Courses of Study 2017-2018 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Courses of Study 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

ARAB—Arabic

  
  • ARAB 3212 - [Quran and Commentary]

    (crosslisted) RELST 3212  
    (GHB) (LA-AS) (CU-ITL)     
    Spring. Not offered 2017-2018. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    D. Powers.

    This course is an advanced study of classical Arabic through a close reading of selected chapters of the Qur’an, together with the Qur’anic commentary (tafsir) and other relevant literature. Special attention is given to grammar, syntax, and lexicography.

  
  • ARAB 3654 - Arab Minority Voices


    (CU-ITL)     
    Spring. 1 credit.

    Prerequisite: ARAB 1203  or permission of instructor. Co-meets with ARAB 6654 . Students may wish to take this class in conjunction with NES 3655 .

    D. Starr.

    In this course, we will read authentic Arabic texts by and about minorities in the Arab world. We will begin with short fiction and poetry that reflects on relations between Muslims, Christians, and Jews beginning in the 20th century. We will also discuss articles and essays about contemporary minority-majority relations. Possible topics include: exploring the roots of the referendum on independence of Iraqi Kurdistan in Fall 2017; and discussing the extent to which the war in Yemen should be considered a sectarian Sunni-Shica conflict. This course is designed to aid students in improving their reading skills in Arabic.

  
  • ARAB 3700 - Arabic Language Through Film


    (GB) (LA-AS) (CU-ITL)     
    Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARAB 1203  or permission from instructor.

    M. Weatherspoon.

    The objective of this course is to help students develop all four communicative skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) through the use of Arabic films coupled with other structured materials such as study guides, short readings and other authentic resources. Each lesson focuses on student-centered and interactive activities that include pair or group work, role-play, debates, and class presentations.

  
  • ARAB 4200 - [Modern Arabic Literature]


    (GB) (LA-AS) Satisfies Option 1. (CU-ITL)     
    Fall. Not offered 2017-2018. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARAB 3202  or permission of the instructor. Conducted in Arabic.

    M. Younes.

    The course is an introductory survey to different genres in Modern Arabic Literature (Poetry and prose). It aims at improving the four language skills at an advanced level, as well as appreciating Arabic literature. All readings will be in Arabic. The readings are selected from among the most salient literary texts by major writers form the 20th century.

  
  • ARAB 4203 - Current Events in Arabic Media


    (GB) (CA-AS) Satisfies Option 1. (CU-ITL)     
    Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    B. Alomar.

    In this four-credit, one semester, topic based course, students will be introduced to authentic, unedited Arabic language materials from Arabic newspapers, magazines, TV broadcasts and interviews, and other on-line media. The topics covered will include, among other things,  politics, economics, business, sports, and women’s issues. Students can suggest other topics that interest them to the teacher.  Emphasis will be on developing fluency in oral and written expression through discussions, debates, presentations, and written work. The order of activities for each topic will be: reading or listening to a selection before coming to class, class discussion and/or debate, an oral presentation by the students, and, finally, a written homework assignment about the same topic. All activities are conducted entirely in Arabic.  There will be more focus on the development of native-like pronunciation and accurate use of grammatical structures than at the lower levels.

  
  • ARAB 4225 - [Comparative Semitic Linguistics]

    (crosslisted) LING 4225  
    (GHB) (HA-AS) (CU-ITL)     
    Spring. Not offered 2017-2018. 4 Credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: one introductory linguistics course and familiarity with two or more Semitic languages.

    M. Younes.

    In this course we’ll compare specific aspects of the phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of the Semitic languages. In phonology, we’ll examine certain phonological phenomena like sound correspondences, syllable structure and vowel deletion and insertion in the various languages. In morphology, we’ll focus on root and pattern morphology, common verbal and nominal forms and derivations and pluralization. In syntax we’ll examine definiteness, person and tense marking, the construct phrase, different types of agreement, as well as the thorny issue of case. The lexical comparison will particularly be useful in helping students improve their command of one language once they have mastered the corresponding form in another, as, for example, in Arabic ثلاثة (thalaatha), Hebrew שלושה (shlosha), Syriac ܬܠܬܐ (tlaatha), and Ge’ez ሠለስቱ (shalastu).

  
  • ARAB 4867 - In Search of the Original Quran


    (GB) (KCM-AS) Satisfies Option 1. (CU-ITL)     
    Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: Two years of Arabic or permission of instructor.

    M. Younes.

    Certain verses in the Quran have challenged Muslim interpreters as well as modern scholars. In some cases, the verses do not seem to fit the context; in others, they violate standard rules of Arabic grammar. Some in the Muslim tradition take these verses as evidence of the miraculous nature of the language of the Quran whose secrets only Allah knows. A number of modern scholars, particularly in the West, have tried to understand them by reference to Semitic languages, particularly Syriac and Hebrew, or by reference to Christian and Jewish traditions, which had a substantial influence on the language of the Quran. Some scholars have gone so far as to offer alternative readings of the Quranic text or to propose emendations.  Applying the tools of modern linguistic analysis, we will examine a sample of these passages, read their standard Muslim interpretation (tafsiir), identify grammatical and textual problems and propose alternative interpretations that arguably produce a semantically more coherent and grammatically sounder text. (RS)

  
  • ARAB 6200 - [Arabic Pedagogy Practicum]


    (CU-ITL)     
    Fall. Not offered 2017-2018. 1 credit. Letter grades only.

