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2021 - 2022 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ENG 320 - Studies in Global Literatures
Pre- or Co-requisite: ENG 100-Level or CW 110 or CW 120 or CULST 100 or any WTNG course.
Requirement Fulfillment: Major, Minor, Core Concentration
Delivery: Lecture
This course introduces students to a non-Anglophone literary tradition via texts in translation from one or more of the global literatures listed below. The course develops student awareness of the diversity as well as the commonality at the heart of all stories and peoples, expands an understanding of our place in the global community and literary tradition, and deepens appreciation for a text’s ability to both reflect and project culture. Possible topics include literatures of: Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Canada, The Caribbean, Eastern and Western Europe, The South Pacific, Latin America. This is a variable topics course. The course, but not the topic, may be repeated for credit. Minimum Passing Grade: D- The course, but not the topic, may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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IB 469 - COOP: International Business
Cross-Listed with: MGMT 469: Management COOP
Prerequisites: Junior standing and consent of instructor
Grants academic credit to students who work on a part-time basis in selected positions, usually without financial remuneration. Opportunities to apply principles, concepts, and skills learned previously with a company, not-for-profit organization, or government agency in an international business capacity.
3 credits
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Accounting |
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ACCTG 201 - Accounting I: Financial
Prerequisites: None
A study of the fundamentals of accounting, with an emphasis on the use of economic data in the decision-making process. Topics covered include: forms of business organizations, financing options, and financial statement analysis. The ability to analyze financial statements is the overall goal of this course. Topics include inventory, property (plant and equipment/natural resources/ intangibles), liabilities, stockholder equity, investments, statement of cash flows.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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ACCTG 202 - Accounting II: Managerial
Prerequisites: ACCTG 201
Continuation of ACCTG 201 (101), with an emphasis on the application of accounting principles to specific problem areas in managerial accounting as well as accounting for manufacturing operations, and cost-volume-profit analysis.
3 credits
Fall
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ACCTG 304 - Intermediate Accounting I
Prerequisites: ACCTG 201
A deeper study of financial accounting principles, technical principles, and procedures of financial accounting. Topics include accounting principles and professional practice; information processing and the accounting cycle; revenue and expense recognition: income measurement and reporting; financial statements and additional disclosures; future and present values of cash flows; cash and shortterm investments; receivables; inventories; cost and flow assumptions; inventories; special valuation methods; plant assets; depreciation; intangible assets.
3 credits
Fall
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ACCTG 305 - Intermediate Accounting II
Prerequisites: ACCTG 304 or consent of instructor
Topics include long-term investments; long-term debt; contributed capital, retained earnings; dividends; current liabilities and contingencies, other elements of stockholder equity; treasury stock and EPS.
3 credits
Spring
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ACCTG 307 - Accounting Information Systems
Prerequisites: ACCTG 202 , CIS 105 , CIS 102
Study and use of computerized general ledger, receivables, payables, payroll, and inventory systems. Topics include the examination of a variety of system design, implementation and control issues faced by contemporary business organizations.
3 credits
Fall
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ACCTG 308 - Federal Income Tax I: Individual
Prerequisites: ACCTG 202
Introduction to and survey of the Federal tax laws and the Federal revenue system as they apply to individual taxpayers. Topics include calculation of gross income, exclusions, deductions, credits, and computations.
3 credits
Fall
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ACCTG 309 - Federal Income Tax II: Partnerships and Corporations
Prerequisites: ACCTG 308
Applies concepts and skills of the first semester to the special problems involved in business tax returns. Topics include capital gains taxation, partnership, corporate, and specially taxed corporations. Introduction to “hands-on” tax research in the library. Students complete complex tax returns.
3 credits
Spring
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ACCTG 310 - Fraud Examination
Prerequisites: ACCTG 202
This course introduces concepts and techniques useful for accountants, managers, business owners and criminal investigators. The course will cover the principles and methodology of fraud detection and deterrence. It covers many types of financial statement fraud including asset misappropriation, fraudulent financial statements, tax fraud and electronic fraud. Topics include skimming, cash larceny, check tampering, billing schemes, payroll and expense reimbursement schemes, and the detection, prevention, investigation and resolution of various types of fraud. Real cases and situations will be used to enhance the real world nature of the course.
3 credits
Summer
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ACCTG 325 - International Financial Reporting
Prerequisites: ACCTG 202
Advanced Financial Reporting introduces and examines the international accounting standards as promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Board located in London. The SEC is scheduled to adopt the IFRS for U.S. companies and we will focus on the differences between current GAAP rules and the IFRS rules as applied to the recognition, measurement and reporting of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses.
3 credits
Winter Intersession
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ACCTG 334 - Cost Accounting
Prerequisites: ACCTG 202 or consent of instructor
Emphasizes basic concepts involving cost accumulation, costs for planning and control, and cost-based decision analysis. Covers job order, process and standard costs, as well as an introduction to costvolume-profit analysis and relevant costs.
3 credits
Fall
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ACCTG 350 - International Accounting
Prerequisites: ACCTG 202
A study of financial accounting for multinational companies reporting under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The convergence of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and IFRS serves as a foundation for this course. Topics include the effects of financial reporting, international taxation, and international financial statement analysis on a multinational reporting entity.
3 credits
Summer
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ACCTG 405 - Auditing
Prerequisites: ACCTG 305
Examines auditing theory and real-world practice. Topics include generally accepted auditing standards, internal control, statistical sampling, as well as audit objectives, reporting and procedures.
3 credits
Spring
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ACCTG 406 - Advanced Accounting
Prerequisites: ACCTG 305
Coverage of accounting for partnerships; introduction of the concepts of non-profit accounting, including governmental, schools, and other forms; fiduciary situations; business segments; installment sales; consignments; troubled debt restructuring; and corporate dissolutions.
3 credits
Fall
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ACCTG 410 - Accounting Independent Study
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ACCTG 411 - Ethics in Accounting and Auditing
Prerequisites: ACCTG 201 and ACCTG 202
The course is a one-semester course. The course is a study of the impact of ethics on accounting and auditing. Topics covered include: ethical problems, codes of ethics, audit risk and materiality, international auditing standards, evidential matter, fraud considerations, auditor independence, a profession in crisis, whistle-blowing, ethics and politics, ethics and tax accounting, international ethical issues in accounting, gender differences in ethical perceptions, and the composition of boards.
