Undergraduate Elective Courses
Students are expected to register and pass 10 courses as elective courses prior to graduation with the B. Arch Degree. One from each of the following 5 groups of elective courses will have to be taken and successfully completed. The remaining 5 elective courses are expected to be on related subjects. At least 3 of the 10 elective courses have to be taken from other departments in the University. Elective courses taken from other METU departments, as well as from other Universities (in Turkey or abroad) have to be approved by the Department.
5XX/7XX courses can be taken by undergraduate students upon consent by instructor
Elective Courses taken from Fine Arts and Foreign Languages Departments are not going to be regarded as part of the required elective courses package.
Structure / Materials / Technology
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ARCH 333 Mathematics in Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 371 Information Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 433 Historic Structural Systems (3-0)3 ARCH 435 Computer Analysis of Building Structures (3-0)3 ARCH 437 Seminar on Subterranean Structures (3-0)3 ARCH 438 Design of Steel Structures (3-0)3 ARCH 439 History of Modern Structural Engineering (3-0)3 ARCH 453 How to Construct Buildings (3-2)4 ARCH 454 Problems of Traditional Building Materials (3-0)3 ARCH 456 New Building Technologies (3-0)3 ARCH 457 Introduction to Deterioration and Conservation (3-0)3 ARCH 458 Understanding Tectonics (2-2)3 ARCH 460 Appropriate Technology (2-2)3 ARCH 461 Computer Literacy in Architecture (3-2)4 ARCH 473-474 Architects Market Structure I-II (3-0)3 ARCH 482 Conservation of Archaeological Sites (3-0)3 ARCH 489 Lighting in Architecture (3-0)3 With consent of the instructor: (under the Graduate Programs) BS 509 Introduction to Construction Management (3-0)3 BS 531 Studies in Structures (3-0)3 BS 532 Geometrical and Morphological Analysis of Spatial Structures (3-0)3 BS 533 Building Design: Form and Structure (2-2)3 BS 534 Analytical Modeling and Computer Analysis of Structures (3-0)3 BS 536 Studies on Tall Buildings: Design Considerations (2-2)3 BS 550 Building Arts and Timber (3-0)3 BS 552 Systematics of Building Construction Design (2-2)3 BS 558 Advanced Construction Management (3-0)3 BS 561 Data and Information Modelling for Construction Informatics (2-2)3 BS 574 Composite Materials and Applications in Buildings (2-2)3 BS 710 Development of Metals: Reflections in Art and Architecture (3-0)3 BS 711 The Art and Technology of Timber Construction (3-2)4 |
History of Architecture
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ARCH 322 Developments in Modern Art (3-0)3 ARCH 323 Developments in Modern Art (3-0)3 ARCH 324 Thinking (Reading/Writing) on Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 325 (Depending on the syllabus) Architecture in Situ (3-0)3 ARCH 407 City in Late Antiquity and Byzantium: Topography and Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 409 Perspectives in the Conservation and Valorization of Cultural Heritage (3-0)3 ARCH 410 A Survey on Architectural Culture: From the Neolithic to the Modern Period (3-0)3 ARCH 412 Major Christian Cities. Topography and Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 413 Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 416 Pre-Classical Architecture of Ancient Anatolia (3-0)3 ARCH 420 Architecture and Politics in 20th Century Italy (3-0)3 ARCH 421 Architects and Architectural Practice in History (3-0)3 ARCH 422 Classical Antiquity in Asia Minor (3-0)3 ARCH 423 Domestic Architecture in Antiquity (3-0)3 ARCH 424 A Comparative Inquiry into the Built Environment of Medieval Europe and Anatolia (3-0)3 ARCH 425 The Cultural Context of Art and Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 426 House and Daily Life in History (3-0)3 ARCH 427 Studies in Greek Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 428 Developments in Republican Turkish Architecture: 1923-1990 (3-0)3 ARCH 430 Seminar in Contemporary Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 436 Seminar in Classical Antiquity: Roman Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 440 Masterworks of Medieval Architecture in East and West (3-0)3 ARCH 448 Issues and Problems in Modernism (3-0)3 ARCH 449 Cross Cultural Studies in the 19th Century (3-0)3 With consent of the instructor: (under the Graduate Programs) AH 520 Urban Defences: Architecture of the City Frontier (3-0)3 AH 521 Themes on Ancient Domestic Architecture (3-0)3 AH 522 Special Topics in Byzantine Architecture: The Art and Architecture of Byzantine Cappadocia (3-0)3 AH 526 History and Theory of Art and Architectural Styles (3-0)3 AH 536 Seminar in Roman Architecture (3-0)3 AH 539 Cosmological Thought and Architecture in the Middle East (3-0)3 AH 544 Architectural History Research Studio: The Modern Capital City, Ankara (3-0)3 AH 546 Theories of History I (3-0)3 AH 547 Theories of History II (3-0)3 AH 548 Aesthetics and Psyche (3-0)3 AH 612 Imperial Architecture of the Ancient Near East (3-0)3 REST 521 History of Architecture in the Middle East I-II (3-0)3 REST 522 History of Architecture in the Middle East I-II (3-0)3 |