    M. Younes.

    This one-credit course consists of four main components. It starts with a survey of language teaching methodologies ranging from the grammar-translation to the modern communicative. Second, there will be an overview of the Arabic language situation with a focus on diglossia and the issue of which variety of the language to introduce to the foreign learner. Third, students will observe a number of classes taught by instructors in the Arabic Program and write a report about each observation.  And, finally, participants will prepare for and teach a number of classes under the supervision of the course instructor.

  
  • ARAB 6201 - [Readings in Medieval Arabic Literature]

    (crosslisted) MEDVL 6202  
    (CU-ITL)     
    Fall. Not offered 2017-2018. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Permission of instructor required.

    R. Brann.

    This seminar engages participants in close readings of selected texts of medieval Arabic literature.

  
  • ARAB 6654 - Arab Minority Voices


    (CU-ITL)     
    Spring. 1 credit.

    Prerequisite: ARAB 1203  or permission of instructor. Co-meets with ARAB 3654 . Students may wish to take this class in conjunction with NES 3655 .

    D. Starr.

    In this course, we will read authentic Arabic texts by and about minorities in the Arab world. We will begin with short fiction and poetry that reflects on relations between Muslims, Christians, and Jews beginning in the 20th century. We will also discuss articles and essays about contemporary minority-majority relations. Possible topics include: exploring the roots of the referendum on independence of Iraqi Kurdistan in Fall 2017; and discussing the extent to which the war in Yemen should be considered a sectarian Sunni-Shica conflict. This course is designed to aid students in improving their reading skills in Arabic.


ARCH—Architecture

  
  • ARCH 1101 - Design I


         
    Fall. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    Introduction to design as a conceptual discipline directed at the analysis, interpretation, synthesis, and transformation of the physical environment. Exercises are aimed at developing an understanding of the issues, elements, and processes of environmental design.

  
  • ARCH 1102 - Design II


         
    Spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1101  and ARCH 1501 . Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    Continuation of ARCH 1101 . Covers human, social, technical, and aesthetic factors related to space and form. Design problems range from those of the immediate environment of the individual to that of small social groups.

  
  • ARCH 1103 - Elective Design Studio


         
    Fall. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Enrollment limited to: non-B.Arch. students; permission of instructor; dependent on space and qualification.

    Staff.

    Non sequence design studio for students who are not architecture majors at Cornell and for department students taking design studio for non-sequence credit.

  
  • ARCH 1104 - Elective Design Studio


         
    Spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1103  and permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to: non-B.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    Non sequence design studio for students who are not architecture majors at Cornell and for department students taking design studio for non-sequence credit.

  
  • ARCH 1110 - Introduction to Architecture: Design Studio


         
    Summer. Not offered every year. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Enrollment limited to: non-B.Arch. students, high school students in 11th and 12th grades, and any individuals with a minimum of a high school diploma interested in exploring the field of architecture.

    Staff.

    Designed to introduce students to ideas, principles, and methods of solving architectural problems in a studio setting. Through a graduated sequence of exercises culminating in a major semester project, students explore the architectural concepts of space, form, function, and technology. Instruction is via highly personalized critiques of individual student work by assigned department faculty members, as well as periodic reviews of the group by invited faculty and guest critics. The grade is based on the overall performance in the studio with special emphasis on the quality of a major studio project.

  
  • ARCH 1120 - [Architecture Design Studio]


    (LA-AAP) (CU-ITL)     
    Fall. Next offered 2018-2019. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    No prior studio coursework is required, but as the course assumes the expression of ideas through visual and material means previous coursework in studio arts and art/architecture history is strongly encouraged. Offered in Rome.

    Staff.

    Through a graduated series of exercises, the design studio introduces students to methods of analysis, representation and abstraction as they study the concepts of urban and architectural space and form.

  
  • ARCH 1300 - An Introduction to Architecture: Lectures


         
    Summer. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Enrollment limited to: non-B.Arch. students, high school students in 11th and 12th grades, and anyone with minimum of a high school diploma interested in exploring the field of architecture.

    Staff.

    Survey course that covers the many facets of architecture: history, design principles, preservations, landscape architecture, building technology, and cultural factors. Course format comprises lectures, demonstrations, films, and field trips. Evaluation is based on quizzes and a final exam.

  
  • ARCH 1301 - Introduction to Architecture


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Enrollment limited to: non-B.Arch. students only.

    Staff.

    Intended to familiarize non-architecture students with the art and science of architecture. The fundamentals of plan, section, and elevation, the primary elements that comprise an architectural form; basic organizational principles; the ways in which we perceive architectural space; and the various concepts of function in relation to form will be included among the topics to be covered, using examples from numerous times and cultures as well as from contemporary Cornell campus.