3 credits
Fall, Alternate Years
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ACCTG 415 - Government & Non-Profit Accounting
Prerequisites: ACCTG 305
Deeper consideration of the specialized rules and procedures used in governmental and other non-profit situations with the heaviest emphasis on the governmental area
3 credits
Spring Even years
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ACCTG 429 - Community Partnerships Center Accounting Studies
Prerequisites: None
This course involves a project selected by the Community Partnerships Center and the Business School Dean as an Accounting project. The students will work with a professor and possibly students from other disciplines to fulfill a task requested by a regional company, organization, or governmental unit. Specific project details vary and will be announced prior to preregistration for each semester
3 credits
All
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ACCTG 430 - Special Topics in Accounting
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Selected topics in areas chosen by students in consultation with their instructor. This experience is intended to provide an advanced level of course work or research in accounting.
3 credits
Special Offering
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ACCTG 469 - Accounting Coop
Prerequisites: Senior standing in accounting and consent of instructor
Designed to grant academic credit to students who work on a part-time basis in selected positions, usually without financial remuneration. Students may select from a wide variety of positions offered at local businesses, accounting firms, consulting firms, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies.
By arrangement.
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ACCTG 505 - Financial and Managerial Accounting
Prerequisites: None
This course covers accounting concepts for MBA students, including preparing and analyzing the major financial statements for external reporting purposes, job-order costing, process costing, cost-volumeprofit analysis, budgeting and pro-forma financial statement development, flexible budgets, standard costing systems, cost allocation, responsibility accounting, and tools for short-term business decisions. The overall objective of the course is to develop students’ ability to analyze financial statements, understand accounting reports, and make economic decisions from relevant accounting information.
Fall
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ACCTG 530 - Special Topics in Accounting
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Anthropology |
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ANSOC 100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Prerequisites: None
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration Fulfills a course requirement in the Graphic Design Core Concentration
Cultural Anthropology examines the diversity of beliefs, values, structures and practices in the vast range of human social life in the contemporary world. This course introduces the principal concepts, methods and ethics that anthropologists employ to study culture and cross-cultural diversity by engaging ethnographic case studies, films and practical research exercises. Specific topics may include economic adaptation, political organization, kinship, gender, ethnicity, language, art religion and issues in applied anthropology.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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ANSOC 200 - Sociocultural Reasoning & Practice
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration
How do anthropologists investigate culture? What makes anthropology unique as a social science? The aim of this course is to provide an overview of perspectives and trends in cultural and social anthropology. Students will be introduced to some of the major theories that inspire and inform anthropological analysis and discover what makes anthropology distinctive among the social sciences. While the course is historical and chronological in organization, our central concern will be with how anthropologists have defined the field, the kinds of questions they have asked, and the methods used to attempt to answer those questions.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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ANSOC 210 - Religious Diversity in Global Perspectives
Prerequisites: None
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration
This course is a cross-cultural exploration of religious belief, myth, and ritual. The course emphasizes anthropological research and perspectives, but also draws on interdisciplinary sources. Specific topics include the origins and functions of religion in society, diverse interpretations of the supernatural, the symbolic meanings of myth and ritual, the roles of religious specialists, and religious experience. Assignments examine religious belief and practice within particular cultural contexts as well as in comparison to other cultures in the global context.
3 credits
Fall
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ANSOC 220 - Self, Culture and Society
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration
Study of the role of culture in the formation of personality and the problems of individual adjustments to the demands of culture.
3 credits
Fall
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ANSOC 230 - Political Anthropology
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration
An overview of questions of power and politics through an anthropological perspective, with special attention on inequality and violence in the non -Western world. Anthropologists have long been concerned with how different cultures organize themselves politically; in this course, we build from classical topics towards an investigation of how differences in power and political inequalities manifest themselves in the daily lives of people throughout the world. The course material blends a broad range of theoretical approaches to studying power with the close detail of ethnographic case studies.
3 credits
Spring
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ANSOC 240 - Ethnology
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration
Ethnology is a study of human cultures from a comparative perspective. This course surveys global diversity by examining cultural differences and similarities in a variety of societies across the world. Through systematic cross-cultural comparisons of specific dimensions of society (e.g. family structure, gender roles) students will gain an understanding of the role culture plays in shaping human thought, behavior and social organization.
3 credits
Special Offering
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ANSOC 250 - Culture and the Environment
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration
Explores the principles through which non-human environments shape human cultures and cultures in turn affect their environments. Students will become familiar with how a range of societies comes into relation with their environments both through their material transformations of ecosystems and the ideological and symbolic frameworks through which peoples envision human-nature interactions. Topics will include indigenous environmental knowledge, sustainable development, interspecies relations, environmental governance regimes, gender relations, and the global environmental movement.
3 credits
Alternate Fall
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ANSOC 260 - Native North Americans
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration
A survey of native North American peoples. One group from each of the ten subculture areas is considered ethnographically. Topics may include Kwakiuti of the Northwest Coast, the Cheyenne of the Plains and the Iroquois of the Eastern Woodlands. The course introduces contemporary social problems related to the reservation system and urban migration.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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ANSOC 270 - Global Health
Cross-Listed with: PH 270
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration Fulfills a course requirement in the Public Health minor
The public health subfield of Global Health examines illnesses that affect human populations across national boundaries. This course introduces the subfield and emphasizes social science perspectives on the social, cultural, and political-economic forces that influence global health problems. Specific topics include longstanding health problems such as malaria and tuberculosis as well developing issues such as emerging infectious diseases and climate change.
3 credits
Spring
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ANSOC 280 - The Anthropology of Sport
Prerequisites: None
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration
This course is an introduction to anthropology of sport. In the first third of the course students will learn about history of the anthropology of sport and see how each of five subfields of anthropology examines sport. During the rest of the course students will examine a variety of case studies through books and films, not only about North American sports and culture but also outside our borders, including Europe, South America and Asia.
3 credits
Fall
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ANSOC 299 - Special Topics in Anthropology + Sociology
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100
Examines topics from the subfields of cultural anthropology. Initiated by student demand, interest of instructor, or timelines of offering.
3 credits
Special Offering
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ANSOC 300 - Qualitative Methods
Prerequisites: ANSOC 200 (C- or higher ) or SOC 260 ; ( C- or higher)”. Open to Anthropology + Sociology Majors; junior standing or consent of instructor
An overview of anthropological and sociological research methods. Provides an introduction to research design beginning with the concepts and principles of social research. Includes instruction in the development of research questions, sampling, measurement validity and reliability, hypothesis testing, and data collection and analysis with an emphasis on ethnographic techniques. Students will engage in fieldwork as part of the requirements for this class.
3 credits
Fall
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ANSOC 310 - Applied Anthropology
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration
This course focuses on the advocacy and intervention components of anthropology. Students will enhance their assessment skills through an in-depth analysis of problems and solutions for particular cultures. Readings will address issues such as identifying local needs, promoting culturally appropriate responses to change, and protecting the rights of marginalized people.
