ARCH at Drexel University

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 182Architecture Studio 1Bopens 50 courses (1 directly)
• ARCH 183Architecture Studio 1Copens 49 courses (4 directly)
• PHYS 182Applied Physics Iopens 45 courses (6 directly)
• ARCH 221Materials & Methods Iopens 36 courses (2 directly)
• ARCH 212Architectural Representation IIopens 34 courses (1 directly)
• ARCH 213Architectural Representation IIIopens 33 courses (1.5 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 96 ARCH and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 8 more ARCH courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on ARCH, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

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.

• 18 courses deep, ending at ARCH 495

  1. ARCH 181Architecture Studio 1A
  2. ARCH 182Architecture Studio 1B
  3. ARCH 183Architecture Studio 1C
  4. ARCH 251Structural Systems I
  5. ARCH 252Structural Systems II
  6. ARCH 253Structural Systems III
  7. ARCH 354Structural Systems IV
  8. ARCH 355Structural Systems V
  9. ARCH 356Structural Systems VI
  10. ARCH 481Architecture Studio 4A
  11. ARCH 482Architecture Studio 4B
  12. ARCH 483Architecture Studio 4C
  13. ARCH 487Architecture Studio 5A
  14. ARCH 488Architecture Studio 5B
  15. ARCH 489Architecture Studio 5C
  16. ARCH 493Senior Project I
  17. ARCH 494Senior Project II
  18. ARCH 495Senior Project III

• 11 courses deep, ending at ARCH 336

  1. ARCH 181Architecture Studio 1A
  2. ARCH 182Architecture Studio 1B
  3. ARCH 183Architecture Studio 1C

• 11 courses deep, ending at ARCH 379

  1. MATH 102Introduction to Analysis II
  2. PHYS 182Applied Physics I
  3. ARCH 170Architectural Technology I

• 10 courses deep, ending at ARCH 466

  1. ARCH 181Architecture Studio 1A
  2. ARCH 182Architecture Studio 1B
  3. ARCH 183Architecture Studio 1C

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 Drexel campus feed.