5133 Advanced and International Professional Practice and Ethics
(3-0) 3 hours credit. A seminar dealing with national and international business and legal environments in the design and construction industry. Topics include agreement and delivery options, forms of construction, project procedures and administration, liability, contract documents, and ethics.
5143 Sustainable Architecture Seminar
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Review of the current discourse of sustainability as it occurs in the design professions with a focus on ethical and sustainable design practices. Addresses key issues of environmentally sustainable design within a social and cultural framework. Examination of the tools and techniques employed to produce sustainable architectural environments. May be repeated for credit once when topics vary.
5173 Architectural Theory and Criticism
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Seminar survey of historical basis and contemporary development of architectural theory and the criteria used in architectural criticism from both Western and non-Western perspectives.
5203 History and Theory of Preservation
(3-0) 3 hours credit. A seminar on the history, philosophy, and methodology of historic preservation and restoration.
5213 Theories and Philosophies of Regionalism
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Seminar focusing on issues of regionalism; appropriate interventions between the natural environment and the history and traditions of the built environment that together maintain and contribute to a sense of place.
5233 Architectural Surveys and Measured Drawings
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: ARC 5203. Documentation and interpretation of sites and buildings and graphic recording techniques.
5303 International Practice Seminar
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A seminar focusing on the professional, legal, social, and cultural issues that affect international architecture, construction, and urban development. May be repeated for credit once when topics vary.
5313 International Housing Design
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Evolution of housing design with emphasis on sustainable design methods, materials, techniques, and solutions.
5403 Historic Preservation Seminar
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Selected topics in architecture, design, preservation, and planning. May be repeated for credit when topics vary, but not more than 6 hours will apply to the Master of Architecture degree.
5423 Legal and Economic Aspects of Preservation
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Laws and regulations that affect preservation of the built environment, nationally, regionally, and locally. Fundamentals of legal protection for and regulation of historic cultural resources in light of contemporary attitudes toward the historic environment. Economic bases of the use of historic buildings and sites examined in terms of contemporary social and cultural attitudes that determine effective strategies of preservation action.
5613 Architecture of the Americas
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Development of the architecture of North, Central, and South America from the earliest human settlements to the present.
5623 Regional and Vernacular Architecture
(3-0) 3 hours credit. History of the settlement patterns of immigrants to the North American continent and the response to climate, material availability, and economic constraints that required adaptation of housing, farm, and industrial structures. Consideration of the anonymous builders of the South Texas/North Mexico region and the special problems their structures pose as objects worthy of preservation.
5633 Construction Management
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Organization of construction resources and activities to include consideration of scheduling, methods of construction, project planning and management, cost accounting, and personnel utilization.
6113 Special Topics
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Selected topics in architecture, international practice, historic preservation, and construction management. May be repeated for credit when topics vary, but not more than 6 hours will apply to the Master of Architecture degree.
6123 Morphology of South Texas and the Borderlands
(3-0) 3 hours credit. A seminar analyzing the infrastructure of South Texas and the borderlands, and their evolution and interaction.
6146 Advanced Design Studio
(1-10) 6 hours credit. Advanced problems in architectural or urban design to develop skills in areas of students’ and faculty member’s choice, including community planning and preservation. May be repeated for credit, but not more than 18 hours will apply to the Master of Architecture degree.
6233 International Community Planning and Design
(3-0) 3 hours credit. A study of sustainable design, planning, economic, financial, and environmental issues that shape multicultural communities in the Americas.
6413 Preservation Technology
(1-4) 3 hours credit. Techniques of preservation: methods of analysis, history of materials, and technology used in old buildings. Emphasis on buildings as integrated sets of subsystems and how these are affected by the processes of material deterioration, conservation, and techniques of intervention. May be repeated for credit once when topics vary.
6423 Architectural Conservation Theory
(3-0) 3 hours credit. A study of the problems of older sites and buildings and the techniques employed in preserving and restoring them.
6933 Master’s Project Preparation
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. The course involves the preparation of a proposal for an independent design project or a written thesis. Course includes completion of a qualifying examination related to either a design project or written thesis.
6943 Professional Internship
3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing, 18 semester credit hours of graduate work, and consent of instructor. Supervised professional practice experience with public agencies or private firms. Individual conferences and written reports required. May be repeated for credit, but not more than 6 hours will apply to the Master of Architecture degree.
6951-3 Independent Study
1 to 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission in writing (form available) of the instructor and the Graduate Advisor of Record. Independent reading, research, discussion, and/or writing under the direction of a faculty member. For students needing specialized work not normally or not often available as part of the regular course offerings. May be repeated for credit, but not more than 6 hours, regardless of discipline, will apply to the Master of Architecture degree.
6961 Comprehensive Examination
1 hour credit. Prerequisite: Approval of the Graduate Program Committee to take the Comprehensive Examination. Independent study course for the purpose of taking the Comprehensive Examination. The grade report for the course is either “CR” (satisfactory performance of the Comprehensive Examination) or “NC” (unsatisfactory performance on the Comprehensive Examination). Credit earned in ARC 6961 may not be counted toward the degree. May be repeated once.
6973,6 Special Problems
(3-0, 6-0) 3 or 6 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. An organized course offering the opportunity for specialized study not normally or not often available as part of the regular course offerings. Special Problems courses may be repeated for credit when topics vary, but not more than 6 semester credit hours for ARC 6973 or 12 hours for ARC 6976 will apply to the Master of Architecture degree.
6981,3 Master’s Thesis
1 or 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of the Architecture Graduate Advisor. May be repeated for credit but not more than 6 hours will apply to a degree. Successful completion of ARC 6961 is required for enrollment in the second semester of Master Thesis. Credit will be awarded upon completion of the thesis. Enrollment is required each term in which the thesis is in progress.
6993,6 Master’s Project
(0-3, 0-6) 3 or 6 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and completion of ARC 6933. Two project options are available: an independent design project or a written thesis. Both are considered capstones to the professional program.
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