3 credit hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 251 and ARCH 252.
An introduction to the range of theoretical issues and approaches through which architecture has been and can be conceptualized, designed, produced, explained and assessed. This is a writing intensive course, emphasizing writing process, critique, and revision, and employing writing to make clear arguments and to articulate positions relevant to the discipline of architecture. Students are expected to develop their abilities to understand, discuss and write about architectural issues in a clear, rigorous way.