ARCH 5310 — Design Tactics and Operations
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: M/ThBostonTraditional
Encourages students to develop the connections between critical attitudes and techniques in design, through important historical texts. Offers a kind of “great books” approach to the integration of design and history, introducing the writings and seminal designs of Alberti, Palladio, Wright, Le Corbusier, Semper, Sitte, Rowe, Colquhoun, Moneo, Koolhaas, Rossi, Frampton, Venturi and Scott Brown, Scarpa, and Lynch.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 4 | 33 | 36 | 92% | 0.8 |
| Spring 2024 | 2 | 26 | 28 | 93% | 1.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 4 | 38 | 43 | 88% | 1.3 |
| Spring 2025 | 3 | 30 | 37 | 81% | 2.3 |
| Fall 2025 | 6 | 63 | 64 | 98% | 0.2 |
| Spring 2026 | 3 | 38 | 43 | 88% | 1.7 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 60% · T 10% · W 15% · Th 73% · F 4%
Common patterns: MR (57% of sections), R (16% of sections), W (15% of sections), T (5% of sections), TF (4% of sections), M (2% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Sara Carr (17% of students) · reviews
- Marie Adams (16% of students) · reviews
- Lily Song (14% of students) · reviews
- Elizabeth Yarina (13% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Jose Menendez (28% of students) · reviews
- Kristian Kloeckl (21% of students) · reviews
- Carlos Sandoval Olascoaga (16% of students) · reviews
- Mara Jovanovic (16% of students)
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (ARCH course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All ARCH courses · Plan it at numap.app