Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2002
Architecture (ARCH)
Rice Course Schedule as of 11/26/2002.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
(reg@rice.edu).
See also: Building Codes | Registration Information
NOTE: Course web pages are available for some ARCH courses.
ARCH 101 PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE I Credits 4.00 Fall 02
Visual studies using simple tools and materials to develop an awareness of the
environment and a vocabulary to describe it. Requisite for architecture
majors.
001 AH 212 - MWF 02:00PM - 05:00PM Grenader, Nonya S. Enr: 24 Max: 0
Samuels, Danny Marc
ARCH 201 PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE II Credits 6.00 Fall 02
Introduction to concepts of beginning architectural design. Design process as
problem solving with emphasis on conscious method. Requisite for architecture
majors.
Prereq- Arch 101 and 102.
001 AH 146 - M 01:00PM - 05:00PM
TBA - Oliver, Douglas E. Enr: 22 Max: 0
Williams, William Daryl
ARCH 207 INTRO TO DESIGN OF STRUCTURES Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
The course will introduce students to historical and contemporary structures
through multi-media presentations, computer-based visualizations, field trips
and hands-on experiments with materials of construction and physical models of
structures. This is an introductory interactive course on the art and science
of designing engineered structures and in intended for freshmen and sophomores
interested in both civil engineering and architecture. Also offered as CIVI
207.
001 AH 117 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Wittenberg, Gordon G. Enr: 26 Max: 0
ARCH 301 PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE III Credits 6.00 Fall 02
Intermediate level design problems with emphasis on building technology,
programming and formal design. Requisite for preprofessional major in
architecture.
Prereq- Arch 201 and 202.
001 TBA - MWF 01:00PM - 06:00PM Heiss, Brian Enr: 24 Max: 0
Morrow, Michael
ARCH 311 HOUSTON ARCHITECTURE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
This course consists of a series of illustrated lectures and walking tours that
describe and analyze the architecture of Houston from the city's founding in
1836 to the present. Characteristic building types and exceptional works of
architecture are identified; tours stimulate an awareness of the historical
dimension of urban sites.
001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Fox, David Stephen Enr: 18 Max: 0
ARCH 313 SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
This course will explore sustainable design from initial sustainable facility
concepts and team organizations, to enlisting community support and process
assessment. The course will develop into details about sustainable design,
lessons learned, processes and outcomes.
001 AH 117 - TTH 07:00PM - 09:00PM Taylor, Rives Enr: 0 Max: NA
ARCH 316 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
An introduction to the thermal performance of buildings. Course is divided
into 2 parts: Building Climatology and Air Conditioning Systems.
001 TBA - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Oberholzer, Mark A. Enr: 26 Max: NA
ARCH 317 LANDSCAPE AND SITE STRATEGIES FOR HOUSTO Credits 3.00 Fall 02
This course is a workshop in site planning, with Houston as its focus. It will
allow students to gian practice assessing, cataloging, and communicating the
many complex issues that go into plugging a building into a site. We will
navigate the networks created by natural environments, the build and legal
environments, and access. The final product of this course is a site plan.
Enrollment is limited to 15.
001 AH 148 - TH 07:00PM - 09:50PM Albert, Larry Enr: 0 Max: 15
Whitehead, Kerry Colleen
ARCH 322 METHODS OF MAKING Credits 3.00 Fall 02
No description
001 AH 217 - W 07:00PM - 09:30PM Guthrie, David Morrow Enr: 0 Max: 0
ARCH 327 Building Workshop I Credits 3.00 Fall 02
The Rice Building Workshop involves students in the design and construction of
real projects at various scales. Elective courses and course sequences will be
formatted to a address the specific requirements of each project as required.
Please consult postings for further information.
001 TBA - TTH 04:00PM - 05:20PM Samuels, Danny Marc Enr: 9 Max: 0
ARCH 344 CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN Credits 3.00 Fall 02
A seminar in which the relationship between the construction of an object and
its usefulness is explored. The premise in the course is that the way things
are made can be one credible point of departure for the architectural design
process.
001 AH 217 - TTH 04:00PM - 05:20PM Parsons, Spencer W. Enr: 2 Max: 0
ARCH 345 RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
This course will trace the development of Renaissance and Baroque architecture
in Italy and France with reference to the dialectic of license and rule. The
first part, which covers the period from 1400-1600, will focus on the civil,
domestic and ecclesiastical architecture of the chief protagonists of the
Italian Renaissance: Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante, Giulio Romano,
Michelangelo and Palladio. Their buildings and urban initiatives will be
interpreted in terms of continuities & discontinuities between an emerging
theoretical tradition & the demands of actual practice. Also offered as HART
345/645.
