UVa Course Catalog (Unofficial, Lou's List)
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Architecture and Landscape Architecture
ALAR 5010Introduction to Design (1.00)
The Summer Design Institute prepares graduate students admitted to the Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture Programs for rigorous professional study in these design disciplines. Three courses comprise the full time course of study over a two month period during the University of Virginia's Summer Session. Introduction to design concepts from the scale of the city to the body, developing an understanding of design process and compositional strategies in architecture and landscape architecture. Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Architecture or Master of Landscape Architecture Program - required for entry into the three year course of professional study unless waived by the Department Chair.
ALAR 5020Introduction to Design Graphics (1.00)
The Summer Design Institute prepares graduate students admitted to the Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture Programs for rigorous professional study in these design disciplines. Three courses comprise the full time course of study over a two month period during the University of Virginia's Summer Session. Introduction to both digital and manual representational techniques, developing the precision and facility necessary for visual communication. Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Architecture or Master of Landscape Architecture Program - required for entry into the three year course of professional study unless waived by the Department Chair.
ALAR 5030Introduction to Design Theory and Analysis (1.00)
The Summer Design Institute prepares graduate students admitted to the Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture Programs for rigorous professional study in these design disciplines. Three courses comprise the full time course of study over a two month period during the University of Virginia's Summer Session. Introduction to the analysis of the physical environment at the intersection of historical understanding and contemporary imagination. Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Architecture or Master of Landscape Architecture Program - required for entry into the three year course of professional study unless waived by the Department Chair.
ALAR 5500Special Topic in Architecture and Landscape Architecture (3.00)
Topical offerings in architecture and landscape architecture.
ALAR 6710Studio Workshop (2.00)
Lectures and demonstrations of graphic skills and digital media to be incorporated in ARCH 6010.
ALAR 6712Studio Workshop (2.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Lectures and demonstrations of graphic skills and digital media to be incorporated in ARCH 6020.
ALAR 7020Design Research Studio I (6.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Intermediate-level design problems, emphasizing structure, enclosure, life safety and building systems. Prerequisite: ARCH 7010 or L AR 7010
ALAR 8020Design Research Studio II (6.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Advanced vertical studio, exploring complex issues and sites, often through interdisciplinary design research. Typical projects include brownfields, urban landscape infrastructure, and sustainable designs. Several choices available including Venice travel studio. Prerequisite: ARCH 8010 or L AR 8010
ALAR 8060Urbanism Design Studio (6.00)
This design studio pulls together many issues that graduate students have studied individually in design technology, theory and history courses into a complex and integrated section of a living and working community.
ALAR 8100Design Research Seminar (3.00)
Design Research Seminar. Prerequisite: Permission of the chair.
ALAR 8995Independent Design Research Studio (6.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Independent Design Research Studio.        
History of Art and Architecture
ARAH 5056Roman Architecture (3.00)
Roman Architecture
ARAH 5058Roman Imperial Art and Architecture I (3.00)
Roman Imperial Art and Architecture I
ARAH 5059Roman Imperial Art and Architecture II (3.00)
Roman Imperial Art and Architecture II
ARAH 5253Italian Fifteenth Century Painting I (3.00)
Italian Fifteenth Century Painting I
ARAH 5254Italian 16th Century Painting (3.00)
Italian 16th Century Painting
ARAH 5277Italian Renaissance Sculpture I (3.00)
Italian Renaissance Sculpture I
ARAH 5281Dutch Painting in the Golden Age (3.00)
Surveys the major artists and schools of the United Provinces from about 1580-1680, including Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Vermeer, and Jacob van Ruisdael, seen in the context of Dutch culture and history. Emphasizes the iconographic method of interpreting daily-life genre and landscape, the role of theory in Dutch art, and the character of Dutch realism.
ARAH 5525Topics in Renaissance Art History (3.00)
Examines focused topics in Renaissance Art History.
ARAH 5559New Course in History of Art (3.00 - 4.00)
This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of History of Art.
ARAH 5585Topics in the Art of East, South, and Southeast Asia (3.00)
Examines focused topics in the Art of East, South, and Southeast Asia.
ARAH 5681Museum Studies (3.00)
Museum Studies
ARAH 5751Approaches to American Art (3.00)
Introduces historiography and methodology of American art history from earliest discussions to the present, through an analysis of one particular mode (e.g., portraiture, landscape, genre) over time.
ARAH 5752Representations of Race in American Art (3.00)
Representations of Race in American Art
ARAH 5753Southern History and Material Culture (3.00)
Southern History & Material Culture is an intensive graduate-level introduction to the decorative arts, history and material culture of the American South. The four-week course includes a number of lectures, collection studies and workshops by members of the staff of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Old Salem, Inc., the faculty of the University of Virginia, and guest scholars.
ARAH 5951African Art (3.00)
African Art
ARAH 7500Research Problems in Ancient Architecture/Archaeology (3.00)
Reading and research problems in ancient architecture and archaeology.
ARAH 7505Research Problems in Ancient Art/ Archaeology (3.00)
Reading and research on problems in Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art.
ARAH 7510Research Problems in Medieval Architecture (3.00)
Reading and research problems in medieval architecture
ARAH 7515Research Problems Medieval Art (3.00)
Reading and research on problems in medieval art and its social background.
ARAH 7520Research Problems in Renaissance/Baroque Architecture (3.00)
Reading and research problems in Renaissance/Baroque architecture
ARAH 7525Research Problems in Renaissance/Baroque Art (3.00)
Reading and research problems in Renaissance/Baroque art
ARAH 7530Research Problems in 18th/19th Century Architecture (3.00)
Reading and research problems in 18th/19th century architecture
ARAH 7535Research Problems in 18th/19th Century Art (3.00)
Reading and research problems in 18th/19th century art
ARAH 7540Research Problems in 20th/21st Century Architecture (3.00)
Reading and research problems in 20th/21st century architecture
ARAH 7545Research Problems in 20th/21st Century Art (3.00)
Reading and research problems in 20th/21st century art.
ARAH 7560Research Problems in Architecture Theory, Comparative & Other Topics (3.00)
Reading and research problems in architecture theory, comparative & other topics.
ARAH 7565Research Problems in Art Theory, Comparative & Other Topics (3.00)
Reading and research problems in art theory, comparative & other topics.
ARAH 7570Research Problems in the Architecture of the Americas (3.00)
Reading and research problems in the architecture of the Americas.
ARAH 7575Research Problems in the Art of the Americas (3.00)
Reading and research problems in the art of the Americas.
ARAH 7580Research Problems in the Architecture of East, South, and Southeast Asia (3.00)
Reading and research problems in the architecture of East, South, and Southeast Asia.
ARAH 7585Research Problems in the Art of East, South, and Southeast Asia (3.00)
Reading and research problems in the art of East, South, and Southeast Asia.
ARAH 7590Research Problems in the Architecture of Africa or Islam (3.00)
Reading and research problems in the architecture of Africa or Islam.
ARAH 7595Research Problems in the Art of Africa or Islam (3.00)
Reading and research problems in the art of Africa or Islam.
ARAH 8051Theory and Interpretation in the Visual Arts (3.00)
Investigates problems in the theory and interpretation of the visual arts
ARAH 8052Library Methodology in the Visual Arts (1.00)
Required for all entering graduate students. Introduces the bibliography of the visual arts including architecture, archaeology, painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts. Specific research and reference publications are analyzed in terms of their scope, special features, and applications to meeting research and information needs.
ARAH 8091MA Thesis Research (3.00)
MA Thesis Research
ARAH 8092MA Thesis Writing (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		The MA thesis, up to 50 pages in length, will be prepared under the supervision of the major advisor, reviewed by a three-person committee and defended orally before the end of term.
ARAH 8095Dissertation Proposal (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Preparation of a 15-20 page dissertation proposal under the supervision of a dissertation advisor.
ARAH 8695Special Reading Problems (3.00 - 12.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Special Reading Problems
ARAH 8940Special Reading Problems in Art (1.00 - 3.00)
Special Reading Problems in Art
ARAH 8950Special Reading Problems (1.00 - 12.00)
Special Reading Problems
ARAH 8998Non-Topical Rsch, Masters Prep (1.00 - 12.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
ARAH 8999Non-Topical Research, Masters (1.00 - 12.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		For master's research, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
ARAH 9500Seminar in Ancient Architecture/Archaeology (3.00)
Investigates problems in ancient architecture/archaeology.
ARAH 9505Seminar in Ancient Art/Archaeology (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Investigates problems in ancient art/archaeology
ARAH 9510Seminar in Medieval Architecture (3.00)
Investigates problems in medieval architecture
ARAH 9515Seminar in Medieval Art (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Investigates problems in medieval art
ARAH 9520Seminar in Renaissance/Baroque Architecture (3.00)
Investigates problems in renaissance/baroque architecture
ARAH 9525Seminar in Renaissance/Baroque Art (3.00)
Investigates problems in renaissance/baroque art
ARAH 9530Seminar in 18th/19th Architecture (3.00)
Investigates problems in 18th-19th century architecture
ARAH 9535Seminar in 18th/19th Art (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Investigates problems in 18th-19th century art
ARAH 9540Seminar in 20th/21st Century Architecture (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Investigates problems in 20th/21st century architecture
ARAH 9545Seminar in 20th/21st Century Art (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Investigates problems in 20th/21st century architecture.
ARAH 9560Seminar in Architecture Theory, Comparative & Other Topics (3.00)
Investigates problems in architecture theory, comparative, and other topics.
ARAH 9565Seminar in Art Theory, Comparative & Other Topics (3.00)
Investigates problems in architecture theory, comparative, and other topics
ARAH 9570Seminar in the Architecture of the Americas (3.00)
Investigates problems in architecture of the Americas
ARAH 9575Seminar in the Art of the Americas (3.00)
Investigates problems in art of the Americas
ARAH 9580Seminar in the Architecture of East, South, and Southeast Asia (3.00)
Investigates problems in architecture of East, South, and Southeast Asia
ARAH 9585Seminar in the Art of East, South, and Southeast Asia (3.00)
Investigates problems in art of East, South, and Southeast Asia
ARAH 9590Seminar in the Architecture of Africa or Islam (3.00)
Investigates problems in architecture of Africa or Islam
ARAH 9595Seminar in the Art of Africa or Islam (3.00)
Investigates problems in art of Africa or Islam.
ARAH 9995Supervised Research (3.00 - 12.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Supervised Research
ARAH 9998Non-Topical Rsch,Doctoral Prep (1.00 - 12.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.
ARAH 9999Non-Topical Research, Doctoral (3.00 - 12.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		For doctoral research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
Architecture
ARCH 1010Lessons of the Lawn (4.00)
The study of architecture as a speculation on origins is located at the conjunctive core of any liberal arts curriculum and serves as the physical armature and conceptual foundation of the University. This course is concerned with the contemporary imagination, attempting to make the discipline of architecture meaningful to a wide range of citizens in its public obligation to be constructive and optimistic in the most profoundly ethical, pragmatic, and magical of terms.
ARCH 1020Lessons in Making (4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Introduces the aspects of design considered fundamental to an understanding and interpretation of architecture and the visual arts. Introduces drawing and presentation skills, and develops the precision and facility necessary for visual communication.
