Jim Williamson, M.Arch., Dean
1005 Architecture | Box 42091 | Lubbock, TX 79409-2091
T 806.742.3136 | F 806.742.2855
architecture.programs@ttu.edu | www.arch.ttu.edu
Professors: Aranha, Flueckiger, R. Gonzalez, Haq, Neiman, Williamson
Associate Professors: Beneytez-Duran, Buelinckx, Driskill, Ellis, Hill, Park, Perl, Raab, Shacklette, Taylor, Torres-McDonald, Zugay
Assistant Professors: Davis, Key, Kripa, Lim, McReynolds, Stiphany, Zook
Visiting Assistant Professor: Aziz, Rigau, Soderberg
Instructors: Barajas, Brown, Dalbin, Dixon, Esper, Fairbetter, Fereshtehnezhad, Garcia-Gonzalez, M. Gonzales, Isern, Maher, Mantz, Mueller, Velasquez, Wade
About the College
Architecture bridges the sciences with the arts. Students who succeed in architecture are balanced individuals who can manage the rigor of the rational and the ambiguity of the intuitive. In addition to the degree program in architecture, the College of Architecture offers dual programs with the Whitacre College of Engineering and the Rawls College of Business. Students can pursue career paths in design, construction, real estate development, product development construction and sales. The general architecture curriculum also provides an excellent portal into the university with coursework that is specific not only to the field but also fulfills the core curriculum of the university.
Mission Statement. The College of Architecture educates students for future design practice and advances knowledge of the discipline for the benefit of society.
Admission. The undergraduate architecture program has two components: general architecture and pre-professional architecture. Admission to the general architecture program is open to all students admitted into the university. Admission into the pre-professional program in the second-year is competitive and based on a comprehensive review of the student’s portfolio, written exam, statement of intent, grade point average, and completion of all first-year architecture courses with a minimum grade of C-.
Requirements for Licensure as an Architect. Becoming a licensed architect is a three-step process. Students must receive an accredited degree in architecture that has been approved by the National Architectural Accreditation Board (NAAB) (www.naab.org), successfully complete an internship with licensed architect(s), and pass the Architect Registration Examination (ARE) (www.ncarb.org). The accredited program at Texas Tech University includes three components: general architecture, pre-professional, and professional. The general and pre-professional programs are undergraduate programs, while the accredited professional degree is the Master of Architecture.
Degree and Certificate Programs
The College of Architecture offers programs leading to the following degrees and certificates:
Dual Degree Programs
Undergraduate Program
Program Descriptions. The Bachelor of Science in Architecture consists of 124 credit hours of undergraduate courses. The B.S. in Architecture degree will give students knowledge of and career opportunities in architecture, the building industry, and related fields. This also prepares students to continue into the master’s degree program to obtain an accredited professional degree.
Transfer Courses. All transfer coursework taken at any other institution must receive evaluation and approval from the College of Architecture. The student must provide sufficient evidence of equivalency. No course with a grade less than a C will be accepted.
Transfer to the College of Architecture. Current Texas Tech students (internal transfers) must have a TTU institutional GPA of 3.0 on a minimum of 18 hours exclusive of credit earned by exam, and be TSI compliant. External transfers (non-TTU students) with fewer than 12 hours of transferrable coursework must meet first-time freshman assured admission standards. For admission into Architecture, transfer students must have 18 hours of transferrable coursework and a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 that includes work at all previous institutions. Students from institutions with existing transfer agreements will be accepted per the agreement in place.
Concurrent Enrollment. Students who are registered at Texas Tech and wish to register concurrently at another institution must obtain prior written approval from the academic dean of the college in which they are enrolled. No student is allowed concurrent enrollment during the semester of expected graduation. This approval applies to all residence courses, extension courses, and distance education courses in progress elsewhere at the time of registration and to those begun during the semester.
A student registered at another institution but wishing to enroll concurrently for credit at Texas Tech will be considered as a transfer student and will be required to meet the standards for such students. Concurrent registration resulting in a combined enrollment beyond a maximum load at this institution will not be permitted.
Core Curriculum Requirements. The university has established core curriculum requirements for all students. A listing of these requirements appears in the Academic Requirements section of this catalog.
Multicultural Requirement. Students may fulfill this requirement with courses as listed in the Academic Requirements section of this catalog.
