Courses of Study 2020-2021 
    
    Apr 20, 2024  
Courses of Study 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Cornell University Course Descriptions


 

ARCH—Architecture

  
  • 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. Fall: offered in New York City.

    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.

    Corequisite: ARCH 5201 . Enrollment limited to: B.Arch and M.Arch students. 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 internships must submit approved ISSO forms before AAP NYC architecture professional placement work begins at any placement site. For more information contact OGL at International Global Learning.

    Staff.

    This 1-credit course explores a holistic view of the ‘typologies’ of professional practices and helps prepare students for the various phases of professional applications that include the search, the cover letter, the resumé, the portfolio and the interview. NB: individual portfolio reviews are not an expectation of the course.

  
  • 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


         
    Fall. 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: Structural Elements


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5612 . Co-meets with ARCH 2615 .

    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 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.

  
  • ARCH 5802 - History of Architecture II


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5801  or approved equivalent.

    Staff.

    The history of the built environment as social and cultural expression from the modern period to the present day is studied through selected examples from across the world. Architecture and urban design themes, theories, and ideas are explored through texts, artifacts, buildings, cities, and landscapes.

  
  • ARCH 5810 - American Architecture and Building I


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5801  and ARCH 5802  or permission of instructor. Co-meets with AMST 3810 /ARCH 3810 .

    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 5811 - American Architecture and Building II


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5801  and ARCH 5802  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 5819 - Special Topics in the History of Architecture and Urbanism


         
    Fall or Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5801  and ARCH 5802  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.

  
  • ARCH 5821 - History of European Landscape Architecture


         
    Fall (not offered every year). 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5801  and ARCH 5802  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 5822 - History of American Landscape Architecture


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5801  and ARCH 5802  or permission of instructor. Co-meets with ARCH 3822 .

    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 5902 - Design X Thesis


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall, Spring. 8 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5101  and required directed elective. Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students. Requirement for B.Arch. candidates who must satisfactorily complete a thesis.

    Staff.

  
  • ARCH 5903 - Design IX Expanded Design Thesis


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall, Spring. 14 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 4102  and approval of expanded thesis application. Students who carry a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.7 and minimum studio GPA of 3.8 are eligible to apply. Will satisfy requirement for BArch candidates who must satisfactorily complete a thesis.

    Staff.

    The expanded design thesis is designed for undergraduate students who wish to pursue a yearlong investigation. The expanded thesis must include substantial research and the completed work should be of wider scope and greater depth than is normal for a one-semester thesis. The thesis topic should extend the student’s work already begun in a course or a sequence of courses taken before the fifth year.

  
  • ARCH 5904 - Design X Expanded Design Thesis


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall, Spring. 14 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 4102  and approval of expanded thesis application. Will satisfy requirement for BArch candidates who must satisfactorily complete a thesis.  Students who carry a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.7 and minimum studio GPA of 3.8 are eligible to apply.

    Staff.

    The expanded design thesis is designed for undergraduate students who wish to pursue a yearlong investigation. The expanded thesis must include substantial research and the completed work should be of wider scope and greater depth than is normal for a one-semester thesis. The thesis topic should extend the student’s work already begun in a course or a sequence of courses taken before the fifth year. 

  
  • ARCH 6109 - Special Problems in Design


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

    Permission of instructor and approved independent study form required.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 6110 - Computational Thinking as Design Process


         
    Summer. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: MS AAD students. Offered in New York City.

    Staff.

    Introduction to contemporary computational design techniques, models, and theories.

  
  • ARCH 6301 - Architectural Territories of Investigation


         
    Summer. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: MS AAD students. Offered in New York City.

    Staff.

    Introduction to themes of inquiry in contemporary architecture, including critical motives in research, topical ” problems,” and materials and tactics of investigation involving architecture in relation to discourse, ecology, representation, and urbanism.

  
  • ARCH 6304 - Column, Wall, Elevation, Facade: A Study of the Vertical Surface in Architecture


         
    Fall or Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Co-meets with ARCH 3304 .

