• SARC 1500

    SARC Seminars
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    2.67

     Difficulty

    1.00

     GPA

    3.89

    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    SARC 1500 courses are 1-credit seminars capped at 20 first-year students, all of whom are assigned to the instructor as advisees. They are topically focused on an area identified by the faculty member; they also include a significant advising component centered on undergraduate issues (e.g., choosing a major, study abroad opportunities, undergraduate research, etc.).

  • SARC 5130

    Design Research Journal I
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    Fall 2024

    Design Research Journal I is an independently driven course focused on the conceptualization and production of a student-developed journal, Lunch. A small team of student editors create a new volume within the journal series, focused on a theme of their selection. It runs as three consecutive courses for a total of 3 credits. SARC 5130 includes thematic development, literature review, outreach, editorial roles, and submission process.

  • SARC 5131

    Design Research Journal II
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    Fall 2024

    Design Research Journal II is an independently driven course focused on the conceptualization and production of a student-developed journal, Lunch. A small team of student editors create a new volume within the journal series, focused on a theme of their selection. It runs as three consecutive courses for a total of 3 credits. SARC 5131 includes development of the journal¿s structure, selection of submissions, and editorial feedback to authors.

  • SARC 5132

    Design Research Journal III
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    Fall 2024

    Design Research Journal III is an independently driven course focused on the conceptualization and production of a student-developed journal, Lunch. A small team of student editors create a new volume within the journal series, focused on a theme of their selection. It runs as three consecutive courses for a total of 3 credits. SARC 5132 includes publication design and layout, execution of production files, and selection of the next editors.

  • SARC 5711

    CPT Internship
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    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    This course ifs for international students doing CPT (Curricular Practical Training) Employment. Students will report and reflect on their experiences within professional practice and in their specific their discipline.

  • SARC 6101

    Buildings, Cities, Narratives
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     GPA

    3.72

    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    This is a foundational course introducing the field of architecture and urbanism as it has been historically constructed; it investigates the formulation of canons, contrarian practices, and narratives that frame discourses and practices today. The objectives are to understand the genealogies of the modern tradition, establish a knowledge of the disciplinary milestones, and to articulate critical theoretical frameworks.

  • SARC 6710

    Design Computation 1
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    3.71

    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    The Design Computation sequence introduces computational thinking and design in the context of long-standing architectural technologies. Design Computation 1 focuses on computational fundamentals, spatial structures, and associative modeling

  • SARC 8120

    Ethics, Politics, & Aesthetics
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    Fall 2024

    The shaping, production and analysis of the constructed environment has ethical, political and aesthetic implications that are often inextricably related. Ethics, Politics, and Aesthetics is an interdisciplinary theory course that examines major issues and methodologies in twentieth century theories of history, production, time, space and representation: including critical theory, phenomenology, semiotics, post-structuralism and psychoanalysis.

  • SARC 9911

    Research Colloquium I
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    3.67

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    The research colloquium focuses on individual research, methods and project development. The course provides a forum for the interaction and learning among graduate students from various disciplines, and at different stages in the progress of research. The objective is for students to learn how to articulate their inquiry, and to critically question and compare their own research and methods of inquiry to those found in other disciplines.

  • SARC 9913

    Research Colloquium III
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    Fall 2024

    The research colloquium focuses on individual research, methods and project development. The course provides a forum for the interaction and learning among graduate students from various disciplines, and at different stages in the progress of research. The objective is for students to learn how to articulate their inquiry, and to critically question and compare their own research and methods of inquiry to those found in other disciplines.

  • SARC 9993

    Advanced Independent Research
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    Fall 2024

    Advanced independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor. Prerequisite: Permission of the Director.

  • SARC 9998

    Non-Topical Doctoral Prep
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    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.

  • SARC 9999

    Non-Topical Research
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    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.