3 credits
Alternate Spring
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ANSOC 320 - Reading Ethnographies
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration
Ethnography has always been the distinctive characteristic of cultural and social anthropology. The focus of this class will be on reading ethnographies to learn about different types of ethnography, as well as explore the writing process for ethnography. It is a seminar style course which will raise questions concerning research, writing, data collection, ethics, the role of researcher, effects on the researched community and contributions to the professional field. The class will include relevant analytical experiences based on reading, research, and writing.
3 credits
Fall odd years
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ANSOC 330 - Cultures of Latin America
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration.
This course introduces students to anthropological work on and ethnographic practice in Latin America. It covers a wide range of topics and aims to provide a solid background to the array of analytical perspectives anthropologists have drawn upon in their scholarly engagement with the region. Course includes a broad historical overview of the cultural and historical diversity of the region, as well as contemporary case studies of cultural transformations within specific countries.
3 credits
Alternate Spring
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ANSOC 340 - World Cultures
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration
Survey of world cultures designed to develop understanding of the ways in which diverse people around the world view their own worlds. Focus will depend on faculty expertise and student interest.
3 credits
Alternate Spring
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ANSOC 350 - Medical Anthropology
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100 ; recommended ANSOC 305
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration
This course examines the ways that culture shapes the meaning of health and illness in everyday life by engaging the study of Medical Anthropology. This vast subfield of cultural anthropology encompasses the investigations of the cultural construction of health and illness, mind-body interaction, the social relations of healing, and the political-economy of health care, among other more specific topics. The course material merges theoretical and applied approaches to explore research of both Western biomedical and non-western medical traditions as they shape diagnosis, treatment and the experience of suffering. Assignments incorporate instruction in the qualitative methods used in this subfield of cultural anthropology.
3 credits
Alternate Years
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ANSOC 360 - Culture Change and Development
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration
Focuses on change that is inherent in all cultures. This course will examine how anthropologists have explained the ways cultures change, by theorizing, for example, processes of evolution, diffusion, and domination, and addressing the long-term positive and negative implications.
3 credits
Alternate Fall
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ANSOC 400 - Senior Seminar
Prerequisites: ANSOC 300 (C- or higher)
This course is designed to foster a deeper understanding of anthropology and sociology. Students will be required to produce research suitable for presentation at a student-research conference and/or publication in either anthropology or sociology student-level research journals. Topics will be determined by the expertise of the instructor and student interest.
3 credits
Spring
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ANSOC 410 - Anthropology Sociology Independent Study
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ANSOC 430 - Special Topics
Prerequisites: ANSOC 100
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Anthropology + Sociology Core Concentration
Study of special topics in anthropology. Topics determined by student needs and the availability of appropriate instruction.
3 credits
Special Offering
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AQS 262 - Aquarium System Design and Life Support and Lab
Prerequisites: None
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a Marine Biology elective in the Applied category
There is a strong and broad-based need from many education, research and commercial organizations for information on the planning, design, construction and operation of seawater systems. Unfortunately, an understanding of biology or engineering alone is not likely to result in a practical, working system design. Biologists generally do not understand the mechanical and hydraulic aspects of design, while engineers do not typically appreciated the biological considerations. This course is intended to provide the technical knowledge and practical experience that will enable students to design successful systems on a variety of scales. Lecture portion will focus on design issues, while laboratory will concentrate on water quality and toxicity as part of the need to provide life support to seawater systems.
4 credits
Spring
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AQS 264 - Principles of Aquatic Animal Husbandry and Lab
Prerequisites: None
A survey of captive fish and invertebrates and the conservation issues surrounding their use. Care and maintenance focusing on the compatibility, propagation potential, captive breeding, culture challenges and advancements in technology will be examined. Course will cover important aspects of species acquisition, collection and transfer, as well as special husbandry needs of selected organisms. The laboratory will focus on the techniques and skills associated with successfully maintaining aquatic animals in captivity.
4 credits
Fall
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AQS 306 - Principles of Museum Exhibit Development
Prerequisites: None
This course will introduce students to the basic aspects of successful exhibit design and methods for conveying educational information to the general public in an aquarium or museum setting. The course will include an introduction to commonly used materials and techniques; the incorporation of good graphic design; and the distillation of educational concepts into interesting and informative materials. This course will be led by the design team at the New England Aquarium, and will involve the creation of exhibits for actual use in a public setting. It is anticipated that the communication and design skills acquired in this course will be applicable to a wide variety of not-for-profit environmental and educational organizations.
3 credits
Alternate Fall
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AQS 314 - Field Collection Methods (Bahamas)
Prerequisites: None
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a Marine Biology elective in the Applied category
This three credit course is organized as a ten day off-campus program offered through the New England Aquarium. Each Spring, the Aquarium organizes a field identification and collecting trip to Cay Sal bank in the Bahamas. For this course, the trip will be timed to coincide with the RWU Spring Break, and one of the RWU Faulty will accompany the students. Up to 15 students can sign up to work alongside Aquarium professionals as the collect and identify reef fish and invertebrates. The trip includes accommodations and up to 5 dives/day abroad the R/V Coral Reef II, meals and beverages, and a dive in the Aquarium’s Giant Ocean Tank. Students will increase their fish identification skills, learn about conservation efforts in the Bahamas, and participate in on-going reef conservation studies.
3 credits
Spring
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AQS 318 - Aquatic Animal Health and Lab
Cross-Listed with: BIO 318
Prerequisites: AQS 262 and AQS 264 ; or consent of instructor
The course addresses important diseases and disease prevention methods in aquatic animals from an aquaculture/fisheries and ornamental perspective. Subjects covered include elected anatomical and physiological systems and water/environmental systems important to understanding, preventing and treating diseases of various bivalve molluscs, lobsters/crabs, cephalopods, echinoderms and fish. Lectures will include aspects of biosecurity and water quality that affect disease occurrence and the spread of infectious agents. Current aquaculture/fisheries issues will be discussed. The laboratory portion of the course will provide experience in the methods used in handling, anesthesia, euthanasia, treatment, use of diagnostic tests, prevention of disease spread and maintaining healthy cultured and display animals.
4 credits
Fall
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AQS 346 - Principles of Hatchery Management and Lab
Prerequisites: None
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a Marine Biology elective in the Applied category
The aquaculture industry relies on hatcheries production facilities that nurture young aquatic organisms to the point where their survival is assured. Hatcheries include facilities dedicated to the production of almost any fresh or saltwater aquatic species including: shellfish, tropical marine fish, trout, abalone, and seaweed. This course is intended to support an education in aquaculture and give students practical experience in the operation of all aspects of hatchery. The content of this course will depend on the instructor, but will focus on either shellfish or marine ornamental production as these are the two main production facilities that currently operated at the university. This course will be very hands-on and include important aspects of animal husbandry and production.