Electives. All electives taken to satisfy the architecture degree plan must be at the 2000 and above level. All undergraduate architecture courses numbered 2000 and above may only be taken with the permission of the dean.
Computer Requirement. Students in all programs are required to have their own computer in the classroom and studio. Computer equipment and software must be compatible with college standards. Computer equipment and software requirements are posted at www.arch.ttu.edu.
Grades of C. A minimum grade of C or better is required for all courses in the architecture degree plan, including corequisites, prerequisites, and architecture electives.
Student Projects. The college reserves the right to retain, exhibit, and reproduce work submitted by students. Work submitted for a grade is the property of the college.
Academic Standing. The Academic Requirements section of this catalog gives information regarding academic standing. Students on academic probation or academic suspension should familiarize themselves with these regulations. Only one semester of probation is allowed at the graduate level before academic suspension.
Counseling and Advising. Faculty members assist students in career counseling and guidance. Advisement for course registration is provided by the academic advising staff.
Ineligible Registration. The College of Architecture reserves the right to prevent any student who is not eligible for registration from entering or dropping a course for reasons such as unapproved overloads, unapproved repeated courses, lower-division/upper-division rule infractions, academic performance, and lack of co-requisites and prerequisites. Courses taken when the student was ineligible will not be used in the student’s degree program.
Catalog Selection. Students will use the catalog issued for the year in which they were first officially admitted to the College of Architecture or may elect to use a more recent catalog. However, if they later transfer to another institution or another college at Texas Tech and wish to return to the College of Architecture at Texas Tech, they will follow the current catalog curricula in effect when they are readmitted. A catalog expires after seven years.
Course Load. Approval from the academic advisor is required for a course load of more than 18 semester hours (8 hours for a summer term). Distance education courses are included in the student’s course load, as are courses taken concurrently at other institutions. Students who are employed for more than 20 hours each week should limit their semester hour enrollment.
Class Attendance. Students in the college are expected to attend all scheduled class meeting times and activities. Absences in excess of those stipulated in each individual course syllabus will result in an F in the course. Students should refer to the university’s policy, procedures, and dates in regard to dropping a course and see their academic advisor for additional information.
Application for Degree. The Bachelor of Science degree candidate must file an “Application for Degree” with the academic advisor at least one year before the anticipated date of graduation. Subsequently, the student will receive a list of courses and be apprised of the number of grade points that are lacking. Undergraduate students must have a 2.5 GPA to graduate. Graduate students must have a 3.0 GPA to graduate.
Because students are expected to follow the graduation requirements set forth in the catalog of the year they entered the College of Architecture, students filing an “Application for Degree” must indicate the catalog year under which they will graduate. This must be the year in which they were accepted and registered in the College of Architecture. See also Uniform Undergraduate Degree Requirements .
Students seeking a Master of Architecture degree are required to have an internship experience documented by the Intern Development Program administered by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). This requirement may be met with a documented internship experience of at least 300 hours as approved by the Associate Dean for Academics.
Dual-Degree Programs. The College of Architecture, in partnership with the Whitacre College of Engineering, offers the option of earning a Bachelor of Science in Architecture simultaneously with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Also, the College of Architecture, in partnership with the Rawls College of Business, offers the option of earning a Bachelor of Science in Architecture along with a Bachelor of Business Administration.
Communication Literacy Requirement. Communication Literacy courses for the Architecture major are ARCH 3314 , ARCH 3352 , and ARCH 3602 .
Graduate Program
For more information on graduate programs offered by the College of Architecture, visit the Graduate Programs page.
Undergraduate Program Offerings, Course Descriptions & Curricular Tables
(Click on program for curricular table.)
