Program: Architecture-Design Minor - University of Pittsburgh

Requirements for the minor

The minor in Architecture - Design provides an option for students majoring in fields such as Civil Engineering, Environmental Studies, History, Studio Arts, Urban Studies and for whom course work in architectural design and history will provide additional breadth in their studies of the built environment. The minor requires that students complete 18 credits, 12 of which are studio-based design courses and six of which will provide historical and theoretical background for thinking about architecture and the built environment.

Foundational course in architecture

ARC 0110 - APPROACHES TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Two courses in architectural design

Students must earn a letter grade of C or higher in ARC 0201 - FOUNDATIONS STUDIO 1 to enroll in ARC 1201 - ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 1 .

One course in architectural history

Students in SSOE are encouraged to fill this requirement with ARC 0150 .

ARC 0116 - MODERN ARCHITECTURE
ARC 0150 - INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ARCHITECTURE
ARC 0153 - MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE
ARC 0210 - SPECIAL TOPICS-ARCHITECTURE
ARC 0300 - INTRODUCTION TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ARC 1118 - ARCHITECTURE SINCE 1945
ARC 1136 - EARLY AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE
ARC 1137 - AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE SINCE INDUSTRIALIZATION
ARC 1156 - HIGH RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE
ARC 1158 - ARCHITECTURE AND ENLIGHTENMENT
ARC 1160 - ARCHITECTURE: IMAGE, TEXT, THEORY
ARC 1181 - PITTSBURGH ARCHITECTURE/URBANISM
ARC 1191 - ARCHITECTURE AND THE CITY IN CENTRAL EUROPE: 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES
ARC 1330 - GLOBAL PRESERVATION
HAA 0460 - ART IN PUBLIC: INCLUSION , IDENTITY, AND ACTIVISM
HAA 1680 - JAPAN: ARTIST AND CITY

Two co-requisites

ARC 1911 - ARCHITECTURE AND DIGITAL MEDIA 1 may be waived for students who have taken a course in AutoCAD in high school or an equivalent course in the Department of Civil Engineering in the Swanson School of Engineering. CEE 0109 - COMPUTER METH IN CIVIL ENGRG 1 satisfies this requirement.

SA 0130 - DRAWING STUDIO 1 may be waived for students who have taken material or studio art courses in high school.