  
  • ARCH 1501 - Representation I: Freehand Architectural Drawing


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students or permission of instructor.

    Staff.

    Introduction to freehand drawing as an analytical tool within the design process.

  
  • ARCH 1502 - Representation II: Media of Representation


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1501  or permission of instructor.

    Staff.

    The understanding of representational and fabrication techniques as generative tools in the design process.

  
  • ARCH 1611 - Environmental Systems I: Site and Sustainability


    (CU-SBY)     
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Staff.

    This course examines the relationships between building, site, landscape and sustainability through the lens of ecology and systems thinking. Topics include: basic concepts of sustainability, energetic processes, climate, spatial data visualization, global warming, solar geometry, landscape processes, microclimates, site strategies and grading, building footprint & sustainable building metrics.

  
  • ARCH 1612 - Structural Concepts


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Staff.

    Fundamental concepts of structural behavior. Statics and strength of materials. Introduction to and analysis of simple structural systems.

  
  • ARCH 1801 - History of Architecture I


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Staff.

    The history of the built environment as social and cultural expression from the earliest to more recent times. Themes, theories, and ideas in architecture and urban design are explored, beginning with the earliest written records.

  
  • ARCH 1802 - History of Architecture II


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    May be taken independently of ARCH 1801 .

    Staff.

    The history of the built environment as social and cultural expression from more recent times to the present. Architecture and urban design themes, theories, and ideas are addressed in greater detail leading to the present time.

  
  • ARCH 2100 - Elective Design Studio


         
    Fall, spring, summer. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor required.

    Staff.

    Non sequence design studio for students who are not architecture majors at Cornell and for department students taking design studio for non-sequence credit.

  
  • ARCH 2101 - Design III


         
    Fall. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1102 , 1501 , and 1502 .  Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    Students develop an understanding of context and precedent in the construction of architectural form, and are introduced to contextual and programmatic densities in addition to circulatory, spatial, and organizational strategies in the design process.

  
  • ARCH 2102 - Design IV


         
    Spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1501 , 1502 , and 2101  or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    In this Integrative Design Studio, the requirements of building systems are seen to both support and inform architectural concepts and form. One of the key design experiences during this semester will be the interaction of these concepts and building systems. Questions of energy, thermal comfort, sustainability, structure, material, and life safety will be addressed.

  
  • ARCH 2301 - Architectural Analysis I: Buildings, Drawings, and Texts


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1102  or permission of instructor.

    Staff.

    Agendas and approaches to the making and “reading” of space and form in 20th- and 21st-century architecture. The analysis of canonical works and texts, with frequent reference to relevant works prior to the 20th century, and with an emphasis on buildings and drawings as the vehicles of study, with occasional citations from painting, film, literature, and other critical works.

  
  • ARCH 2613 - Structural Systems


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1612 .

    Staff.

    Behavior and design of overall structural systems for buildings. Particular focus on systems used for resisting lateral loads (rigid frames, braced frames and shear walls) and for spanning long distances (trusses and space frames; cables and membranes; and arches, domes, and shells).

  
  • ARCH 2614 - Building Technology I: Materials and Methods


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Staff.

    Building construction is examined from the following standpoints: life safety (including fire safety and zoning constraints on site planning); building service systems (plumbing, electrical, vertical transportation, security, fire protection); materials, sustainability, and life-cycle analysis; accessibility; technical documentation and outline specifications.

  
  • ARCH 2615 - Building Technology II: Structural Elements


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1612 .

    Staff.

    Concepts and procedures for the design, manufacture, and construction of structural components (e.g., walls, columns, beams, slabs) in steel, concrete, masonry, and timber.

  
  • ARCH 2616 - Environmental Systems II: Building Dynamics


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Staff.

    This course examines the design and analysis of the building envelope, with a focus on the material and energetic transformations taking place at the boundary between architecture and environment. Topics include: comfort, building thermodynamics, envelope assemblies, thermal modeling, active and passive control systems, daylighting and architectural acoustics.

  
  • ARCH 2809 - Undergraduate Independent Study in the History of Architecture and Urbanism


         
    Fall, spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor required. May not be applied toward undergraduate history requirements.

    Staff.

    Independent study for undergraduate students.

  
  • ARCH 3100 - Elective Design Studio


         
    Fall, spring, summer. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor required.

    Staff.

    Non sequence design studio for students who are not architecture majors at Cornell and for department students taking design studio for non-sequence credit.

  
  • ARCH 3101 - Design V


         
    Fall, spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 2102  and required 2nd-year core. Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    Design and development of complex architectural projects situated in urban contexts and developed with regard to program, site, building, and representation.

  
  • ARCH 3102 - Design VI


         
    Fall, spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 3101  and required 2nd-year core. Enrollment limited to: B.Arch students.

    Staff.

    Design and development of complex architectural projects situated in urban contexts and developed with regard to program, site, building, and representation.