Theory / Criticism / Methodology in Urban and Architectural Design
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ARCH 324 Thinking (Reading/Writing) on Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 395 Theory of Conservation (3-0)3 ARCH 411 Theory of Restoration I (3-0)3 ARCH 415 Fundamentals of Site Planning (3-0)3 ARCH 416 Architects and Patrons (3-0)3 ARCH 417 The Limits of Architectural Criticism (3-0)3 ARCH 418 Case Studies in Architectural Criticism (3-0)3 ARCH 441 Reading Architectural Works I (3-0)3 ARCH 442 Reading Architectural Works II (3-0)3 ARCH 447 Ethics and Morality in Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 451 Buildings During Use: Post-Occupancy Evaluation (3-0)3 ARCH 463 Introduction to the theory of Shape Grammars (3-0)3 ARCH 467 Design Methods (3-0)3 ARCH 471 Thinking Lines I: Introducing Martin Heidegger (3-0)3 ARCH 491 Landscape Research I (3-0)3 ARCH 492 Landscape Research II (3-0)3 With consent of the instructor: (under the Graduate Programs) ARCH 505 Advanced Architectural Design Research I (3-6)3 ARCH 508 Research Analysis and Design in Multilayered Context (2-4)4 ARCH 511 Social and Cultural Themen in Urban Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 512 Advanced Studies on Urban Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 526 Politics and Space (3-0)3 ARCH 527 Advanced Topics in Digital Constructivism (3-0)3 ARCH 543 Assessment of Interiors I (3-0)3 ARCH 544 Assessment of Interiors II (3-0)3 ARCH 545 Interpretation of Architectural Texts I (3-0)3 ARCH 546 Interpretation of Architectural Texts II (3-0)3 ARCH 547 Architecture and the Social Context of Modernity I (3-0)3 ARCH 548 Architecture and the Social Context of Modernity II (3-0)3 ARCH 568 Descriptive and Systematic Approaches to Design (3-0)3 ARCH 583 Philosophical Issues in Computation and Design (2-2)3 ARCH 585 Computational Design Research Lab (2-4)4 ARCH 591 Theory and History of Landscape Architecture I (3-0)3 ARCH 592 Theory and History of Landscape Architecture II (3-0)3 ARCH 613 Critical Theories on Urban Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 708 Housing and Discourse I (3-0)3 ARCH 709 Housing and Discourse II (3-0)3 ARCH 713 Housing Research and Design Studio I (3-6)6 ARCH 714 Housing Research and Design Studio II (3-6)6 ARCH 720 Architecture and Writing (3-0)3 ARCH 721 Picturing the Modern City: Visions, Representations, Imaginations (3-0)3 ARCH 723 Advanced Architectural Design Research II (4-2)4 AH 513 Aesthetics and Criticism I (3-0)3 AH 514 Aesthetics and Criticism II (3-0)3 |
Environment and Architecture
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ARCH 325 (Depending on the syllabus) Architecture in Situ (3-0)3 ARCH 344 Environment and Man: Cause and Effect (3-0)3 ARCH 443 Environmental Aesthetics I (3-0)3 ARCH 444 Environmental Aesthetics II (3-0)3 ARCH 446 Family/Dwelling Interrelations in the Traditional Residential Architecture in Turkey (3-0)3 ARCH 479 Acoustical Design of Halls for Musical Performance (3-0)3 ARCH 481 Design with Climate (2-2)3 ARCH 483 Energy Considerations in Architecture I (3-0)3 ARCH 484 Energy Considerations in Architecture II (3-0)3 ARCH 485 Acoustics in Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 486 Noise Control in Architecture (3-0)3 ARCH 487 Solar Control and Utilization in Architecture I (3-2)4 ARCH 488 Solar Control and Utilization in Architecture II (3-2)4 BS 576 Acoustics in Architecture II (3-0)3 BS 587 Fire Control in Architecture (3-0)3 |
Design and Techniques of Representation
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ARCH 303 Freehand Architectural Drawing (3-2)4 ARCH 325 (Depending on the syllabus) Architecture in Situ (3-0)3 ARCH 365 Fine Arts Techniques Workshop (Photography) (3-2)4 ARCH 366 Fine Arts Techniques Workshop (3-2)4 ARCH 403 Advanced Architectural Surveying (2-8)6 ARCH 470 Digital Design Studio (3-6)6 | (course website) ARCH 386 Design for the Disabled (3-0)3 ARCH 429 Pattern and Geometry in Design (3-0)3 ARCH 445 Fundamentals of Design in Works of Art (2-2)3 ARCH 462 Computer Aided Drafting and Design (3-2)4 ARCH 465 Fine Arts Techniques Workshop I (2-2)3 ARCH 466 Fine Arts Techniques Workshop II (3-2)4 ARCH 471 Thinking Lines I: Introducing Martin Heidegger (3-0)3 ARCH 472 Thinking Lines II: Constructions (2-4)4 ARCH 475 Digital Design Studio II: Advanced Themes (3-6)6 ARCH 477 Architectural Modeling (3-0)3 ARCH 494 Creativity in Expressive Communication (3-0)3 With consent of the instructor: (under the Graduate Programs) ARCH 517 Principles of Universal Design (3-0)3 ARCH 524 Architecture and Different Modes of Representation (3-0)3 ARCH 713 Housing Design and Research Studio (3-6)6 ARCH 719 Computational Design Research Lab. (2-4)4 BS 565 Computer Programming and Introduction to Architectural Applications (2-2)3 BS 566 Computer Graphics for Architectural Drafting Purposes (2-2)3 |
