Recommended Courses for First Years
For first-year students interested in architecture and design, we recommend the following courses:
ARCH UN1010 Design Futures: New York City
ARCH UN1030 The City: Thinking with the Urban Built Environment
In addition to the above courses, first-year students are encouraged to refer to our program planning lists and review any lecture courses that can count towards the architecture major and minor requirements. First-year students are discouraged from applying for admission to our introductory-level studios, Architectural Design: Systems and Materials or Architectural Design: Environments and Mediations; these courses are more appropriate for second and third-year students, and those students will be given priority for admission to these studios. Similarly, our required lecture course for the major, ARCH UN3117 Modern Architecture in the World, can be taken at any time but is generally recommended for the sophomore year as a companion course to the first two studios.
Please note that first-year students interested in majoring in architecture should not enroll in ARCH UN1020 Introduction to Architectural Design & Visual Culture, as this course is intended for third and fourth-year students minoring in architecture or non-majors interested in an architecture studio. This course will not count toward the architecture major.
To learn more about our courses and department, first-year students are strongly encouraged to sign up for our faculty advising appointments.