4 credits
Alternate Fall
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AQS 352 - Public Aquarium Management
Prerequisites: None
This course will instruct students in all aspects of the management of a large public aquarium facility. This includes how to maintain a healthy life support system for display organisms as well as an overview of the management of staff, interns and volunteers, financial considerations, corporate structure, regulatory requirements, permitting, marketing and all aspects of operating a large not-for-profit organization. This will be accomplished through examination of the operations and management structure of the New England Aquarium and will rely on tours of the facility and a series of seminars offered by the key departmental heads at the facility. It is anticipated that the skills acquired in this course can be applicable to a wide variety of not-for-profit environmental and educational organizations.
3 credits
Special Offering
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AQS 410 - Aquaculture and Aquarium Science Independent Study
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AQS 420 - New England Aquarium Internship
Prerequisites: Junior-level in good standing; Overall GPA of 2.8 of higher; Acceptance to the NEAq internship program
Registration for this course is limited to students who have been accepted for a semester long internship at the New England Aquarium (NEAq) in Boston, Ma. Internships at NEAq offer college students experience in areas ranging from veterinary services and animal husbandry to communications and program development. Each Internship will include: 1) an active research component that requires 15-20 hours per week in a laboratory setting under the direction of a research scientist at the New England Aquarium (NEAq) and 2) an animal husbandry experience of 15-20 hours per week at the NEAq with responsibilities that will familiarize students with the daily operation and maintenance required in running a large public aquarium. The duties of this experience may include feeding animals, cleaning tanks and equipment, and providing treatment for diseased animals.
8 credits
Fall, Spring, Summer
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AQS 430 - Topics in Aquarium Science and/or Lab
Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor
Advanced-level topics of importance in aquarium science.
1-4 credits
Special Offering
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AQS 450 - Research in Aquaculture/ Aquarium Science
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Original independent research in aquaculture and/or aquarium science. Research projects are chosen in consultation with a faculty research advisor. May be repeated for credit
1-3 credits
Offered on demand
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AQS 451 - Aquaculture/Aquarium Science Senior Thesis
Prerequisites: Prior departmental approval of a research proposal. 3.3 GPA or permission of the department, and AQS 450
This course serves as a capstone experience for outstanding students majoring in aquarium science and aquaculture. Working closely with a faculty mentor, students engage in original research on a topic of their choice. The research may involve laboratory experiments, field work, or computer simulations. This course provides experience in designing and conducting experiments, critically analyzing data, reviewing published scientific literature and communicating scientific information. The culmination of the course is a formal written thesis and a public oral presentation.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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Architecture |
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ARCH 100 - Exploring Architecture
Prerequisites: None
Note: Enrollment limited to high school students who have completed their junior year and high school students who have completed their sophomore year with permission at the time of application
A four week introduction to architectural issues, concepts, and basic design methodology for high school students interested in understanding architecture as a possible area of college study and career. Course instruction is via workshops and individualized studio critique emphasizing freehand drawing, design exercises, field trips, lectures and portfolios. The grade is based on overall performance with special emphasis on the quality of a major project.
3 credits
Summer
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ARCH 101 - Foundations of Architecture
Prerequisites: None
A classroom-based introduction to the nature of the architectural endeavor, and the means used to make architecture. Lectures and explorations of issues of public and private space, architectural composition, and the multiple responsibilities architects face in society in relation to a diversity of users and clients, the site, and the public realm will form the basis for classroom discussion, and written and graphic assignments.
3 credits
Fall
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ARCH 113 - Architectural Design Core Studio I
Prerequisites: None
A rigorous introduction to the fundamentals of architecture and design utilizing iterative exercises grouped around nine design topics developed and presented in two and three-dimensional media. Repetition reinforces the mastering freehand drawing, drafting and model making skills. Lectures introduce formal principles underlying each project group: geometric composition, scale and proportion, architectural elements, space definition, analytical diagramming, color, and solar orientation to study light and shadow. The emphasis is on abstract design but the course ends with the design of a scaled and inhabited space. Minimum Passing Grade: Minimum passing grade average of “C” required in ARCH 113-ARCH 114 .
5 credits
Fall, Spring
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ARCH 114 - Architectural Design Core Studio II
Prerequisites: ARCH 113
Requirement Fulfillment: Required for the BS in Architecture
This course continues the first semester’s focus on elemental design principles and visual communication, but initiates a departure from the abstract realm of design into the tangible world of built architectural form. The projects and their supporting lectures examine the language of architecture through exercises exploring fundamental architectural design principles: spatial organizations, circulation and movement, simple structural and enclosure systems, spatial articulation, site response and solar orientation. To ensure clarity and understanding, all building programs are simple but evocative, and project sites vary from rural to urban and from flat to sloped. Minimum Passing Grade: Minimum passing grade average of “C” required in ARCH 113 -114.
5 credits
Spring, Summer
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ARCH 213 - Architectural Design Core Studio III
Prerequisites: ARCH 114
Core Studio III concentrates on the exploration of a rational design methodology through the process of analysis, synthesis and transformation. Through a series of short exercises and comprehensive projects, students are encouraged to develop a conceptual basis for their work, with an emphasis on site, climate and the environment, along with the principles of organization, including spatial hierarchy, circulation and structure, as determinants of architectural form. Students will quickly generate multiple viable solutions for each project and will present their work in a variety of formats from quick conceptual sketches and models to carefully crafted drawings. There will be a concentration on the design of space in section and an ongoing study of the quality of light. Students explore the potential of the sites they visit through in-depth inquiries and are introduced to design in an urban context. There is an emphasis on three-dimensional visual communication skills and the start of the integration of computer drawings into the studio. A series of theme based faculty lectures will augment the studio work. Students are required to present a digital portfolio at the middle and end of the semester. Minimum Passing Grade: Minimum passing grade of “C” is required.
5 credits
Fall
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ARCH 214 - Architectural Design Core Studio IV
Prerequisites: ARCH 213 , MATH 136 or higher
This studio continues to develop the students’ design process and explores the concepts and strategies that have the capacity to significantly determine building form. Particular emphasis will be placed on the relationship of design to program, structure and materials through the study of dwellings. Special attention will be paid to an understanding of human scale and its impact upon design. Short sequential exercises enable students to develop an understanding of the use of different materials and their structural implications. Bearing wall, columnar (including free-plan) and modular building systems will be studied. These shorter problems will be followed by a longer assignment that uses different urban sites in a variety of locations as the catalyst for an investigation into how the fundamental human need for shelter is affected by regional and cultural precedents and particular climatic conditions. Students are asked to address basic environmental issues by considering passive strategies for heating and cooling. The development of graphic, computer and three-dimensional communication skills development are also continued. Faculty lectures will be integrated into the semester and a digital portfolio will be required. Minimum Passing Grade: Minimum passing grade of “C” required.
