ARCH at College of DuPage

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. ARCH 1100Introduction to Architecture
  2. ARCH 1121Architectural Design Communication
  3. ARCH 1131Introduction to Architectural Design
• 1. ARCH 1121Architectural Design Communication
  2. ARCH 1100Introduction to Architecture
  3. ARCH 1131Introduction to Architectural Design
• 1. ARCH 1211Basic Computer-Aided Drafting-AutoCAD
  2. ARCH 1411Introduction to BIM-Revit

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ARCH coursework.

• ARCH 1131Introduction to Architectural Designopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• ARCH 2201Architectural Design Iopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• ARCH 1411Introduction to BIM-Revitopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ARCH 2202Architectural Design IIopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate ARCH work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 22 ARCH and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 15 more ARCH courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in ARCH. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at ARCH 2301

  1. ARCH 1100Introduction to Architecture
  2. ARCH 1131Introduction to Architectural Design
  3. ARCH 2201Architectural Design I
  4. ARCH 2202Architectural Design II
  5. ARCH 2301Arch Design Competition

• 3 courses deep, ending at ARCH 1412

  1. ARCH 1211Basic Computer-Aided Drafting-AutoCAD
  2. ARCH 1411Introduction to BIM-Revit
  3. ARCH 1412Advanced BIM-Revit

• 2 courses deep, ending at ARCH 2102

  1. ARCH 1111Building Materials
  2. ARCH 2102Detailing and Construction Documents

• 2 courses deep, ending at ARCH 2270

  1. ARCH 1130Blueprint Reading
  2. ARCH 2270Construction Scheduling

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ARCH yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ARCH yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

ARCH does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the College of DuPage campus feed.