University of Waterloo, School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF HONOURS BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES
(Co-operative Pre-Professional Architecture)

complete list of courses

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Term
Cultural History
Environment
Technology
Support/ Elective
Design
1A
Fall
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

4 units

 ARCH 142:

Cultural History 1: Iconography
 
 
 
 
 

1 unit
ARCH 172:

Building Construction 1
 
 
 
 
 
0.5 unit

 ARCH 100:

Introduction to Architecture

ARCH 110:
Visual Communication 1

1 unit

 ARCH 192:

Design Studio
 
 
 
 
 
 

1.5 units
1B
Winter
 
 
 
4 units		 ARCH 143:

Cultural History 2: The Ancient World
 
1 unit

 ARCH 125:

Principles of Environmental Design
0.5 unit

 ARCH 173:

Building Construction 2
 
0.5 unit

 ARCH 113:

Visual Communication 2
 
0.5 unit

 ARCH 193:

Design Studio
 
 
1.5 units
Spring: Off Term
2A
Fall
 
 
 
 
 
4 units		 ARCH 246:

Cultural History 3: Foundations of Europe
 
 
1 unit

 ARCH 226:

Environmental Building Design 
 
 

0.5 unit

 ARCH 260:

Principles of Structures
 
 
 
0.5 unit

ARCH 272:

Interior Environments: Acoustics and Lighting
 
 
 
 
0.5 unit

 ARCH 292:

Design Studio
 
 
 
 
1.5 units
Winter: Co-op Term #1
2B
Spring
 
 
 
 
 
4 units		 ARCH 247:

Cultural History 4: Renaissance to Revolution
 
 
1 unit

 ARCH 273:

Environmental Systems
 
 
 
0.5 unit

 ARCH 276:

Timber Design and Construction
 
 
 
0.5 unit

 Elective
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.5 unit		 ARCH 293:

Design Studio
 
 
 
 
1.5 units
Fall: Co-op Term #2
3A
Winter
 
 
 
 
 
3.5 units		 ARCH 343:

Enlightenment, Romanticism and the 19th Century


0.5 unit

 ARCH 364:

Building Science


0.5 unit

 ARCH 362:

Steel and Concrete Design and Construction
 
 
 
0.5 unit

 Elective
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.5 unit		 ARCH 392:

Design Studio
 
 
 
 
1.5 units
Spring: Co-op Term #3
3B
Fall
 
 
 
 
3.5 units		 ARCH 342:

Modern Architecture


0.5 unit

 ARCH 327:

Architecture of the Urban Environment
 
0.5 unit

 ARCH 365:

Structural Design Build
 
 
0.5 unit

 Elective
 
 
 
 
 
0.5 unit		 ARCH 393:

Design Studio:
 
 
 
1.5 units
Winter: Co-op Term #4

Spring: Co-op Term #5
4A (Rome)
Fall
 
 
 
3 units		 ARCH 446:

Italian Urban History
or elective
 
 
 
0.5 unit

 ARCH 448:

Rome and the Roman Campagna
or elective
 

0.5 unit

 please note that students are only allowed to opt out of one Rome "elective" course as a result of working ahead or transfer credits - the other two are required. Arch 449:

The Development of Modern Italian Architecture
or elective
 
 
0.5 unit

 ARCH 492:

Design Studio
 
 
 

1.5 units
Winter: Co-op Term #6
4B
Spring
 
 
 
 

3 units		 ARCH 442:

Modernisms: Twentieth Century Culture and Criticism

0.5 unit

 ARCH 425

Theory and Design of Contemporary Landscape
 
0.5 unit

 ARCH 473

Technical Report
 
 
 

0.5 unit

  ARCH 493:

Design Studio/ Comprehensive Building Design
 

1.5 units

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
(Professional Architecture)

additional information

Term Design/Thesis Professional Courses Electives
M1 ARCH 692: Graduate Seminar Arch 6551: Professional Practice + Financial Aspects of Architecture
Arch 652: Specifications
Arch 654: Acts and Codes 		Students must complete 3 electives
M2 Thesis Development
M3+ Thesis Development