Architectural Studies and Design, BS (Boston)

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Required Courses

ARCH 1110 — Fundamental Architectural Representation
ARCH 1120 — Fundamental Architectural Design
All of:
- ARCH 1310 — Buildings and Cities, A Global History
- ARCH 1311 — Recitation for ARCH 1310
ARCH 2130 — Site, Space, Program
ARCH 2260 — Introduction to Building Systems
ARCH 3450 — Advanced Architectural Communication

Architecture History Elective

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
Students must complete at least one ARCH 2300-level history course.

Electives

From the catalog
Complete two of the following:
Any second ARCH 2300-level history course

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- ARCH 1450 — Understanding Design
- ARCH 2140 — Urban Housing
- ARCH 2370 — Topics in Architectural History
- ARCH 3351 — Architecture Topics Abroad: Theory
- ARCH 3352 — Architecture Topics Abroad: Drawing
- ARCH 3370 — Advanced Topics in Architectural History
- ARCH 4850 — Urban and Architectural History Abroad
- ARCH 5310 — Design Tactics and Operations

Art + Design Fundamentals

ARTF 1220 — Elements of Visual Composition

Art + Design Fundamentals Elective

From the catalog
Complete 6 semester hours of the following:

Choose 6 semester hours from:
- ARTF 1200 — Representational Drawing
- ARTF 1210 — Abstract Drawing
- All of:
  - ARTF 1230 — Making with Form and Materials
  - ARTF 1231 — Making with Form and Materials Tools
- All of:
  - ARTF 1240 — Making with Video, Sound, and Animation
  - ARTF 1241 — Making with Video, Sound, and Animation Tools
- All of:
  - ARTF 1250 — Designing Interactive Experiences
  - ARTF 1251 — Designing Interactive Experiences Tools

Design Required

All of:
- ARTG 1001 — Design Perspectives: An Introduction to Design in the World
- ARTG 1002 — Seminar for Design Perspectives
All of:
- ARTG 1270 — Design: Process + Practices
- ARTG 1271 — Studio for Design: Process + Practices
All of:
- ARTG 1290 — Typographic Systems
- ARTG 1291 — Studio for Typographic Systems

Design Elective

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours of ARTG courses as long as prerequisites have been met and courses have not been used to fulfill other requirements of the program.

Art + Design History Elective

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours of ARTH courses. ARTH 1001 Visual Intelligence and ARTH 1002 Seminar in Visual Intelligence is recommended to fulfill this requirement.

Art + Design Elective

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours of ARTD, ARTE, ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, or GAME courses as long as prerequisites have been met.
If ARTG 5000 Topics in Design (or any other topics course in the subjects listed above) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives.

Degree Capstone Project

ARTG 4550 — Design Degree Project

Design Option

From the catalog
Complete one of the following options:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- Creative Fabrication
  - ARTG 2810 — Creative Fabrication Design Principles
  - ARTG 3810 — Topics in Creative Fabrication Inquiry
- Experience Design Option
  - ARTG 3462 — Experience Design Principles
  - ARTG 3464 — Topics In Experience Design Inquiry
- Graphic Design Option
  - ARTG 2252 — Graphic Design Principles
  - ARTG 3452 — Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry
- Information Design Option
  - ARTG 2242 — Information Design Principles
  - ARTG 3444 — Topics in Information Design Inquiry
- Interaction Design Option
  - ARTG 2400 — Interaction Design Principles
  - ARTG 3400 — Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry

Integrative Requirement

From the catalog
The following course is already required in the major:

One of:
- ARTG 4550 — Design Degree Project

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

Successful completion of both Prototyping with Code (ARTG 2262) and Lab for Lab for ARTG 2262 (ARTG 2263) may satisfy this requirement.

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