    Staff.

    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 6307 - Special Investigations in the Theory of Architecture II


         
    Fall or Spring. 1-4 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor required. Approved independent study form required.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 6308 - Special Topics in the Theory of Architecture II


         
    Fall or Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5301  and ARCH 5302 . Permission of instructor required.

    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.

  
  • ARCH 6309 - Elements, Principles, and Theories in Japanese Architecture


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Co-meets with ARCH 3309 .

    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 6310 - Modern Landscape Architecture


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5301  and ARCH 5302  or permission of instructor. Co-meets with ARCH 3310 .

    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 6311 - Tales of Two Cities


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5301  and ARCH 5302 , or permission of instructor. Co-meets with ARCH 3311 .

    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 6408 - Special Topics in Architecture, Culture, and Society


         
    Fall, Spring. 3-4 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    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.

  
  • ARCH 6409 - Graduate Investigations in Architecture, Culture, and Society


         
    Fall or Spring. 1-4 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor required. Approved independent study form required.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 6508 - Special Investigations in Visual Representation II


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

    Permission of instructor and approved independent study form are required.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 6509 - Special Topics in Visual Representation II


         
    Fall or Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5511  and ARCH 5512  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.

  
  • ARCH 6605 - Special Topics in Construction


         
    Fall, Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    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.

  
  • ARCH 6609 - Special Investigations in Structures


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

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 6800 - State of the Discipline


         
    Fall or Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    Staff.

    This seminar will provide a survey of architectural historiography paying particular attention to the paradigm shifts of recent decades. Through the critical readings of important texts we will discuss the current state of the field while simultaneously reconsidering our position in it. The course will address how we apply theory to practice, develop research strategies that maximize methodological alliances, imbue the study of the past with contemporary relevance, and contribute as much to other disciplines as we borrow from them.

  
  • ARCH 6801 - Foundations of the Discipline


         
    Fall or Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    Staff.

    Explorations of seminal positions that established the disciplinary praxis of the history of architecture and urbanism, based on case studies.

  
  • ARCH 6805 - Practicum


         
    Fall or Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    Staff.

    This course exercises history of architecture and urbanism’s capacities for affecting contemporary events through critical associations with the past. The workshop culminates in an exhibition, publication, symposium, curricular initiative, or other public occasion. Enrollment of qualified graduate students from associated fields is encouraged.

  
  • ARCH 6819 - Seminar in Special Topics in the History of Architecture and Urbanism


         
    Fall or Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor required.

    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.

  
  • ARCH 7101 - Problems in Architecture Design


         
    Fall or Spring. 1-9 credits, variable. Letter grades only.

    Approved independent study form and permission of instructor required. Does not count toward design sequence credit.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 7111 - Design A


         
    Summer. 6 credits. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: MS AAD students.  Offered in New York City.

    Staff.

    Exploration of themes, methods, and technologies in contemporary design.

  
  • ARCH 7112 - Design B: Topic Studio


         
    Fall. 6 credits. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: M.S. AAD 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 7113 - Design C: Topic Studio


         
    Spring. 6 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 7112 . Enrollment limited to: MS AAD 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 7151 - Design Topic Research Studio: Matter Design Computation


         
    Fall. 6 credits. Letter grades only.

    Permission of department required. Enrollment limited to: M.S. MDC students. Co-meets with ARCH 4605 /DESIGN 4151 /DESIGN 6151 .

    Staff.

    The research studio is topical in nature and engages fundamental concepts in matter design computation.

  
  • ARCH 7152 - Design Topic Research Studio 2: Matter Design Computation


         
    Spring. 6 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 7151 . Permission of department required. Enrollment limited to: M.S. MDC students.

    Staff.

    Continuation of subjects developed in the first term. Focus is on research methods in matter design computation.

  
  • ARCH 7702 - Architectural Science Laboratory


         
    Spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Enrollment limited to: Architectural science graduate students.

    D. Greenberg.

    Projects, exercises, and research in the architectural sciences.

