Architecture, Minor
Minor in Architecture
Available to non-architecture majors only (minimum 54 units total)
Overview
Carnegie Mellon Architecture offers several options for undergraduate students to pursue minors in addition to their primary degree. Contact academic advisor Heather Workinger Midgley for more information.
This sequence is for candidates who intend to develop intellectual links to the architectural profession. The scope of courses offered includes a full spectrum of professional issues in architecture.
Curriculum
Required Courses22-27 units
| Units | ||
| 48-100 | Architecture Design Studio: Core 1 - Foundations | 10-15 |
| or 48-095 | Spatial Concepts for Non-Architecture Majors | |
| 48-240 | History of World Architecture, I | 9 |
| or 48-241 | Modern Architecture: History & Theory | |
| 48-119 | Design Ethics & Social Justice in Architecture | 3 |
Elective Courses*26-31 units
| 48-121 | Drawing I | 6 |
| 48-126 | Drawing II | 6 |
| 48-120 | Digital Media I | 6 |
| 48-125 | Digital Media II | 6 |
| 48-116 | Introduction to Building Performance | 3 |
| 48-215 | Materials & Assembly | 9 |
| 48-234 | Structural Design 1: Form and Forces | 6 |
| 48-380 | Constructing Value(s): Economies of Design | 6 |
| 48-381 | Issues of Practice | 6 |
| 48-383 | Ethics in Architecture | 6 |
| 48-xxx | Architecture History (Pre-Approval of coursework required) | 9 |
| 48-xxx | Architecture Elective (Pre-Approval of coursework required) | 9 |
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Students should consult the Architecture advisor regarding elective choices.