Architectural Studies, Minor

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Minimum Total Credit Hours: 15

Minimum Upper-Division Hours: 3

Program Code: N045

The requirements for a minor must be completed concurrently with the major degree requirements. No minor may be added by completing courses after receiving the bachelor’s degree.

  • The minor is not intended to prepare a student for professional practice in the minor field.
  • Required courses in the student’s major cannot be used for the minor.

Required Courses

Students who declare a minor in Architecture must complete fifteen (15) hours from the list of courses below. One course must be taken at the upper-division level to complete the minor.

ARCH 1112
ARCH 1163Methods I - Materiality of Place3
ARCH 1153
ARCH 1263Methods II - Pattern of Architecture3
ARCH 1255Design II - Craft and Making5
ARCH 2243History of the Built Environment I3
ARCH 2343History of the Built Environment II3
ARCH 2363Materials and Form3
ARCH 2356Design III - Crafting Place6
ARCH 2463Methods IV- Sustainable and Resilient Systems I3
ARCH 2456Design IV - Materials and Making6
ARCH 4133
ARCH 4233Architectural Structures II3
ARCH 4453Modern and Contemporary Architecture3
ARCH 4543Architectural Theory and Criticism3
ARCH 4970General Departmental Seminar3

Minors are available to all undergraduate students at OU. If the minor is officially declared and approved, successfully completed, and noted on the graduation application, the student’s transcript will so indicate at the time the bachelor’s degree is posted.