Year 1 Fall SpringBenchmark 1 Requirements

ARCH171 ARCH171 (HU)+Pending Approval

PHYS121 (NL)

MATH220 or 140 (AR) ARCH200

ENGL101 (AW)

History/Social Sciences (HS)*

Scholarship in Practice (SP)*Non-MajorUNIV100

Year 2

Benchmark 2 Requirements

ARCH226 ARCH400ARCH225 ARCH226

ARCH300 ARCH463

Natural Science (NS)*

Humanities (HU)*ARCH462

Oral Communication (OC)

Year 3

Directed Elective

Elective

ENGL39X (PW) Scholarship in Practice (SP)*

Year 4

Elective

Directed Elective

Elective

Total Credits for Degree: 120; 45 credits must be upper level

*All students must complete two Distributive Studies courses that are approved for I-series courses. The Understanding Plural Societies and

Cultural Competence courses may also fulfill Distributive Studies categories.

B.A. in Architecture Four Year Academic Plan

Elective

ARCH225

MATH220 or 140

History/Social Sciences (HS)*

ARCH200

Elective

Must be completed by the end of foursemesters

Must be completed by the end of twosemesters

Directed Elective

Directed Elective

Directed Elective

Directed Elective

Directed Elective

Directed Elective

Oral Communication (OC) Elective

Directed Elective

Directed Elective

Directed Elective

Directed Elective

ARCH201

Year 1 - Benchmark Requirements

Requirements: 15 credits/5 courses Course Credits Grade ARCH171Academic Writing (AW) ENGL 101

Professional Writing (PW) Year 2 - Benchmark Requirements

Oral Comm. (OC) ARCH226Math (MA)

Analytic Reasoning (AR)

Requirements: 25 credits/8 courses Course Credits Grade

Natural Science Lab (NL)

Natural Sciences (NS)

History/Social Sciences (HS)

History/Social Sciences (HS)

Humanities (HU) ARCH171Cumulative average of all major requirements must be at least a 2.0Humanities (HU)

Requirements Credits GradeScholarship in Practice (SP)

ARCH171 (HU)Scholarship in Practice (SP) non major

ARCH200ARCH225ARCH226Requirements: 6 credits/2 courses Course Credits Grade

ARCH300I-Series (IS)

ARCH400, ARCH463I-Series (IS)

Requirements: 4-6 credits/2 courses Course Credits Grade

Understanding Plural Soc. (UP)

Understanding Plural Soc. (UP) or

Directed Elective 3XX-4XXCultural Competency (CC)

Directed Elective 3XX-4XXDirected Elective 3XX-4XX

Requirements: 0-3 credits Course Credits Grade

Students must earn a minimum of 120 credits to complete a degree.

University Requirements for Graduation:

At least 30 credits must be earned at UMD

15 of the final 30 credits must be earned at the 300-400 level

ARCH Requirements for Graduation:

(overlap permitted with other requirements/courses)

12 upper level major credits must be earned at UMD

Distributive Studies

UNIV100 or equivalent (if applicable)

ArchitectureGeneral Education Requirements Benchmark Requirements

Fundamental Studies

45 upper level credits

Diversity

(overlap permitted with Distributive Studies and/or I-series)

Experiential Learning- optional

Major Requirements

Normally double counted with Distributive Studies

I-Series

MATH220 or 140

MATH220 or 140

PHYS121

933

333333

ARCH225ARCH200

ARCH462

3

33333333

Directed Elective 3XX-4XXDirected Elective 3XX-4XXDirected Elective 3XX-4XX

Directed Elective 3XX-4XXDirected Elective 3XX-4XXDirected Elective 3XX-4XXDirected Elective 3XX-4XX

Directed Elective 3XX-4XX

ARCH300 ARCH462

Students must earn a minimum grade of a C- in all major courses listed below

3Directed Elective 3XX-4XX