ARCH

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

5

Credits (max)

5

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Environment (3)

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

5

Credits (max)

5

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

5

Credits (max)

5

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

2102; Departmental approval. This course is designed to provide an additional and more advanced design studio for students pursuing the B.A. in Architecture with the Architectural Studies Concentration, so as to better prepare them for graduate studies in architecture. This studio builds upon the lessons learned in ARCH 2102 and introduces students to the basic principles of the integration of systems into building design. The design project is located on a real site in the Charlotte area, and its primary objective is to train students to negotiate multiple scales of the design process: site context; occupancy constraints; material constraints; building systems; environmental conditions; and aesthetic considerations.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

wide variety of subjects. Topics include: Computation, Theory, Representation, Making, Urbanism, and Technology. May be repeated for credit with change in topic. Students may enroll in duplicate sections each semester.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated for credit with change in topic.

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Unrestricted Elective Courses, Double Major and/or Minor to Complete Requirements for Graduation Students must earn a minimum of 120 credit hours to graduate. This requirement can be fulfilled through a combination of elective courses, a minor, or a double major. The 120-credit minimum must be satisfied regardless of the specific academic path chosen (e.g., a minor combined with electives). Degree Total = 120 Credit Hours Note: Students intending to enroll in UNC Charlotte's twelve-month M.Arch. AS Curriculum must earn, in addition to all requirements of this concentration, 128 credit-hours in total during their undergraduate studies in order to be eligible for that graduate program. Although the B.A. in Architecture degree requires only 120 credits, the School of Architecture’s M.Arch. Admissions Committee will review transcripts to ensure that all applicants admitted to the AS Curriculum have earned 128 credit-hours prior to the start of their enrollment in the program.

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Design (6)

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 4101. Various studio topics are offered with different emphasis and subject concentration to allow in-depth studio experiences in particular areas of study.

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 4201 or permission of instructor. Global survey of architecture and urbanism from 1750 to the present. Explores key architectural and urban ideas, designers, buildings, and urban projects as well as how they were shaped by their environmental, political, economic, technological, and cultural context.

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

skills. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

understanding of the practice of architecture today, its responsibilities and procedures, and emerging alternative forms of practice and roles of the architect.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Restricted Elective Courses (12 credit hours) All students pursuing the B.A. in Architecture degree with the Architectural Studies Concentration must complete 12 credit-hours of coursework in two fields related to the discipline, 6 credit-hours per department. Additional courses in Architecture not included in the Core curriculum of the major may fulfill 6 credit-hours of this requirement. Courses with the following course numbers may fulfill this requirement: AFRS 2xxx/3xxx/4xxx ANTH 2xxx/3xxx/4xxx ARCH 4xxx ARTx 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx ARTH 1xxxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx CMET 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx COMM 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx DANC 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx ECON 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx ESCI 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx HLTH 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx HIST 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx GEOG 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx GEOL 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx GLST 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx JOUR 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx MATH 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx MUSC 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx PHIL 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx PHYS 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx POLS 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx PSYC 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx SOCY 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx SOWK 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx STAT 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx THEA 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx WRDS 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx/4xxx Some courses may require prerequisites or other registration restrictions that prevent Architecture students from using them to fulfil this requirement. 94 | College of Arts + Architecture Courses applied to satisfy General Education requirements may also be applied to satisfy this Restrictive Elective requirement. Courses applied to satisfy the Restricted Elective requirement may also be applied toward a minor in another department if that department accepts them (the SoA does not determine which credits may be applied to minors in other departments). Unrestricted Elective Courses, Double Major and/or Minor to Complete Requirements for Graduation Students must earn a minimum of 120 credit hours to graduate. This requirement can be fulfilled through a combination of elective courses, a minor, or a double major. The 120-credit minimum must be satisfied regardless of the specific academic path chosen (e.g., a minor combined with electives). Degree Total = 120 Credit Hours

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

fundamentals of structures including statics, strength, and stability of materials. Students will be introduced to structural concepts, systems, and the tracing of structural loads through basic principles, physical modeling, and theoretical and analytical methods. Topics include: interrelationship between strain, stress, and stability, as well as the implications of tension, compression, shear, torsion, and bending.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Additional Elective (3 credit hours) One additional elective (ARCH 4050, ARCH 4060, or ARCH 4070) is required for this concentration.

