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Architectural Studies - B.A. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global;ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)f
Attribute
 Course Title Credits Min Grade
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1 1  
MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (53 credits)  Courses count in major GPA 
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  AED 10001 Design Thinking I 2  
  AED 10002 Design Thinking II 2  
  AED 10101 Design Foundations Studio I 3  
  AED 10102 Design Foundations Studio II 3  
  ARCH 10111 History of Architecture I 3  
  ARCH 20112 History of Architecture II 3  
  ARCH 20113 History of Architecture III 3  
  Architecture (ARCH) Electives (upper-division) 2 12  
  ARCS 20121 Studio for Architectural Studies 4  
ELR/WIC ARCS 30022 Urban Design Discourse 3  
  ARCS 30123 Materials and Processes of Making 3 3  
  ARCS 30124 Methods and Theories of Representation 3  
  ARCS 30321 Structural Typology 4 3  
  ARCS 30421 The Environmental Imperative 3  
WIC ARCS 40114 Theory and Criticism in Architectural Media 3 C 5
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (71 credits)  
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
KFA ARTH 22006 Art History: Ancient to Medieval Art 3  
KFA ARTH 22007 Art History: Renaissance to Modern Art 3  
KAD PHIL 11009 Critical Thinking 3  
  Foreign Language 6 11-15  
  Kent Core Composition 6  
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3-5  
  Kent Core Humanities or Fine Arts (must be selected from Humanities) 3  
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) 6  
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 6-7  
  Kent Core Additional 3  
  Non-Architecture Electives (9 credit hours must be upper-division) 24  
MINIMUM TOTAL  125 7  
  1. US 10097 is not required of transfer students with 25 credits (excluding College Credit Plus and dual-enrollment) or students age 21+ at time of admission.
  2. Dual degree-seeking students who are also declared in the Construction Management major within the Bachelor of Science degree may substitute CMGT 42110 Construction Management Capstone (3) for one upper-division Architecture (ARCH) Elective (3).
  3. Dual degree-seeking students who are also declared in the Construction Management major within the Bachelor of Science degree may substitute CMGT 21071 Construction Materials and Methods II for ARCS 30123.
  4. Dual degree-seeking students who are also declared in the Construction Management major within the Bachelor of Science degree may substitute TECH 33111 Strength of Materials (3) for ARCS 30321.
  5. A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.
  6. Dual degree-seeking students who are also declared in the Construction Management major within the Bachelor of Science degree may substitute ACCT 23020 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3), ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics (3); ECON 22061 Principles of Macroeconomics, and MKTG 25010 Principles of Marketing (3) for the Foreign Language requirement (11-15).
  7. Dual degree-seeking students who are also declared in the Construction Management major within the Bachelor of Science degree are required to complete a minimum total of 140 credit hours.