001 AH 117 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Biln, John Enr: 22 Max: 0
El-Dahdah, Fares
ARCH 351 SOCIAL ISSUES & ARCHITECTURE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
This course examines efforts by organizations within working class neighborhods
that are immediately adjacent to downtown to enable regeneration in ways that
do not disclocate the current residents.
001 AH 148 - F 10:00AM - 12:00PM Brown, David P. Enr: 1 Max: 0
ARCH 353 PHOTO FOR ARCHITECTS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Exploration of a variety of photographic techniques for architectural research,
design, and presentation.
001 AH 148 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM White, Frank S. Enr: 5 Max: 0
ARCH 363 ARCHITECTURAL REPRESENTATION: FREEHAND D Credits 3.00 Fall 02
A semester long workshop designed to impart skills in free-hand drawing, with
an emphasis on architectural subjects. The course will consist of in-class
sketching exercises and out-of-class drawing assignments.
001 TBA - TBA Delaura, Louis P. Enr: 11 Max: NA
ARCH 375 CULTURAL CRITICISM IN ARCHITECTURE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
This seminar explores the relationship between architecture and culture. Course
readings include Cornel West, bell hooks, and Bill Goode. Specifically, we will
study the effects of advanced capitalism, identity politics and latent biases
which form the foundation of the architecture profession. Limited enrollment.
001 KH 101 - TH 07:00PM - 09:50PM Williams, William Daryl Enr: 19 Max: 0
ARCH 401 PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE IV Credits 6.00 Fall 02
Upper level architectural design problems with an emphasis on urban issues and
site planning, and complex building organization. Required for preprofessional
major in architecture.
Prereq- Arch 301, 302.
001 AH 236 - MWF 01:00PM - 06:00PM Burke, Brian Enr: 26 Max: 0
Jimenez, Carlos
ARCH 433 INTRO TO COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ARCHIT Credits 3.00 Fall 02
This course is designed as a general introduction to computing in the context
of architectural design. Emphasis is on the use of digital media as design
tools and the appropriate use of these tools in the varying processes of
design. This course includes exposure to a broad spectrum of design, drafting,
modeling and presentation software.
001 AH 218 - TTH 08:00AM - 09:20AM Delaura, Louis P. Enr: 1 Max: 0
ARCH 435 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN IN ARCH Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Introduction to basic computer graphics, computer aided design, and the
programming algorithms that underlie them. Develops familiarity with packages
such as Autocad and Arris.
001 AH 218 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Delaura, Louis P. Enr: 0 Max: 0
ARCH 437 VIDEO 1,2,3 Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Production of ARchitectural space through the use of video, scale physical
models, installations, and the urban enviroment. Limited enrollment: 12
students.
Prereq- permission of isntructor required.
001 TBA - TTH 06:30PM - 08:30PM Heiss, Brian Enr: 1 Max: 0
ARCH 439 THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
A workshop in three dimensional computer modeling and its theoretical
implications for architecture and design. One class session each week will be
a "how to" lecture covering the technical side of modeling. The other sessions
will consist of group discussion through which we will explore the theoretical
implications of the medium and test the limits of its use as architectural
representation. Prereq-permission of instructor required.
Prereq- permission of instructor required.
001 AH 218 - TTH 04:00PM - 05:30PM Lally, Sean Enr: 2 Max: 0
ARCH 455 HOUSING AND URBAN PROGRAMS: ISSUES IN PO Credits 3.00 Fall 02
This course will explore current issues in the formulation and implementation
of housing and urban development programs in the U.S. An oral presentation and
written paper on a specific topic within a general policy area required.
001 AH 217 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Lord, Tom Forrester Enr: 4 Max: 0
ARCH 461 SPECIAL PROJECTS Credits Fall 02
Independent research or design arranged in consultation with a faculty member.
Subject to approval of faculty advisor and director. Very limited enrollment.
