Undergraduate Electives

Students must be officially declared into 3rd or 4th year of the Architecture or Interior Design program to take these classes. 

All others see the Suggested (Recommended) Advanced Prescribed electives list.

• ARCH 3312 History of Contemporary Theory

• ARCH 4305 The City of Rome

• ARCH 4307 The Life of Cities

• ARCH 4308 History of Urban Form

• ARCH 4309 Museums: History, Culture, Design

• ARCH 4310 Skyscraper Histories

• ARCH 4315 Topics in the History of Architecture and Design (topics vary)
  • Architecture + Politics (now ARCH 4322)
  • Prefabrication & Domesticity
  • Modern + Contemporary Architecture in Mexico (now ARCH 4340)
  • Design + Society: An American Case Study

• ARCH 4316 Modern Architecture I

• ARCH 4317 Modern Architecture II

• ARCH 4322 Architecture + Politics

• ARCH 4340 Modern + Contemporary Architecture in Mexico

• ARCH 4353 History of Landscape Architecture

Students must be officially declared into 3rd or 4th year of the Architecture or Interior Design program to take these classes. 

All others see the Suggested (Recommended) Advanced Prescribed electives list.

• ARCH 4306 Urban Design Theory

• ARCH 4311 Topics in Architectural Theory (topics vary)
  • Cinematic Urban Landscapes (soon to be ARCH 43
  • Future Cities (now ARCH 4371)
  • Territorial Strategies (now ARCH 4369)

• ARCH 4312 What Makes A City: Critical Issues in Architecture, Planning, and Urban Design

• ARCH 4313 The Architect in Contemporary Society

• ARCH 4314 Historic Preservation and Restoration (or INTD 4314)

• ARCH 4318 Architecture On Screen (topics vary)
  • Cinematic Urban Landscapes (previously ARCH 4311)
  • Form Follows Film: Narrative & Composition through Cinema (previously ARCH 4311)

• ARCH 4319 Housing Prototypes: 1920s to Present 

• ARCH 4341 Notational Drawing

• ARCH 4344 Conceptual Drawing

• ARCH 4345 Digital Construction

• ARCH 4349 Portfolio Design

• ARCH 4350 Architecture, Engagement + Community Power (previously ARCH 4395)

• ARCH 4351 Wilderness: A Condition of Mind

• ARCH 4352 Housing: From Caves to Mansions in the Clouds

• ARCH 4354 Convergences Between Art and Architecture

• ARCH 4359 Watercolours

• ARCH 4360 Politics and Practice of Preservation

• ARCH 4365 Catalytic Mapping

• ARCH 4366 Radical Urbanism

• ARCH 4369 Territorial Strategies

• ARCH 4371 Future Cities

• ARCH 4377 Spatial [in] Justice (previously ARCH 4395)

Students must be officially declared into 3rd or 4th year of the Architecture or Interior Design program to take these classes. 

All others see the Suggested (Recommended) Advanced Prescribed electives list.

• ARCH 4320 Performance-Based Design in Architecture

• ARCH 4325 Environmental Control Systems I

• ARCH 4326 Environmental Control Systems II

• ARCH 4329 Computers and Design

• ARCH 4332 Energy Use and Conservation

• ARCH 4338 Codes and Regulations 

• ARCH 4339 Digital Fabrication Methodology

• ARCH 4346 Construction Drawings

• ARCH 4347 Digital Tectonics & Prototyping

• ARCH 4348 Architectural Photography

• ARCH 4357 B.I.M. & Visualization

• ARCH 4358 Advanced Visualization

• ARCH 4367 High Performance Façade Systems

• ARCH 4368 Green Design + Construction

• ARCH 4372 Adaptive Typologies

• ARCH 4391 Independent Study

• ARCH 4395 Topics in Architecture (topics vary)
  • Spatial [in]Justice (soon to be ARCH 4377)
  • Advanced Manufacturing and Sustainability
  • Architecture, Engagement, & Community Power (soon to be ARCH 4350)
  • Advanced Computational Methodology and Fabrications
  • Adaptive Typologies (now ARCH 4372)

