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STRUCTURAL DESIGN

Architecture Undergraduate

Terms Typically Offered

Fall

Academic Level

Undergraduate

Offering Department(s)

Structural Design with timber, steel and concrete (allowable stress, plastic, and composite design respectively). Students will develop understanding and application of quantitative methods of structural design for conventional structural components and systems - beams, columns, trusses, frames, walls, etc. in multiple materials. Introduces the conventions of detailing structural systems in these materials. Introduces systems and requirements for building foundation, gravity superstructure, and lateral superstructure.

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Junior Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch: Architecture

Student Eligibility

Junior Architecture Students only.

Instructional Method

Lecture

Delivery Mode

In-Person

Min. Credits

3

Max. Credits

3

Weekly Contact Hours

3

Repeatable

No