Program Overview
Architecture, Certificate
The mission of the Certificate in Architecture is to provide UWMadison students an opportunity to explore theories and practices of architecture, and the design and meaning of the built environment within socio-political, historical, cultural, and ecological contexts.
The population of the world now exceeds eight billion, half of which live in cities. These numbers will only increase as the century progresses, and the need to understand the issues and challenges in maintaining health, safety, and quality of life in the built environment has never been greater. A collaboration of architects, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects, and urban planners will be needed to apply art and science to address these challenges, using lessons from history to understand contemporary problems.
The certificate requirements create collaborative opportunities for students in engineering, architecture, art history, interior architecture, landscape architecture, and planning. For example, the certificate offers opportunities for engineering students to take courses in art history with students from art history and other majors. Similarly, art history students have opportunities to take courses in engineering, and so on. These cross-college educational opportunities are rare within established curriculum requirements and offer rich experiences for understanding the perspectives, theories, and practices of those in different professions.
At least three of the 15 credits will be taught online as a UWMadison course number by architecture faculty at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee.
How to Get in
All undergraduate students in good academic standing are eligible to apply. We encourage students to declare as early as possible in order to plan their required coursework. Students should complete and submit the declaration form to declare the certificate. College of Engineering students must meet progression requirements in their selected major before the certificate can be added to their record.
Requirements
- Students must successfully complete at least 15 credits, including 9 credits in courses numbered 300 or higher.
- Students must complete certificate courses with a GPA of 2.000 or higher.
- Courses completed on a pass/fail or credit
o credit basis will not count toward these requirements.
Required Coursework
Course List Code | Title | Credits
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Studio Requirement|
CIV ENGR 151| Architectural Making I| 3
Architectural History Course|
Choose one from the following:| 3-4
ART HIST 210| A History of the World in 20 Buildings|
ART HIST/ENVIR ST/GEOG/HISTORY/LAND ARC 239| Making the American Landscape|
CIV ENGR 155| Architectural Thinking|
DS 421| History of Architecture and Interiors I: Antiquity through 18th Century|
DS 422| History of Architecture & Interiors II: 19th and 20th Centuries|
LAND ARC 260| History of Landscape Architecture|
Electives|
Must select courses from at least two different focus areas.| 8-9
- Area 1: Studio
- CIV ENGR 152| Architectural Making II|
- CIV ENGR 352| Frank Lloyd Wright - Design Seminar|
- CIV ENGR 451| Architectural Design|
- DS 120| Design: Fundamentals I|
- LAND ARC 210| Introduction to Landscape Architecture Design Studio|
- LAND ARC 261| Principles of Landscape Architecture Design and Graphics|
- Area 2: History
- ART HIST 210| A History of the World in 20 Buildings|
- ART HIST/ENVIR ST/GEOG/HISTORY/LAND ARC 239| Making the American Landscape|
- ART HIST/AFROAMER 241| Introduction to African Art and Architecture|
- ART HIST 305| History of Islamic Art and Architecture|
- ART HIST 318| Romanesque and Gothic Art and Architecture|
- ART HIST 357| History of Wisconsin Architecture, 1800-present|
- ART HIST/RELIG ST 373| Mecca, Cairo, Istanbul, Delhi: Great Cities of Islam|
- ART HIST/ASIAN 379| Cities of Asia|
- ART HIST 405| Cities and Sanctuaries of Ancient Greece|
- ART HIST 413| Art and Architecture in the Age of the Caliphs|
- ART HIST 457| History of American Vernacular Architecture and Landscapes|
- ART HIST 468| Frank Lloyd Wright|
- CIV ENGR 150| Introduction to Architectural Theory|
- CIV ENGR 155| Architectural Thinking|
- DS 421| History of Architecture and Interiors I: Antiquity through 18th Century|
- DS 422| History of Architecture & Interiors II: 19th and 20th Centuries|
- LAND ARC 250| Survey of Landscape Architecture Design|
- LAND ARC 260| History of Landscape Architecture|
- URB R PL/GEOG 305| Introduction to the City|
- Area 3: Tools
- CIV ENGR 159| Civil Engineering Graphics|
- CIV ENGR 250| Architectural Visualization|
- CIV ENGR 392| Building Information Modeling (BIM)|
- DS/COMP SCI 579| Virtual Reality|
- LAND ARC 210| Introduction to Landscape Architecture Design Studio|
- LAND ARC 211| Shaping the Built Environment|
- Area 4: Construction
- CIV ENGR 496| Electrical Systems for Construction|
- CIV ENGR 497| Mechanical Systems for Construction|
- DS 223| Interior Architectural Design|
- M E 461| Thermal Systems Modeling|
Certificate Completion Requirement
This undergraduate certificate must be completed concurrently with the students undergraduate degree. Students cannot delay degree completion to complete the certificate.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic concepts in architecture and related disciplines
- Employ skills in scale and proportion, composition and form in both 2D and 3D
- Distinguish and develop a working knowledge of significant developments in architectural thinking across time and in a cross-cultural context
- Apply critical thinking to ideas and theories in the history of architecture