ARCH 2010Introduction to Architectural Design I (6.00)
The 2nd year introductory architectural design studios explore comprehensive and foundational design principles, skill sets, and critical thinking. The material covered through the fall and spring semesters is presented through a series of lectures, projects, exercises, workshops, symposia and reviews which involve the beginning design student in the thoughtful application of fundamental design principles, foundational techniques of representation and fabrication and comprehensive critical design strategies. These courses foster the development of the beginning design student's design methodology founded on thoughtful, creative, ethical and rigorous work practices in service of exploring meaningful formal and spatial propositions. Prerequisite: ARCH 1010, 1020
ARCH 2011Summer Intro to Design Studio (6.00)
Prerequisite: For undergraduate transfer students accepted by the Dept. of Architecture only. This introductory architectural design studio explores comprehensive & foundational design principles, skill sets, & critical thinking. The material covered is presented through a series of lectures, projects, exercises,workshops, symposia & reviews involving the beginning design student in the thoughtful application of comprehensive critical design.
ARCH 2020Introduction to Architectural Design II (6.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		The 2nd year introductory architectural design studios explore comprehensive and foundational design principles, skill sets, and critical thinking. The material covered through the fall and spring semesters is presented through a series of lectures, projects, exercises, workshops, symposia and reviews which involve the beginning design student in the thoughtful application of fundamental design principles, foundational techniques of representation and fabrication and comprehensive critical design strategies. These courses foster the development of the beginning design student's design methodology founded on thoughtful, creative, ethical and rigorous work practices in service of exploring meaningful formal and spatial propositions. Prerequisite: ARCH 2010
ARCH 2021Summer Intro to Design Studio 1 (6.00)
Prerequisite: ARCH 2010 or 2011, for undergraduate transfer students accepted by the Dept. of Architecture only.
ARCH 2040Introduction to Architectural Design (3.00)
Introduction to Architectural Design
ARCH 2150Global Sustainability (3.00)
Earth's ecosystems are unraveling at an unprecedented rate, threatening human wellbeing and posing substantial challenges to contemporary society. Designing sustainable practices, institutions, and technologies for a resource-constrained world is our greatest challenge. This integrated and interdisciplinary course prepares students to understand, innovate and lead the efforts necessary to engage in this task.
ARCH 2500Special Topics in Architecture (1.00 - 4.00)
Topical offerings in the subject of Architecture.
ARCH 3010Architectural Design I (6.00)
Analyzes architectural design conceptualization and synthesis; the relationship of building, site, and basic technology as determinants in architectural form; and the integration of various disciplines and concerns in the design of a complete building. Prerequisite: ARCH 2020.
ARCH 3020Architectural Design II (6.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Analyzes architectural design conceptualization and synthesis; the relationship of building, site, and basic technology as determinants in architectural form; and the integration of various disciplines and concerns in the design of a complete building. Prerequisite: ARCH 3010.
ARCH 3120Architecture Theory: Criticality and Systematicity (3.00)
Architectural theory acts as a critical discourse parallel to practice¿as its conscience and provocation. Buildings, landscapes, and manifestos by architects are scrutinized for significant, recurring themes using methods from aesthetics, philosophy, and criticism. This course relies upon reading, writing, and argument to develop an analytic approach that bridges the gap between architectural knowledge and other forms of knowledge. Prerequisite: AR H 1010 and 1020.
ARCH 3140Design Themes of Great Cities (3.00)
This course discusses the design qualities of the world's great cities. Each session focuses on the defining characteristics of different cities such as their natural settings, public spaces, transportation systems, types of buildings, and everyday details.
ARCH 3230Systems, Sites and Building (4.00)
Examines the role of design in mediating between dynamic climatic forces such as wind, energy and light and the human response to the environment. Weaving discussions of fundamental principles with case studies and illustrative exercises, the course focuses on the design of the boundary between the internal and external environments.
ARCH 3240Introduction to Structural Design (4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		A first course in structures for undergraduates to develop analytic and critical skills through both mathematical and visual investigation. Topics include statics, mechanics of materials, computer-based structural analysis, and the design and behavior of basic structural elements and systems. Prerequisite: Equivalent college-level physics.
ARCH 3260Building Matters (4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Explores and evaluates the properties of basic building materials and construction assemblies. Introduces building construction from a variety of viewpoints, with emphasis on ecological thinking in architectural decision-making. Students will analyze and critique materials and construction systems, and how they correspond to aesthetic, technical, financial and ethical issues.
ARCH 3410CAAD 3D Modeling & Visualization (3.00)
A comprehensive course in three-dimensional computer aided design and visualization methods used in architecture and landscape architecture. The class explores design worlds that are made accessible through computer-based media. Lectures provide a theoretical framework for computer-aided design, describe current methods, and speculate on advanced methods.
ARCH 3500Special Topics in Architecture (1.00 - 4.00)
Topical offerings in architecture.
ARCH 3640Town Design (3.00)
This course will investigate the generic principles and strategies that shape the form and character of towns and discuss influential towns that over the past several generations have, at least to their advocates, represented ¿good¿ planning and design. While recognizing the importance of social and economic factors, the course will emphasize the physical, visual, and experiential qualities of towns.
ARCH 3993Independent Study (1.00 - 3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor
ARCH 4010Architectural Design III (6.00)
Explores architectural design problems of complex programs and intermediate scale, emphasizing circulation, formal intent, and specialized technology in both historic and contemporary urban contexts. Prerequisite: ARCH 3020.
ARCH 4020Architectural Design IV (6.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Explores architectural design problems of complex programs and intermediate scale, emphasizing circulation, formal intent, and specialized technology in both historic and contemporary urban contexts. Prerequisite: ARCH 4010.
ARCH 4500Special Topics in Architecture. (1.00 - 3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Topical offerings in architecture.
ARCH 4510J-Term Courses (1.00 - 3.00)
January Term courses provide students with unique opportunities: new courses that address topics of current interest, study abroad programs, undergraduate research seminars, and interdisciplinary courses. The intensive format of "J-term" classes encourages extensive student-faculty contact and allows students and faculty to immerse themselves in a particular subject.
ARCH 4820Teaching Experience (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Selected students lead a seminar (of 8 to 10 younger students each) for 'Lessons of the Lawn' and 'Lessons in Making.' All student assistants attend class lectures (for a second time) and then meet with their seminar groups weekly, leading discussions of topics and questions raised by the instructor.
ARCH 4993Independent Study (1.00 - 4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor
ARCH 5110Design Approaches to Existing Sites (3.00)
Explores various approaches by designers to the contexts of their work. Examines buildings, urban infrastructure, and landscape interventions, and includes lectures, discussions, and presentations by visitors and students.
ARCH 5140Advanced Design Themes of Great Cities (3.00)
This course discusses the design qualities of the world's great cities. Each session focuses on the defining characteristics of different cities such as their natural settings, public spaces, transportation systems, types of buildings, and everyday details.
ARCH 5150Global Sustainability (3.00)
Earth¿s ecosystems are unraveling at an unprecedented rate, threatening human wellbeing and posing substantial challenges to contemporary society. Designing sustainable practices, institutions, and technologies for a resource-constrained world is our greatest challenge. This integrated and interdisciplinary course prepares students to understand, innovate and lead the efforts necessary to engage in this task.
ARCH 5160Models for Higher Density Housing (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This seminar will focus on density and contemporary housing issues, specifically related to affordable housing. As cities have spread out or decayed at the core, the variety of housing options has decreased leading to a growing divide between where and how people can afford to live. Assignments range from readings and leading discussion to case study presentations of recent global and local housing designs.
ARCH 5170New Urban Housing (3.00)
The class attempts to give students an introduction to the design issues associated with high-density urban housing. This area was a focus of experimentation for the first generation of modern architects. Today, pressures from urban sprawl and concerns for sustainable patterns of living have renewed the need to find ways of making modern urban neighborhoods. Issues of innovation and continuity need to be explored. This seminar will discuss the history of modern housing and explore a range of contemporary architectural projects, built and unbuilt.
ARCH 5180Issues in Contemporary Architecture (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Participants will investigate a diverse range of issues confronted in the conception, making and interpretation of contemporary architecture, including urban, social, aesthetic, representational, and technological concerns. Questions will be examined through a case study model grounded in history and supplemented by readings. During each class, 2-3 buildings will be formally analyzed to illustrate the thematic investigation.
ARCH 5190Cultural Criticism in Architecture (3.00)
This seminar explores the relationship between architecture and culture. The seminar will study the effects of advanced capitolism, identity politics and latent biases that form the foundation of the architecture profession.
ARCH 5300Evaluating Eco-MOD (3.00)
The seminar focuses on the evaluation of the ecological, prefabricated and affordable housing units. The students in the seminar work individually or in small teams to analyze the prototypical homes by: assessing the environmental impact of the design and the fabrication of them; designing and installing a building monitoring system; creating a post occupancy evaluation survey for the occupants; assessing the positioning of the ecoMOD homes in the modular housing and affordable housing markets; assessing the affordability of the units; assessing the viability of integrating the homes into other neighborhoods in the area; creating a business and marketing plan for taking the project to scale; and preparing a collective final report that synthesizes the research of the entire evaluation team.
ARCH 5301Eco-Mod Seminar (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This seminar is focused on an evaluation of the third ecoMOD project. ecoMOD is a research and design / build / evaluate project at the School of Architecture, in partnership with the School of Engineering and Applied Science. The project goal is to develop ecological, prefabricated and affordable house prototypes for low-income families. Over the next several years, interdisciplinary teams of UVA students and faculty are designing and building several 600 to 1,400 square foot housing units. The completed homes are being evaluated carefully. The results of these efforts will directly influence later designs. The objective of the seminar is to analyze the third project, using the building monitoring, life cycle assessments, post occupancy evaluations and an affordability analysis. The course is open to graduate as well as 3rd and 4th year undergraduates from any program at the university. In particular, the instructor is hoping for a mix of architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, planning, economics, business and environmental science students. Engineering students will be enrolled in a separate course, led by engineering professor Paxton Marshall. The engineering students will meet with the class on a regular basis, so that all disciplines can work together on the final report.
ARCH 5310Learning Barge: Intention Fabrication (3.00)
Learning Barge: Intention Fabrication
ARCH 5320Some Assembly Required: Research and Development (3.00)
This course functions as research and development seminar - the research and development initiatives will consist of three distinct and critically interdependent phases: first, case study analysis and interpretation; secondly, development of issue-specific project proposal; and thirdly, innovative advancement of research topic. In consultation with the course instructor, each research initiative focuses on a specific topic of building construction. Building materials, fabrication technologies, components, assemblies and systems are all potential areas of investigation. It is important to note that although the course emphasizes that each student's investigation find its locus in a specific aspect of building construction - i.e. hybrid material composition, component fabrication processes, cladding assembly sequencing, mechanical system distribution or site staging - the research is also required to speculate on how overall building systems would be affected by the innovation of a specific material, fabrication process, component assembly, or system integration.
ARCH 5321Some Assembly Required: Design Build (4.00)
The course focuses on the study of modern fabrication practices in the context of design/build projects.
