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Dec 11, 2024
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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Architectural Design, B.F.A.
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Coordinator: Evelyn Tickle
Phone: (540) 568-6696
Email: tickleec@jmu.edu
The B.F.A. in architectural design educates future design leaders. It is an intensive program focused on rigorous design processes. Architectural design is approached holistically– emphasizing investigations into the nature of materials and objects, interior space, ergonomics, history and theory, programmatic invention, functional poetics, and collaboration across disciplines. The curriculum instills purpose, craft, technological competencies and versatile thinking.
Admission Requirements
Admission to the B.F.A. in architectural design is selective and competitive for a limited number of reserved seats in upperdivision (300-400 level) architectural design courses. Declaration of architectural design as a major and completion of lower-division (100-200) prerequisite art courses does not guarantee admission into the program. Admission to upper-division ARCD courses is based on completion of all prerequisite art courses and merit as determined by faculty review of portfolios submitted in satisfaction of the course ARCD 208. Portfolio Review . ARCD 208 is a 0 credit, pass/fail course that functions as a prerequisite to enrollment in 300-400 level architectural design courses. Students should enroll in ARCD 208 during the semester in which they are enrolled in ARCD 202 . ARCD 208 portfolios are reviewed during the spring semester (February) prior to pre-registration. Students should contact the area coordinator of architectural design to determine the exact time and location for the ARCD 208 portfolio review. Any art major may take ARCD 200 and ARCD 202 , but is restricted from taking any 300-400 level architectural design course until ARCD 208 has been taken and passed. Accepted students who receive a passing grade for ARCD 208 will be able to register for ARCD upper division courses for the following semester. Students not accepted will have one opportunity to reapply the following spring semester or may choose to continue in another major within the SADAH.
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Admission Requirements
Admission to the B.F.A. in architectural design is selective and competitive for a limited number of reserved seats in upper-division (300-400 level) architectural design courses. Declaration of architectural design as a major and completion of lower-division (100-200) prerequisite art courses does not guarantee admission into the program. Admission to upper-division ARCD courses is based on completion of all prerequisite art courses and merit as determined by faculty review of portfolios submitted in satisfaction of the course ARCD 208 . Portfolio Review.
ARCD 208 is a 0 credit, pass/fail course that functions as a prerequisite to enrollment in 300-400 level architectural design courses. Students should enroll in ARCD 208 during the semester in which they are enrolled in ARCD 202 . ARCD 208 portfolios are reviewed during the spring semester (February) prior to pre-registration. Students should contact the area coordinator of architectural design to determine the exact time and location for the ARCD 208 portfolio review.
Any art major may take ARCD 200 and ARCD 202 , but is restricted from taking any 300-400 level architectural design course until ARCD 208 has been taken and passed.
Accepted students who receive a passing grade for ARCD 208 will be able to register for ARCD upper division courses for the following semester. Students not accepted will have one opportunity to reapply the following spring semester or may choose to continue in another major within the School of Art, Design and Art History.
Required Courses
- General Education courses 41 Credit Hours 1
- University electives 1 Credit Hours
- Major requirements (listed below) 78 Credit Hours
Footnotes
1 The General Education program contains a set of requirements each student must fulfill. The number of credit hours necessary to fulfill these requirements may vary.
Major Requirements
This major requires 78 credit hours in art, art history and art-related courses; 45 must focus on architectural design.
Foundation Courses: 18 Credit Hours
Required Concentration Courses: 54 Credit Hours
Choose two of the following electives: 6 Credit Hours
- ART 220. Introductory Ceramics: Potter’s Wheel (0,9) 3.00
- ART 222. Introductory Ceramics: Handbuilding (0,9) 3.00
- ART 230. Introduction to Fiber Processes (0,9) 3.00
- ART 240. Metal & Jewelry (0,9) 3.00
- ART 260. Introductory Photography: Black and White (0,9) 3.00
- ART 270. Printmaking: Screenprint (0,9) 3.00
or - ART 272. Printmaking: Relief and Intaglio 3.00
or - ART 274. Printmaking: Lithography (0,9) 3.00
- ART 280. Sculpture (0,9) 3.00
- ART 305. Seminar in Aesthetics 3.00
- ART 350. Figure Drawing (0,9) 3.00
- GRPH 101. Digital Media Design I (0, 9) 3.00
- ARCD 392. Topics in Architectural Design 3.00
- ARCD 470. Contemporary Design 3.00
- ARCD 490. Independent Studies in Architectural Design 1.00 - 3.00, repeatable
- INDU 390. Independent Studies in Industrial Design 1.00 - 3.00
- INDU 392. Topics in Industrial Design 3.00
Recommended Schedule for Majors
First Year
- General Education 12 Credit Hours
- Art Foundations 18 Credit Hours
Footnotes
1 ARCD 496 is typically completed during the summer.
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