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

4304 and ARCH 4302. Introduces a set of advanced issues related to the comprehensive, systematic integration of building technology systems commonly used in large-scale buildings through case study, analytical, and simulation methods. Topics address the resolution of the building structure, materials, environmental systems, mechanical systems, electrical systems, life safety, building water supply and waste, and conveying systems in building design.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 4202 or permission of instructor. Explores approaches to the history of architecture from its emergence as a discipline in the 19th century through its expansion in the 20th and 21st centuries to encompass more varied perspectives. Historical-based approaches to criticism of the contemporary built environment are also explored. Required course for Minor in Architectural History and Criticism. ARCH 4601. Rome Prep. (1) Corequisite(s): ARCH 4101. An essential introduction to the School of Architecture Rome Program. It prepares students to optimize the full extent of their Spring semester experience in Italy. Students planning to participate in the Rome program should enroll in this course the semester prior.

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Architecture degree program. An inquiry into critical matters concerning the contemporary city, this course runs parallel to and resonates with an urban building design studio based on the Center City Campus. Topics focus on the social, cultural, political, historical, and theoretical dimensions of the city.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Elective Courses (6 credit hours) Students in the BA in Architecture program must also take 6 additional hours of coursework outside of the department from the courses listed below or a substitution approved by the Academic Advisor.

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Architecture major and permission of chair of instruction. Designed to 2026-2027 UNC CHARLOTTE UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG allow students to pursue faculty-directed independent study topics not provided by other college offerings. May be repeated for credit with permission of college. Art: Academic & Departmental Art (ARTA)

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated for credit with permission of college.

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

break faculty-led educational experience abroad to support growing knowledge of global architectural, urban, and or heritage discourse and practice. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Unrestricted Electives (6 credit hours) Two additional 3-credit courses are required for the completion of this degree. Courses in other departments may require permissions or pre-requisites. Degree Total= 96 Credit Hours M.Arch II Curriculum (60 credit hours) The M.Arch. II curriculum requires a minimum of 60 credit hours to be completed during two academic years. If applicants accepted to the M.Arch. II curriculum are evaluated and found deficient in entry-level competencies, curriculum substitutions and/or additional courses will be required. To ensure that incoming students are evaluated appropriately, the School of Architecture may require candidates for the M.Arch. II curriculum to furnish the Architecture Graduate Admissions Committee and Graduate Program Coordinator relevant course descriptions, syllabi, and course materials (where necessary) of all architecture courses passed and completed that may satisfy entry-level competencies. Design Studios (24 credit hours)

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Global survey of architecture and urbanism from prehistory to 1750. Explores key examples of buildings and cities as well as the theoretical, environmental, political, economic, technological, and cultural context in which they were built. Provides a general knowledge of the formal, spatial and ornamental characteristics that distinguish the built environment of distinct historic and traditional building cultures.

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 5201 or permission of instructor. Global survey of architecture and urbanism from 1750 to the present. Explores key architectural and urban ideas, designers, buildings, and urban projects as well as how they were shaped by their environmental, political, economic, technological, and cultural context.

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Contemporary Theory (1950-Present) (3) Methods Courses

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

12

Credits (max)

12

Credit unit

credit hours

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Introduces the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of architectural materials, systems, and processes. Students are introduced to the physical properties of materials relevant to their application in construction, assembly, and detail systems. Topics include: masonry, concrete, wood, steel, glass, cladding, and roofing and flooring materials and their assemblies.

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 5301 or permission of instructor.

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Applicants to the M.Arch. AS Track have the following additional requirements: • A digital portfolio of work that offers significant evidence of a mastery of architectural skill and knowledge as well as other creative work. See portfolio formatting instructions and FAQs on the SoA’s Graduate Admissions website. • A Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from UNC Charlotte, with either Pre-Professional Track requirements (Catalog years prior to 2025/2026) or the Practice Concentration (Catalog years including and since 2025/2026) • Applicants with the Practice Concentration, which requires 120 credit hours, must have earned an additional 8 credit hours of undergraduate coursework to be eligible for M.Arch. AS Track.

