Course Catalog Information (24-25)
ARTS 1B
Architecture Past and Present
Course Description
This course explores architecture throughout the world, for the purpose of refining visual literacy skills. Works of architecture will be studied comparatively with regard to form and function, and numerous architectural concepts will be examined.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will analyze the social experience of architects, demonstrating how architects' relationship with their patrons was a defining factor in the production of buildings and monuments.
- Students will demonstrate visual literacy and critical thinking skills by evaluating diverse scholarly perspectives when interpreting works of architecture.
- Students will investigate the different techniques utilized in the production of works of architecture through written analysis based on firsthand evaluation of local buildings.
Course Details
- Units
- 4 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
- Weekly Lab Hours: 0
- Gen Ed
- General Education Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Advisory(ies)
- EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
- Prerequisite(s)
- Corequisite(s)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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