Studies Major program (B.A.):
(8 full courses or their equivalent, including two 300+series courses)
NOTE: The Major includes the 3.5 Core FCEs below plus 4.5 FCEs from one of the Concentrations below.
Core (3.5 FCEs):

First Year:

1. Theory/Criticism: ARC 131H, 132H

Second Year:

1. Design: ARC 213H
2. Visual: ARC 221H
3. Theory/Criticism: one of ARC 231H, 232H, 233H, 234H or 235H
4. History: FAH 213H, 214H

Concentration in Architectural Design (4.5 FCEs):

1. Design: ARC 313H, 314H
2. Visual: ARC 321H
3. History:
• 1.0 FCE from: HUM 101Y, 299Y; FAH 203H, 204H, 261H, 265H, 268H, 273H, 274H, 279H, 300H, 302H, 324H, 334H, 337H, 341H, 343H, 353H, 375H, 376H, 377H, 380H, 382H, 400H, 405H, 410H, 413H, 419H, 423H, 425H, 429H, 444H; NMC 390Y, 391H, 392H; ARC 417H
4. Technics: one of ARC 341H, 342H
5. 1.5 FCEs from courses in Groups A, B, C, D, or E listed below. Students are encouraged to take additional courses from these Groups beyond the Major to fulfill degree requirements.

Concentration in History, Theory, Criticism (4.5 FCEs):

1. Theory/Criticism: one additional of ARC 231H, 232H, 233H, 234H or 235H
2. History:
• 0.5/1.0 FCE from: HUM 101Y, 299Y; FAH 203H, 204H, 261H, 265H, 268H, 273H, 274H, 279H
• 1.0/1.5 FCEs from: FAH 300H, 302H, 324H, 334H, 337H, 341H, 343H, 353H, 375H, 376H, 377H, 380H, 382H, 400H, 405H, 410H, 413H, 419H, 423H, 425H, 429H, 444H; HIS 476Y; NMC 390Y, 391H, 392H; ARC 417H, 431H, 432H
3. 2.0 FCEs from one of the Groups A, B, C, D, and E listed below. Students are encouraged to take additional courses from these Groups beyond the Major to fulfill degree requirements.

Group A
(Literary):
ENG 259Y; JEF 100Y; VIC 110Y, 210Y, 300Y, 310Y, 410Y; WLD 200Y, 300Y

Group B
(Urban):
GGR 124Y, 220Y, 339H, 361H; INI 235Y, 306Y, 430Y; ARC 435H, 436H

Group C
(Environ):
ENV 200Y, 221Y, 321Y; GGR 107Y, 233Y; INI 220Y, 320Y, 331H; ARC 433H, 434H

Group D
(Sci/Tech):
HPS 201H, 202H, 306H, 307H, 430H, 431H

Group E
(Media):
INI 115Y, 322H, 325Y, 428H; VIC 320Y