5 credits
Spring
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ARCH 231 - Construction Materials and Assemblies I
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing
This course is an introductory overview to the “art of making buildings.” The student shall survey materials and methods used in building construction for foundation, wall, floor, roof, enclosure & interior finish systems and their employment in the design process for traditional, nontraditional and sustainable building environments with emphasis on architectural expression. The major physical systems found in buildings and design constraints that influence them will be examined in the context of wood and masonry construction. The course also dedicates a substantial portion of its time to the examination of building envelope concepts as the locus of design resolution between technical and architectural realms. The course engages ARCH 214 - Architectural Design Core Studio IV as a means to integrate materials and assemblies in students’ design thinking.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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ARCH 281 - Architectural Analysis I
Requirement Fulfillment: BS in Architecture (required) Master of Architecture (required) BS in Preservation Studies (required) MS in Preservation Practices (required)
Delivery: Other
The course will introduce beginning students to Architectural Analysis through various media of representation and simulation. Students will engage in drawing, digital image making, and modeling techniques as fundamental tools for documentation, analysis, representation and visual communication. Emphasis will be on learning through architectural precedents and field studies, as a way to understand deeply various buildings and their contexts.
Using case studies, students will learn sketching from observation, photographic recording, documentation of field conditions with accuracy, manual and digital drafting, basic digital modeling, digital image manipulation, processing, basic graphic design strategies, portfolio composition and presentation techniques related to architecture in context. There will be a combination of short lectures, workshops and field trips throughout the semester. Most exercises will be performed in-class, with support from lectures and tutorials.
Minimum Passing Grade: D- Repeatable: Yes
3 credits
Fall
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ARCH 313 - Architectural Design Core Studio V
Prerequisites: ARCH 214
The focus of this studio is upon the integration of building form, structure as space-generator, construction materials & assemblies and sustainability themes in architectural design. The studio also engages the continued refinement of four broad areas of architectural design education: (1) development of a theory base; (2) development of design methods and studio skills; (3) urban issues; and (4) development of a fuller appreciation for the understanding of construction technology and its function as a medium for architectural design. Minimum Passing Grade: Minimum passing grade of “C” required.
5 credits
Fall, Summer
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ARCH 321 - Site and Environment
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing
This course presents an overview inventory of all the factors/systems that may be encountered in any analysis of site conditions. The student will be presented with a general description of how each factor operates and procedures to maintain or improve the quality of the site environment. This course promotes a value system based upon the preservation of both natural and cultural ecology. Value and meaning flow from a concept of sustainability at all levels of cultural and environmental interaction.
3 credits
Fall
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ARCH 322 - Theory of Architecture
Prerequisites: ARCH 325 or Graduate Standing
Requirement Fulfillment: Major
Delivery: Lecture
The intention of this course is to familiarize students with a variety of historical, theoretical and methodological issues that have structured contemporary understanding and criticism of architecture. The class introduces students to the polemics and debates of the post-war period, the developments and influence of non-Western modern architecture, post-modernism, the theoretical investigations centered around structuralism and post-structuralism, the development of the various schools of architectural theory in the 1970s and 1980s, and contemporary theoretical and critical positions.
3 credits
Fall and Spring
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ARCH 324 - Evolution of Urban Form
Cross-Listed with: ARCH 524
Prerequisites: AAH 121 AAH 122 or URBN 100
Examines and analyzes the evolution of urban form, from neolithic villages to cities of the emerging modern era. Addresses why cities have taken the forms they have, and their formal, physical, and spatial elements. Students consider urban structure and dynamics relative to architectural expression, building types, and urban open spaces.
3 credits
Annually
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ARCH 325 - History of Modern Architecture
Prerequisites: AAH 121 -AAH 122 or URBN 100 or Graduate Standing or permission of instructor
Requirement Fulfillment: Major
This course on modern architecture examines buildings, cities, and landscapes in relation to the visual arts, culture, politics, and technological and social change. It begins with the origins of modern architecture in Western Europe, and continues with an exploration of key 19th-century architects and theorists. It highlights the 20th-century avant-gardes and concludes with the crystallization of modern architecture in the West and around the world. The course seeks to explain the modern not only as a visual phenomenon, but also as an intellectual, philosophical, and cultural idea.
3 credits
Fall and Spring
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ARCH 327 - History of American Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscape
Prerequisites: AAH 121 AAH 122 or Graduate Standing or permission of instructor
Delivery: Lecture
This course examines key works of American art and architecture, town and city planning, urbanism, and landscape design. It begins with the Federal period and ends with 1960s post-modernism. Among the course’s principal themes are the significance of architecture in shaping a national identity; architects’ responses in the 19th century to the abundance of nature and the open landscape; the emergence of the City Beautiful as an artistic and planning ideal in the wake of the Civil War; and in the mid-20th century, and the reception and critique of the European avant-garde.
In lectures and discussions, we will analyze private houses and public buildings, paintings and sculpture, parks and landscapes, and towns and cities in light of characterizing aspects of American society, environment, and technology. Special emphasis will be placed on the designed environment as a force within and manifestation of American society and culture.
3 credits
Fall
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ARCH 329 - History of Landscape Architecture
Co-listed with: ARCH 529
Prerequisites: AAH 121 -AAH 122 or permission of instructor
History of Landscape Architecture is a survey of the development of man’s relationship to and shaping of the land. This course will survey the landscape and gardens from the beginnings of civilization until contemporary times, although the primary emphasis will be on the Italian Renaissance, the gardens of France in the age of Louis XIV, and the English garden. The course will also include contributing cultures, such as China, India and Japan, as well as study the growth of parks in the 19th century, particularly in the United States.
3 credits
Spring
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ARCH 331 - Construction Materials and Assemblies II
Prerequisites: ARCH 231
This continuation of Construction Materials and Assemblies I provides students with the awareness and understanding necessary for the selection of materials, components and assemblies for the design and construction of buildings. The course explores traditional and non-traditional building techniques, methods and materials selection with particular emphasis on steel, concrete, and glass in relation to fabrication and assembly methods, historical influences, function, sustainability, and architectural expression. Issues of materials’ embodied energy as well as recyclability and disassembly are also considered. The course also dedicates a substantial portion of its time to the examination of building envelope concepts as the locus of design resolution between technical and architectural design realms. Detailing issue includes optimization of the building’s thermal performance. The course engages with ARCH 313 - Architectural Design Core Studio V as a means to integrate materials and assemblies issues in the student’s design thinking.
