ARTH 202NRenaissance to Modern Architecture
This course is an introduction to the history of architecture, primarily in Europe and North America, but also in Asia and South America, from approximately 1400 to the present. Selected architects, structural ideas, buildings, and urban developments will be emphasized. Architecture will be considered within the contexts of religion, politics, philosophy, economics, gender, society, technology, engineering, landscape architecture, urban planning and interior design. This course has no prerequisite and is intended for both students of architecture/art and students unfamiliar with the field.
Prerequisites
None listed in the catalog.
General education
Arts (GA), Humanities (GH)
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 1 · Spring (1 program).
Required in (3)
- Architectural Engineering, B.A.E.
- Architectural History, Minor
- Architecture, B.S.
One of the options in (2)
- Art History, B.A.
- Keystone Certificate for Integrative Humanities, Certificate