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5.00 Credits
This course is the culmination of architectural design studio course sequence in the Bachelor of Science in Architecture Degree program. The student is expected to demonstrate a firm grasp of the skills required for undertaking comprehensive, sustainable and inclusive building design. The communication and illustration of the design solution is of paramount importance in demonstrating the acquisition of design skills. The semester is devoted to the undertaking of an urban-scale design project with minimum faculty supervision. Pre-requisite: ARCP 401.
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3.00 Credits
This course undertakes a general review of: the profession of Architecture; historic developments; relation to other professions and disciplines; the changing role of the Architect; architectural and related professional societies; state and national registration boards; education accreditation; federal, state and municipal agencies and legal and ethical questions relating to the practice of architecture and emerging forms of practice.
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3.00 Credits
The course utilizes the Secretary of the Interior's Certification application, preservation guidelines, and technical specifications as the base of case study analysis of the planning and design of historic structures in the District of Columbia. Nonhistoric rehabilitation techniques in housing, cost control and recycle/retrofit techniques for various structures are also analyzed.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses, via the case study method, on the business and financial tools of professional practice including real estate development and other emerging entrepreneur opportunities. Students are expected to understand the ethics associated with the practice of Architecture as a business and profession that is responsible for health safety and welfare of the public. Pre-requisite: ARCP 411.
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3.00 Credits
The Design of Concrete Structures covers the analysis and design of reinforced concrete rectangular and T-beams, one-way slabs, short and slender (long) columns, spread footings, and wall footings. The concepts of stresses and strength of materials: moments, shear, equilibrium, inertia, static loading versus dynamic loading and torque are reviewed. This course allows the student to develop the necessary skills to understand the primary elements of load calculation, load transfer, and load tables as it relates to concrete and concrete frames. The ACI codes are employed in computations. Pre-requisite: ARCP 331.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to the elements of visual art and design including the principles of aesthetics as they explore various solutions to design problems. Examines the design principles of line, shape, value, and texture, along with an introduction to color theory. Focuses on developing design skills as a means to communicate thoughts, ideas, and messages. Studio course.
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3.00 Credits
Examines composition, communication through word and image, typographic layout, and use of color in design. Explores how page layout and spatial organization form the foundation for solving graphic design challenges. Students apply basic design concepts to a variety of graphic formats to produce works of graphic design such as posters, business communications, and other related graphics, for presentation via print and digital media studio course. Pre-requisite: ARTD 105 & GRCT 109 or PI.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the concept of creating and producing art using the computer as a creative tool. Explores digital design in a studio atmosphere where students learn digital image development and manipulation while exploring conceptual ideas and compositional strategies. Focuses on raster-based image programs such as Photoshop, and the creation of art by utilizing image-building software programs. Digital studio course. Pre-requisite: ARTD 105 & GRCT 109.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the type used as a graphic design element. Explores typographic design through the creation of letterforms, the use of traditional and contemporary fonts, and the creation of effective page layouts using type. Combines technical aspects and rules of traditional typesetting with the aesthetics of creative typography. Pre-requisite: ARTD 105, GRCT 109 or permission of instructor. Digital studio course.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on developing vector-based drawing skills as students continue to develop conceptual solutions for effective illustration. Students learn the fundamentals of digital image building techniques that are applied in visual communications as well as how to use digital toolboxes to produce illustrations and logo design. Pre-requisite: ARTD 105, GRCT 109. Digital studio course.
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