All participating students must be full time students at Georgia Tech and enrolled for 12 credit hours. Students in Architecture must enroll in ARCH 8903 for 3 credit hours. Students in the Master of Science in Urban Design must enroll for ARCH 8903 for 6 credit hours. Students are encouraged to take ARCH 4123 and/or ARCH 6155 for pass-fail credit if they have not previously taken a pass-fail course or if they do not need additional credits for their degree.
ARCH 4151/7151 History of Urban Form
History of the city as a collective work of architecture with an emphasis on the city's physical form and space.
ARCH 4843/8843: Contemporary Practice in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urbanism in America. (3 Credit Practice 2 Elective). Field trips and visits to the significant design practices in the five cities. Students are required to attend all office visits, lectures and site visits and submit a journal/sketchbook, document and prepare a comparative analysis based on visits and interviews with leading practitioners by examining key questions related to the business of design practice. Letter grade only.
ARCH 4823/8823: American Modernism. (3 Credits). Readings on the history of art and architecture in America and Europe and site visits/tours to many outstanding examples of modern and contemporary architecture in each city. For letter grade, students must write a 3000 word illustrated paper on a subject of modern/contemporary architecture, focused a specific theme and documenting one or more buildings visited both interior and exterior.
ARCH 8903: Special Problems (3 Credits for M.ARCH students or 6 Credits for MSUD students). An independent research project with a focus on specific questions in architecture, urban design or landscape architecture. The project must involve direct documentation (measured drawings, analytical diagrams, photographs, etc.) of selected urban situations, buildings, projects, etc. in one or more of the five cities. The final submission is a research paper, with illustrations and a minimum of 4000 word text. Research topics are discussed and proposals completed during the preparation class during the spring semester. Letter Grade Only