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

History Courses (9 credit hours)

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

concepts, issues, and working knowledge specific to design in architecture. Topics include: order, form and space, site, type, and architectural meaning.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

scripting as one might within a professional setting: duate Catalog  2026-2027

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 6101. Corequisite(s): ARCH 6603. An introductory architectural design studio that focuses on the development of site, space, and design process issues, as well as the continued acquisition and practice of a variety of technical and graphic skills. Exploration into the creative and appropriate use of a variety of media is addressed.

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

credit hours)

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Admission to the MS in Architecture concentration in Critical Heritage Studies. Heritage Studies concentration course involving a series of site visits and guest speakers from scholars and professionals to further understanding of heritage case studies and working in the discipline. May be repeated for credit.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated for credit.

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

6100. This seminar class concentrates on fundamental concepts, issues, and working knowledge specific to design in architecture. It is intended to complement the design problems encountered in ARCH 6100 (studio) and to serve as a critical platform to raise issues that are not always evident in studio making alone. Primary topics addressed include order, form and space, site, type, and architectural meaning.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 6100. Corequisite(s): ARCH 6101 or permission of instructor. A fundamental visual and architectural skills course that includes lessons in: visual composition, 2D design and communication, 3D physical models, graphic and photographic image manipulation, and craft in design. Also includes readings and criticism, which address the artistic and architectural correlation of these skills. ate Catalog  2026-2027

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 6602. Corequisite(s): ARCH 6102. Introduces students to architectural drafting (2D) and modeling (3D) using digital tools and processes. The expected outcome of this course is a student who is skillful, adaptable, and critical in the use of digital media.

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Capstone

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Credit unit

credit hours

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

6)*

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Technology (4 to 6)

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

credit hours)

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and enrollment in Architecture program. Corequisite(s): ARCH 5305. Focuses on a site-specific project emphasizing technological and systemic issues that lead towards a comprehensive building design. This necessitates an integrative process, examining the intersection of project circumstances, formal/spatial interpretations, conceptual thinking, systemic materiality and technology, tectonic clarity, and performative strategies for architecture. May not be repeated for credit.

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Technology Courses (15 credit hours)

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Topical Electives (12 credit hours)

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

or ARCH 8211 - Studio Lab (4) or ARCH 7212 - Studio Lab II (4 to 6) Architecture Course (3 credit hours) Select one of the following:

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Architectural Licensure (iPAL). (0) Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the iPAL Program. This course is an intensive sixteen- month experience that offers students enrolled in the Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure Program (iPAL) placement in a professional architectural office in order to accrue Architectural Experience Program (AXP) credits to sit for the Architectural Registration Examination (ARE) as part of their architectural license process prior to graduation from an accredited academic program. This required experience should be taken in the year prior to their final year in the academic program. The course is raduate Catalog  2026-2027

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

ARCH 7102 Design ARCH 7011 Research 4 Studio Topics Topic: Design Computation 2

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

completion of first year of the M.Arch. II Program (or equal). An optional opportunity for research in which M.Arch. II students may engage. Allows graduate students to engage research activities to support their growing knowledge of architecture and architectural discourse. Informs and motivates possible interests that the students might pursue in their final year of study.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Course(s): ARCH 5204. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. Topics are available in a wide variety of subjects in architectural history and theory, in which students develop in-depth research, writing, and presentation skills. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Environments I. (3) Cross-listed Course(s): ARCH 6050. Topics include: Computation, Theory, Representation, Making, Urbanism, and Technology. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

topics in interaction design. Aspects of interaction design taught in the studio may include: gesture-based interaction, tangible interaction, large public display interaction, tabletop interaction, multi-touch tablet interaction, and human-robot interaction. May be repeated with permission of Graduate Program Director.

Subject

ARCH

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated with permission of Graduate Program Director.

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu

Software and Information Systems Course (3 credit hours) Select one of the following:

Subject

ARCH

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.charlotte.edu