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Undergraduate Requirements

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Updated: November 2009

University Requirements:

  • ___ 45 credits in residence

  • ___ 120 total credits

University General Education Requirements:

Social World (6 courses):

  • ___ AL
  • ___ AL , AT, I or SI
  • ___ AL, AT, HS, SB, I or SI
  • ___ HS
  • ___ SB
  • ___ SB, I or SI

Biological & Physical World (3 courses):

  • ___ BS
  • ___ PS
  • ___ BS, PS, SI

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

  • ___ Any “U”
  • ___ Any “G”

* Any 2 “D” with pre-9/2002 admission

Math & Analytic Reasoning:

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

Writing:

  • ___ CW (ENGLWP 112)
  • ___ Junior Year Writing (NRC 397)

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

BCT Major Requirements:

  • ___  BMATWT 204 Construction Materials & Methods (spring)
  • ___  BMATWT 211 Energy Efficient Housing (fall)
  • ___  BMATWT 220 Intro to CAD in Construction & Architecture (fall)
  • ___  BMATWT 304 Properties of Wood (fall)
  • ___  BMATWT 313 Light-Frame Structures (fall)
  • ___  BMATWT 314 Architectural Blueprint Reading and Estimating (spring)
  • ___  BMATWT 352 Building Materials & Forest Products Marketing (fall)
  • ___  BMATWT 353 Business of Building (spring)
  • ___  BMATWT 420 Advanced Topics in CAD (spring)
  • ___  BMATWT 492 Building Materials Seminar (spring – 1cr.)
  • ___  BMATWT 530 Mechanics of Building Materials for Construction (fall)
  • ___  BMATWT 540 Design of Wood Structures (spring)
  • ___  ECON 103 Introduction to Microeconomics (SB)
    • OR ___  RES-ECON 102 Introduction to Resource Economics (SB)
  • ___  ECON 104 Introduction to Macroeconomics (SB)
  • ___  FOREST 492 Verbal Communications Skills (fall)
    • OR ___  COMM 260 Public Speaking
  • ___  NRC 100 Society and Environment (I) (fall)

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

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

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

  • ___  BMATWT 191A The Built Environment
  • ___  BMATWT 397B Wood Structure Design Studio
  • ___  BMATWT 597E Building Energy & Environmental Systems
  • ___  BMATWT 597P Project Management for Design and Construction
  • ___  BMATWT  597S Building a Formalize Plan for your “Green” Positioning (1 cr.)
  • ___  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
  • ___  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 classes from these programs (get approval from advisor):

Discontinued 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)