Total credits required for a BFA in Architectural Design: 120.0
Current students should use MyMICA or contact their Advisor for a personalized degree plan. If an integrated Humanistic Studies major, a minor in the Liberal Arts, or the MAT preparatory curriculum is chosen, the total credits would be 126.0.
The below degree plan is for students who entered in the 2015 - 16 academic year.
Course |
Course # |
Credits |
FIRST-YEAR-EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS |
||
| Art Matters | AH 100 | 3.0 |
| Elements of Visual Thinking | FF 100 | 3.0 |
| Sculptural Forms | FF 101 | 3.0 |
| Elements of Visual Thinking II | FF 102 | 3.0 |
| Painting I | FF 150 | 3.0 |
| Drawing I | FF 198 | 3.0 |
| Drawing II | FF 199 | 3.0 |
| Electronic Media and Culture | FF 210 | 3.0 |
| Critical Inquiry | HMST 101 | 3.0 |
| Foundation Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS |
||
| Modernism and After | AH 201 | 3.0 |
| World Architecture: Prehistory to 1855 | AH 250 | 3.0 |
| Modern Architecture & Urbanism | AH 376 | 3.0 |
| Contemporary Architectural Criticism* | AH 379-TH | 3.0 |
| Scientific Readings: Physics** | NSCI 201E | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 6.0 |
| Intellectual History I | -IH1 | 3.0 |
| Intellectual History II | -IH2 | 3.0 |
| Academic Electives (or Writing Workshop, if required) | 3.0 | |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (any level) | 3.0 | |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300 or 400 level) | 3.0 | |
| Perspectives on the Evolution of Structures*** | EN.560.141 | 3.0 |
Architectural design MAJOR REQUIREMENTS |
||
| Design Process, Craft & Methods: 3D Design Basics | AD 200 | 3.0 |
| Digital Drawing | AD 201 | 1.5 |
| Fabrication Methods | AD 202 | 1.5 |
| Interior and Exterior: Spatial Design Basics | AD 210 | 3.0 |
| 2D Digital Drawing: Drawing with CAD | AD 211 | 1.5 |
| Body, Material and Form: Material Design Basics | AD 220 | 1.5 |
| Architectural Lab I: Public Realm of Architectural Design | AD 300 | 4.5 |
| Digital Drawing: Building 3D Form on Computer | AD 302 | 1.5 |
| Architectural Lab 2: Urban Analysis to Architectural Synth | AD 310 | 4.5 |
| Building Technology: Building Systems | AD 311 | 1.5 |
| Architectural Lab 3: Architectural Design through Research | AD 400 | 4.5 |
| Theories and Concepts of Architectural Drawing | AD 401 | 1.5 |
| Architectural Lab 4: Architectural Design Thesis | AD 410 | 4.5 |
| Professional Development | AD 411 | 1.5 |
| Studio Electives | 18.0 | |
* Fulfills Theory requirement
**Fulfills Math/Science requirement
***Course is taken at Johns Hopkins University in the spring semester of sophomore year