Bachelor’s
Undergraduate Minor
Undergraduate Certificate
Intra-institutional Dual Degree
ARCH - Architecture (Undergraduate Courses)
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ARCH 1101 - Architectural Representation I
1 Semester Credit Hours
Corequisite: ARCH 1301 . An introduction to the techniques and methods of architectural representation with an emphasis on utilizing architectural projection systems to describe form, space, and geometry. -
ARCH 1102 - Architectural Representation II
1 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 1101 . Corequisite: ARCH 1302 . A continued introduction to the techniques of architectural representation with an emphasis on the hybridization of analogue and digital methods. -
ARCH 1301 - Architectural Design I
3 Semester Credit Hours
Corequisite: ARCH 1101 . Introduction to foundational principles of observation, ordering, and analysis, for the purpose of communicating design strategies, as a precursor to design synthesis. -
ARCH 1302 - Architectural Design II
3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARCH 1101 , ARCH 1301 . Approaching the creative process in architecture through synthetic process and the construction of spatial organizational strategies. -
ARCH 1311 - Design, Environment, and Society
3 Semester Credit Hours
TCCNS: [ARCH 1311] Introduction to architecture as an integral component of a complex world. Examination of societal and environmental contexts and appropriate design responses. Fulfills core Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement. F. -
ARCH 1341 - Architectural Freehand Drawing
3 Semester Credit Hours
Basic skills and techniques in representational drawing. Subjects include the human figure, architectural interiors and exteriors, landscapes and cityscapes. Black and white media. F. -
ARCH 1353 - Digital Media I
3 Semester Credit Hours
An introduction to the use of the computer as a design drawing tool with an emphasis on conceptual knowledge and computing skills for design communication. S. -
ARCH 2101 - Architectural Representation III
1 Semester Credit Hours
Corequisite: ARCH 2503 . Prerequisite: ARCH 1102 . Advanced architectural representation techniques emphasizing digital craft and acumen, with an introduction to fabrication techniques and tools. -
ARCH 2102 - Architectural Representation IV
1 Semester Credit Hours
Corequisite: ARCH 2504 . Prerequisite: ARCH 2101 . Develops a thorough understanding of complex architecture representation with an emphasis on multimedia techniques and tools with the use of advanced fabrication methods. -
ARCH 2311 - History of World Architecture I
3 Semester Credit Hours
TCCNS: [ARCH 1301] Survey of the development of world architecture from pre-history to the Middle Ages. Fulfills core Language, Philosophy, and Culture requirement. F. -
ARCH 2315 - History of World Architecture II
3 Semester Credit Hours
TCCNS: [ARCH 1302] Survey of the development of world architecture from the Renaissance through the 19th century. Fulfills core Creative Arts requirement. S. -
ARCH 2342 - Creative Process
3 Semester Credit Hours
Exploration of graphic, drawing, and art-media skills to strengthen design process and judgment. S. -
ARCH 2351 - Architectural Technology I: Matter
3 Semester Credit Hours
TCCNS: [ARCH 2312] Prerequisite: C or better in ID 3487 for Interior Design students. Introduction to architectural technology and our constructed relationship with the environment. Emphasis on contemporary materials, behaviors, sources, sustainability, methods of fabrication, products and their potentialities. F. -
ARCH 2355 - Architectural Technology II: Gravity
3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 2351 . Introduction to the mechanics of structural materials with emphasis on capacities and behavior. Structural analysis and determination of structural systems via load-tracing, equilibrium and statics. F. -
ARCH 2362 - Fundamentals in Architectural Thinking
3 Semester Credit Hours
Covers critical works from architecture and other related disciplines; traces how different systems of ideas have transformed architectural production from antiquity to today. -
ARCH 2503 - Architectural Design III
5 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 1302 , ARCH 1102 , admission to the professional program. Corequisite: ARCH 2101 . Develops design skills through the extension and application of representational techniques that allow a designer to explore relationships between form, space and inhabitation. Studio course. -
ARCH 2504 - Architectural Design IV
5 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARCH 2503 . Corequisite: ARCH 2102 . Advances the student’s understanding of architecture’s disciplinary specificity through the development of a coherent design project that resolves programmatic, tectonic and contextual forces. Studio course. -
ARCH 3313 - History of World Architecture III
3 Semester Credit Hours
Survey of the development of world architecture during the 20th and 21th centuries. (CL). F. -
ARCH 3314 - Contemporary Issues in Architecture
3 Semester Credit Hours
Contemporary issues in architectural theory and history utilizing precedents from early 20th century to present. May be repeated for credit. (CL) -
ARCH 3315 - Building the United States
3 Semester Credit Hours
Examines the construction of the United States as both a process of building and creation of culture. Describes the parallel development of the U.S.’s diverse and energetic society at work by examining a wide array of works of architecture, infrastructure, and landscape. -