ARCH 5340Construction Practice Management (3.00)
Provides future architects, engineers, lawyers, and developers with an overall understanding of the construction process for commercial, industrial, and institutional projects. Follows the history of a typical project from selection of architect to final completion of construction. Topics include design cost control, cost estimating, bidding procedures, bonds and insurance, contracts and sub-contracts, progress scheduling, fiscal controls, payment requests, submittals, change orders, inspections, overall project administration, and continuing architect-owner-contractor relationships. Lectures and related field trips.
ARCH 5360Concepts in Architecture Detailing (3.00)
An exploration of the life of details in building. Examines the ways in which technical decisions are made, and focuses on details and constructions within particular regional contexts.
ARCH 5361Advanced Architectural Detailing (3.00)
An exploration of the life of details in building. Examines the ways in which technical decisions are made, and focuses on details and constructions within particular regional contexts.
ARCH 5370Depth of Surface (3.00)
Construction systems and material selection must be a generative process not a reactive application. What are the possibilities for the Depth of Surface to exploit the tension between internal criteria and external forces & context? The fundamental issues of buildability must be driven by a sense of 'what do you want to see?' as well as the pragmatic - with the detail reinforcing, not diluting, the whole. How can overall composition, form, performance and structure of building envelope come together (via detail) within a specific conceptual context?
ARCH 5380Soft Surface Operation (3.00)
We will explore the parameters of shaping the flow of light, wind, and water; then test these discoveries through full-scale mock-ups, exploring practical potentials as well as the experiential aspects of weather phenomena and surface performance. Working with a set of high performance fabrics, it will be possible to produce operable, interactive, beautiful surfaces that create comfortable semi-exterior conditions year-round.
ARCH 5400Experimental Technologies (3.00)
Covering theory to practice, the course is an introduction to the use of digital technologies for the analysis, simulation and visualization of space, time and processes on cultural sites. The course focuses on the use of computer technologies for the visualization, exploration and analysis of natural and built environments (broad enough to include issues and methodologies of interest to architects, landscape architects, archaeologists and architectural historians). Topics are explored through class lectures on the theory and application of computational/visualization technology, guest lectures, example projects, field trips to project site and exercises examining emergent issues.
ARCH 5420Digital Animation & Storytelling (3.00)
An exploration of moviemaking through exercises in computer animation. Approximately five independently developed short animations constitute the work of the semester, culminating in a one- to five-minute long final movie project. It is anticipated that an interdisciplinary group of students admitted to the seminar will bring perspectives from across the visual and design arts. Movie projects may range in creative subject areas. Built and landscape architectural places may be experienced according to our own changing eye point of view, the transformation of light and objects, as well as the movement of other people. Story telling, whether by means of simple character animation or more complex scene description, may related to these contextual aspects of either real or imagined environments. This subject is more exclusively focused than ARCH 5450 on animation as a means to creative moviemaking. Prerequisite: ARCH 3410/6410 or Instructor Permission.
ARCH 5422Computer Animation: Design in Motion (3.00)
Arch 5422 is a hands-on workshop in moviemaking by techniques in three-dimensional computer animation with composite video, sound editing and capture. We screen independent and feature film animation and ongoing student work concluding in a 1 to 5 min. final project. Short readings are in film and cognitive science. Students may enroll from diverse areas such as design, art, drama, computer science, the physical sciences, and education.
ARCH 5450Digital Moviemaking & Animation (3.00)
Visual storytelling is the basis for making movies in this hands-on production oriented class. The technology of both computer graphics animation and digital video production are explored. Themes may incorporate short character studies or visual narratives related to the built and natural environment, such as its observable symbols and images, the process of physical and conceptual assembly, transformations of light and form, spatial or formal composition, the movement of people and objects, and similar phenomena that vary over time. Students have the option to use either computer graphics animation or video production. The links between perception, representation, and design are examined within both a historical and a contemporary critical framework. Prerequisite: ARCH 3410/6410 or instructor permission.
ARCH 5470Information Space (3.00)
We live in a world rich with information. This course concentrates on the identity and role of information in our environs: in the buildings and cities that we inhabit and in the evolving networks and World Wide Web that are increasingly a part of our daily lives. The course looks practically and theoretically at how we build information, why, and how we use and populate it in our world. In both the physical and digital realms we study language, graphics, and urban form as `Information Space`, and look for ways to build new architectures that use information well. The course uses web design technology as a vehicle to explore these themes.
ARCH 5490CNC Fabrication (3.00)
This is a seminar about computation and the physical making of architecture. The course centers on student research into computer-controlled modeling and fabrication through hands-on use of CNC machines and advanced CAD technologies. The course focuses on the making of objects, parts, and systems at real-world, real-material scales and on the invention of strategies that link geometric form and computation with fabrication and material processing.
ARCH 5500Special Topics in Architecture (1.00 - 3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Topical offerings in architecture.
ARCH 5501Special Topics in Architecture (0.00)
Topical offerings in architecture.
ARCH 5510J-Term Courses (1.00 - 3.00)
J Term Courses
ARCH 5590Faculty Research Seminar (1.00 - 3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Affords students opportunities to participate in specific faculty's advance research projects.
ARCH 5608China Design Workshop (3.00)
The course will combine field analysis, precedent study, and collaborative design proposals into contemporary Chinese architecture and urban form. Focused readings will supplement the design investigation.
ARCH 5620Robotic Ecologies (3.00)
The seminar will explore recent advances in the interdisciplinary fields of architecture, landscape and urbanism, where design research has intersected with the advanced sciences to produce entirely new modes of thinking, designing and building. We will explore the promise of robotics to productively intermesh and interact with the complex ecologies of our physical environment.
ARCH 5630Design of Cities (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Cities are physical artifacts that are experienced psychologically and socially. This course investigates the theories surrounding these processes to reach an understanding of humanistic urban design intentions. Experiential realities are explored through case studies, readings, and mapping exercises.
ARCH 5640Adv. Town Design (3.00)
This course will investigate the generic principles and strategies that shape the form and character of towns and discuss influential towns that over the past several generations have, at least to their advocates, represented ¿good¿ planning and design. While recognizing the importance of social and economic factors, the course will emphasize the physical, visual, and experiential qualities of towns.
ARCH 5660Design and Leadership (3.00)
The aim of this course is to give students a fundamental and practical understanding of leadership and the role that design plays in exercising leadership and mobilizing the resources of a group. This is a course designed for students currently being educated in the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning. The purpose is to increase significantly one's individual capacity to sustain the demands of leadership and to strengthen considerably one's individual ability to exercise both leadership and authority within in the larger arena of public life.
ARCH 5680Lessons of the City (3.00)
This course explores the relationship between cultural values and urban form, introducing students to a body of literature and projects examining the various historical, social, political, regulatory, economic and physical conditions, which influence the design of cities. Through lecture, selected reading, class discussion, individual and group projects, and field trips this class examines the history, theories, and practices that have influenced the development of cities from antiquity to the present. Much of the discussion is on the evolution of the American city; using a field trips as a means to explore first hand urban environments
ARCH 5700InfoLab: Laboratory for Visualizing Information (3.00)
The design process has become an essential filter of all types of information. Due to contemporary forms of communication and media, this process has now been charged with the task of gathering, filtering, comprehending, processing, interpreting, forming and representing information in a clear and coherent manner. This laboratory seeks to introduce its participants to various modes of forming and representing information, qualifying, quantifying and visualizing it with the ultimate goal of familiarizing themselves with contemporary representational techniques and creating new visualization tools.
ARCH 5710Photography and Digital Media (3.00)
This course seeks to give students the ability to conceive and create digital photographic imagery with control and sophistication. Topics include fundamentals of photography, color theory, digital control of visual qualities, and methods of image montage for both still images and short animations. Methods include production and presentation for both printed hard copy and for the World Wide Web.
ARCH 5750Drawing and Composition (3.00)
This course covers the fundamentals of drawing with a focus on the human figure. The assignments address line, tone, volume, space, scale, proportion and artistic expression. The analysis of human form (inside and out) is applied to rendering buildings, interiors, still life and landscapes.
ARCH 5760Drawing and Sketching (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This course will cover the fundamentals of drawing with a focus on the human figure. It will address line, tone volume, space, scale, proportion and artistic expression. The analysis of human form will also be applied to rendering still-life, buildings, interiors and landscapes. Various wet and dry media will be introduced to illustrate the drawing objectives. An emphasis on 'process' will direct the momentum of this course.
ARCH 5770Drawings and Collages (3.00)
In this course we make collages, drawings, and mixed media projects. Rather than distinguishing collage and drawing as separate categories, we explore their exciting in-between territory. We make plane (and plain) images: configurations of relatively stable, still marks on two-dimensional surfaces. We use traditional drawing methods (graphite, colored pencil or ink on paper) as well as more unusual tools and materials (sidewalk chalk, earth, trash, recycled materials). Through brief weekly readings and discussions we explore the relationship between aesthetics and ethics¿between "good forms" and forms that in some way contribute or allude to the "common good."
ARCH 5780Painting and Public Art (3.00)
In this course we make paintings and mixed media projects. We stress the process rather then the artistic product and, like artist Sol LeWitt, define painting 'as an activity on a flat plane.' We make plane (and plain) images: configurations of relatively stable, still marks on two-dimensional surfaces. We use traditional methods (watercolor or ink on paper, acrylics on canvas) as well as more unusual tools and materials (sidewalk chalk, earth, trash, recycled materials). Through weekly readings and discussions we explore the relationship between aesthetics and ethics¿between 'good forms' and forms that in some way contribute or allude to the 'common good.'
ARCH 5800Vicenza Program (6.00)
Summer study abroad in Vicenza, Italy. Students will be introduced to Italian culture through the study of architecture, landscape architecture, and city planning. Both the formal ideals as well as the constructed reality of these three subjects will be studied through critical observation and documentation of universal conditions and critical junctures.
ARCH 5993Independent Study (1.00 - 6.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor
ARCH 6010Foundation Studio I (6.00)
Introductory design problems in architecture for  First Professional degree students.  Emphasizes developing a systemic approach to design on the land and in the city through experience with a constructional kit of parts and an awareness of the role of architectural theory and history in the design process. The faculty reviews all work in ARCH 601-602 to determine the progress and potential of each student.
ARCH 6020Foundation Studio II (6.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Introductory design problems in architecture for First Professional degree students. Emphasizes developing a systemic approach to design on the land and in the city through experience with a constructional kit of parts and an awareness of the role of architectural theory and history in the design process. The faculty reviews all work in ARCH 6010-6020 to determine the progress and potential of each student. Prerequisite: ARCH 6010.
ARCH 6120Architectural Theory and Analysis (3.00)
Investigates the role that ideas play in the conception, making, and interpretation of buildings and cities, and assists students in clarifying their own values and intentions as designers. Lectures cover a broad range of topics, with special emphasis placed on contemporary issues.
ARCH 6140Architectural Analysis: Key Buildings of Modernism (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Investigates the link between ideas and forms of significant buildings in the canon of modern architecture.
ARCH 6231Building Integration Workshop 1 (4.00)
For first year students in the first professional MArch program (Path A). This course is part one of a year-long workshop and discussion seminar focused on dynamic site systems, bioclimatic and passive design, construction assembly methods and building materials. Students are required to sit in on the lectures of ARCH 6232.
