Architecture Course Selection Guide

Use these fall and spring semester sample schedules as a guide when planning your courses. You will be able to talk through questions and unique situations with your first-year advisor before registration. Make a note of questions you have or anything you want to discuss.

Sample Fall Semester Schedule

Course 1 | First-Year Writing Requirement

Choose: Writing and Rhetoric or University Seminar

You must take a University Seminar (USEM) in your first year. If you do not have Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) credit for Writing and Rhetoric, you must also take Writing and Rhetoric in your first year.

If you need to take both a USEM and Writing and Rhetoric in your first year, you will take one in the fall semester and the other in the spring semester. You can take the USEM and Writing and Rhetoric in either order. You cannot take them both in the same semester.

If you have AP or IB credit for Writing and Rhetoric, you should take a USEM or a Core course in the fall semester as described below. You can discuss your options with your first-year advisor.

Students are only allowed to take one USEM while at Notre Dame.

Course 2 | Architecture Requirement

Choose: ARCH 11011: Graphics I: Drawing

ARCH 11011 is required in the fall semester. This course satisfies the Art and Literature requirement of the Core.

Course 3 | Architecture Requirement

Choose: PHYS 10111: Principles of Physics I

PHYS 10111 is the first course in a two-course physics sequence that is required in the first year. If you have AP or IB credit for PHYS 10091, PHYS 10093, or PHYS 10095, you do not need to take PHYS 10111 but can choose to do so if you wish.

If you are not taking PHYS 10111 because you have applicable Advanced Credit, you should take a Core course instead.

Course 4 | Core Course

Choose: A course for the Core Curriculum

Liberal Arts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 requirements of the Core are generally satisfied by courses in the Architecture curriculum, so your best options are to search for Liberal Arts 6 courses; Foundational Theology courses; and Introductory Philosophy courses. Review this video for instructions on how to search for these categories using PATH Class Search.

Course 5 | Core Course

Choose: A course for the Core Curriculum

Course 6 | Moreau First Year Experience

Choose: A section of FYS 10101: Moreau First Year Experience based on your assigned campus neighborhood. Read the instructions for selecting a section of FYS 10101.

Sample Spring Semester Schedule

Course 1 | First-Year Writing Requirement

Choose: Writing and Rhetoric or University Seminar

If you did not take a USEM in the fall semester, you must take one in the spring semester.

If you took a USEM in the fall semester and do not have AP or IB credit for Writing and Rhetoric, you must take Writing and Rhetoric in the spring semester.

If you took a USEM in the fall semester and have AP or IB credit for Writing and Rhetoric, you should take an Italian language course or a Core course in the spring semester. You can discuss your options with your first-year advisor.

Students are only allowed to take one USEM while at Notre Dame.

Course 2 | Architecture Requirement

Choose: ARCH 11021: Graphics II: Drafting

ARCH 11021 is required in the spring semester.

Course 3 | Architecture Requirement

Choose: ARCH 10211: Global History of Architecture

ARCH 10211 is required in the spring semester. This course satisfies the History requirement of the Core.

Course 4 | Architecture Requirement

Choose: MATH 10270: Mathematics in Architecture

MATH 10270 is the only math course required for Architecture students.

Course 5 | Architecture Requirement

Choose: PHYS 10222: Physics of Civilization

PHYS 10222 is the second course in a two-course physics sequence that is required in the first year.

Course 6 | Moreau First Year Experience

Choose: A section of FYS 10102: Moreau First Year Experience

There are no neighborhoods for Moreau in the spring semester. You can select any section that is available and fits your schedule.