  
  • ARCH 3103 - Special Problems in Architectural Design


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall or spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor and approved independent study form are required. Counts as departmental free elective credit for B.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 3109 - Elective Design Studio


         
    Summer. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor required. Each student is assigned to a class of appropriate level.

    Staff.

    Nonsequence design studio used for off-campus foreign programs for third-year B.Arch. students. Credit will be applied toward ARCH 4101  upon successful completion of ARCH 3102 .

  
  • ARCH 3117 - Contemporary Italian Culture - Italian Cinema


         
    Fall, spring. 1 or 4 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Offered in Rome, Italy. Co-meets with ART 3803 .

    Staff.

    This course examines the cinematic representation of Italy with particular emphasis to the use of settings and space. We will explore how the visions of urban and rural spaces reflect the evolving cultural, social and political fabric of a nation in a period of rapid and often traumatic historical change. The course will feature screening of films set in several Italian locations, from Rome to Milan, from Naples to Venice, from Sicily to the Apennines, and represent different moments of Italian contemporary history. We will take advantage of the unique opportunity to study this cinema while residing in Rome and traveling in Italy, through the experience of the real settings that have figured so prominently in Italian cinema. Each session consists of an in-class lecture and a film screening. The course will also include one or two guest lecturers each semester.

  
  • ARCH 3301 - Architectural Analysis II: Architecture, the City, and Landscape


    (CU-ITL)     
    Fall or spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 2301  or permission of instructor. Offered in Rome, Italy.

    Staff.

    Agendas and approaches to the making and reading of urban conditions and landscape designs. The analysis of canonical works and texts, with emphasis on architecture within and without the city as vehicles of study, and with frequent reference to urban and landscape theories and designs, as well as to representations of the city and garden from other media and disciplines.

  
  • ARCH 3304 - Column, Wall, Elevation, Facade: A Study of the Vertical Surface in Architecture


         
    Fall or spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Enrollment limited to: third-year students and above. Co-meets with ARCH 6304 .

    J. Wells.

    Field and figure relationships (interrelation of parts dominated by the general character of the whole) are the general themes for studying numerous issues relevant to the design of elevations and facades. The first part of the semester is a lecture/seminar format. Students are required to research and present a paper for discussion. In the latter part of the semester, students do exercises to demonstrate their understanding of the issues addressed.

  
  • ARCH 3307 - Special Investigations in the Theory of Architecture I


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall or spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor and approved independent study form are required.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 3308 - Special Topics in the Theory of Architecture I


         
    Fall or spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 2301  and ARCH 3301  or permission of instructor.

    Staff.

    This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of Theory of Architecture. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content please see the Architecture Department webpage http://aap.cornell.edu/academics/architecture/elective-courses-option-studios.

  
  • ARCH 3309 - Elements, Principles, and Theories in Japanese Architecture


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Co-meets with ARCH 6309 .

    L. Mirin.

    Examination of Japanese architecture (buildings and gardens) and their contexts: landscapes, settlements, and cities. The course is addressed to those interested in Japanese architecture as a manifestation of Japanese culture and as a subject for analysis. Emphasis is on underlying concepts, ordering principles, formal typologies, space and its representation, perceptual phenomena, and symbolic content. Readings focus on theoretical treatments of these aspects by Japanese and western writers.

  
  • ARCH 3310 - Modern Landscape Architecture


         
    Fall. Not offered every year. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 2301  and ARCH 3301 , or permission of instructor. Co-meets with ARCH 6310 .

    L. Mirin.

    This course will examine the work of an innovative group of internationally prominent landscape architects working since 1900. Projects and designers will represent a worldwide and multicultural perspective. The relationship between dynamic social and technological changes will be emphasized as a method of understanding the meaning of modernism as applied to the landscape architecture profession. Parallel developments in other fields of creative endeavor, such as architecture and the fine arts, will be assessed as a means of understanding the direction and flow of design trends. The format is lecture and discussion.

  
  • ARCH 3311 - Tales of Two Cities


         
    Fall. Not offered every year. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 2301  and ARCH 3301 , or permission of instructor. Co-meets with ARCH 6311 .

    Staff.

    Spurred on by rapid technological innovations, Paris and New York altered the fabrics of their urban personalities with dramatic landscape architectural productions. Public parks, grand avenues, social housing schemes, playground designs, urban corporate estates, rooftop gardens, waterfront recovery and international expositions are but some of the areas which will be investigated during the course. The cross fertilization of ideas between important figures in landscape architecture such as Jean Adolphe Alphand, Eugene Haussmann, Gabriel Gueverkian, in Paris, and Frederick Law Olmsted, Robert Moses and Gilmore Clarke in New York will be reviewed to understand how the “old world” and the “new” contributed to distinctly innovative approaches affecting each city’s open space designs.

  
  • ARCH 3409 - Undergraduate Investigations in Architecture, Culture, and Society


         
    Fall or spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor and approved independent study form are required.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 3420 - [Architectural Field Studies]


    (CU-ITL)     


    Fall. Next offered 2018-2019. 2 credits. Student option grading.

    Offered in Rome.

    Staff.

