Architecture from ancient times to the present. Emphasizes the
relationship between architecture and culture, aesthetics, and
the environment.
Athena Title
History Built Environ II Arch
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in LAND 2520E
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will identify movements and persons prominent in the development of design of the built environment and their major contributions to the development of the profession of architecture.
Students will identify significant works of contributors within specified time frames; Students will be able to demonstrate an ability to describe, analyze, and compare various historic styles and periods of environmental planning and design.
Students will describe and compare various styles or historic periods of design activity and the guiding concepts or design principles that characterized them.
Students will identify the physical resource conditions and the social, cultural and economic conditions that shaped the designs.
Students will define various concepts, principles, techniques or features constituting an introductory vocabulary for design.
Topical Outline
Introduction:
Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian architecture
Greek temples and other buildings
Roman architecture and construction
Chinese architecture
Indian architecture
Medieval architecture
The architecture of Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante, and Palladio
Mannerist and Baroque architecture
French Renaissance and Baroque architecture and urban forms
French and English Neoclassical architecture
The Gothic Revival and 19th century architectural theory
Technological developments in archtitecture
The tall building in America
The detached American house and Frank Lloyd Wright
Twentieth-century Modernism in architecture
Post-modern architecture
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global Culture CORE IV: Humanities and the Arts
Institutional Competencies
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
Critical Thinking
The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.
