Architectural Design Certificate

(formerly Architectural Studies)

Curriculum ARC.STD CERT (C448X)

The Architectural Design Certificate provides students with the group of classes that focus on becoming a creative thinker and designer in the architecture industry. These classes are the core of most architectural curriculum at four-year colleges and university and the certificate will prepare you for transfer.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of the Architecture Design Certificate, the graduate will be able to:

  • utilize state of the art equipment and software as it applies to design and construction;
  • identify sustainability and global environmental issues and their impact in the construction field;
  • resolve programmatic, spatial, social, political and sustainable issues in a rational design solution;
  • apply the history of architecture and aesthetics to design solutions; and
  • demonstrate the ability to communicate design solutions verbally and in 2-D and 3-D representations.

(Fall 2020)

Semester One

CourseCategoryCredits
ARC 104 Introduction to Architecture

3 credits

ARC 189 AutoCAD & 3D Computer Modeling

3 credits

Total Semester Credits:6

Semester Two

CourseCategoryCredits
ARC 170 # Design I

4 credits

ARC 187 # Architectural Drawings & Models

3 credits

Total Semester Credits:7

Semester Three

CourseCategoryCredits
ARC 171 # Design II

5 credits

ARC 210 # History of Architecture I

3 credits

Total Semester Credits:8

Semester Four

CourseCategoryCredits
ARC 214 # History of Architecture II

3 credits

ARC 272 # Design III

5 credits

Total Semester Credits:8

Total Credit Hours: 29

See ARC course descriptions.

Coordinator: Frances Figg, Ext. 3129; email: francesfigg@triton.edu