This design studio focuses on issues relevant to current architectural practice and/or exploration of architectural theory. Students choose from among several sections of this studio, each of which of addresses a different set of issues. The issues addressed as well as the pedagogical approach of these studios are defined by the faculty teaching them. All students must take a minimum of one Topical Design Studio within the area Concentration. Course may be repeated with permission. (Spring)

This design studio focuses on issues relevant to current architectural practice and/or exploration of architectural theory. Students choose from among several sections of this studio, each of which addresses a different set of issues. The issues are defined by the faculty teaching them. All students must take a minimum of one Topical Design Studio within their area of Concentration. Course may be repeated with permission. (Fall)

This studio offers support and structure for students undertaking their individualized thesis project in either the MArchI or the MArchII program. For MArchI students, this studio will focus upon an individually defined architectural project; for MArchII students, this studio will focus upon an individually defined research project. (see Requisite & Capstone Experiences for more details). The faculty member teaching ARCH 7104 coordinates the activities of the students and their advisory committees. (Spring)

This intermediate design studio focuses on the sustainable development of neighborhoods, districts, sites and spaces, exploring design process issues as well as the continued acquisition and practice of a variety of technical and graphic skills. (Spring)

This advanced design studio focuses on site-specific projects and emphasizes methods of research and design as well as technological and systemic issues of sustainability in urban environments. This course will pursue a directed research and design agenda that will vary according to faculty interest, expertise and/or project requirements. In addition, this course may build upon the resources of the Design + Society Research Center (DSRC) at the School of Architecture. (Fall)

This course serves as an introduction to the objectives of the practice of architecture, its responsibilities and procedures, and emerging alternative forms of practice and as they pertain to the role of the architect. (Spring)

This course focuses on examination of analytic and synthetic models including information processing, programming, and implementation activities used to structure the architect's design process, conjectural models, and methods specific to the architect's creative skills. (Spring)

Cross-listed as ARCH 6050. This course serves to acquaint students with contemporary theory and practice in planning and urban design; to give students experience in applying planning an urban design theory and methods to actual problems; to provide students with experience in compiling and analyzing community scale data, working with citizens, professional planners and designers, and elected officials, to provide students with experience in the preparation of oral reports and technical documents; and to examine what it means for the planner and urban designer to demonstrate ethical responsibility to the public interest, to clients and employers, and to colleagues and oneself.

This course examines the impact of planning law on the urban form of cities, both historically and in terms of contemporary professional practice. It surveys the impacts of planning regulations from Philip of Spain's "Laws of the Indies" at the beginning of American colonization through the development of English common law property rights, their extension to America and the development of zoning and planning legislation during the 20th century. Special attention is paid to current applications of form-based zoning codes in Britain and America and their implications for urban design and the patterns of settlement.

Concentrated, in-depth study of selected topic. Topics vary according to faculty expertise and often include contemporary theoretical, social, technological, and design issues. (Fall, Spring)

Cross-listed as ARCH 6050. The production of buildings requires both architectural and economic skill. Likewise, the production of our landscape is both a private and public endeavor. To balance these skills and endeavors requires an understanding of baisc facts. This course focuses on an introduction to the real estate development process. Course material, lectures and case studies focus on the indentification and evaluation of critical assumptions and issues related to market and site feasibility, planning, acquisition, construction, and operation of economically viable commercial real estate projects. (Fall)

This course examines the aesthetic, historic, and ideological frameworks involved in Chicano/a and Latina/o artistic, design and spatial practices in order to better understand their roles in the making of space, place, and identity.

When it comes to cities, what happens in Vegas is often representative of the changes, forces and factors at play in major cities cross the country and globe. In an effort to better understand some of the factors helping shape our cities, this course will examine the architectural, urban and cultural (both popular and academic) importance of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Strip in order to understand how what happens in Vegas does not always stay in Vegas

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Architectural History Electives Study of topical areas of history and theory of architecture. These courses are required for architecture majors (6 credit hours) to complement the required survey courses (ARCH 5211 and 5212) to develop in-depth research, writing, and presentation skills. May be repeated for credit as topics of course change. (Fall)