    Architectural Field Studies features approximately 18 days of customized, faculty-led field trips, both in the Roman region and throughout Italy. The course is based on the premise that the on site analysis of the material and spatial conditions of architecture and urban spaces is fundamental to the design process and to a toolbox of architectural ideas and concepts. Itineraries are carefully composed to expose students to important historical and contemporary sites and buildings that often serve as object lessons for themes studied in the design studio.

     

  
  • ARCH 3520 - [Architectural Portfolio Development]


    (CU-ITL)     
    Fall. Next offered 2018-2019. 1 credit. Student option grading.

    Offered in Rome. The course assumes no prior graphic experience or software ability.

    Staff.

    The portfolio development class facilitates the production of a high-quality portfolio of studio work and other creative projects executed while in Rome. The goal is to instill strong graphic skills, high editorial standards, and sound documentation practices so that creative projects can be re-presented in a compelling and reproducible form.

  
  • ARCH 3702 - Visual Imaging in the Electronic Age

    (crosslisted) ART 2907 , CS 1620 ENGRI 1620  
    (MQR-AAP)      
    Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    D. Greenberg.

    For description, see ART 2907 .

  
  • ARCH 3810 - American Architecture and Building I

    (crosslisted) AMST 3810  
         
    Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1801  and ARCH 1802  or permission of instructor.

    Staff.

    Review of architecture, building, and responses to the landscape from the prehistoric period to the Civil War. Architecture and building as social and collaborative arts are emphasized and thus the contributions of artisans, clients, and users as well as professional architects and builders are examined. The architectural expressions of Native Americans, African Americans, women, and others are treated in addition to those of European colonists and settlers.

  
  • ARCH 3811 - American Architecture and Building II

    (crosslisted) AMST 3811  
         
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1801  and ARCH 1802  or permission of instructor.

    Staff.

    This course surveys American architecture and building from the late 19th century to the present day. The themes of technology, money, art, and urbanism are the conceptual connective tissue of the class. Modernity (the experiences of modern life) and modernisms (the architectural languages of modern life) will be highlighted in the works of Charles F. McKim, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn,Richard Meier, Frank Gehry, Diller + Scofidio Renfrow, Thom Mayne, and others. The mediation and re-presentation of buildings and spaces through other media (music, photography, painting, dance, poetry, literature, and film) are also explored. Walking tours as well as research for landmarking of a picture palace in Queens, New York, will be part of the class.

  
  • ARCH 3819 - Special Topics in the History of Architecture and Urbanism


         
    Fall or spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1801  and ARCH 1802  or permission of instructor.

    Staff.

    This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of History of Architecture and Urbanism. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content please see the Architecture Department webpage http://aap.cornell.edu/academics/architecture/elective-courses-option-studios.

  
  • ARCH 3820 - The Topography and Urban History of Rome in Antiquity and the Middle Ages


    (CU-ITL)     
    Fall or spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Counts as architectural history elective for B.Arch. students; art history elective for B.F.A. students; Literature and the Arts (LA) requirement for B.F.A. and B.S. in URS students. Offered in Rome, Italy.

    J. Gadeyne.

    Rome is a prisoner of its past. The entire city confronts the student with almost 30 centuries of urban and architectural history. This course intends to reconstruct the urban history of Rome from its origins through the Middle Ages (10th century bc-12th century ad). The purpose of this course will be to discover the layers of Rome, combining archaeology with literature, architecture, and urban history with art history. The goal is a thorough and direct knowledge of the Roman and Medieval urban landscape and the way this landscape has sometimes survived until today. Special attention will be given to Roman and Medieval building typology, both private and public, and the development of the urban infrastructure (street system, water supply, fortifications, etc.). Strong emphasis will be placed upon continuity, use/reuse, and transformation of buildings and spaces, etc. Every week one or two different “regions” will be explored that are typical for a particular moment of the urban history. Visits to sites outside Rome also will be used to address the issue of urban history in Italy in antiquity and the Middle Ages.

  
  • ARCH 3821 - History of European Landscape Architecture


         
    Fall. Not offered every year. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1801  and ARCH 1802 , or permission of instructor.

    L. Mirin.

    Survey from classical times to the present, emphasizing design principles and techniques that have established the landscape architecture tradition in Europe. Particular reference is made to the manner in which gardens, streets, plazas, parks, and new towns reflect in their built form, a range of responses to demands of culture, economics, technology, security, the law, and ecology.

  
  • ARCH 3822 - History of American Landscape Architecture


         
    Spring. Not offered every year. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1801  and ARCH 1802 , or permission of instructor.

    L. Mirin.

    Landscape architecture in the United States from Jefferson to the present is examined as a unique expression of the American experience. Influences exerted by the physical landscape, the frontier and utopian spirit, and the cultural assumptions of democracy and capitalism are traced as they affect the forms of urban parks, private and corporate estates, public housing, transportation planning, national parks, and other open-space designs.

