Department of Architecture

UNDERGRADUATE ELECTIVES

Students are expected to take and successfully complete 10 elective courses prior to graduation with B.Arch. degree.

One course has to be taken from each of the following three groups of elective courses on “Design and Theory”, “History”, and “Technology”, making a total of three required elective courses. Three of the elective courses have to be taken from other METU departments, or from other universities (in Turkey or abroad), all of which have to be on related subjects (excluding performance based courses such as foreign languages, music, etc.) and approved by the Department. Students are to choose the remaining four elective courses from among the courses offered by the department.

Current semester course list can be accessed by clicking here.

Course places and timetable can be accessed via oibs.metu.edu.tr

Design and Theory
ARCH303	Freehand Architectural Drawing	(3-2)4	6
ARCH324	Thinking (Reading/Writing) on Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH325	(Depending on the syllabus) Architecture in Situ	(3-0)3	4
ARCH365	Fine Arts Techniques Workshop (Photography)	(3-2)4	6
ARCH366	Fine Arts Techniques Workshop	(3-2)4	6
ARCH403	Advanced Architectural Surveying	(2-8)6	8
ARCH415	Fundamentals of Site Planning	(3-0)3	4
ARCH416	Architects and Patrons	(3-0)3	4
ARCH417	The Limits of Architectural Criticism	(3-0)3	4
ARCH418	Case Studies in Architectural Criticism	(3-0)3	4
ARCH425	The Cultural Context of Art and Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH429	Pattern and Geometry in Design	(3-0)3	4
ARCH434	Vernacular Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH439	History of Modern Structural Engineering	(3-0)3	4
ARCH441	Reading Architectural Works I	(3-0)3	4
ARCH442	Reading Architectural Works II	(3-0)3	4
ARCH445	Fundamentals of Design in Works of Art	(2-2)3	4
ARCH450	Generative Design in Architecture	(2-2)3	4
ARCH453	Construction Design Practice	(3-2)4	6
ARCH462	Computer Aided Drafting and Design	(3-2)4	6
ARCH463	Introduction to the Theory of Shape Grammars	(3-0)3	4
ARCH465	Fine Arts Techniques Workshop I	(2-2)3	4
ARCH466	Fine Arts Techniques Workshop II	(3-2)4	4
ARCH467	Design Methods	(3-0)3	4
ARCH470	Digital Design Studio I	(3-6)6	8
ARCH475	Digital Design Studio II	(3-6)6	8
ARCH477	Architectural Modeling	(3-0)3	4
ARCH491	Landscape Research I	(3-0)3	4
ARCH492	Landscape Research II	(3-0)3	4

With consent of the instructor: (under the Graduate Programs)
ARCH505	Advanced Architectural Design Studio I	(3-6)6	8
ARCH508	Research Analysis and Design in Multilayered Context	(2-4)4	8
ARCH511	Social and Cultural Themes in Urban Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH512	Advanced Studies on Urban Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH517	Principles of Universal Design	(3-0)3	4
ARCH524	Architecture and Different Modes of Representation	(3-0)4	10
ARCH526	Politics and Space	(3-0)3	4
ARCH527	Advanced Topics in Digital Constructivism	(3-0)3	4
ARCH547	Architecture and the Social Context of Modernity I	(3-0)3	4
ARCH548	Architecture and the Social Context of Modernity II	(3-0)3	4
ARCH586	Descriptive and Systematic Approaches to Design	(3-0)3	4
ARCH583	Philosophical Issues in Computation and Design	(2-2)3	4
ARCH585	Computational Design Research Lab	(2-4)4	10
ARCH591	Theory and History of Landscape Architecture I	(3-0)3	4
ARCH592	Theory and History of Landscape Architecture II	(3-0)3	4
AH513	Aesthetics and Criticism I	(3-0)3	4
AH514	Aesthetics and Criticism II	(3-0)3	4
AH546	Theories of History I	(3-0)3	4
AH547	Theories of History II	(3-0)3	4
AH548	Aesthetics and the Psyche	(3-0)3	4
CONS511	Theory of Restoration and Conservation I	(3-0)3	4
CONS512	Theory of Restoration and Conservation II	(3-0)3	4