ARCH 6232Systems, Sites & Building (4.00)
Examines the role of design in mediating between dynamic climatic forces such as wind, energy and light and the human response to the environment. Weaving discussions of fundamental principles with case studies and illustrative exercises, the course focuses on the design of the boundary between the internal and external environments.
ARCH 6240Introduction to Structural Design (4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		A first course in structures for undergraduate or graduate students with degrees in other disciplines. Develops analytic and critical skills through both mathematical and visual investigation of structures. Topics include static; mechanics of materials; computer-based structural analysis; and the design and behavior of basic structural elements and systems. Prerequisite: College-level physics.
ARCH 6261Building Integration Workshop 2 (4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		For first year students in the first professional MArch program (Path A). This course is part two of a year-long workshop and discussion seminar focused on dynamic site systems, bioclimatic and passive design, construction assembly methods and building materials. Students are required to sit in on the lectures of Building Matters.
ARCH 6410Advanced CAAD 3D Modeling & Visualization (3.00)
A comprehensive course in three-dimensional computer aided design and visualization methods used in architecture and landscape architecture. The class explores design worlds that are made accessible through computer-based media. Lectures provide a theoretical framework for computer-aided design, describe current methods, and speculate on advanced methods.
ARCH 6500Special Topics in Architecture (1.00 - 3.00)
Topical offerings in architecture.
ARCH 7010Foundation Studio III (6.00)
Intermediate-level design problems, emphasizing analysis and synthesis of complex contextual, cultural, and constructional issues. Prerequisite: ARCH 6020 or chair permission.
ARCH 7120Architecture Theory: Criticality and Systematicity (3.00)
Architectural Theory
ARCH 7210Structural Design for Dynamic Loads (3.00)
Examines wind and earthquake loads in structural design, reviewing the vocabulary of lateral resisting systems, and the basic dynamic theories that underlie building code requirements. Explores recent developments in research and practice. Student projects include reviewing and presenting literature on lateral load research and design.
ARCH 7230Design Development (4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Design Development is run as a laboratory design session twice a week for two hours. Formal and experiential design intentions are balanced with principal issues of comfort, life safety, structural stability, etc. in the resolution of a constrained design problem. The systems that shape the building are addressed at the scale of the urban block down to constructions at the scale of the hand but are made evident primarily at the scale of the building and the scale of the room.
ARCH 7250Environmental Systems and Lighting (4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Study of the fundamental principles applied to the design of thermal and luminous environments as well as plumbing/drainage and electrical systems. A studio project is selected for additional analysis and design development focusing on the energy-conscious building envelope, mechanical systems selection, natural and artificial lighting schemes, and the building services layout.
ARCH 7500Special Topics in Architecture (1.00 - 3.00)
Topical offerings in architecture.
ARCH 7993Independent Study (1.00 - 3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Independent Study Prerequisite: Permission of the chair.
ARCH 8010Comprehensive Studio (6.00)
Design studies of selected architectural problems through extensive site analysis and strategic constructional rigor. Prerequisite: ALAR 7020.
ARCH 8230Building Synthesis (3.00)
Building design is a multi disciplinary collaboration; an architect (now more than ever) needs to be aware of processes and technologies that will impact the visual perception and experience of a building. This course investigates, develops and applies environmental and design strategies at various scales of operation through the concurrent ARCH 801 studio design project. What are the important criteria for a building envelope that is to meet environmental expectations and requirements in the Twenty-First-Century? 15-20% of a building's energy consumption might be attributed to building envelope - given this, small shifts in strategy have the potential to make a considerable 'sustainable' contribution!
ARCH 8300Preservation/ Adaptive Use (1.00 - 4.00)
Individual study directed by a faculty member.
ARCH 8480Professional Ethics and Communication (4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Introduces the primary issues involved in the practice of architecture: professional ethics, business practices, project process and management, personnel management, management of the process of producing a building, and the methods available to do so.
ARCH 8481Professional Ethics Seminar (1.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This course introduces students to standards for the set of documents used in architectural project construction.
ARCH 8500Special Topics in Architecture (1.00 - 6.00)
Topical offerings in architecture.
ARCH 8800Teaching Experience (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Teaching Experience Prerequisite: Permission of the chair.
ARCH 8993Advanced Independent Research (1.00 - 3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Advanced independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor Prerequisite: Permission of the chair.
ARCH 8999Non-Topical Research, Masters (1.00 - 12.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Advanced independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor Prerequisite: Permission of the chair.
Architectural History
ARH 1000History of Architecture: Survey (3.00)
The history of Western architecture from ancient times to the present.
ARH 1004History of Architecture (3.00)
Surveys architecture from the Ancient to the present.
ARH 1010History of Architecture I (4.00)
This course will introduce students to the tools of visual analysis, reading architectural drawings and the study of architecture as a part of the larger cultural, social and political context of its society. while the course will focus on Western Europe, it will also include topics from the eastern Mediterranean and Asia.
ARH 1020History of World Architecture & Urbanism, 1400--present (4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This course will examine architecture and urbanism from around 1400 C.E. to the present, tracing connections and distinctions that have guided the design, uses, and meanings of built environments around the globe. You will be introduced to celebrated buildings and less well-known sites and cities, with particular attention to the aesthetic, social, cultural, and institutional situations in which they developed.
ARH 1700Thomas Jefferson's Architecture (3.00)
Surveys Jefferson's architectural world with special emphasis on the Lawn.
ARH 2401History of Modern Architecture (3.00)
Surveys architecture and allied arts from c. 1800 to the present, emphasizing the development of the modern movement.
ARH 2500Special Topics in Architectural History (1.00 - 3.00)
Topical offerings in architectural history.
ARH 2753Arts & Cultures of the Slave South (4.00)
This interdisciplinary course covers the American South to the Civil War. While the course centers on the visual arts¿architecture, material culture, decorative arts, painting, and sculpture¿it is not designed as a regional history of art, but an exploration of the interrelations between history, material and visual cultures, foodways, music and literature in the formation of Southern identities.
ARH 3100History of Medieval Architecture (3.00)
Examines the architecture of Medieval Western Europe, emphasizing the period from 1000-1400. Includes the iconography, function, structure and style of buildings, and the use of contemporary texts.
ARH 3101Early Medieval Architecture (3.00)
The architecture of Western Europe from c. 800-1150.
ARH 3102Later Medieval Architecture (3.00)
The architecture of Western Europe from c. 1140-1500.
ARH 3201Italian Renaissance Architecture (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This course aims to introduce the principal architects, monuments, and themes of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italian architecture. The lectures will be varied in approach and scope, some considering broad issues, others focusing on particular architects, buildings, or texts. Special topics will include architectural theory, patronage, villas, gardens, architectural drawing, and urban design.
ARH 3202Renaissance Architecture 16th Century (3.00)
Developments in classicism in Italy between 1500 and 1600.
ARH 3203European Classical Architecture Outside Italy, 1400-1750 (3.00)
The development of classicism primarily in France, England, and Germany between 1400 and 1750.
ARH 3204Italy, Spain, & The Ottoman Empire (3.00)
This course will examine Islamic architecture around the Mediterranean in relation to developments in Italy. Particular problems to be considered in a cross-cultural context include those of geometry and ornament, architectural theory, the role of the architect, and garden design and conception. Also important will be issues such as the visual ideology and cultural politics of empire; and the role of the traveler, merchant and ambassador in cultural exchange. Geographical focus will be on Southern Spain, or Andalusia, on Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire, as well as on various cities and regions of Italy including Venice, Genoa, Rome, Naples and Sicily. In the case of Southern Spain, analysis will focus on the points of contact and tension between the Roman heritage, the architectural achievements of the Nasrid Empire, the Gothic tradition, and the imported Italian style. With regard to the Ottoman Empire, an attempt will be made to understand how an obsessive concern among Italian humanists, political leaders, and popes with the Ottoman threat could coincide with cultural fascination and appropriation.
ARH 3205Rome, Istanbul, Venice (3.00)
This course will consider architecture, urbanism and landscape in three cities with multilayered histories: Rome, Venice, and Istanbul. While conditioned by distinct historical and topographic circumstances, each city negotiated complex and varied local traditions: Roman and Medieval in Rome; Byzantine and Gothic in Venice; and Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman in Istanbul.
ARH 3206Mediterranean Architecture (3.00)
This course will consider a range of buildings and landscapes from across the Mediterranean world, encompassing Italy, Spain, the Ottoman Empire, North Africa and Egypt. Its chronological and geographical scope are meant to bring into question some the conventional categories by which art and architectural history are studied: Medieval, Renaissance, Italian, Islamic, Eastern, Western, etc.
ARH 3207Arts and Architecture of the Islamic World (3.00)
In order to understand the production, representation and perception of space in the Islamic world, this survey course examines significant works of arts, architecture, urbanism & landscape from 650 to 1800. While studying common themes & shared values of the Islamic world, the course questions the disparities and novelties in the reception of Islam as a social, cultural & political practice, mapping distant geographies from Al-Andalus to India
ARH 3402Postwar Architecture (3.00)
An examination of critical issues in the history and theory of architecture, from World War II to the present, focused particularly on how the shifting geopolitical contours of the postwar world have helped to shape key projects and debates. The course will also provide the opportunity to discuss recent studies in architectural history that have trained renewed attention on this period.
ARH 3500Special Topics in Architectural History (1.00 - 3.00)
Topical offerings in architectural history.
ARH 3601East Meets West (3.00)
Studies cultural exchanges in architecture between East and West, emphasizing master architects such as F.L. Wright and L. Kahn.
ARH 3602World Buddhist Architecture (3.00)
Studies the history of Buddhist architecture and allied arts in the Buddhist world, including East, South, and Southeast Asia. Lecture starts from the Indian stupas and ends in Japanese Zen gardens.
ARH 3603Archaeological Approaches to Atlantic Slavery (3.00)
This course explores how archaeological and architectural evidence can be used to enhance our understanding of the slave societies that evolved in the early-modern Atlantic world. The primary focus is the Chesapeake and the British Caribbean, the later exemplified by Jamaica and Nevis. The course is structured around a series of data-analysis projects that draw on the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery.
ARH 3604Historical Archaeology (3.00)
An introduction to analytical methods in historical archaeology, their theoretical motivation, and their practical application in the interpretation of the archaeological record of the early Chesapeake. The use of computers in the analysis of real archaeological data is emphasized.
ARH 3605Drawing Historic Architecture (3.00)
This is mainly a drawing workshop, with some lectures. Learn the classical features of historic architecture such as five orders and domes in details through drawing them. Learn the techniques of drawing the historic architecture, with pencil and pen. There is a focus topic each week to learn and draw. Some drawings are to be done with field trips in the nearby area. At the mid-term and the end of the semester there are group reviews.
ARH 3606Landscape Archaeology (3.00)
This course examines current archaeological approaches to the reconstruction and explanation of the ways in which humans at once shaped and adapted to past landscapes. It emphasizes current theory as well as GIS and statistical methods for the analysis of diverse data ¿ from pollen spectra to topography. The course is structured around a series of projects in which students will have an opportunity to make sense of real archaeological data.