  
  • ARCH 7809 - Graduate Independent Study in the History of Architecture and Urbanism


         
    Fall or Spring. 1-12 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 7903 - Thesis or Research in Architectural Science


         
    Fall. 1-12 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Enrollment limited to: Architectural science graduate students.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 7904 - Thesis or Research in Architectural Science


         
    Spring. 1-12 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Enrollment limited to: Architectural science graduate students.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 8104 - Design VIIa


         
    Fall, Spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: nonadvancing grade in ARCH 8912 . Enrollment limited to: MArch students.

    Staff.

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

  
  • ARCH 8151 - Design Topic Research Studio 3: Matter Design Computation


         
    Fall. 9 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 7151 , ARCH 7152 . Permission of department required. Enrollment limited to: M.S. MDC students.

    Staff.

    Pre-thesis research on an independent design project on a topic selected and developed by the student in preparation for ARCH 8905 .

  
  • ARCH 8903 - Projects in Advanced Architectural Design


         
    Spring. 1 credit. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 7111  and ARCH 7112 ; corequisite: ARCH 7113 . Enrollment limited to: M.S. AAD (3-semester option) students.

    Staff.

    Final project documentation drawing on work from ARCH 7111 , ARCH 7112 , and ARCH 7113  design studios as well as from the four courses representing the student’s territory of investigation (TI) — discourse, ecology, representation, or urbanism — that demonstrate expertise in the student’s TI.

  
  • ARCH 8905 - Independent Design Thesis: Matter Design Computation


         
    Spring. 9 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 7151 , ARCH 7152 , ARCH 8151 . Permission of department required. Enrollment limited to: M.S. MDC students.

    Staff.

    An independent design project on a topic selected and developed by the student and researched in ARCH 8151 . Marking the transition between academic and professional practices, the objective of the thesis project is for each student to define an individual position with regard to the discipline and practice of architecture in the context of matter design computation.

  
  • ARCH 8906 - Thesis in Advanced Architectural Design I


         
    Spring. 9 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 7111  and ARCH 7112 . Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: M.S. AAD (4-semester option) students.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 8907 - Thesis in Advanced Architectural Design II


         
    Fall. 9 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 7111 , ARCH 7112 , and ARCH 8906 . Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: MS-AAD (4-semester option) students.

    Staff.

    Independent study.

  
  • ARCH 8911 - Proseminar in Design Research


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5301  and ARCH 5302 . Enrollment limited to: M.Arch students.

    Staff.

    This course offers a synthesis of design and research methods for the development of an independent thesis proposal. Course work includes exposure to different theories and practices of design inquiry, explorations of critical positions for individual development, and preparation of a document encapsulating research leading to a thesis proposition. Successful completion of the course, which includes approval of the thesis document, is a prerequisite for advancement into ARCH 8912 - Independent Design Thesis .

  
  • ARCH 8912 - Independent Design Thesis


         
    Fall. 9 credits. Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARCH 5116 , ARCH 8911 , and all required core M.Arch courses. Enrollment limited to: M.Arch students.

    Staff.

    An independent design project on a topic selected and developed by the student and researched in ARCH 8911 . Marking the transition between academic and professional practices, the thesis project is an opportunity for each student to define an individual position with regard to the discipline of architecture.

  
  • ARCH 8920 - M.A. Essay Research


         
    Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    Permission of instructor required. Approved independent study form required.

    Staff.

    Independent research for the M.A. essay.

  
  • ARCH 8921 - M.A. Essay in the History of Architecture and Urbanism


         
    Fall or Spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.

    Staff.

    Independent preparation of the M.A. essay,

  
  • ARCH 9901 - Ph.D. Dissertation in the History of Architecture and Urbanism


         
    Fall or Spring. 1-12 credits, variable. Student option grading.

    Staff.

    Independent study for the doctoral degree.