History
ARCH322	Developments in Modern Art	(3-0)3	4
ARCH323	Developments in Modern Art	(3-0)3	4
ARCH324	Thinking (Reading/Writing) on Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH325	(Depending on the syllabus) Architecture in Situ	(3-0)3	4
ARCH407	City in Late Antiquity and Byzantium: Topography and Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH409	Perspectives in the Conservation and Valorization of Cultural Heritage	(3-0)3	4
ARCH410	A Survey on Architectural Culture: From the Neolithic to the Modern Period	(3-0)3	4
ARCH413	Survey of Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH419	Pre-Classical Architecture of Ancient Anatolia	(3-0)3	4
ARCH420	Architecture and Politics in 20^th Century Italy	(3-0)3	4
ARCH421	Architects and Architectural Practice in History	(3-0)3	4
ARCH422	Classical Antiquity in Asia Minor	(3-0)3	4
ARCH423	Domestic Architecture in Antiquity	(3-0)3	4
ARCH425	The Cultural Context of Art and Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH426	House and Daily Life in History	(3-0)3	4
ARCH427	Studies in Greek Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH428	Twentieth Century Architecture in Turkey	(3-0)3	4
ARCH430	Seminar in Contemporary Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH436	Studies in Roman Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH440	Masterworks of Medieval Architecture in East and West	(3-0)3	4
ARCH443	Environmental Aesthetics I	(3-0)3	4
ARCH444	Environmental Aesthetics II	(3-0)3	4
ARCH448	Issues and Problems in ‘Modernism’	(3-0)3	4
ARCH449	Nineteenth Century Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH482	Conservation of Archaeological Sites	(3-0)3	4

With consent of the instructor: (under the Graduate Programs)
AH501	Studying Architectural History	(3-0)3	4
AH513	Aesthetics and Criticism I	(3-0)3	4
AH514	Aesthetics and Criticism II	(3-0)3	4
AH520	Topics on Urban Form, Patterns and Architecture	(3-0)3	4
AH521	Themes on Ancient Domestic Architecture	(3-0)3	4
AH522	Special Topics in Byzantine Architecture: The Art and Architecture of Byzantine Cappadocia	(3-0)3	4
AH526	History and Theory of Art and Architectural Styles	(3-0)3	4
AH533	Ottoman Architecture in the Nineteenth Century	(3-0)3	4
AH535	Approaches in Greek Architecture	(3-0)3	4
AH536	Approaches in Roman Architecture	(3-0)3	4
AH539	Cosmological Thought and Architecture in the Middle East	(3-0)3	4
AH541	Assimilation of Western Modes in Eighteenth Century Ottoman Architecture	(3-0)3	4
AH543	Anatolian Seljuk Architecture (11-14^th Centuries)	(3-0)3	4
AH544	Architectural History Research Studio: The Modern Capital City, Ankara	(2-2)3	8
AH546	Theories of History I	(3-0)3	4
AH547	Theories of History II	(3-0)3	4
AH548	Aesthetics and the Psyche	(3-0)3	4
CONS521	Sources and Methods of Research in Conservation	(3-0)3	4
CONS522	History of Architecture in the Eastern Mediterranean	(3-0)3	4

Technology
ARCH325	(Depending on the syllabus) Architecture in Situ	(3-0)3	4
ARCH333	Mathematics in Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH344	Environment and Man: Cause and Effect	(3-0)3	4
ARCH361	Integration of Building Systems in Architectural Design for Environmental Control	(3-0)3	4
ARCH371	Information Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH438	Design of Steel Structures	(3-0)3	4
ARCH439	History of Modern Structural Engineering	(3-0)3	4
ARCH443	Environmental Aesthetics I	(3-0)3	4
ARCH444	Environmental Aesthetics II	(3-0)3	4
ARCH450	Generative Design in Architecture	(3-0)3	4
ARCH453	Construction Design Practice	(3-2)4	6
ARCH454	Problems of Traditional Building Materials	(3-0)3	4
ARCH457	Introduction to Deterioration and Conservation	(3-0)3	4
ARCH460	Appropriate Technology	(2-2)3	4
ARCH461	Computer Literacy in Architecture	(3-2)4	6
ARCH462	Computer Aided Drafting and Design	(3-2)4	6
ARCH467	Design Methods	(3-0)3	4
ARCH470	Digital Design Studio I	(3-6)6	8
ARCH473	Architect’s Market Structure I	(3-0)3	4
ARCH474	Architect’s Market Structure II	(3-0)3	4
ARCH475	Digital Design Studio II	(3-6)6	8
ARCH479	Acoustical Design of Halls for Musical Performance	(3-0)3	4
ARCH482	Conservation of Archaeological Sites	(3-0)3	4
ARCH489	Lighting in Architecture	(3-0)3	4

With consent of the instructor: (under the Graduate Programs)
BS531	Studies on Architectural Structures	(3-0)3	4
BS532	Geometrical and Morphological Analysis of Spatial Structures	(3-0)3	4
BS533	Building Design: Form and Structure	(3-0)3	4
BS534	Analytical Modeling and Computer Analysis of Structures	(3-0)3	4
BS536	Studies on Tall Buildings: Design Considerations	(2-2)3	4
BS552	Performance Assessment of Buildings	(3-0)3	4
BS574	Composite Materials and Their Applications in Buildings	(3-0)3	4
BS575	Acoustics in Architecture I	(3-0)3	4
BS576	Acoustics in Architecture II	(3-0)3	4
CONS531	Structural Analysis of Historical Structures	(3-0)3	4
CONS533	Historical Structural Systems	(3-0)3	4