ARH 3701Early American Architecture (3.00)
American architecture from the first European contact to the death of Jefferson. Lectures and field trips.
ARH 3702Later American Architecture (3.00)
Surveys American architecture from 1800 to the present.
ARH 3703Nineteenth-Century American Architecture (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		The development of architecture from Thomas Jefferson to Frank Lloyd Wright, along with consideration of issues in housing, landscape design, city planning, and influences from Europe.
ARH 3704Twentieth-Century American Architecture (3.00)
Surveys American architecture emphasizing the development of modernism.
ARH 3801East Asia Architecture (3.00)
Surveys traditional architecture in China, Japan, and Korea, focusing on the main features and monuments of East Asian and landscape architecture.
ARH 3802Modern Japanese Architecture (3.00)
The history of architecture in modern Japan from Meiji period to the present. Focuses on post-WW II development; discusses the major influential architects such as Tange, Kikutake, Maki, Isozaki, Kurokawa, and Ando.
ARH 4500Special Topics in Architectural History (1.00 - 3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Topical offerings in architectural history.
ARH 4510J-Term Courses (3.00)
January Term courses provide students with unique opportunities: new courses that address topics of current interest, study abroad programs, undergraduate research seminars, and interdisciplinary courses. The intensive format of "J-term" classes encourages extensive student-faculty contact and allows students and faculty to immerse themselves in a particular subject.
ARH 4591Undergraduate Seminar in the History of Architecture (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Research seminar for majors in the department of architectural history. Topics vary.
ARH 4993Independent Studies in Architectural History (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Advanced work on independent research topics by individual students.
ARH 4999Major Special Study: Thesis (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Advanced independent research projects by fourth year architectural history students. Prerequisite: Instructor approval and departmental approval of topic.
ARH 5001Library Methodology (1.00)
Required for all entering M.A. students. Introduces research tools and methods for architectural history and related disciplines, reflecting the current breadth of scholarship in the field. Specific research resources are analyzed in terms of their scope, special features, and applications to meeting research and information needs.
ARH 5500Selected Topics in Architectural History (2.00 - 3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Special topics pursued in a colloquium. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ARH 5601Historic Preservation Theory and Practice (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Surveys the history of preservation, focusing on the changing nature of its ideals and practice. Preservation is discussed in the context of cultural history and the changing relationship between existing buildings and landscapes, and attitudes toward history, memory, and invented tradition.
ARH 5602Community History Workshop (3.00)
An in-depth historical analysis of the architecture, urban form, and planning of a selected community. Focuses on the historical significance of the built landscape as an element in, and an expression of, the social and cultural life of the community.
ARH 5603Community Public History Seminar (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Explores a variety of approaches to conveying the architectural and cultural history of a community to a diverse public constituency. Builds upon ARH 5602 (Community History Workshop). Also analyzes the preservation implications of the work undertaken in collaboration with students in ARCH 8300 (Community Preservation Studio).
ARH 5604Field Methods in Historic Preservation (3.00)
This course is dedicated to training students to "read" and record the material fabric of historic buildings. Lectures on historic materials area followed by field experience recording in descriptions, photographs and measured drawings.
ARH 5605Falmouth Field School (3.00)
The Falmouth Field School in Historic Preservation is a four-week, three-credit program in applied historic preservation held on-site in Falmouth, Jamaica. Designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, the field school engages many aspects of the practice of preservation in the culturally diverse and economically complex context of the Caribbean.
ARH 5606UVA Architecture: Beijing, China (3.00)
Students will learn about Chinese architecture and culture, and have the opportunity to meet professionals in the field. Students will spend a total of six weeks in China, with four weeks in Beijing and the first two weeks traveling to historical sites in and around Shanghai.
ARH 5607Historic Preservation at UVA (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This course surveys the changing ideals, philosophy, and methods that have guided the historic preservation of buildings and landscapes at the University of Virginia.Taught by preservation professionals from the University's Office of the Architect the course will explore in case studies and readings the design and conservation decisions made on the Rotunda and other historic buildings and landscapes at UVA.
ARH 5993Independent Studies in Architectural History (1.00 - 4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Advanced work on independent research topics by individual students. Departmental approval of the topic is required.
ARH 7010History of Architecture I (3.00)
This course will introduce students to the tools of visual analysis, reading architectural drawings and the study of architecture as a part of the larger cultural, social and political context of its society. While the course will focus on Western Europe, it will also include topics from the eastern Mediterranean and Asia.
ARH 7020Adv.History of World Architecture + Urbanism, 1400 - present (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This course will examine architecture and urbanism from around 1400 C.E. to the present, tracing connections and distinctions that have guided the design, uses, and meanings of built environments around the globe. You will be introduced to celebrated buildings and less well-known sites and cities, with particular attention to the aesthetic, social, cultural, and institutional situations in which they developed.
ARH 7100History of Medieval Architecture (3.00)
Examines the architecture of Medieval Western Europe, emphasizing the period from 1000-1400. Includes the iconography, function, structure and style of buildings, and the use of contemporary texts.
ARH 7101Early Medieval Architecture (3.00)
The architecture of Western Europe from c. 800-1150.
ARH 7102Later Medieval Architecture (3.00)
The architecture of Western Europe from c. 1140 and 1500.
ARH 7201Italian Renaissance Architecture (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This course aims to introduce the principal architects, monuments, and themes of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italian architecture. The lectures will be varied in approach and scope, some considering broad issues, others focusing on particular architects, buildings, or texts. Special topics will include architectural theory, patronage, villas, gardens, architectural drawing, and urban design.
ARH 7202Italian Architecture, 1550-1750 (3.00)
Developments in classicism in Italy between 1550 and the advent of neoclassicism, including urban form and landscape.
ARH 7203European Classical Architecture Outside Italy, 1400-1750 (3.00)
The development of classicism primarily in France, England, and Germany between 1400 and 1750 including discussion of cities and landscape design.
ARH 7204Italy, Spain & The Ottoman Empire, 1400-1700 (3.00)
This course will examine Islamic architecture around the Mediterranean in relation to developments in Italy. Particular problems to be considered in a cross-cultural context include those of geometry and ornament, architectural theory, the role of the architect, and garden design and conception. Also important will be issues such as the visual ideology and cultural politics of empire; and the role of the traveler, merchant and ambassador in cultural exchange. Geographical focus will be on Southern Spain, or Andalusia, on Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire, as well as on various cities and regions of Italy including Venice, Genoa, Rome, Naples and Sicily. In the case of Southern Spain, analysis will focus on the points of contact and tension between the Roman heritage, the architectural achievements of the Nasrid Empire, the Gothic tradition, and the imported Italian style. With regard to the Ottoman Empire, an attempt will be made to understand how an obsessive concern among Italian humanists, political leaders, and popes with the Ottoman threat could coincide with cultural fascination and appropriation.
ARH 7205Rome, Istanbul, Venice (3.00)
This course will consider architecture, urbanism and landscape in three cities with multilayered histories: Rome, Venice, and Istanbul. While conditioned by distinct historical and topographic circumstances, each city negotiated complex and varied local traditions: Roman and Medieval in Rome; Byzantine and Gothic in Venice; and Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman in Istanbul.
ARH 7206Mediterranean Architecture (3.00)
This course will consider a range of buildings and landscapes from across the Mediterranean world, encompassing Italy, Spain, the Ottoman Empire, North Africa and Egypt. Its chronological and geographical scope are meant to bring into question some the conventional categories by which art and architectural history are studied: ¿Medieval,¿ ¿Renaissance,¿ ¿Italian,¿ ¿Islamic,¿ ¿Eastern,¿ ¿Western,¿ etc.
ARH 7207Arts and Architecture of the Islamic World (3.00)
In order to understand the production, representation and perception of space in the Islamic world, this survey course examines significant works of arts, architecture, urbanism & landscape from 650 to 1800. While studying common themes & shared values of the Islamic world, the course questions the disparities and novelties in the reception of Islam as a social, cultural & political practice, mapping distant geographies from Al-Andalus to India
ARH 7401History of Modern Architecture (3.00)
A survey of architecture (and allied arts including urban form and landscape architecture) from c.1800 to the present, emphasizing the development of the modern movement.
ARH 7402Postwar Architecture (3.00)
An examination of critical issues in the history and theory of architecture, from World War II to the present, focused particularly on how the shifting geopolitical contours of the postwar world have helped to shape key projects and debates. The course will also provide the opportunity to discuss recent studies in architectural history that have trained renewed attention on this period.
ARH 7500Special Topics in Architecture History (1.00 - 3.00)
Topical offerings in architectural history.
ARH 7601East Meets West (3.00)
A study of cultural exchanges and interactions in architecture between East and West. Major events and master architects like F.L. Wright and L. Kahn who contributed to the exchanges are discussed. The forms and meaning of East-West architecture are compared.
ARH 7602World Buddhist Architecture (3.00)
The history of Buddhist architecture and allied arts in the Buddhist world which includes East, South, and Southeast Asia. Lecture starts from the Indian stupas and ends in Japanese Zen gardens.
ARH 7603Archaeological Approaches to Atlantic Slavery (3.00)
This course explores how archaeological and architectural evidence can be used to enhance our understanding of the slave societies that evolved in the early-modern Atlantic world. The primary focus is the Chesapeake and the British Caribbean, the later exemplified by Jamaica and Nevis. The course is structured around a series of data-analysis projects that draw on the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery.
ARH 7604Historical Archaeology (3.00)
An introduction to analytical methods in historical archaeology, their theoretical motivation, and their practical application in the interpretation of the archaeological record of the early Chesapeake. The use of computers in the analysis of real archaeological data is emphasized.
ARH 7605Drawing Historic Architecture (3.00)
This is mainly a drawing workshop, with some lectures. Learn the classical features of historic architecture such as five orders and domes in details through drawing them. Learn the techniques of drawing the historic architecture, with pencil and pen. There is a focus topic each week to learn and draw. Some drawings are to be done with field trips in the nearby area. At the mid-term and the end of the semester there are group reviews.
ARH 7606Landscape Archaeology (3.00)
This course examines current archaeological approaches to the reconstruction and explanation of the ways in which humans at once shaped and adapted to past landscapes. It emphasizes current theory as well as GIS and statistical methods for the analysis of diverse data - from pollen spectra to topography. The course is structured around a series of projects in which students will have an opportunity to make sense of real archaeological data.
ARH 7701Early American Architecture (3.00)
A survey of American architecture from the first European contact to 1800 including Jefferson, urban form and landscape design.
ARH 7702Later American Architecture (3.00)
A survey of American architecture from 1800 to present including landscape and urban design.
ARH 7703Nineteenth-Century American Architecture (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		The development of architecture from Thomas Jefferson to Frank Lloyd Wright, along with consideration of issues in housing, landscape design, city planning, and influences from Europe.
ARH 7704Twentieth-Century American Architecture (3.00)
A survey of American architecture emphasizing the development of modernism.
ARH 7801Adv. East Asia Architecture (3.00)
A survey and introduction of traditional architecture and allied arts in China, Japan and Korea. Study of the main features and major monuments of East Asian architecture and landscape architecture.
