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ARTHC 365

American Architecture

Comparative Arts and Letters College of Humanities

Course Description

Major figures, monuments, and movements in American architecture from colonial period through "Gilded Age."

When Taught

Contact Department

Grade Rule

Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)

Min

3

Fixed

3

Fixed

3

Fixed

0

Title

Original Research

Learning Outcome

Students will acquire a more detailed knowledge of a particular monument and/or architect and/or architectural theory of the period, through the research and writing of a term paper.

Title

Architects

Learning Outcome

Students will become familiar with the contributions of individual architects of the period.

Title

Colonial to Civil War

Learning Outcome

Students will acquire a basic understanding of the development of American architecture from the seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century.

Title

Analysis

Learning Outcome

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