001 TBA - MWF 08:00AM - 08:50AM Casbarian, John J. Enr: 1 Max: 0
ARCH 483 TWENTIETH CENTURY HISTORY OF IDEAS OF AR Credits 3.00 Fall 02
This course will examine Twentieth Century architectural discourse in a broad
intellectual context. Course material will cover the period between 1900 and
the present, focusing on 1965-1995. Special attention will be paid to
relationships among philosophy, critical theory, cultural criticism, and the
objects and theories of architecture. The following topics are covered:
Anticipation and Reflection, Formalist Aesthetics, Architecture and Form,
Culture and Modernity, Culture and Depth Analysis, Psychoanalytic
Interpretation, Architecture and Desire, Culture and Politics, Marxism and
Neo-Historicism, Architecture and Political Critique, Phenomology and
Reception, Architecture and the Life-World, Culture after Modernism, Semiotics
and Structuralism, Discourse and Discipline, Deconstruction and Textuality,
Deconstruction (Re)constructed, Feminism and Gender Theory, Architecture and
Difference.
Prereq- permission of instructor.
001 AH 117 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Last, Nana Enr: 2 Max: 0
ARCH 485 Architecture & Society I Credits 3.00 Fall 02
No description.
001 AH 117 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
ARCH 500 PRECEPTORSHIP PROGRAM Credits 15.00 Fall 02
Requisite for admission to graduate studies in architecture for all recipients
of Rice B.A. degrees in preprofessional or area majors. Student completes nine
to twelve months of full-time internship under guidance of an appointed
preceptor.
001 TBA - TBA Casbarian, John J. Enr: 14 Max: 0
ARCH 501 CORE DESIGN STUDIO I Credits 10.00 Fall 02
Requisite for admission to graduate profesional program options in architecture
or urban design for students with nonarchitectural bachelor's degree.
Lectures, seminars, laboratories, and design studio projects adjusted to
individual needs. Prereq- determined by the Graduate Affairs Committee with the
School of Architecture.
Prereq- determined by the Graduate Affairs Committee with the School of
Architecture.
001 TBA - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Krumwiede, Keith Enr: 13 Max: 0
Satterfield, Blair
ARCH 503 CORE DESIGN STUDIO III Credits 10.00 Fall 02
Design studio to follow Arch 501, 502. Preparation for entering studios in the
regular graduate programs in architecture and urban design in the following
semester.
001 AH 143 - MWF 01:00PM - 06:00PM Finley, Dawn Enr: 25 Max: 0
Wittenberg, Gordon G.
ARCH 507 INTRO TO DESIGN OF STRUCTURES Credits 3.00 Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
See Arch 207.
001 AH 117 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Wittenberg, Gordon G. Enr: 12 Max: 0
ARCH 516 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
See Arch 316.
001 TBA - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Oberholzer, Mark A. Enr: 13 Max: NA
ARCH 600 M. ARCH. I INTERNSHIP Credits Fall 02
Practical work experience for students who have completed at least four
semesters in the Option I Program prior to their entrance into the regular
Master of Architecture studio sequence. Permission of instructor required.
Very limited enrollment.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: 0
ARCH 601 ARCHITECTURAL PROBLEMS:STUDIO Credits 10.00 Fall 02
Emphasis on abstract thought and design capabilities relevant to systematic
processes of designing specific buildings and facilities.
Prereq-Arch 500; or Arch 501- 504.
001 AH 102 - MWF 01:00PM - 06:00PM Cannady, William T. Enr: 15 Max: 0
002 AH 101 - MWF 01:00PM - 06:00PM Guthrie, David Morrow Enr: 12 Max: NA
Lally, Sean
003 AH 201 - MWF 01:00PM - 06:00PM Wamble, Mark Enr: 12 Max: NA
004 TBA - MWF 01:00PM - 06:00PM Casbarian, John J. Enr: 10 Max: NA
Fitzsimons, Kent
Pope, Albert H.
ARCH 611 HOUSTON ARCHITECTURE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
See Arch 311.
001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Fox, David Stephen Enr: 6 Max: 0
ARCH 613 SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
See Arch 313.
001 AH 117 - TTH 07:00PM - 09:00PM Taylor, Rives Enr: 0 Max: 0
ARCH 617 LANDSCAPE AND SITE STRATEGIES FOR HOUSTO Credits 3.00 Fall 02
This course is a workshop in site planning, with Houston as its focus. It will
allow students to gian practice assessing, cataloging, and communicating the
many complex issues that go into plugging a building into a site. We will
navigate the networks created by natural environments, the build and legal
environments, and access. The final product of this course is a site plan.
Enrollment is limited to 15.
001 AH 148 - TH 07:00PM - 09:50PM Albert, Larry Enr: 8 Max: 0
Whitehead, Kerry Colleen
ARCH 622 METHODS OF MAKING Credits 3.00 Fall 02
See Arch 322.
