ARCH 403 - The American Home and Household I

Institution:

New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Description:

Prerequisite: junior or senior standing. A cultural, architectural analysis of American homes and households throughout history. Included are the Puritan society and Colonial home, the Victorian home and family, the frontier homestead, 19th century utopian communes, immigrants, the working class poor and urban tenements, war housing, and suburban homes. Students explore the meaning, use and design of each domestic setting from the point of view of society, the family and the individual, considering differences based on race, sex and class.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.njit.edu/

Phone Number:

(973) 596-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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