ARH 7802Modern Japanese Architecture (3.00)
The history of architecture in modern Japan from the Meji period to the present. Focus on post-WW II development. Influential architects, like Tange, Kikutake, Maki, Isozaki, Kurokawa, and Ando are discussed along with urban issues.
ARH 7993Independent Study: Architectural History (1.00 - 3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor.
ARH 8001Methods in Architectural History (3.00)
Required for candidates for the degree of Master of Architectural History. An investigation of the nature of architectural history, materials, methods, and writings.
ARH 8002Digital Technologies in Architectural History (3.00)
The study of analytic and digital technologies for Architectural History Master Students.
ARH 8800Teaching Experience (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Supervised teaching research under the guidance of a faculty supervisor, Permission of the Chair.
ARH 8994Thesis I (3.00)
Preparation of a thesis proposal under the supervision of a thesis advisor.
ARH 8995Thesis II (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Finalizing thesis under the supervision of a thesis advisor.
ARH 8999Thesis Project (3.00 - 6.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		For Thesis Preparation, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
ARH 9100Seminar in Medieval Architecture (3.00)
Special research topics pursued in a seminar.  Past topics have discussed Gothic/Non-Gothic, Norman, and Monastic architecture. 
ARH 9202Borromini & Baroque Rome (3.00)
This seminar will consider the architecture of Francesco Borromini as a lens into Baroque Rome. Broadly, it will examine the struggle to define the classical in the seventeenth century. The famous rivalry between Borromini and Bernini was not merely personal, but involved competing claims to interpret the heritage of ancient Rome. Bernini's vision ultimately triumphed, but it is Borromini who tests the limits of classical language.
ARH 9500Special Topics in Architectural History (1.00 - 3.00)
Topical offerings in architectural history.
ARH 9510Seminar in Medieval Architecture (1.00 - 3.00)
Special research topics pursued in a seminar.
ARH 9520Seminar in Renaissance Architecture (3.00)
Seminar discussion of special research topics. Past topics have discussed anthropomorphism in Renaissance and Baroque architecture; Alberti's De re Aedificatoria; Renaissance and Baroque buildings in their larger settings; the Rome of Julius II; Renaissance and Baroque classification of Buildings; Renaissance Space; Brunelleschi and Alberti; Renaissance urbanism; Rome and the Renaissance; and the Renaissance palace.
ARH 9530Seminar in 18th/19th Century Architecture (3.00)
Special research topics pursued in a seminar.
ARH 9540Seminar in 20th/21st Century Architecture (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Special research topics pursued in a seminar.
ARH 9550Seminar in Ancient/Archaeology Architecture (1.00 - 3.00)
Special research topics pursued in a seminar.
ARH 9560Seminar in Theory, Comparative, & Other Topics (3.00)
Special research topics pursued in a seminar.
ARH 9570Seminar in Architecture of the Americas (3.00)
Special research topics pursued in a seminar.
ARH 9580Seminar in Architecture of East, South, and Southeast Asia (1.00 - 3.00)
Special research topics pursued in a seminar.
ARH 9590Seminar in Architecture of Africa or Islam (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Special research topics pursued in a seminar.
ARH 9993Independent Studies in Architectural History (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Advanced work on independent research topics by individual students. Departmental approval of the topic is required.
ARH 9999Non-Topical Research (3.00 - 12.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
Landscape Architecture
LAR 4120History of Landscape Design (3.00)
Lecture and discussion survey course on historic designed landscapes as the expressions of cultural values. Examples from antiquity to the twentieth century in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas. Comparative case study approach is complemented by primary and secondary source readings.
LAR 4130American Landscape History (3.00)
Lecture and discussion course on selected topics in the history of landscapes and landscape design in the Americas from ancient cultures to the twentieth century. Examples include Native American mound cultures, colonial-era town planning, nineteenth century landscape gardening, municipal, state and federal park making, American garden history, vernacular landscapes.
LAR 4140Theories of Modern Landscape Architecture (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Lectures and discussions sections examining the interrelationships between modern designed landscapes, and the theoretical texts that influenced, or were influenced by them.  Readings include primary sources, such as, design treatises, manifestos, park reports and essays, as well as related texts in ecology, art, architecture, geography, and cultural theory.
LAR 4160Topics in the History of Landscape Design (3.00)
Advanced seminar on topics in the history of landscape design. Advanced historical research and analysis of designed and other landscapes. Permission of instructor required for undergraduates.
LAR 4180Topics in Landscape History (3.00)
Advanced seminar on topics in landscape history. Advanced historical research and analysis of the history landscape formation and change. Permission of instructor required for undergraduates.
LAR 4200Healing Landscapes (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Lectures and workshops investigating theme of designed landscapes as means to physically and mentally heal human beings. Topics include a historical overview of various healing landscapes, and an examination of various healing practices in different cultures; Field trips to hospitals, hospices and out-patient clinics in the Charlottesville area.
LAR 4210Topics in Contemporary Landscape Theory (3.00)
Seminar exploring topics in landscape architecture theory through direct readings, discussions and research papers. Subjects vary from topics such as design drawing and representation to changing conceptions of nature and ecology (from sustainability to emergence), to gender and design, to the works of a specific designer or region.
LAR 4230Cultural Landscapes (3.00)
Graduate seminar on contemporary theory and practice for preserving and interpreting a broad range of cultural landscapes and historic sites. Evaluation of these theories and practices through critical review of case studies, and close reading and discussion of current texts. Field trip/exercises to be subject of student seminar research.
LAR 5120Advanced History of Landscape Design (3.00)
Lecture and discussion survey course on historic designed landscapes as the expressions of cultural values. Examples from antiquity to the twentieth century in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas. Comparative case study approach is complemented by primary and secondary source readings. Prerequisite: Graduates only.
LAR 5130Advanced American Landscape History (3.00)
Lectures on the development of American landscape architecture from the seventeenth century to the present, emphasizing seminal figures, such as Jefferson, Downing and Olmstead, Platt, Farrand, Jensen, and selected contemporary designers.
LAR 5140Advanced Theories of Modern Landscape Architecture (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Lectures and discussions sections examining the interrelationships between modern designed landscapes, and the theoretical texts that influenced, or were influenced by them. Readings include primary sources, such as, design treatises, manifestos, park reports and essays, as well as related texts in ecology, art, architecture, geography, and cultural theory. Prerequisite: L AR 5120 or instructor permission.
LAR 5200Advanced Healing Landscapes (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Lectures and workshops investigating theme of designed landscapes as means to physically and mentally heal human beings.  Topics include a historical overview of various healing landscapes, and an examination of various healing practices in different cultures.  Field trips to hospitals, hospices and out-patient clinics in the Charlottesville area.
LAR 5210Advanced Topics in Contemporary Landscape Theory (3.00)
Seminar exploring topics in landscape architecture theory through direct readings, discussions and research papers. Subjects vary from topics such as design drawing and representation to changing conceptions of nature and ecology (from sustainability to emergence), to gender and design, to the works of a specific designer or region.
LAR 5230Advanced Cultural Landscape Preservation (3.00)
Graduate seminar on contemporary theory and practice for preserving and interpreting a broad range of cultural landscapes and historic sites. Evaluation of these theories and practices through critical review of case studies, and close reading and discussion of current texts. Field trip/exercises to be subject of student seminar research.
LAR 5250Urban Topographies (3.00)
Seminar that explores the constructed nature of the contemporary urban landscape by identifying distinct topographic strategies that address themes of place, history and memory through the medium of ground. A series of projects that exemplify the ambiguous quality of urban ground¿ such as transportation landscapes, rooftop condition, and the infrastructure landscapes of stormwater and waste will be investigated through lectures, readings, and discussions.
LAR 5260D.I.R.T. Seminar: Doing Industrial Research Together (3.00)
Readings, lectures, and class discussions focus on the evolving definition and reclamation technologies of the post-industrial landscape. Includes field work/visits to a variety of brownfield and industrial sites.
LAR 5280Green Cities/Green Sites (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This course teaches students how to redesign city properties to reduce runoff pollution and follow environmentally sensitive design principles. By assessing the city¿s existing `greenfrastructure¿ and retrofitting city lands and buildings, students learn how the city can demonstrate environmentally sensitive design, protect public health and provide more opportunities for environmental education and healthful recreation. ¿
LAR 5290Green Lands (3.00)
Students in this course inventory existing environmental functions of undeveloped land in order to designate appropriate protection and restoration techniques to enhance environmental capital. Using the lens of green infrastructure planning, the course assesses the interconnected network of waterways, wetlands, woodlands, and wildlife habitats to maximize environmentally responsible development.
LAR 5330Sites and Systems (3.00)
Introduces vocabulary and tools for reading, mapping, and analyzing sites. Emphasis on the watershed as an ecosystem within which sites and systems can be understood and manipulated. Explores the implications of site and systems analysis for shaping landform through grading terraces, buildings, and roads. Issues are examined through the study of existing site design precedents as well as through short mapping and design exercises. Several site visits and field trips.
LAR 5340Earthwork (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Applies concepts and principles of earthwork, land manipulation, grading, and drainage in short exercises. Introduces digital applications in a combined lecture and workshop format. Prerequisite: L AR 533 or instructor permission.
LAR 5370Natural Systems and Plant Ecology (4.00)
Lectures and fieldwork introducing ecological concepts and natural systems, and focusing on plant associations in natural habitats. Concentration on both ecological structure and function as well as physical form/shape of plants. Emphasis on field identification and analysis. Lecture and frequent fieldtrips to varied ecosystems in different regions within Virginia, including Tidewater, Piedmont, Blue Ridge, and Ridge Valley.
LAR 5380Planted Form and Function (4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Continued study of plants and their habitats, focusing on ornamental species, constructed sites, and urban growing conditions. Lectures and fieldworks. Lectures and frequent fieldtrips to varying designed landscapes and towns in the region. Prerequisite: L AR 5370.
LAR 5430Landscape Visualization & 3-D Modeling (3.00)
Investigates advanced computer-based techniques for landscape visualization, including 3-D geometric modeling, texture mapping and animation. A series of lectures, computer-based workshop exercises and readings of increasing sophistication focus on internal and external representations of terrain elements: landform, vegetation, water, meteorological and atmospheric effects. Photo-realistic and abstract strategies are explored to augment design investigation and presentation.
LAR 5460Landscape Digital Media (2.00)
The study of computing as an analytic and design tool, stressing 3D modeling techniques and landscape applications. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
LAR 5500Special Topics in Landscape Architecture (1.00 - 3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Topical offerings in landscape architecture.
LAR 5590Faculty Research Seminar (1.00 - 3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Affords students opportunities to participate in specific faculty's advance research projects. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
LAR 5670Place Making (3.00)
Seminar that explores the interconnections between infrastructure--ecological systems, transportation, and water supply--and the form and vitality domestic urban landscape. Readings, discussions and research papers examine contemporary case studies, from the Charlottesville Urban Habitats Design Competition to ideas for rebuilding New Orleans.