ARKEO—Archaeology

  
  • ARKEO 1200 - Ancient Peoples and Places

    (crosslisted) ANTHR 1200  
    (GHB) (HA-AS, HST-AS, SSC-AS) (EC-LASP)     
    Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    J. Henderson.

    For description, see ANTHR 1200 .

  
  • ARKEO 1702 - Archaeology-Great Discoveries

    (crosslisted) CLASS 1702 , NES 1602  
    (HB) (HA-AS, HST-AS)      
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    C. Barrett.

    For description, see CLASS 1702 .

  
  • ARKEO 2010 - [Archaeology of the Ancient Near East]

    (crosslisted) ANTHR 2010 , NES 2610  
    (GHB) (HA-AS, HST-AS, SSC-AS) (CU-ITL)     
    Fall. Not offered: 2020-2021. Next offered: 2022-2023. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    L. Khatchadourian.

    For description, see NES 2610 .

  
  • ARKEO 2201 - Early Agriculture

    (crosslisted) ANTHR 2201 BSOC 2211 
    (GHB) (HA-AS, GLC-AS, HST-AS) (CU-SBY)     
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    N. Russell.

    For description, see ANTHR 2201 .

  
  • ARKEO 2235 - [Archaeology of North American Indians]

    (crosslisted) AIIS 2350 , AMST 2350 , ANTHR 2235  
    (GHB) (HA-AS, HST-AS, SCD-AS)      
    Spring. Not offered: 2020-2021. Next Offered: 2021-2022. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    K. Jordan.

    For description, see ANTHR 2235 .

  
  • ARKEO 2245 - [Health and Disease in the Ancient World]

    (crosslisted) ANTHR 2245 BSOC 2245  
    (HA-AS, HST-AS, SCD-AS)      
    Fall. Not offered: 2020-2021. Next offered: 2021-2022. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    M. Velasco.

    For description, see ANTHR 2245 .

  
  • ARKEO 2285 - [Egyptomania: Imagining Egypt in the Greco-Roman World]

    (crosslisted) ANTHR 2285 CLASS 2685 NES 2985  
    (GHB) (CA-AS, GLC-AS, SCD-AS)      
    Spring. Not offered: 2020-2021. Next offered: 2021-2022. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    C. Barrett.

    For description, see CLASS 2685 .

  
  • ARKEO 2430 - The Rise and Fall of Civilization

    (crosslisted) ANTHR 2430  
    (GHB) (HA-AS, HST-AS, SSC-AS)      
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    A.T. Smith.

    For description, see ANTHR 2430 .

  
  • ARKEO 2465 - [Global Heritage]

    (crosslisted) ANTHR 2465 , NES 2565  
    (GB) (CA-AS, GLC-AS, HST-AS) (CU-ITL)     
    Spring. Not offered: 2020-2021. Next offered: 2021-2022. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    A. Smith.

    For description, see ANTHR 2465 .

  
  • ARKEO 2522 - Drinking through the Ages: Intoxicating Beverages in Near Eastern and World History

    (crosslisted) CLASS 2630 , JWST 2522 , NES 2522  
    (GHB) (CA-AS, HST-AS) (CU-ITL)     
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    C. Monroe.

    For description, see NES 2522 .

  
  • ARKEO 2610 - Fieldwork in Urban Archaeology

    (crosslisted) CRP 2610 , LA 2610  
    (HB) (HA-AS, HST-AS) (CU-CEL)     
    Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    Three 8-hour Sat. field labs required; students choose three Sat. from seven offered.

    S. Baugher.

    For description and learning outcomes, see LA 2610 .

  
  • ARKEO 2620 - Laboratory in Landscape Archaeology

    (crosslisted) LA 2620  
    (HB) (HA-AS, HST-AS) (CU-CEL)     
    Fall, Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    S. Baugher.

    For description and learning outcomes, see LA 2620 .

  
  • ARKEO 2661 - Ancient Ships and Seafaring: Introduction to Nautical Archaeology

    (crosslisted) NES 2661  
    (GHB) (HA-AS, HST-AS) (CU-ITL)     
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    C. Monroe.

