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Architectural Design

Architecture Option

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Academic CredentialAssociate in Arts (AA)
Total Credit Hours60
Average Time to Complete2 yrs.
Academic PathwayBusiness, Industry, Technology, Manufacturing
AdvisorAntonio Adessi, RA, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
Professor, Architecture & Construction
850.769.1551, ext 5887
aadessi@gulfcoast.edu

Pathway NavigatorWill Archer
850.769.1551 ext. 4023
warcher@gulfcoast.edu
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Architecture Option, Liberal Arts AA (ARCH-AA)

Communications Area
•+*ENC 1101English Composition I3 credit hours
+*ENC 1102English Composition II3 credit hours
Humanities Area
ARH 2060History of Architecture3 credit hours
  +*Philosophy/Religion (See General Education Requirements) 3 credit hours
  +*Literature (See General Education Requirements) 3 credit hours
Mathematics Area
+*MAC 1140Precalculus Algebra3 credit hours
+*MAC 1114Plane Trigonometry3 credit hours
Natural Sciences Area
•+PHY 2053College Physics I3 credit hours
  Biological Science (See General Education Requirements) 3 credit hours
Other Requirements
+PHY 2053LCollege Physics I Lab1 credit hours
Additional Common Prerequisites
+ARC 1301CArchitectural Design 14 credit hours
+ARC 1302CArchitectural Design 24 credit hours
+ARC 2303CArchitectural Design 35 credit hours
+ARC 2304CArchitectural Design5 credit hours
+ARC 2180Intro to Digital Architecture3 credit hours
Electives
Total Degree Hours60


Recommended electives:

+ARC2312C, Introduction to Building Assembly Modeling, 4 crs.
+BCN2405, Statics and Strength of Materials, 3 crs.
BCN1230, Materials and Methods, 3 crs.


• General Education Core. Students must complete at least one identified core course in each area of study—Communications, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences—as part of the general education course requirements.
+ Prerequisites and/or corequisites required. See course descriptions.
* Minimum grade of "C" required.
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