• INTD 33xx Interior Design course

• INTD 43xx Interior Design course

Prerequisites must be met as applicable

•         AAST 3353: SOCIAL CLIMATE OF CITIES

•         ARCH 3361: ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENT

•         ARCH 3364: SITE DESIGN

•         ARCH 4308: HISTORY OF URBAN FORM

•         ARCH 4314: HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION

•         ARCH 4332: ENERGY USE AND CONSERVATION IN ARCHITECTURE

•         ARCH 4360: POLITICS AND PRACTICE OF PRESERVATION

•         ART 3357: SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

•         BIOL 1334: LIFE ON EARTH: EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY AND GLOBAL CHANGE

•         DS 3355:  UNIVERSAL DESIGN & ACCESSIBILITY IN THE PERFORMING ARTS

•         CE 2300:  INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING

•         CM 2331:  CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

•         ESST 2300: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL & SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES

•         GEOG 3380: THE SPATIAL HUMANITIES

•         GEOL 1301: EARTH SYSTEMS

•         HIST 3327: CITIES AND SUBURBS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY

•         HIST 3336: ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

•         HIST 3348: HISTORY OF THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX

•         INTD 4314: HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION

•         LARC 4301: SITE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES

•         LARC 4327: REGIONALISM, CREATIVITY, AND DESIGN

•         LARC 4330: PLANT IDENTIFICATION AND ECOLOGY

•         MANA 1301: BUSINESS IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

•         PLAN 3301: THE METROPLEX

•         PLAN 4305: FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABILITY

•         PLAN 4327:GREEN CITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

•         THEA 3355: UNIVERSAL DESIGN & ACCESSIBILITY IN THE PERFORMING ARTS

Related Disciplines of Study Outside Electives (max of 12 hrs)
[some classes are not offered every semester - check schedule of classes]

• ANTH 3339 Urban Anthropology
• ANTH 4358 Topics in Archaeology (Prehistory of the SW)

• ART 33xx/ Art History & Studios *
• ART 43xx *
• ART 4308 Intro to Museums and Research Collections *
• ART 4321 Exhibition Design * 

• BLAW 3311 Business Law I *
• BLAW 3312 Business Law II *  
• BLAW 3314 Real Estate Law *  

• DS 3355 Universal Design & Accessibility in the Performing Arts [or THEA 3355]

• ENGL 3372 Computers and Writing *  

• HIST 3327 Cities/Suburbs in US History  

• LARC 4300 Intro to Landscape Architecture
• LARC 4301 Site Planning & Development Process *
• LARC 4312 History and Theory of Landscape Architecture I * [also offered  ARCH 4353*, credit will only be granted once]
• LARC 4313 History and Theory of Landscape Architecture II *
• LARC 4320 Communications for Landscape Architects *
• LARC 4324 Environmental Art and Data Visualization *
• LARC 4325 Urban Sketching *
• LARC 4326 Design and Human Behavior
• LARC 4327 Creative Regional Design *
• LARC 4330 Plant ID and Ecology *
• LARC 4350 Landscape Architecture Computer Applications *
• LARC 4351 Advanced Computer Aided Design *

• MANA 3325 Entrepreneurship /Venture Management *

• MARK 3321 Principles of Marketing * 

• PAPP 4307 Urban Geography

• PLAN 3301 The Metroplex  
• PLAN 4305 Foundations of Environmental Protection and Sustainability 
• PLAN 4310 Planning the American City
• PLAN 4320 Sustainable Communities
• PLAN 4327 Green Cities and Transportation
• PLAN 4356 Intro to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• PLAN 4357 Intermediate GIS *
• PLAN 4395 Topics in Planning (*some topics require prerequisites)

• POLS 3305 Government in Urban America *

• REAE 3325 Real Estate Fundamentals * 
• REAE 4314 Real Estate Development *

• SOCI 3347 Environment and Society 
• SOCI 3353 Social Climate of Cities

• SOCW 3310 Environmental Justice and Green Social Work

• THEA 3355 Universal Design & Accessibility in the Performing Arts [or DS 3355]

* These courses have Prerequisites. Please check prerequisites choosing any course!