    For description, see NES 2661 .

  
  • ARKEO 2662 - [Daily Life in the Biblical World]

    (crosslisted) JWST 2662 , NES 2662 , RELST 2662  
    (GHB) (HA-AS, HST-AS, SSC-AS) (CU-ITL)     
    Summer. Not offered: 2020-2021. Next offered: 2021-2022. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    J. Zorn.

    For description, see NES 2662 .

  
  • ARKEO 2666 - [Jerusalem the Holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam]

    (crosslisted) JWST 2666 , NES 2666 , RELST 2666  
    (GHB) (HA-AS, HST-AS, SSC-AS) (CU-ITL)     
    Fall. Not offered: 2020-2021. Next offered: 2021-2022. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    J. Zorn.

    For description, see NES 2666 .

  
  • ARKEO 2668 - Ancient Egyptian Civilization

    (crosslisted) NES 2668  
    (GHB) (HA-AS, ALC-AS, HST-AS) (CU-ITL)     
    Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    C. Monroe.

    For description, see NES 2668 .

  
  • ARKEO 2688 - Cleopatra’s Egypt: Tradition and Transformation

    (crosslisted) ASRC 2688 , CLASS 2688 HIST 2688 , NES 2688  
    (GHB) (HA-AS, GLC-AS, HST-AS)      
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    C. Barrett.

    For description, see CLASS 2688 .

  
  • ARKEO 2700 - [Introduction to the Classical World in 24 Objects]

    (crosslisted) ARTH 2200 , CLASS 2700  
    (HB) (HA-AS, ALC-AS)      
    Spring. Not offered: 2020-2021. Next offered: 2021-2022. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    V. Platt.

    For description, see ARTH 2200 .

  
  • ARKEO 2710 - [Roman Wall Painting]

    (crosslisted) ARTH 2710 , CLASS 2710  
    (HB) (CA-AS, ALC-AS)      
    Spring. Not offered: 2020-2021. Next offered: 2021-2022. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    V. Platt.

    For description, see CLASS 2710 .

  
  • ARKEO 2711 - Archaeology of the Roman World: Italy and the West

    (crosslisted) ARTH 2711 , CLASS 2711 , SHUM 2711  
    (HB) (HA-AS, HST-AS)      
    Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    A. Van Oyen.

    For description, See CLASS 2711 .

  
  • ARKEO 2712 - The Ancient Economy

    (crosslisted) CLASS 2712 , HIST 2712  
    (HB) (HA-AS, HST-AS, SSC-AS)      
    Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    A. Van Oyen.

    For description, see CLASS 2712 .

  
  
  • ARKEO 2743 - [Archaeology of Roman Private Life]

    (crosslisted) ARTH 2221 , CLASS 2743  
    (HB) (CA-AS, ALC-AS)      
    Spring. Not offered: 2020-2021. Next offered: 2021-2022. 3 credits. Student option grading.

    A. Alexandridis.

    For description, see CLASS 2743 .

  
  • ARKEO 2800 - Introduction to the Arts of China

    (crosslisted) ARTH 2800 , ASIAN 2288 , SHUM 2800 
    (GHB) (LA-AS, ALC-AS, HST-AS)      
    Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading (no audit).

    A. Pan.

    For description, see ARTH 2800 .

  
  
  • ARKEO 2846 - Magic and Witchcraft in the Greco-Roman World

    (crosslisted) ANTHR 2846 , CLASS 2646 , NES 2546  
    (HB) (CA-AS, HST-AS, SCD-AS)      
    Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

    C. Barrett.

    For description, see CLASS 2646 .

  
  • ARKEO 3000 - Undergraduate Independent Study in Archaeology and Related Fields


         
    Fall, Spring. 1-4 credits, variable (may be repeated for credit). Student option grading.

    Prerequisite: ARKEO 1200  or permission of instructor. Permission of instructor required. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Staff.

    Undergraduate students pursue topics of particular interest under the guidance of a faculty member.

 

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