  
  • ARCH 3823 - Urban Design, Architecture, and Art in Renaissance and Baroque Rome


    (CU-ITL)     
    Fall, spring. Not offered every year. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1801  and ARCH 1802 , or permission of instructor. Counts as architectural history elective for B.Arch. students; art history elective for B.F.A. students; Literature and the Arts (LA) requirement for B.F.A. and B.S. in URS students. Offered in Rome, Italy.

    J. Blanchard.

    This course focuses on the Renaissance and Baroque phases (15th-18th centuries) of Rome’s history. The first class sessions will survey the city’s urban history and form from its origins to the present, and we will often turn our attention to earlier and later developments, without an understanding of which the Renaissance and Baroque periods would be only partially intelligible. While the history of urban and architectural design will be our main focus, we will also look at key episodes of painting and sculpture, especially by artists who are also among the principal  architects of these periods (Michelangelo, Bernini).

  
  • ARCH 4100 - Elective Design Studio


         
    Fall, spring, summer. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor required.

    Staff.

    Non sequence design studio for students who are not architecture majors at Cornell and for department students taking design studio for non-sequence credit.

  
  • ARCH 4101 - Design VII


         
    Fall, Spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 3102 . Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    Advanced programs in architectural design, with options in, but not limited to, urban design, architectural technology, computational design, ecology, culture, and representation.

  
  • ARCH 4102 - Design VIII


         
    Fall, Spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 4101 . Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    Advanced programs in architectural design, with options including, but not limited to, urban design, architectural technology, computational design, ecology, culture, and representation.

  
  • ARCH 4300 - Architectural Publications

    (crosslisted) ARCH 4500  
         
    Fall or spring. 3 credits (may be repeated for credit). Student option grading.

    Staff.

    Colloquy and practicum on issues related to the production of an architectural journal, as well as other theoretical and practical production issues related to the exchange of architectural ideas. Exercises cover both theoretical as well as hands-on aspects of architectural publication.

  
  • ARCH 4408 - Special Topics in Architecture, Culture, and Society


         
    Fall, Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor required.

    Staff.

    This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of Architecture, Culture and Society. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content please see the Architecture Department webpage http://aap.cornell.edu/academics/architecture/elective-courses-option-studios.

  
  • ARCH 4500 - Architectural Publications

    (crosslisted) ARCH 4300  
         
    Fall or spring. 3 credits (may be repeated for credit). Student option grading.

    Staff.

    For description, see ARCH 4300 .

  
  • ARCH 4508 - Special Investigations in Visual Representation


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall or spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor required. Approved independent study form required.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 4509 - Special Topics in Visual Representation I


         
    Fall or spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1501  and ARCH 1502 , or permission of instructor.

    Staff.

    This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of Visual Representation. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content please see the Architecture Department webpage http://aap.cornell.edu/academics/architecture/elective-courses-option-studios.

  
  • ARCH 4513 - Furniture Design

    (crosslisted) ARCH 4613  
         
    Fall or spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Permission of instructor required. This course is applied as open elective credit for M.Arch. students. Students who wish to earn undergraduate visual representation credit must enroll in ARCH 4513; undergraduate technology credit, ARCH 4613 .

    G. Hascup.

    Explores the history, design, and materiality of furniture. Analyses of materials and joinery-connective systems are developed in parallel with ergonomic restraints. Design transformation occurs through cycles of conceptual alternatives (models and drawings), increasing in scale as the idea evolves. Full-scale prototypes and detailed tectonic drawings are required on three pieces. Multiple enrollment under different course offering numbers is not allowed.

  
  • ARCH 4601 - [Ecological Literacy and Design]

    (crosslisted) DEA 4220  
    (CU-SBY)     
    Fall. Next offered 2018-2019. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Course fee: field trips approx. $25.

    J. Elliott.

    For description, see DEA 4220 .

  
  • ARCH 4603 - Special Topics in Structures


         
    Fall or spring. Not offered every year. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1612 ARCH 2613 , and ARCH 2615  or permission of instructor.

    Staff.

    This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of Structures. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content please see the Architecture Department webpage http://aap.cornell.edu/academics/architecture/elective-courses-option-studios.

  
  • ARCH 4604 - Special Investigations in Construction


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall or spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor and approved independent study form are required.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 4605 - Special Topics in Construction


         
    Fall or spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 2615  or permission of instructor.

    Staff.

    This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of Construction. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content please see the Architecture Department webpage http://aap.cornell.edu/academics/architecture/elective-courses-option-studios.

  
  • ARCH 4609 - Special Investigations in Structures


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall or spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor and approved independent study form are required.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 4613 - Furniture Design

    (crosslisted) ARCH 4513  
         
    Fall or spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Permission of instructor required. This course is applied as open elective credit for M.Arch. students. Students who wish to earn undergraduate visual representation credit must enroll in ARCH 4513 ; undergraduate technology credit, ARCH 4613.

    G. Hascup.

    For description, see ARCH 4513 .

  
  • ARCH 4618 - Special Investigations in Environmental Systems and Conservation


    (CU-SBY, CU-UGR)     
    Fall or spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor and approved independent study form are required.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 4619 - Special Topics in Environmental Systems and Conservation


         
    Fall or spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 1611 , ARCH 2613 , and ARCH 2616  or permission of instructor.