[It may be possible for ARCH 2303 & ARCH 2304 to count for prerequisite with approval from Art Department]

• ARCH 2300 Masterworks of Western Architecture

• ART 1309-002 Art of the West I

• ART 1310-002 Art of the West II

• ART 1317-002 Art of Nonwestern Traditions

• ART 3302 Art of Antiquity*

• ART 3304 Japanese Art & Architecture*

• ART 3306 Byzantine and Medieval Art*

• ART 3307 The Early Renaissance*

• ART 3308 High Renaissance*

• ART 3310 Film as Art*

• ART 3311 American Art*

• ART 3312 Neo-Classicism and Romanticism*

• ART 3314 Modern Art*

• ART 3315 Impressionism*

• ART 3316 Ancient Egyptian & Near Eastern Art*

• ART 3317 Islamic Art and Architecture*

• ART 3319 Art & Architecture of India*

• ART 3320 Art of the Ancient Americas*

• ART 3321 Chinese Art & Architecture*

• ART 3325 Studies in the Baroque*

• ART 3331 British Art*

* These courses have Prerequisites. Please check prerequisites before registering in any course!

[The full core curriculum list can be found on the University website]

LANGUAGE, PHILOSOPHY, & CULTURE ELECTIVES (LPC)

•  ANTH 2322 – Global Culture

• ARAB 2310 - Arabic Culture in the World
• ARAB 2314 – Intermediate Arabic II

• ARCH 2300 – Masterworks of Western Architecture 

• ART 1317-002  – Art of Nonwestern Traditions

• ASL 2314 - Intermediate American Sign Language

• CHIN 2310 - Chinese Culture in the World
• CHIN 2314 – Intermediate Chinese II

• CLAS 1300 – Intro to Classical Mythology

• DIVR 2315 - Intro to LGBTQ+ Studies (also offered as WOMS 2315)

• ENGL 1350 - Writing About Film

• FREN 2310 - French and Francophone Cultures in the World
• FREN 2314 – Intermediate French II

• GERM 2310 - German Culture in the World
• GERM 2314 – Intermediate German II

• GLOBAL 2301 – Intro to Global Issues

• GREK 2314 – Greek Level IV

• HIST 2377 - Flight Culture and the Human Experience

• INTS 1310 – Intro to Popular Culture (also offered as SOCI 1310)

• KORE 2310 - Korean Culture in the World
• KORE 2314 – Intermediate Korean II

• LATN 2314 – Latin Level IV

• LING 2371 – Language in a Multicultural USA

• MAS 2300 – Intro to Mexican American Studies

• PHIL 1304 - Contemporary Moral Problems
• PHIL 2300 – Intro to Philosophy

• PORT 2314 – Intermediate Portuguese II

• RUSS 2310 - Russian Culture in the World
• RUSS 2314 – Intermediate Russian II

• SOCI 1310 – Intro to Popular Culture (also offered as INTS 1310)

• SPAN 2310 - Hispanic Culture in the World
• SPAN 2314 – Intermediate Spanish II
• SPAN 2315 - Intermediate Span Heritage Speakers

• WOMS 2315 - Intro to LGBTQ+ Studies (also offered as DIVR 2315)

SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES ELECTIVES (SBS)

• AAST 2300 – Intro to African American Studies 

• ANTH 1306 – Intro to Anthropology
• ANTH 2339 - Intro to Archaeology

• CRCJ 2334 – Intro to Criminal Justice System

• ECON 2305 – Principals of Macroeconomics
• ECON 2306 – Principals of Microeconomics
• ECON 2337 - Economics of Social Issues

• FINA 2330 – Money, Finance, and the Modern Consumer

• GEOG 2302 – Human Geography
• GEOG 2303 – World Regional Geography

• IE 2308 – Economics for Engineers

• KINE 2350 – Public Health

• LING 2301 – Intro to Study of Human Language

• MANA 2302 – Communications in Organizations

• MODL 2301 - Intro to World Languages

• PSYC 1315 – Intro to Psychology

• SOCI 1311 – Intro to Sociology
• SOCI 2312 – Social Problems

• SOCW 2302 – Life span Development
• SOCW 2361 – Intro to Social Work

• SPAN 2300 - Spanish in the United States

LITERATURE ELECTIVES 

• ENGL 2309 – World Literature

• ENGL 2319 – British Literature

• ENGL 2329 – American Literature

• ENGL 2303 – Topics in Literature (topics may vary)

UNIVERSITY ELECTIVES (recommended list)

• ASL 1441 – Beginning Sign Lang I

• ARCH 2300 – Masterworks of Western Architecture 

• CM 1311 - Construction Drafting

• PLAN 1301 – Intro to Urban Life

• PHYS 1351 – Energy and the Environment

• UDES 1301 – Intro to Sustainable Urban Design