3 credits
Fall
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ARCH 332 - Acoustics and Lighting
Prerequisites: Senior or Graduate standing
Requirement Fulfillment: Requirement Fulfillment: Major
Delivery: Lecture
This course addresses three of the many form generators in architecture, the acoustical, day lighting and artificial lighting environment. It also addresses the soft and hard technologies that support the creation of these environments using “rules of thumb”, analytical calculations and modeling. The course provides an introduction and conceptual understanding of these subjects. Sustainability is embedded in the nature of the subjects with a particular emphasis on energy conservation, integration of natural and artificial systems; the effect on contemporary practice, and the emerging roles of architectural careers and consultants in these disciplines.
The course is subdivided into three equal offerings: acoustical principles and practical applications in buildings that affects site selection and evaluation of buildings and their orientation on a site and shaping of space for sound control, all done in conjunction with case studies. The second and third parts deal with natural or day lighting and artificial lighting with an emphasis on their integration through design. Basic principles are introduced, design procedures outlined, calculating methods reviewed, case studies and the use of physical and computer modeling investigated. The students will gain a sufficient basic understanding of acoustical, day lighting and artificial lighting design in order to feel confident in making these concerns an inherent part of their design process.
3 credits
Spring
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ARCH 333 - Building Systems: Equipment for Buildings
Prerequisites: Junior or Graduate standing
This course provides a basic study of the mechanical, sanitary, water supply, sewage disposal, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, fire protection and electrical equipment and systems used in buildings. The student learns the basics of active and passive heating, cooling and ventilating systems, load calculations, life safety ventilation, psychometrics, plumbing, storm drainage, fire protection systems, and electrical, energy codes and management with discussion of energy conservation and construction budgeting as well as M & E construction documents.
Particular emphasis is given to systems integration. First is the recognition that buildings consist of seven component systems; space planning, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing (including fire protection); enclosure, and fitments (fixtures and furniture). Second is the need to consider these systems as early in the design process as possible. Design considerations such as points of origin, generating equipment, distribution devices, delivery mechanisms, control systems and energy usage are studied. Sustainability is embedded in the nature of these subjects with a particular emphasis on energy conservation and efficient design practices. Where possible “rules of thumb” sizing and diagramming techniques are examined and technical design development are explored from the point of view of, energy efficiency, the architect’s design and the engineering consultant’s criteria. Classroom lectures, case studies (on hard and soft technologies) and a field trip are used to expand on the reading assignments and to provide a general introduction and overview of the subject.
3 credits
Fall
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ARCH 335 - Structure, Form and Order
Prerequisites: PHYS 109 or PHYS 201 or Graduate Standing
Requirement Fulfillment: Requirement Fulfillment: Major
Introduces the fundamental concepts of structural form and behavior through a combination of lectures and studio exercises. Basic structural forms and their taxonomy will be studied in nature and through history, using visual presentations, readings, and hands-on experiments. Load paths and basic load tracing through common structural systems will be investigated. An introduction to vector based force representation will also be covered as a continuation of topics covered in Physics. In addition the students’ studio projects will be utilized for assignments. The development of a strong structural vocabulary will also be stressed.
3 credits
Fall and Spring
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ARCH 410 - Architecture Independent Study
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ARCH 413 - Advanced Architectural Design Studio
Prerequisites: ARCH 313 , ARCH 325
Pre- or Co-requisite: ARCH 231 , ARCH 322 , ARCH 335
Requirement Fulfillment: Requirement Fulfillment: Major
Delivery: Studio
Students may select from a number of thematically focused directed studios in order to fulfill the Advanced Architectural Design Studio requirement for the Bachelor of Science and BS + Masters of Architecture degree programs. Students completing a Bachelor of Science are required to take either an Advanced Architectural Design Studio or an Advanced Topical Design Studio. Minimum Passing Grade: Minimum passing grade of “C” required.
5 credits
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ARCH 416 - Advanced Topical Design Studio: Urban
Cross-Listed with: ARCH 516 - Graduate Topical Design Studio: Urban
Prerequisites: ARCH 214 , ARCH 325 or Junior Standing or Graduate Standing
This advanced design studio examines the role of Architecture as a critical component of the larger built environment and of the public realm. As such, the projects engaged within this studio focus on issues and concerns impacting local and/or global communities. This studio also explores the role of architecture in relation to allied disciplines such as Urban Design, Historic Preservation, Planning and Landscape Architecture, and in relation to the various formal and informal constituencies that influence the shape of the urban fabric. Minimum Passing Grade: Minimum passing grade of “C” required.
5 credits
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ARCH 430 - Special Topics in Architecture
Prerequisites: Junior Standing
Requirement Fulfillment: Architecture Elective
Variable content course dealing with significant aspects and themes in Architecture, in the areas of history/theory of architecture, environmental and behavior; technical systems, and professional practices.
3 credits
Special Offering
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ARCH 434 - Design of Structures I
Prerequisites: ARCH 335
A numeric and graphical approach to the design and analysis of basic structural systems. Basic principles of mechanics: forces, equilibrium, geometric properties of areas, material properties, support conditions, stress strain relationships will be presented. The selection and configuration of efficient structural systems for common building types will be emphasized. Projects requiring the design and analysis of simple funicular structures will be assigned.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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ARCH 435 - Design of Structures II
Prerequisites: ARCH 434
A qualitative and quantitative analysis of structural materials, structural members, and structural assemblies. Emphasizes the fundamental design principles of wood, steel and concrete structures. Foundation and lateral load resisting systems will be studied. Case studies of significant architectural structures will be assigned to develop design and analytical skills, including the use of structural analysis software. The integration of the structural system with other systems within the building and its relationship to the enclosure system will be addressed. Advanced structural technologies, such as tensile, shell, and high-rise systems will be introduced.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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ARCH 461 - Landscape Architecture: Theory and Practice
Co-listed with: ARCH 561
Prerequisites: ARCH 313 , ARCH 321 , and junior standing
Requirement Fulfillment: Architecture Elective
Introduces the theoretical underpinnings and design processes of landscape architecture as a discipline and as a contemporary practice. Modes of interpreting, inventorying, and working with the landscape and the materials used in landscape construction will be examined. Class lectures, case study research and simple design exercises will look at landscape design at multiple scales. The central role of landscape design as an integral component of sustainable development practices will also be examined
3 credits
Annually
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ARCH 462 - The Villa and the Garden
Requirement Fulfillment: BS in Architecture
Master of Architecture
Delivery: Lecture
The course explores villas and gardens to better understand how men and women, from different times, cultures, and coun- tries, transformed the landscape for leisurely purposes and conceived their relationship between Architecture and Nature. We focus on the dynamic relationship between landscapes, villas and their gardens, mainly Renaissance and Baroque in Tuscany and Rome, where gardens where conceived as part of a multifaceted architectural system. The ‘villa & garden’ complex originates in the Mediterranean area, especially ancient Greece and Rome. Renaissance Tuscany shaped the early formal garden, later becoming the ‘rational’ geometrical garden as an extension of the architecture of the villa. From our base in Florence, where we explore villas commissioned by the Medici family, we look South to villas commissioned by Popes and Cardinals outside Rome. Then we look North, to 16th-century examples in Mantua and in the Veneto Region. We look East, to a different way of opening architecture to nature. We study the impact of Orientalism on the design of European villa & garden complexes. Back in Tuscany, we study the impact of 18th century England on Florentine culture and gardens. We look West, to the Anglo-American residents of Florence, and to their taste for villa life in late 19th-early 20th century.