    Staff.

    This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of Environmental Systems and Conservation. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content please see the Architecture Department webpage http://aap.cornell.edu/academics/architecture/elective-courses-option-studios.

  
  • ARCH 4621 - Sustainable Architecture: The Science and Politics of Green Building


    (CU-SBY)     
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    J. Ochshorn.

    Students will examine the five basic components of sustainable building design (site, water, energy, materials, and IEQ) from both a historical perspective and as implemented through the LEED/USGBC rating system, in each case comparing the issues raised by building and environmental science with the political context within which those issues are considered.

  
  • ARCH 5100 - Elective Design Studio


         
    Fall, Spring, Summer. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor required.

    Staff.

    Non sequence design studio for students who are not architecture majors at Cornell and for department students taking design studio for non-sequence credit.

  
  • ARCH 5101 - Design IX


         
    Fall or spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 4102 . Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    Advanced programs in architectural design, with options in, but not limited to, urban design, architectural technology, computational design, ecology, culture, and representation.

  
  • ARCH 5103 - Substitute Design Studio


         
    Fall, Spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor and approved petition required. Meets the graduation requirements for ARCH 5101 . Students who have enrolled in the yearlong ARCH 5903 Expanded Thesis but do not continue the Expanded Thesis must petition to change the first semester to ARCH 5103 Substitute Design Studio in order to receive a semester grade for the first semester.

    Staff.

  
  • ARCH 5104 - Design Xa


         
    Fall, Spring, Summer. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: Nonadvancing grade in ARCH 5902 . Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    A structured studio for those needing to take an alternative to design thesis. This course operates within one of advanced option design studios.

  
  • ARCH 5111 - Core Design Studio I


         
    Fall. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Enrollment limited to: M.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    Introduction to fundamental concepts of architectural design and representation, including preliminary notions of site, program, and context. Emphasis on interpretive, analytical, and generative uses of drawing, physical modeling, and digital media in the design process.

  
  • ARCH 5112 - Core Design Studio II


         
    Spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5111 . Enrollment limited to: M.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    Continuation of subjects developed in the first term. Focus on issues of program and architectonics in the design of a building type in context; introduction to site planning.

  
  • ARCH 5113 - Core Design Studio III


         
    Fall. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5112 . Enrollment limited to: M.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    Focus on relational and ecological design thinking through interpretive, analytical, programmatic and generative uses of digital media. Emphasis on context, nonstandard architectonics and systems in the design of a mid-scale building.

  
  • ARCH 5114 - Core Design Studios IV: Integrative Design Practices


         
    Spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5113 . Enrollment limited to: M.Arch. students. Offered in New York City.

    Staff.

    Focus on the development of architectural ideas in constructed, material form. The studio explores emergent topics and constructive methods in contemporary architectural practice. Design study includes the creation of a comprehensive set of representations that describes an architectural project in detail. Students work in collaborative groups and in consultation with advisors drawn from professional practice to develop a project that engages a complex range of topical areas, including: structural and environmental systems, building envelope systems, materiality and construction, life-safety planning, and sustainability.

  
  • ARCH 5115 - Core Design Studios V: Expanded Practices


         
    Fall. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5114 , ARCH 5611 , ARCH 5613 , ARCH 5614 , ARCH 5615 , ARCH 5616 . Enrollment limited to: M.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    These studios use an expanded form of design practice to address meta-issues in global urbanism. They recognize that architectural production is becoming increasingly heterogeneous and networked, and that real-world projects are seldom defined by site boundaries, or the work of a single profession. On-site design research and speculation are used to situate projects within larger social, political and environmental systems, creatively engage the perspectives of other actors shaping the built environment, and opportunistically orchestrate real world processes and interactions.  

  
  • ARCH 5116 - Vertical Design Studio


         
    Spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5115 . Enrollment limited to: M.Arch. students.

    Staff.

    The vertical studios are topical in nature and engage contemporary issues in architectural practice and research.

  
  • ARCH 5201 - Professional Practice


         
    Fall, Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Fall enrollment limited to: AAP NYC participants. In the fall, offered at AAP NYC. In the spring, offered in Ithaca.

    Staff.

    Examination of organizational and management theories and practices for delivering professional design services. Includes a historic overview of the profession and a review of the architect’s responsibilities from the pre-contract phase through cost estimating and specifications to construction. Application of computer technology in preparing specifications.

  
  • ARCH 5203 - Multicultural Work Environments


    (CU-ITL)     
    Fall or spring. 1 credit. S/U grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. and M.Arch. students whose architectural internships are in a country other than that of their citizenship or prior work experience. Students with summer internships formally enroll in the course during the fall semester after their internship, but must submit approved independent study and ISSO forms during the spring semester prior to the internship and after obtaining an internship offer. Students with part-time fall or spring internships enroll in the course during their internship semester and must submit approved independent study and ISSO forms immediately after obtaining an internship offer. Students with internships during a leave of absence must formally enroll in the course during the semester immediately following their leave, but must submit approved independent study and ISSO forms during the semester immediately prior to the internship and after obtaining an internship offer. For more information contact ISSO at www.isso.cornell.edu.

