TECHNOLOGY I

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Lower-Level Course URL: www.arch.rice.edu/academics/current-courses

The course will introduce students to historical and contemporary structures through multi-media presentations, computer-based visualizations, field trips, and hands-on experiments with materials of construction and physical models of structures. This course also addresses sustainability issues specific to structural systems such as embodied energy, life-cycle cost, and material recycling. This is the introductory course on the art and science of designing engineered structures and is the first of four required courses in the architectural technology sequence. It is intended for first or second year students interested in both civil engineering and architecture. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 507 . Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 207 if student has credit for ARCH 507 .