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Dec 13, 2024
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ACH 221 - History of World Architecture: Ancient to Medieval3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term. Formerly ACH 221 - History of World Architecture 1
This course meets the Arts & Humanities General Education Requirement.
Examine the development of world architectural styles from the ancient world through the late Middle Ages. Learn architectural design and city planning as responses to religious, political, economic, and cultural needs, as well as for an understanding of their structural principles. No previous art courses are necessary.
Crosslisted: Also offered as ART 221 ; credit is not given for both ACH 221 and ART 221 .
Location(s) Typically Offered: Online (OL)
Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Course Outcomes:
- Identify major styles, theories, architects, and architectural works from prehistory through the Middle Ages
- Interpret architecture as expressions of an individual’s and a culture’s definitions, values, and ideas
- Apply the vocabulary, methods, materials, and concepts of architecture and articulate responses to architecture as artistic or cultural expression
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