    Staff.

    Independent study. Promotes an understanding of the cultural assumptions we bring to the work environment and the effects of cultural differences on the ways in which architecture is practiced. A 5-10 page paper relates the experience of the internship to one or more texts approved by the instructor. Course may be taken more than once, but a maximum of 1 credit may be used to fulfill departmental free elective distribution requirement.

  
  • ARCH 5204 - Professional Training


         
    Fall, spring. 1 credit. S/U grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. and M.Arch. students. Offered in New York City. A maximum of 1 credit may be used to fulfill departmental free elective distribution requirement. International students enrolled in the AAPNYC program who select to pursue part-time fall or spring internships must submit approved ISSO forms before AAP NYC architecture professional placement work begins at any placement site. For more information contact ISSO at www.isso.cornell.edu.

    Staff.

    Theme directed experience of internship host firms.

  
  • ARCH 5301 - Theories and Analyses of Architecture I


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Staff.

    Introduces students to influential critical and creative themes in modern architecture. Topics cover influential 20th-century discourses and practices prior to the 1960s, the questions and contexts that they engage, and their implications for contemporary thinking and design. Discussions and assignments aim at developing critical and graphical readings of both works and writings.

  
  • ARCH 5302 - Theories and Analyses of Architecture II


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5301 .

    Staff.

    Continuation of ARCH 5301  focusing on themes in architectural discourse, design, and inquiry from the 1960s to the present, and their creative/critical implications.

  
  • ARCH 5402 - Architecture, Culture, and Society


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Staff.

    Social and cultural values are both reflected in buildings, landscapes, and cities, and constructed by them. At the same time, this articulation of people and built environments is framed by general socio-economic and political systems of ordering that often transcend locale. This course explores how these complexities might impact design practice, drawing on concepts and methods from disciplines such as anthropology, geography and cultural studies, as well as architectural history and theory, and referring to examples from around the world. 

  
  • ARCH 5511 - Constructed Drawing I


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Enrollment limited to: M.Arch. students or permission of instructor.

    Staff.

    Focuses on bridging hand drawing and sketching with digital representation as vehicles for design thinking and perception. Observational, analytical, and transformational exercises develop creative proficiency in freehand line drawing and orthographic projection as well as computational thinking.

  
  • ARCH 5512 - Constructed Drawing II


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5511  or approved equivalent.

    Staff.

    Develops understanding of, and proficiency in, projective drawing, in both analog and digital forms. Students continue to develop a variety of digital representation applications, including modeling, rendering, and animation, and scripting.

  
  • ARCH 5611 - Environmental Systems I: Site and Sustainability


    (CU-SBY)     
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Staff.

    This course examines the relationships between building, site, landscape and sustainability through the lens of ecology and systems thinking. Topics include: basic concepts of sustainability, energetic processes, climate, spatial data visualization, global warming, solar geometry, landscape processes, microclimates, site strategies and grading, building footprint & sustainable building metrics.

  
  • ARCH 5612 - Structural Concepts


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Staff.

    Fundamental concepts of structural behavior. Statics and strength of materials. Introduction to and analysis of simple structural systems.

  
  • ARCH 5613 - Structural Systems


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5612 .

    Staff.

    Behavior and design of overall structural systems for buildings. Particular focus on systems used for resisting lateral loads (rigid frames, braced frames and shear walls) and for spanning long distances (trusses and space frames; cables and membranes; and arches, domes, and shells).

  
  • ARCH 5614 - Building Technology I: Materials and Methods


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Staff.

    Building construction is examined from the following standpoints: life safety (including fire safety and zoning constraints on site planning); building service systems (plumbing, electrical, vertical transportation, security, fire protection); materials, sustainability, and life-cycle analysis; accessibility; technical documentation and outline specifications.

  
  • ARCH 5615 - Building Technology II: Construction Elements


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5612 . Offered in New York City.

    Staff.

    Concepts and procedures for design, manufacturing, and construction in steel, concrete, masonry, timber, and new materials supplemented by examples and case studies. Taught concurrently with the integrative design studio, this course will also include field trips to construction sites, recently completed buildings, and/or fabrication shops/labs, in order to understand and design the integration of elements in both contemporary and emerging construction and fabrication.

  
  • ARCH 5616 - Environmental Systems II: Building Dynamics


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Offered in New York City.

    Staff.

    This course examines the design and analysis of the building envelope, with a focus on the material and energetic transformations taking place at the boundary between architecture and environment. Topics include: comfort, building thermodynamics, envelope assemblies, thermal modeling, active and passive control systems, daylighting and architectural acoustics.

  
  • ARCH 5801 - History of Architecture I


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Staff.

    The history of the built environment as social and cultural expression from the earliest times to the beginning of the modern period is studied through selected examples from across the world. Themes, theories, and ideas in architecture and urban design are explored through texts, artifacts, buildings, cities, and landscapes.

 

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