ARCH 3341 - Digital Media II
3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 1353 and ARCH 2102 . The use of 3-D computer graphics and modeling or design development with an emphasis on multimedia design presentations. F. -
ARCH 3350 - Architectural Construction II
3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 2351 . Study of statics, member analysis, material science, and advanced construction systems with emphasis on the systems module and introduction to system integration code and cost. F. -
ARCH 3352 - Building Information Technology
3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARCH 1102 , ARCH 1353 , ARCH 2355 , and ARCH 3350 . Analysis of communication of technical information and the process of preparing documents for building construction utilizing Building Information Modeling (BIM). (CL) -
ARCH 3355 - Architectural Construction III
3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 3350 . Study of structural capacity, connection design, and envelope performance and cost with emphasis on cladding. Introduction to system integration. Outside assignments required. S. -
ARCH 3361 - Design Workshop
3 Semester Credit Hours
Special projects and project development in architectural design. May be repeated for credit. -
ARCH 3362 - Product Design Workshop
3 Semester Credit Hours
Introduction to the design and executed construction of a prototypical piece of furniture or other design product using an architectural design process. May be repeated for credit. S. -
ARCH 3373 - Environmental Analysis - Site Planning
3 Semester Credit Hours
Basic course to develop a working knowledge of the techniques and principles involved in site planning to provide optimum living and working environments. F. -
ARCH 3601 - Architectural Design V
6 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 2504 . Builds on foundational skills through a series of complex constraints and contexts, while emphasizing social, cultural, or civic roles of architectural design. Open only to architecture majors or to students having permission of the Dean. -
ARCH 3602 - Architectural Design VI
6 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 3601 . Focuses on how architectural concepts and ideations translate into built environments that affect the public realm. Open only to architecture majors or to students having permission of the Dean. (CL) -
ARCH 4000 - Architecture and Urban Studies
V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Advanced standing and approval of the dean. Individual studies of special interest in advanced architecture, history of architecture, and city planning. May be repeated for credit. -
ARCH 4311 - Architecture in Nonwestern Societies
3 Semester Credit Hours
A study of multicultural architectural contributions, interrelationships of culture and architecture, diversity of traditions, meanings, modernity, and change in the nonwestern world. -
ARCH 4324 - Introduction to Historic Preservation
3 Semester Credit Hours
An introduction to the history and contemporary practice of historic preservation, including the preservation of buildings, landscapes, and material culture. -
ARCH 4325 - Cultural Heritage Tourism
3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 4324 . Study of the practice and theory of heritage tourism and strategies for the sustainable development and management of cultural heritage tourism initiatives. -
ARCH 4341 - Media Elective
3 Semester Credit Hours
Analog or digital media options chosen from approved list. May be repeated for credit. -
ARCH 4342 - Poetic Re-presentations
3 Semester Credit Hours
Explores how digital media and physical material are used interchangeably offering new ways to see, think, study, and understand architectural re-presentation. -
ARCH 4354 - Integrative Building Modeling
3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 2355 and ARCH 3355 . Integration of structural, mechanics, electrical, plumbing, and code with life safety systems into building design, through a comprehensive building model. S. -
ARCH 4361 - Architectural Studies Seminar
3 Semester Credit Hours
The study, presentation, and discussion of issues regarding architecture as an aspect of culture. May be repeated for credit. -
ARCH 4391 - Architectural Internship
4 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 3602 . Individual study based on an approved internship position consisting of a minimum of 300 hours per semester or summer. -
ARCH 4392 - Historic Preservation Internship
3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARCH 4324 and ARCH 4325 . Supervised internship designed to provide students with practical experience. Practicum includes a report, an oral presentation, and a minimum work commitment of 160 hours. -
ARCH 4601 - Architectural Design VII
6 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 3602 . Provides instruction in advanced architectural design projects. Students develop integrated design skills negotiating the complex issues of program, site, and form in a specific cultural context. Integrates aspects of architectural theory, building technology, and computation into the design process. -
ARCH 4602 - Architectural Design VIII
6 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 4601 . Provides instruction in advanced architectural design projects. Students develop integrated design skills as they negotiate the complex issues of program, site, and form in a specific cultural context. Integrates aspects of architectural theory, building technology, and computation into the design process.
