The Certificate in Architecture and Society will provide both Architecture majors and students majoring in other disciplines an opportunity to explore the technological and formal innovations of architecture and infrastructure within their socio-political and cultural contexts. They will learn not only about buildings’ technical systems—and their material, structural, and climatic performance—but also about their formal order, siting, use, funding/patronage, relation to nature or the city, decoration, and multiple interpretive contexts (philosophical, political, religious, civic, literary, etc.)

This certificate is intended to deepen Architecture majors’ knowledge of the historical traditions, theoretical formulations, and critical assessments of architecture by allowing them to cluster several of their elective courses in an intellectually coherent, focused way. For non-majors, it offers an opportunity to gain expertise and build confidence in the analysis of architecture by learning how to articulate, contextualize, and critique central architectural concepts of the past and present.

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Program of Study

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses		6
For Architecure majors:
ARCH 4151	History of Urban Form
ARCH 4803 or ARCH 4823	Theory of Architecture I or Theory of Architecture II
For non-Architecture majors:
ARCH 4151	History of Urban Form
ARCH 2111	History of Architecture I
or ARCH 2112	History of Architecture II
Electives		6
ARCH 4107	Introduction to Historic Preservation
ARCH 4114	Medieval Architecture
ARCH 4120	Atlanta Architecture
ARCH 4137	Postwar Architecture and Urbanism in the U.S.: Design, Politics & History
ARCH 4129	Form and Narrative: Cross Media Analysis
ARCH 4133	Architecture and Discourse of the Everyday
ARCH 4143	Museums: History, Theory, Design
ARCH 4232	On Growth and Form
ARCH 4316	Traditions of Architectural Practice
ARCH 4335	The Social Practice of Architecture
ARCH 4630	Architecture, Space and Culture
COA 3114	Art and Architecture in Classical Greece
COA 3115	Art and Architecture in Italy I
COA 3116	Art and Architecture in Italy II
Total Credit Hours		12

• All courses must be completed with a 'C' grade or higher
• Courses used to satisfy the certificate requirements may be used to fulfill free electives required by the Institute, as well as Architecture electives for Architecture majors.