Introductory lectures indoors, based on PowerPoint presentations, will be followed by direct experience of villas & gardens on site visits, in Florence and surroundings. Minimum Passing Grade: D- (undergraduate) Repeatable: yes
3 credits
Fall and Spring
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ARCH 477 - Architecture in Context
Prerequisites: Junior standing
Requirement Fulfillment: Architecture Elective
Through a variety of study and documentation techniques, students examine the architecture and urbanism of the Study Abroad setting as important cultural manifestations of a people and their history. Readings and lectures by University and local faculty provide historical or theoretical background for students’ on-site observations. The current practice of architecture will likewise be illuminated by visits with local practitioners and tours of their work. Through an appreciation of the range of issues, which can influence architectural and urban form in the study abroad setting, it is hoped that students will be able to reflect more objectively on their own culture, environment and creative processes.
3 credits
May be offered Fall, Spring as part of Study Abroad programs.
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ARCH 484 - Construction Estimating and Scheduling
Cross-Listed with: CNST 260
Pre- or Co-requisite: ARCH 231
An introduction to the fundamentals of construction estimating and scheduling. Conceptual, square foot, systems and unit price estimates will be studied along with basic CPM scheduling theory to include bar charts and network schedules.
3 credits
Fall and Spring
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ARCH 488 - Computer Applications for Professional Practice
Prerequisites: ARCH 282 or Senior Standing or Graduate Standing
The course is structured to explore new modes of contemporary practice, specifically Integrated Project Design/Delivery, and the role of B.I.M. (Building Information Modeling) as it pertains to design and decision-making in contemporary architectural practice. This course will explore the use of B.I.M. and related analytical tools to get immediate feedback on buildings systems and sustainability alternatives that can inform the design process. We will focus on developing proficiency in the use of B.I.M. software while at the same time looking at how this tool and related computer technologies are changing the way that information is generated and utilized within the practice environment. Collaborative Projects with other disciplines explore how information, including cost, scheduling and building material usage, is shared among the various parties involved in the design and construction process.
3 credits
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ARCH 501 - Elements and Principles of Architectural Design
Prerequisites: None
Corequisite: ARCH 511 - Graduate Core Architectural Design Studio I
This course is a companion to ARCH 511 - Graduate Core Architectural Design Studio I . It is and introduction to the essential elements of architecture and the basic principles of its composition. Design and conceptual thinking skills will be developed through lectures, diagramming and case study analysis of important architectural precedents. These assignments will further skills development work being conducted within the companion studio course.
3 credits
Summer
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ARCH 511 - Graduate Core Architectural Design Studio I
Requirement Fulfillment: Requirement Fulfillment: Major
Note: Studio is not available to students in the BS in Architecture, M.ARCH 4 + 2 program
Delivery: Studio
This course is an intensive introduction to architectural design and the basic skills needed to analyze and communicate architectural design intentions using 2d and 3d representational techniques. The course will introduce principles of two and three-dimensional composition within the context of basic architectural issues of shelter, space and tectonics. Compositional issues of scale, proportion, organization, hierarchy, movement, color and light will be developed through lectures, sketch assignments and fully rendered architectural explorations. Issues of site, shelter and tectonics will be explored through a variety of abstract conditions from urban to rural and level to sloping sites.
5 credits
Fall
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ARCH 512 - Graduate Core Architectural Design Studio II
Prerequisites: ARCH 511 - Graduate Core Architectural Design Studio I
This studio course builds on Graduate Studio I by introducing more complex notions of site, climate and culture while also integrating more complex programmatic and tectonic responses to user needs. More complicated notions of building organization, spatial hierarchy, circulation, structure and enclosure will be explored in plan and in section. A variety of sites will serve as the catalyst for an investigation of how the fundamental need for shelter and material expression are affected by regional and cultural traditions and particular climatic conditions. The urban site is explored through a focus on the buildings relationship to the public realm and to the varied programs that animate it in plan and are elaborated on in the sectional development of the building. Faculty lectures will be integrated into the semester and a digital portfolio will be required.
5 credits
Spring
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ARCH 516 - Graduate Topical Design Studio: Urban
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the MS in Architecture program or permission of instructor
This graduate design studio examines the role of Architecture as a critical component of the larger built environment and of the public realm. As such, the projects engaged within this studio take on issues and concerns impacting local and/or global communities. This studio also explores the role of architecture in relation to allied disciplines such as Urban Design, Historic Preservation, Planning and Landscape Architecture, and in relation to the various formal and informal constituencies that influence the shape of the urban fabric. As the graduate offering of ARCH 416 lectures and reviews are shared; however, grading criteria, assignments and the quality of design / research will reflect graduate level coursework and achievement expectations.
5 credits
Fall, Spring
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ARCH 517 - Collaborative Revitalization Studio
Prerequisites: ARCH 413 or PLAN 511
Requirement Fulfillment: Graduate Studio option for Master of Architecture (complete 2 Arch 515, or 1 Arch 515
and 1 Arch 517)
Capstone Requirement for MS in Historic Preservation
Note: Graduate Studio option for Master of Architecture (complete 2 Arch 515, or 1 Arch 515
and 1 Arch 517)
Capstone Requirement for MS in Historic Preservation
Delivery: Studio
A fundamental shift is occurring in architecture, planning, and urban design. New construction has
increased significantly from its lows immediately post-recession, but the rapid and accelerating
urbanization of the US (and the world in general) in the past generation has necessitated an entirely
new mini-industry and mode of thought - that of adaptation and revitalization. While the previous
several generations of architectural and urban thought considered existing buildings and architectural
developments as either sites to be cleared for new construction, or sites to be preserved for ‘historic’
value, we now have to contend with some very real and very practical considerations about land and
resource utilization. What does preservation mean? What is the embodied value of an existing building?