LAR 5993Advanced Independent Research (1.00 - 4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Advanced independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
LAR 6010Foundation Studio I (6.00)
Series of short analytical and conceptual design projects with special emphasis on the landscape medium, on site readings, and site-specific design approaches. Prerequisite: ALAR 501 & 502
LAR 6020Foundation Studio II (6.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Series of analytical exercises and field visits leading to a schematic design proposal for an urban landscape project. Funded travel studio, in conjunction with ARCH 602, to examine, experience and analyze significant designed landscapes and buildings. Prerequisite: L AR 601.
LAR 6160Advanced Topics in the History of Landscape Design (3.00)
Advanced seminar on topics in the history of landscape design. Advance historical research and analysis of designed and other landscapes. Permission of instructor required for undergraduates.
LAR 6180Advanced Topics in Landscape History (3.00)
Advanced seminar on topics in landscape history. Advanced historical research and analysis of the history of landscape formation and change. Permission of instructor required for undergraduates.
LAR 6210Movement and Built Environment (3.00)
This seminar will consider the bodily experience of movement in the environment and how designers, attuned to the kinesthetic potentials of the body, might use movement as a generative device. A guest choreographer will lead the class in a series of environmental movement
LAR 6211Community Participatory Design (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This course will focus on the participatory design process, looking especially into models that incorporate theories of cultural landscape preservation and address social practices and community histories.
LAR 6410Representing Landscape I (1.00)
Course explores ways of representing, analyzing and designing the landscape through a variety of 2D and 3D media including drawing, collage, model making & digital modeling. Students will explore manual and digital techniques to represent the physical and phenomenal structures of landscape, site, and ground and encouraged to incorporate the two means fluidly & expressively. The media and assignments will align with LAR 6010 first-year LAR studio
LAR 6420Representing Landscape II (1.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This course is a continuation of LAR 6410 Representing Landscape I and aligns with LAR 6020 first-year spring studio. Students will further explore ways of representing, analyzing and designing the landscape through a variety of 2D and 3D media including drawing, collage, model making & digital modeling. The course also introduces the basics of CAD drawing.
LAR 7010Foundation Studio III (6.00)
Semester long design project, usually of a complex urban or suburban site that explores the contemporary public realm at multiple scales, from the urban watershed to the detail.
LAR 7310Planted Form (3.00)
Develops a design vocabulary specific to individual plant architecture and collective planted form studying the structure and dynamics of native plant communities, vernacular planting systems and design precedents. Vocabulary and principles applied in the formulation of plant palettes for specific design intentions and situations. Prerequisite: L AR 537 and 538, or instructor permission.
LAR 7320Regenerative Technologies (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Introduces the design potential of remediation technologies ranging from conventional engineering to emerging bioremediation systems. Review of contaminants' impact on soil and water, applying remediation strategies integrated with site design. Offered for half of semester.
LAR 7340Site Assembly (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Introduces landscape construction materials and methods for their assembly, focusing on small structures. Uses case study analysis to explore the expressive design potential of materials, technical concerns for performance and durability, and ethical concerns for sustainability.
LAR 7350Waterworks (3.00)
Integrates ecological principles with engineering applications in the area of urban watershed management. Topics include urban hydrology and soils, storm water management and low impact development techniques, as well as constructed wetlands and stream restoration. Prerequisite: L AR 533 or L AR 534, or permission of instructor.
LAR 7700Advanced Landscape Drawing and Representation (3.00)
Explores ways of representing, analyzing and designing the landscape through a variety of media to include drawing, collage, image processing, model making and digital modeling. Prerequisite: L AR 601, 602, 701.
LAR 7993Independent Study (1.00 - 4.00)
Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor .
LAR 8010Comprehensive Studio (6.00)
Semester -long design project that integrates eco-technology course content - earthwork, planted systems, and site assemblies - with a conceptual design idea, leading to the comprehensive and rigorous design development of a landscape. Prerequisite: ALAR 702.
LAR 8320Contract Documents and Professional Practice (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Capstone course applying ecological and engineering techniques to the detailing and implementation of a small project, developed into a set of contract documents (drawings and specifications). Concurrent introduction to methods and models of design practice administration: proposal, contracts, project management, collaboration and licensure. Prerequisite: L AR 534, L AR 734, L AR 735.
LAR 8321Landscape Architecture Construction Documentation (1.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This course introduces students to standards for the set of documents used in landscape architectural project construction.
LAR 8500Special Studies in Landscape Architecture (1.00 - 4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
LAR 8800Teaching Experience (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Involves serving as a teaching assistant for a course, with teaching assignments coordinated by the chair. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
LAR 8993Independent Study (1.00 - 4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor. Prerequisite: Landscape Architecture faculty approval of topic.
LAR 8999Non-Topical Research (3.00 - 12.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Non-Topical Research.
Planning Application
PLAC 2500Topical Offerings in Planning (3.00)
Topical Offerings in Planning
PLAC 3500Topical Offerings in Planning (3.00)
Topical Offerings in Planning
PLAC 4010Neighborhood Planning Workshop (3.00)
Explores neighborhood, planning issues from the professionals' and citizens' perspectives. Cross-listed with PLAC 5610.
PLAC 4041Real Estate Development and Finance (3.00)
The course will examine the dialogue between economic forces and design decisions in the real estate development process. The course will emphasize the ability of intelligent design to create lasting economic value and the utilization of marketing and finance strategy to augment project viability and profitability.
PLAC 4500Topical Offerings in Planning (3.00)
Topical Offerings in Planning
PLAC 4993Applied Independent Study (1.00 - 4.00)
Elective courses offered at the request of faculty or students to provide an opportunity for internships, fieldwork, or independent study. Prerequisite: Planning faculty approval of topic.
PLAC 5130Applied GIS Workshop (3.00)
Students apply GIS technology to examine significant issues of land, natural resources, and the characteristics of urban development.
PLAC 5240Collaborative Planning for Sustainability (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Examines the processes by which consensus can be developed, focusing general negotiation theory and skill development, including the concept of principled negotiation; the conflict landscape, including government and non-government organizations; and negotiation resources and opportunities, including organizations, processes, and enabling legislation.
PLAC 5430Land Development Workshop (3.00)
Explores the land development process from the perspective of the private land developer interacting with local governments. Includes development potential, site, and traffic analysis; land planning; development programming; and services to accommodate new development and public regulation of land development.
PLAC 5440Affordable Housing (3.00)
The issue of affordable housing is one that touches every community and which is a major challenge. There are a variety of housing needs that the market does not address effectively with the result that many families pay a disproportionate share of their income for housing while others have long commutes in order to find housing that is affordable.
PLAC 5500Topical Offerings in Planning (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Topical Offerings in Planning
PLAC 5610Community Planning Workshop (3.00)
Explores neighborhood, planning issues from the professionals' and citizens' perspectives. Cross-listed with PLAC 5610.
PLAC 5720Transportation and Land Use (3.00)
Reviews basic relationships between land use and transportation. Considers the decision process, planning principles, impact measures, and the methodological framework for identifying and evaluating practices in action on a regional, local, and neighborhood scale.
PLAC 5740Transportation Planning and Policy (3.00)
This course introduces graduate and advanced undergraduate students to current issues in the field of transportation planning and policy. It addresses all modes of transportation (auto, walk, bike) and considers multiple scales (national, state, regional and local). Through the analysis of key topics such as congestion, air quality, social equity, and security, we will gain an understanding of how decisions about the transportation system are made and the role of transportation planners and advocates in these decisions.
PLAC 5800Green Lands (3.00)
This course assesses the existing 'green infrastructure' of counties in Virginia and develops strategies for protecting environmental assets and channeling future development to the most appropriate locations. Students will use the existing county comprehensive plan to create effective strategies for implementation of goals related to conserving open space and creating livable communities.
PLAC 5820Sustainable Planning and Design Workshop (3.00)
Students act as a consultant team to develop sustainable planning and design strategies for sites which rotate each year.
PLAC 5850Community Food Systems (3.00)
Students will gain experience in policies that support a sustainable food system. They will undertake community projects that span production, distribution, processing, and consumption of food, and also gain practical knowledge in effective community engagement.
PLAC 5851Global-Local Connections in Community Food Systems (3.00)
Using case studies of cities and regions in the U.S. and throughout the world, this course explores global health issues through the lens of food systems. The purpose is to reveal how food production and distribution are key indicators of environmental and economic health.
PLAC 5852Community Food System Assessment (3.00)
Students will learn the fundamentals of food system assessment for community sustainability - its importance, methods, and applications. They will design and conduct a food system assessment for a local community, while using best practices for community engagement.
PLAC 5860Green Cities/Green Sites (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This course teaches students how to redesign city properties to reduce runoff pollution and follow environmentally sensitive design principles. By assessing the city's existing 'greenfrastructure' and retrofitting city lands and buildings, students learn how the city can demonstrate environmentally sensitive design, protect public health and provide more opportunities for environmental education and healthful recreation. The course works with a different local partner each semester.
PLAC 5870Environmental Impact Statements (3.00)
This course is intended to provide students with a broad background of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and the subsequent laws and administrative processes from which developed the environmental impact assessment, particularly the environmental impact statement. The course introduces a framework for conducting environmental impact assessments, technological methods for predicting changes in environmental characteristics, considerations involved in interpreting significance of predicted impacts, techniques for accomplishing public participation, and practical considerations for writing environmental impact statements as applied to a local project. Students will also discuss the future of Environmental Impact Assessments, Community Impact Assessments, Health Impact Assessments and other similar tools.
PLAC 5880Coastal Planning Issues (3.00)
Explores the special characteristics of coastal and island settings for their planning significance. Addresses natural hazard mitigation, wetlands, and biodiversity.
PLAC 5993Applied Independent Study (1.00 - 3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Applied independent study.
PLAC 7500Topical Offerings in Planning (3.00)
Topical Offerings in Planning
PLAC 8060Urbanism Design Studio (6.00)
This design studio pulls together many issues that graduate students have studied individually in design technology, theory and history courses into a complex and integrated section of a living and working community.
PLAC 8500Topical Offerings in Planning (3.00)
Topical Offerings in Planning
Urban and Environmental Planning
PLAN 1030Introduction to Urban and Environmental Planning (3.00)
Analyzes community and environmental planning in the United States; the planning process; and sustainable communities.
PLAN 2020Planning Design (4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Studies the principles of design; the architecture of cities and urban design; perception of space and visual analysis; graphic presentation, including mapping techniques; and inventories, information storage, retrieval and use.
PLAN 2110Digital Visualization for Planners (4.00)
Digital technology for representing and analyzing planning data will include photo-editing, web page design, geographic information system mapping, spreadsheet modeling, and document layout and production. The major emphasis will be on two- and three- dimensional representation of spaces common to planning: streetscape, neighborhoods, communities and regions. Representation of the past, the present and prospective futures to both professional and citizen audiences will receive critical attention.
PLAN 2500Special Topics in Planning (1.00 - 3.00)
Topical offerings in planning.
PLAN 3030Neighborhoods, Community and Regions (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Explores theories and concepts of economic, social, and cultural forces that influence urban and regional spatial structure.
PLAN 3050Planning Methods (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Analyzes methods used in quantitative and qualitative investigations of urban and regional settings for planning purposes.
PLAN 3060Law, Land and the Environment (3.00)
This course will introduce major legal issues surrounding land-use and environmental issues, focusing on the most notable U.S. Supreme Court decisions related to land use and environmental law, as well as the legal framework for land use law and environmental law.