001 AH 217 - W 07:00PM - 09:30PM Guthrie, David Morrow Enr: 0 Max: 0
ARCH 627 BUILDING WORKSHOP I Credits 3.00 Fall 02
See ARCH 327.
001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Samuels, Danny Marc Enr: 13 Max: 0
ARCH 633 INTRO TO COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ARCHIT Credits 3.00 Fall 02
See Arch 433.
001 AH 218 - TTH 08:00AM - 09:20AM Delaura, Louis P. Enr: 13 Max: 0
ARCH 635 COMPUTER PROJECTS IN ARCH Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Special projects for advanced students in computer applications. (Same as Arch
435.)
Prereq- permision of instructor.
001 AH 218 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Delaura, Louis P. Enr: 0 Max: 0
ARCH 637 VIDEO 1,2,3 Credits 3.00 Fall 02
See Arch 437.
001 TBA - TTH 06:30PM - 08:30PM Heiss, Brian Enr: 14 Max: 0
ARCH 639 THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
See Arch 439.
001 AH 218 - TTH 04:00PM - 05:30PM Lally, Sean Enr: 12 Max: 0
ARCH 644 CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN Credits 3.00 Fall 02
See Arch 344.
001 AH 217 - TTH 04:00PM - 05:20PM Parsons, Spencer W. Enr: 9 Max: 0
ARCH 651 SOCIAL ISSUES & ARCHITECTURE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
See Arch 351.
001 AH 148 - F 10:00AM - 12:00PM Brown, David P. Enr: 0 Max: 0
ARCH 653 PHOTO FOR ARCHITECTS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
See Arch 353.
Prereq- Open to fifth year and graduate students.
001 TBA - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM White, Frank S. Enr: 14 Max: 0
ARCH 655 HOUSING AND URBAN PROGRAMS: ISSUES IN PO Credits 3.00 Fall 02
This course will explore current issues in the formulation and implementation
of housing and urban development programs in the U.S. Class members will each
select a specific topic within a general policy area and make oral presentation
to the class as well as submit a written paper on the topic at the end of the
semester.
001 AH 217 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Lord, Tom Forrester Enr: 6 Max: 0
ARCH 663 ARCHITECTURAL REPRESENTATION: FREEHAND D Credits 3.00 Fall 02
A semester long workshop designed to impart skills in free-hand drawing, with
an emphasis on architectural subjects. The course will consist of in-class
sketching exercises and out-of-class drawing assignments.
001 TBA - TBA Delaura, Louis P. Enr: 21 Max: NA
ARCH 675 CULTURAL CRITICISM IN ARCHITECTURE Credits 3.00 Fall 02
This seminar explores the relationship between architecture and culture. Course
readings include Cornel West, bell hooks, and Bill Goode. Specifically, we will
study the effects of advanced capitalism, identity politics and latent biases
which form the foundation of the architecture profession. Limited
enrollment.
Limited enrollment.
001 KH 101 - TH 07:00PM - 09:50PM Williams, William Daryl Enr: 11 Max: 0
ARCH 683 TWENTIETH CENTURY HISTORY OF IDEAS OF AR Credits 3.00 Fall 02
See Arch 483.
001 AH 117 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Last, Nana Enr: 28 Max: 0
ARCH 685 ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY I (ANTIQUITY TH Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Through a series of case studies, this course will examine the socio-cultural
consequences of exemplary buildings from Antiquity through the 17th Century.
001 AH 117 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Biln, John Enr: 14 Max: 0
El-Dahdah, Fares
Neagley, Linda
ARCH 700 PRACTICUM Credits Fall 02
Full-time internship service in approved local offices under interdisciplinary
supervision. Emphasis on "real world" design, planning, or research
experiences. Special tuition. May be taken in any semester or in summer.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: 0
ARCH 703 DESIGN THESIS STUDIO Credits 13.00 Fall 02
No description
001 AH 202 - MWF 01:00PM - 06:00PM Brown, David P. Enr: 16 Max: 0
Mangurian, Robert
ARCH 705 WRITTEN THESIS RESEARCH Credits 3.00 Fall 02
No description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
ARCH 706 WRITTEN THESIS Credits 13.00 Fall 02
No description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 2 Max: 0
ARCH 711 SPECIAL PROJECTS Credits Fall 02
Independent research or design arranged in consultation with a faculty member
subject to approval of the student's faculty advisor and director.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 21 Max: 0
002 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 3 Max: NA
ARCH 714 INDEPENDENT DESIGN PROJECTS Credits Fall 02
No description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
ARCH 800 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Fall 02
No description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: 0
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