We now have a much better understanding of full extent of the building industry’s contribution to
carbon emissions, and the numbers are staggering - by some metrics, between a quarter and a third of
the world’s entire carbon emission footprint stems from the activities of the building industry, from the
harvesting and transportation of materials, to the rate of new construction, to the performance of
those buildings after construction.
Americans - particularly young Americans - are moving back into dense urban areas at an astonishing
pace. Land is scarce and increasingly expensive. New construction in these confines is increasingly
impractical and its sustainability (as currently practiced) is dubious. Infrastructure built in the mid-20th
century isn’t going anywhere, and must be contended with and designed around. Furthermore, this re-
urbanization has moved beyond major cities like Boston, New York, and San Francisco. Economic
pressure has pushed smaller communities with existing density and infrastructure access, like
Providence, RI, or Charleston, SC, to grapple with these questions and deal with an influx of young
workers and businesses.
Revitalization and adaptation is now a new paradigm of consideration, beyond simply “preserve” or
“demolish.” How can we take what exists and not only preserve and celebrate its intrinsic value - both
physically in its embodied structure and materials, but also culturally - but truly adapt it for dynamic
modern re-use?
This studio will focus on these broad issues, on the emergence of revitalization and adaptation, and the
broader implications of fitting modern programs into historic buildings in an urban environment. Minimum Passing Grade: B- (graduate)
5 credits
Spring
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ARCH 517 - Collaborative Revitalization Studio
Cross-Listed with: n/a
Prerequisites: Arch 413 Advanced Architectural Design Studio
or PLAN 511 Interdisciplinary Planning Workshop
Corequisite: n/a
Pre- or Co-requisite: n/a
Requirement Fulfillment: Graduate Studio option for Master of Architecture (complete 2 Arch 515, or 1 Arch 515
and 1 Arch 517)
Capstone Requirement for MS in Historic Preservation
Note: Graduate Studio option for Master of Architecture (complete 2 Arch 515, or 1 Arch 515
and 1 Arch 517)
Capstone Requirement for MS in Historic Preservation
Delivery: Studio
A fundamental shift is occurring in architecture, planning, and urban design. New construction has
increased significantly from its lows immediately post-recession, but the rapid and accelerating
urbanization of the US (and the world in general) in the past generation has necessitated an entirely
new mini-industry and mode of thought - that of adaptation and revitalization. While the previous
several generations of architectural and urban thought considered existing buildings and architectural
developments as either sites to be cleared for new construction, or sites to be preserved for ‘historic’
value, we now have to contend with some very real and very practical considerations about land and
resource utilization. What does preservation mean? What is the embodied value of an existing building?
We now have a much better understanding of full extent of the building industry’s contribution to
carbon emissions, and the numbers are staggering - by some metrics, between a quarter and a third of
the world’s entire carbon emission footprint stems from the activities of the building industry, from the
harvesting and transportation of materials, to the rate of new construction, to the performance of
those buildings after construction.
Americans - particularly young Americans - are moving back into dense urban areas at an astonishing
pace. Land is scarce and increasingly expensive. New construction in these confines is increasingly
impractical and its sustainability (as currently practiced) is dubious. Infrastructure built in the mid-20th
century isn’t going anywhere, and must be contended with and designed around. Furthermore, this re-
urbanization has moved beyond major cities like Boston, New York, and San Francisco. Economic
pressure has pushed smaller communities with existing density and infrastructure access, like
Providence, RI, or Charleston, SC, to grapple with these questions and deal with an influx of young
workers and businesses.
Revitalization and adaptation is now a new paradigm of consideration, beyond simply “preserve” or
“demolish.” How can we take what exists and not only preserve and celebrate its intrinsic value - both
physically in its embodied structure and materials, but also culturally - but truly adapt it for dynamic
modern re-use?
This studio will focus on these broad issues, on the emergence of revitalization and adaptation, and the
broader implications of fitting modern programs into historic buildings in an urban environment. Minimum Passing Grade: B- (graduate)
5 credits
Spring
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ARCH 521 - Sustainable Design Seminar
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or Senior standing w/ permission of the instructor
This seminar covers core concepts of sustainable building, development and land use. Topics will include trends in green building legislation on local and national levels; researching sustainable products, materials, systems and technologies; case studies of high performance buildings and architectural design; integration of architecture and MEP systems; the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design building rating program (LEED); the relationship between ‘green’ building in context and transportation and land use; indoor air quality, daylight and natural ventilation; tools for sustainable design analysis; existing building assessment and improvement; balancing the costs and benefits of sustainable design.
3 credits
Fall
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ARCH 522 - Environmental Design Research
Prerequisites: Senior standing
Environmental Design Research introduces diverse theoretical approaches and research methods, for assessing inhabited environments with cultural, social and energy sustainability criteria. Readings include contributions from environmental psychology, anthropology, sociology, and cross-cultural studies as well as energy assessment literature. A semester long fieldwork project is undertaken to observe, conduct interviews and report to local architects and their clients how their buildings are used and experienced by diverse groups of inhabitants.
3 credits
Spring
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ARCH 524 - Evolution of Urban Form
Cross-Listed with: ARCH 324
Prerequisites: AAH 121 -AAH 122 or permission of instructor
Examines and analyzes the evolution of urban form, from Neolithic villages to cities of the emerging modern era. Addresses why cities have taken the forms they have, and their formal, physical, and spatial elements. Students consider urban structure and dynamics relative to architectural expression, building types, and urban open spaces. As the graduate offering of ARCH 324 lectures are shared; however, grading criteria, assignments and quality of independent research will reflect graduate level coursework and achievement expectations.
3 credits
Annually
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ARCH 529 - History of Landscape Architecture
Cross-Listed with: ARCH 329
Prerequisites: AAH 121 -AAH 122 and Senior Standing w/ permission of instructor or dean
History of Landscape Architecture is a survey of the development of man’s relationship to and shaping of the land. This course will survey the landscape and gardens from the beginnings of civilization until contemporary times, although the primary emphasis will be on the Italian Renaissance, the gardens of France in the age of Louis XIV, and the English garden. The course will also include contributing cultures, such as China, India and Japan, as well as study the growth of parks in the 19th century, particularly in the United States. As the graduate offering of ARCH 329 , lectures are shared; however, grading criteria, assignments and quality of independent research will reflect graduate level coursework and achievement expectations.
3 credits
Annually
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ARCH 530 - Special Topics in Architecture
Prerequisites: Graduate standing in B.S./M. Arch. Program, or Senior standing with permission of the instructor
Requirement Fulfillment: Architecture Elective
Variable content course dealing with significant aspects and themes in Architecture, in the areas of history/theory of architecture, environmental and behavior; technical systems, and professional practices.
3-4 credits
Special Offering
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