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Undergraduate Requirements

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University Requirements:

  • ___ 45 credits in residence
  • ___ 120 total credits

University General Education Requirements:

Students starting after fall 2010 (review the Gen-Ed requirements). Requirements shown in italics only apply to students that started before Fall 2010.

Social World (4 or 6 courses):

  • ___ AL, AT, I or SI
  • ___ AL, AT, SB, I or SI, HS (covered by: NRC 100)
  • ___ HS
  • ___ SB (covered by: ECON 103 or 104)
  • ___ AL
  • ___ SB, I or SI

Biological & Physical World (2 or 3 courses):

  • ___ BS
  • ___ PS (covered by: PHYS or CHEM)
  • ___ BS, PS, SI

___ Integrative seminar (students starting after Fall 2010 only)

Diversity (2 courses – can also be listed on left):

  • ___ Any “U”
  • ___ Any “G”

Math & Analytic Reasoning:

  • ___ R1 (Tier 1 waiver or course)
  • ___ R2 (MATH 121 or higher)

Writing:

  • ___ College Writing (ENGLWRIT 112)
  • ___ Junior Year Writing (NATSCI 397A)

* NOTE: Only 1 course can be within a student’s major department

BCT Major Requirements:

  • ___  BCT 204 Construction Materials & Methods (spring)
  • ___  BCT 211 Energy Efficient Housing (fall)
  • ___  BCT 220 Intro to CAD in Construction & Architecture (fall, spring)
  • ___  BCT 304 Properties of Wood (fall)
  • ___  BCT 313 Light-Frame Structures (fall)
  • ___  BCT 353 Business of Building (spring)
  • ___  BCT 420 Advanced Topics in CAD (spring)
  • ___  BCT 492A Building Materials Seminar (spring – 1cr.)
  • ___  BCT 530 Mechanics of Building Materials for Construction (spring)
  • ___  ECON 103 Introduction to Microeconomics (SB)
    • OR ___  RES-ECON 102 Introduction to Resource Economics (SB)
  • ___  ECON 104 Introduction to Macroeconomics (SB)
  • ___  COMM 260 Public Speaking (or equivalent) (fall)
  • ___  NRC 100 Society and Environment (I) (fall)

BCT Major – Science Requirements (3 classes: 2 Physics + 1 Chemistry):

  • ___  PHYSICS 131 Intro to Physics I (PS) (4 cr. 131 or 131/133)
  • ___  PHYSICS 132 Intro to Physics II (PS) (4 cr. 132 or 132/134)
  • ___  CHEM 110 General Chemistry (PS) (spring – 4 cr.)

Professional Electives (choose any 4 on list below or get consent of advisor for substitutes):

  • ___  BCT 150 (BCT 191A) The Built Environment (fall)
  • ___  BCT 397B Wood Structure Design Studio (spring)
  • ___  BCT 411 Indoor Environmental Systems (spring – 2 cr.)
  • ___  BCT 540 Design of Wood Structures (fall)
  • ___  BCT 597G (BCT 514) Energy & Buildings (fall)
  • ___  BCT 597P Project Management for Design and Construction (spring)
  • ___  BCT 597S Build your “green” business plan (spring – 1 cr.)
  • ___  BCT 597E  (BCT 515) Building Energy Systems (spring)
  • ___  ACCTG 221 Introduction to Accounting I
  • ___  ARCH-DES 197E ST-Design Investigations (Fall)
  • ___  ARCH-DES 211 The City (Spring)
  • ___  ARCH-DES 397G Great Spaces (Fall)
  • ___  ART-HIST 191A History of Architecture (Spring)
  • ___  ART-HIST 342 19th Century Architecture: Reform, History and Technology (Fall)
  • ___  ART-HIST 343 20th Century Architecture: Modernism, Capitalism and Globalism (Spring)
  • ___  ART-HIST 344 Vernacular Architecture (Fall)
  • ___  CE-ENGIN 211 Perspectives on the Evolution of Structures (Spring)
  • ___  CE-ENGIN 240 Statics
  • ___  CE-ENGIN 241 Strength of Materials
  • ___  CE-ENGIN 290B History & Heritage of CE-ENGIN
  • ___  CMPSCI 105 Computer Literacy
  • ___  CMPSCI 121 Intro. to Problem Solving with Computers
  • ___  ECON 330 Labor in the American Economy
  • ___  ENVDES 205 Dynamics of Human Habitation (I)
  • ___  ENVIRDES 291A Introduction to Environmental Design (Spring)
  • ___  ENVIRSCI 213 Introduction to Environmental Policy (Fall)
  • ___  LANDARCH 191A Seminar – Graphics I
  • ___  LANDARCH 294A Seminar – Construction Materials
  • ___  LANDARCH 397E Special Topics – Site Engineering Construction
  • ___  LANDARCH 397F Special Topics – Site Structure
  • ___  MANAGMNT 260 Introduction to Law
  • ___  MANAGMNT 301 Principles of Management
  • ___  MANAGMNT 314 Human Resources Management (requires 301)
  • ___  RESEC 162 The Consumer in Our Society (Fall)
  • ___  RESEC 112 Computing: Foundations to Frontiers
  • ___  RESEC 211 Introductory Statistics
  • ___  STATISTIC 111 Elementary Statistics (R-2)
  • ___  PHYSICS 190E Energy and Society (PS) (Spring)
  • ___  PLSOILIN 115 Plants, Soils and the Environment (SI) (Spring)
  • ___  PLSOILIN 285 Sustainable Living (Spring)

You may also consider courses from these programs (get approval from advisor):

If you decide to add a Minor to the BCT Major:

  • ECON Minor (view official requirements):
    • BCT requirements that count towards minor: ECON 103 and ECON 104, take MATH 127 instead of MATH 121.
    • Other Minor requirements will also cover the BCT professional elective requirements.
  • IT Minor (view official requirements):
    • BCT requirements that count towards minor: BCT 220 and BCT 420.
    • Other Minor requirements will also cover the BCT professional elective requirements.

Discontinued BCT and BMATWT courses:

The following may not be reflected in the SPIRE degree audit:

  • 201 and 452 are old courses and are no longer required.
  • These courses have changed their numbers in the past: 204 (was 390N), 220 (was 390M), 420 (was 497C)

Last updated: April 5, 2012 by simih

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