• SARC 1500

    SARC Seminars
     Rating

    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 9911

    Research Colloquium I
     Rating

    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 5400

    Data Visualization
     Rating

    4.33

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.58

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Thinking with Images. People have been looking at data for centuries -- with their eyes -- to discover patterns, meaning, and insight into the most important challenges of their time. This course teaches visual and spatial thinking coupled with visual data tools and interactive web coding to envision information. Far beyond plotting, finding ways to respond to complex problems, we will study and make useful, compelling, and beautiful tools to see.

  • SARC 5130

    Design Research Journal I
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    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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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    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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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    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 5500

    Special Topics in the School of Architecture
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.91

    Last Taught

    Spring 2024

    Topical offerings in the School of Architecture.

  • SARC 5711

    CPT Internship
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    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
     Rating

     Difficulty

     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
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    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 6720

    Design Computation 2
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.50

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The Design Computation sequence introduces computational thinking and design in the context of long-standing architectural technologies. Design Computation 2 focuses on cartography, the visual display of information, and spatial data analytics.

  • SARC 8101

    Theories of Knowledge in the Constructed Environment
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.93

    Last Taught

    Spring 2024

    This course provides a framework for the comparison of different theories of knowledge relevant to the School of Architecture's four disciplines through a comparative study of research methods in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. The course's goal is to develop critical thinking as the basis for considering the value of specific research questions and to provide a link between research questions and the methods used to explore them.

  • SARC 8120

    Ethics, Politics, & Aesthetics
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    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 8500

    Adv Special Topics in the School of Architecture
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2024

    Topical offerings in the School of Architecture.

  • SARC 9912

    Research Colloquium II
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    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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     Difficulty

     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 9914

    Research Colloquium IV
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    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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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    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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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

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

  • SARC 9999

    Non-Topical Research
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

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