PLAN 3140Design Themes of Great Cities (3.00)
This course discusses the design qualities of the world¿s great cities. Each session focuses on the defining characteristics of different cities such as their natural settings, public spaces, transportation systems, types of buildings, and everyday details.
PLAN 3250Mediation Theory and Skills (1.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Examines both the theory and practice of public involvement in planning. Explores the planner's responsibility to the public and techniques for effective engagement.
PLAN 3310History of Cities and Planning (3.00)
An overview of the planning profession with emphasis on 19th- and 20th-century American urban history.
PLAN 3500Special Topics in Planning (1.00 - 3.00)
Topical offerings in planning.
PLAN 3640Town Design (3.00)
This course will investigate the generic principles and strategies that shape the form and character of towns and discuss influential towns that over the past several generations have, at least to their advocates, represented ¿good¿ planning and design. While recognizing the importance of social and economic factors, the course will emphasize the physical, visual, and experiential qualities of towns.
PLAN 4040Planning in Government (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Examines the role of planning in government decision-making. Focuses on local government, but intergovernmental aspects of planning that influence local decisions are also stressed. Studies planning processes, such as transportation, community development, and social planning.
PLAN 4500Special Topics in Planning (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Elective courses offered at the request of faculty or students to provide an opportunity for internships, fieldwork, and independent study.
PLAN 4510J-Term Courses (3.00)
January Term courses provide students with unique opportunities: new courses that address topics of current interest, study abroad programs, undergraduate research seminars, and interdisciplinary courses. The intensive format of "J-term" classes encourages extensive student-faculty contact and allows students and faculty to immerse he topics of "J-term" courses change each semester and offer focused study, often related travel or current events.
PLAN 4800Professional Practice (1.00 - 3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Structured internship experience and reporting as a reflective practitioner for ten weeks or 200 hours of experience.
PLAN 4993Independent Study (1.00 - 4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Elective courses offered at the request of faculty or students to provide an opportunity for internships, fieldwork, and independent study.
PLAN 4999Planning Senior Project (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Note: Third- and fourth-year undergraduate students may, with instructor permission, enroll in selected 5000-level courses.
PLAN 5020Planning Design (4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Explores methods of urban design analysis, stressing observational and representational methods. Emphasizes relationships among public and private buildings, spaces, and transportation corridors in commercial centers. Cross-listed with PLAN 2020.
PLAN 5110Digital Visualization for Planners (4.00)
Digital technology for representing and analyzing planning data will include photo-editing, web page design, geographic information system mapping, spreadsheet modeling, and document layout and production. The major emphasis will be on two- and three- dimensional representation of spaces common to planning: streetscape, neighborhoods, communities and regions. Representation of the past, the present and prospective futures to both professional and citizen audiences will receive critical attention. Cross-listed with Plan 211.
PLAN 5120Geographic Information Systems (3.00)
Reviews the use of computers in planning, emphasizing geographic information systems for collection, analysis, and display of spatial information in urban and environmental contexts.
PLAN 5140Advanced Design Themes of Great Cities (3.00)
This course discusses the design qualities of the world's great cities. Each session focuses on the defining characteristics of different cities such as their natural settings, public spaces, transportation systems, types of buildings, and everyday details.
PLAN 5240Collaborative Planning for Sustainability (3.00)
Examines the processes by which consensus can be developed, focusing general negotiation theory and skill development, including the concept of principled negotiation; the conflict landscape, including government and non-government organizations; and negotiation resources and opportunities, including organizations, processes, and enabling legislation.
PLAN 5250Mediation Theory and Skills (1.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Examines both the theory and practice of public involvement in planning. Explores the planner's responsibility to the public and techniques for effective engagement.
PLAN 5300Preservation Planning (3.00)
Studies current literature on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of historic places. Develops techniques for surveying, documenting, evaluating, and planning for preservation. Analyzes current political, economic, and legal issues in preservation planning.
PLAN 5310Adv. History Cities & Planning (3.00)
An overview of the planning profession with emphasis on 19th- and 20th-century American urban history.
PLAN 5400Housing and Community Development (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Provides an introduction to the housing and community development area of planning practice. Topics include the housing and development industries, neighborhood change processes, social aspects of housing and development, and housing and development programs and policy issues.
PLAN 5410Economic Built Environment (3.00)
Economics studies the efficient allocation of scarce resources. Efficiency is achieved when an economy cannot make anyone economically better off without making someone else worse off. In most mixed economies, like the U.S., there is a dominant market system of organizing economic activity that coordinates the basic questions of allocation: what, how and for whom to produce.
PLAN 5420Economic Development (3.00)
Explores the economy of a community, neighborhood, or region as an essential element, in livability and sustainability. Planners engage economic development by working with the community to assess needs and opportunities, through public-private business partnerships, and in development review.
PLAN 5440Neighborhood Planning (3.00)
As the "building blocks" of cities, neighborhood plans involve citizens in addressing issues of housing, jobs, public services, education, recreation, and transportation.
PLAN 5450Healthy Communities (3.00)
Explores connections between the built environment and community health, with an emphasis on re-integrating planning with its original roots in public health.
PLAN 5470Development Dynamics (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Examines the roles of developers, investors, designers, planners, and others, identifying the objectives each have in the development decision process. Discusses the interplay and communications of what constitutes sound economics and good design.
PLAN 5500Special Topics in Planning (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Varies annually to meet the needs of graduate students.
PLAN 5580Short Courses in Planning (1.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		A series of one-credit short courses, whose topics vary from semester to semester.
PLAN 5600Land Use and Growth Management (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Introduces the theory and practice of land use planning and growth management as they have evolved historically and as expressed in contemporary practice. Addresses the need and rationale for land use planning as well as its tools.
PLAN 5620Sustainability and Adaptive Infrastructure (3.00)
Infrastructure mediates between the needs of our urban communities and the systems, natural and constructed, which support them. This course is focused on the infrastructure of cities and urbanizing regions and includes topics such as transportation, drinking water, waste water, energy, schools, parks, recycling, and public safety. The course will examine current challenges and a range of means for responding to and funding needed changes.
PLAN 5630Design of Cities (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Cities are physical artifacts that are experienced psychologically and socially. This course investigates the theories surrounding these processes to reach an understanding of humanistic urban design intentions. Experiential realities are explored through case studies, readings, and mapping exercises.
PLAN 5640Adv. Town Design (3.00)
This course will investigate the generic principles and strategies that shape the form and character of towns and discuss influential towns that over the past several generations have, at least to their advocates, represented ¿good¿ planning and design. While recognizing the importance of social and economic factors, the course will emphasize the physical, visual, and experiential qualities of towns.
PLAN 5650Brownfields Redevelopment (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This course analyzes the challenges and opportunities posed by the development of environmentally impaired properties. It explores the legal, political, and philosophical underpinnings of environmental regulation. The course includes fundamentals of real estate finance, including risk dynamics and debt capital, and assesses community involvement in redevelopment solutions.
PLAN 5670Place Making (3.00)
Seminar that explores the interconnections between infrastructure¿ecological systems, transportation, and water supply¿and the form and vitality domestic urban landscape. Readings, discussions and research papers examine contemporary case studies, from the Charlottesville Urban Habitats Design Competition to ideas for rebuilding New Orleans.
PLAN 5770Plan Implementation (3.00)
Emphasizes the use of zoning, subdivision, and other regulations to implement comprehensive plans. Attention is given to capital facilities programming and building codes.
PLAN 5810Sustainable Communities (3.00)
Examines sustainable communities and the environmental, social, economic, political, and design standards that underlie them. Focuses on reviewing case studies of cities, towns, and development projects that reflect principles of sustainability.
PLAN 5830Environmental Policy and Planning (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Examines contemporary environmental policy and practice, including exploration of the normative-philosophical debate surrounding environmental issues. Emphasizes understanding the political and institutional framework for establishing policy and programs; exploring the action approaches to environmental planning including moral suasion, regulation, public investment, and public incentives; and case studies of environmental planning at the federal, state, and local levels.
PLAN 5840Environmental Ethics and Sustainability (3.00)
Detailed exploration of the normative debate surrounding environmental issues. Focus on the foundations of environmental economics, questions about the value of endangered species, concerns of future generations, appropriateness of a sustainable society, notions of stewardship, and obligations toward equity.
PLAN 5870Environment and Economy (3.00)
Rather than being opposite, environment and economy are both dimensions that must be addressed to achieve sustainable outcomes. This course explores these issues and students develop proposed solutions.
PLAN 5890Sustainable International Development (3.00)
This course will explore development related root causes of environmental degradation in an international context. The course examines theoretical frameworks explaining the linkage between underdevelopment and environmental issues in a developing country context. Specifically, the course will explore the importance of overconsumption, technology, poverty, and inequality as complex set of factors contributing to the environmental crisis.
PLAN 5891International Cities (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		This course takes a case study approach to examine the sustainable development issues of 10 cities around the world with attention mainly to urban landscape and urban ecology. One outstanding topic will be studied in depth for each city, such as ecology of large urban park for New York city and urban development in mountainous regions for Chongqing, China. The goal of this course is to give students a global view on these issues.
PLAN 5993Applied Independent Study (1.00 - 4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Individual study directed by a faculty member. Prerequisite: Planning faculty approval of topic.
PLAN 6010Planning Process and Practice (4.00)
A practicum/problem course focusing on the use of maps and quantitative information in the planning process. Develops familiarity with types and sources of data and assesses the relevance of data for various types of problem situations. Provides experience in producing quality professional analysis. Also develops team skills and graphic presentation abilities. A core course.
PLAN 6040Legal Aspects of Planning (3.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Addresses the law as it relates to planning practice. Includes substantial work in traditional areas of land-use law, but also deals with the law as an instrument for change. Emphasizes developing legal research skills and performing legal analysis. A core course.
PLAN 6050Methods of Planning Analysis (4.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		Applies quantitative skills to the planning process: analyzes decision situations and develops precise languages for structuring or communicating their quantitative dimensions. Includes lectures, case studies, and reviews of statistical methods, survey research methods, census data analysis, program and plan evaluation, and computer modeling. A core course.
PLAN 6070Urban Theory and Public Policy (3.00)
Concentrates on normative and empirical urban theory central to understanding the design and effects of public policies. The theories and applications considered span a number of academic disciplines. Stresses application of theoretical perspectives to federal, state, and local policy choices. A core course.
PLAN 6090Planning Theory and Practice (3.00)
Provides a history of the intellectual and professional roots of contemporary planning theory and practice. Analyzes these roots with an eye to stimulating new perspectives and concepts for a sustainable community orientation. A core course.
PLAN 6500Special Topics in Planning (1.00 - 3.00)
Topical offerings in planning.
PLAN 7993Independent Study (1.00 - 4.00)
Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor.
PLAN 8998Non-Topical Research, Masters (1.00 - 12.00)
For Thesis Preparation, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
PLAN 8999Master's Thesis (3.00 - 6.00)
Offered
Spring 2012		A thesis is optional for the Master of Urban and Environmental Planning degree. Students should begin early to explore topics and to identify potential committee members. A guideline document is available.