Leading to the Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) Degree		Units
Major (M)		97
General Education (GE)		30
Designated General Education (GE*)		18
Unrestricted electives (UE)		15
Minimum semester hours required		160
Minimum 300 hours work experience required
* Recommended GE courses indicated in brackets

After the second year, every studio project is expected to satisfy the requirement of having a clearly written statement of intent based upon a well-researched position. Highly developed drawing and model-making skills, digital and by hand, are stressed in design studio as a means to express design intent.

SUGGESTED SEQUENCE OF REQUIRED COURSES
FIRST YEAR
	Fall Semester
AR	114	Design Communication 1	3	M
AR	182	Design Studio 1A: Principles & Processes, Bodies and Objects	4	M
HI	2xx	World Civilization course	3	GE*
AW	111	Academic Writing I	3	GE
-	-	Unrestricted elective	3	UE
	Spring Semester
AR	183	Design Studio 1B: Natural Tendencies	4	M
AR	211	Design Communication 2	3	M
AR	267	World Architecture 1	3	GE*
MA	202	Trigonometry	3	GE*
AW	112	Academic Writing II	3	GE
SECOND YEAR
	Fall Semester
AR	243	Materials and Methods	3	M
AR	268	World Architecture 2	3	M
AR	281	Design Studio 2A: Program and Space	5	M
SC	240	Physics I	3	GE*
CO	120	Public Speaking	3	GE
	Spring Semester
AR	250	Professional Practice 1: Documentation & Codes	3	M
AR	280	Design Studio 2B: Site Orders	5	M
AR	330	Theory of Architecture	3	M
SC	241	Physics II	3	GE*
-	-	Lower division general education elective (PH 201, Introduction to Philosophy)	3	GE
THIRD YEAR
	Fall Semester
AR	326	Structures 1	3	M
AR	383	Design Studio 3A: House and Housing	6	M
FN	205	History of Contemporary Art	3	GE*
-	-	Lower division general education elective	3	GE
-	-	Unrestricted elective	3	UE
	Spring Semester
AR	327	Structures 2	4	M
AR	384	Design Studio 3B: Structure, Systems, Space and Form	6	M
AR	425	Environmental Systems	3	M
-	-	Humanities (PH 310, Aesthetics)	3	GE
FOURTH YEAR
	Fall Semester
AR	366	Contemporary Issues: Practice and Theory	3	M
AR	487	Design Studio 4A: Contemporary Topics	6	M
-	-	Social or Behavioral Science (EC200, Introduction to Economics)	3	GE
-	-	Upper division general education elective	3	GE
	Spring Semester
AR	334	Urban Design Theory	3	M
AR	489	Design Studio 4B: Urbanism	6	M
-	-	Upper division general education elective	3	GE
-	-	Social or Behavioral Science	3	GE
FIFTH YEAR
	Fall Semester
AR	448	Professional Practice 2: Research and Pre-design	3	M
AR	464	Systems Integration	3	M
AR	491	Design Studio 5A: Contemporary Topics	6	M
-	-	Unrestricted elective	3	UE
	Spring Semester
AR	450	Professional Practice 3: Documents & Project Administration	3	M
AR	492	Degree Project	6	M
-	-	Unrestricted elective	3	UE
-	-	Unrestricted elective	3	UE
ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVES
AR	112	Drawing	3
AR	166	Southern California Architecture	3
AR	186	Case Studies in Architecture	3
AR	269	Object Making	3
AR	293	Second Year Open Studio 1	5
AR	293.1	Second Year Open Studio 2	5
AR	350	Publications	3
AR	351	Design, Animation, and Simulation in the Digital Environment	3
AR	352	Fictional Cartographies	3
AR	375	Urban Environment: Foreign Study	3
AR	393	Third Year Open Studio 1	6
AR	393.1	Third Year Open Studio 2	6
AR	456	Marketing Professional Services	3
AR	458	Real Estate Development	3
AR	468	Digital Media	3
AR	475	Foreign Study Summer Studio	6
AR	493	Fourth Year Open Studio 1	6
AR	493.1	Fourth Year Open Studio 2	6
AR	493.2	Fourth Year Open Studio 3	6
AR	495	Internship	3