Four Year Total Hours
UK Core: 30 hours
Architecture Core Requirements: 78 hours
Electives: 12 hours
Total Undergraduate Hours: 120
Course descriptions and class schedules can be found on UK's Office of the University Registrar website.
Curriculum Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
Year One
ARC 101 Architectural Visualization and Representation 3 hours
ARC 110 Introduction to History and Theory 3 hours
ARC 111 World Architecture and Urbanism 3 hours
ARC 151 Design Studio I 6 hours
ARC 152 Design Studio II 6 hours
MA 123 or other Qualitative Foundations course 3 hours
CIS/WRD 110 Composition and Communication I 3 hours
PHY 151 Introduction to Physics 3 hours
Total: 30 hours
Year Two
ARC 203 Architectural Visualization and Representation II 3 hours
ARC 212 History and Theory I:15th-17th Centuries 3 hours
ARC 213 History and Theory II:18th-19th Centuries 3 hours
ARC 231 Structural and Material Concepts 3 hours
ARC 253 Design Studio III 6 hours
ARC 254 Design Studio IV 6 hours
CIS/WRD 111 Composition and Communication II 3 hours
UK Core 3 hours
Total: 30 hours
Year Three
ARC 314 History and Theory III: 20th Century and Contemporary Architecture 3 hours
ARC 332 Environmental Controls I 3 hours
ARC 333 Environmental Controls II 3 hours
ARC 355 Design Studio V* 6 hours
ARC 356 Design Studio VI* 6 hours
UK Core 9 hours
Total: 30 hours
Year Four
ARC 434 Structural Design and Analysis I 3 hours
ARC 435 Materials and Methods of Construction 3 hours
ARC 457 Design Studio 6 hours
ARC 511-515 History and Theory Seminar (only one required) 3 hours
UK Core 3 hours
Electives 12 hours
Total: 30 hours