Undergraduate Syllabus
1st Year - 1st Semester
0731 ARCH 1102 : DESIGN 1
Course Type : SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 4.5
The course Design 1of First Year is designed to acquire knowledge and skills to\provide a general introduction to Architectural Design and Basic Composition with Primary Elements of Form (Point, Line, Plane, Shapes and Volume).Besides exercises with the Ordering Principles of Composition (Rhythm, Harmony, Balance, Proportion, Axis, Symmetry, Asymmetry, Hierarchy, Datum etc) in different media, understanding of Form-Space Relationship in basic compositions are also executed.
0731 ARCH 1106 : ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHICS –1
Course Type : SUB-SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 3.00
This course introduces primary level of architectural graphics through mechanical and freehand graphics skill. Students will learn and develop an understanding and skills of basic preliminary technical and graphical visualization to express any kind of Architectural Design through graphical representation. Presentations, demonstrations, assignments and discussions in the studio will encourage the students to improve and enhance their graphic skills starting from simple basics of sketching to the more formal methods of presenting scaled architectural drawings and details.
0731 ARCH 1107 : AESTHETICS
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 3.00
This course frames the understanding and appraisal of aesthetics that originates as a branch of philosophy. It is oriented towards comprehending creativity, psychological perception, and the creation of sense required in different activity levels of architecture. Focusing from dot to form to the proper definition of space, the course evaluates the many design principles needed for an approach toward complete architectural solutions.
0541 MATH 1151 : MATHEMATICS
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 3.00
This course will introduce Mathematics (Differential and Integral Calculus, and Coordinate Geometry) in the field of engineering. Differentiation, integration, and coordinate Geometry are regarded as not only a part of applied mathematics but also the most important part of numerous engineering fields. By the end of this course, students will be familiar with the applications of differentiation, integration, and geometry allows enterprises to orchestrate a variety of functions across their entire infrastructures, enabling design more effectively and efficiently. This course emphasizes intuitive understanding and practical implementation of theoretical concepts in the engineering field.
0231 ENG 100 : FUNDAMENTAL ENGLISH
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 3.00
English language learning is recursive and develops through ever widening contexts. It is also the language of international communication of the media and the internet, so learning English is important for socialization, entertainment, and working environment. The English fundamentals covers four skills of the English language required for students’ basic academic needs and beyond. The contents aim at nurturing students’ communication, interaction in social context, presentation, improving the quality of life by making them competent in the job sector, providing job opportunities, making them understand and express simple ideas and give easy description in writing English, and enriching proficiency in English to enable the students as confident communicators, critical and imaginative thinkers.
0232 BNGL 100: BANGLA LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 1.5
প্রথম খণ্ড : ভাষা ও নির্মিতি
ভাষা : বাংলাধ্বনি ও বর্ণ, স্বর ওব্যঞ্জন, বাংলা স্বরধ্বনি ও স্বরবর্গ, বাংলাব্যঞ্জনধ্বনি ও ব্যঞ্জনবর্ণেরউচ্চারণ, সংযুক্ত ব্যঞ্জনবর্ণ, সাধু ও চলিত (প্রমিত) ভাষা, বাংলাবানানেরনিয়ম, যতিচিহ্ন, বঙ্গানুবাদ
নির্মিতি: দিনলিপিবাডায়রি, অভিজ্ঞতাবর্ণনা, বক্তব্য লেখন, প্রতিবেদনবারিপোর্ট, বৈ-ডাকবা ই-মেইলএবংক্ষুদে বার্তাবাএসএমএস, মুখ লেখবা ফেসবুক, পত্রাদি লেখন, সংলাপরচনা, ক্ষুদে গল্প লেখা।
ব্যবহারিক বাংলা : সংক্ষিপ্তআলোচনাক. একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি ; খ. মুক্তিযুদ্ধ গ. বাংলানববর্ষ; ঘ. বাংলাউৎসব; ঙ. ষড় ঋতু; চ. বাংলাভাষা; ছ. বাংলার লোকসংস্কৃতি; জ. মানবতা ও নৈতিকতা; ঝ. বিশ্বায়ন; ঞ. আধুনিক তথ্য প্রযুক্তি।
দ্বিতীয় খণ্ড : সাহিত্য
কবিতা :আবদুলহাকিম: বঙ্গবাণী, মাইকেলমধুসূদন দত্ত : বঙ্গ ভাষা, লালনসাঁই:খাঁচারভিতরঅচিনপাখি,
রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর:নির্ঝরের স্বপ্নভঙ্গ, কাজীনজরুলইসলাম: আজসৃষ্টিসুখেরউল্লাসে, জীবনানন্দ দাশ: বাংলারমুখ
আমি, হাসানহাফিজুররহমান:অমরএকুশে, আলাউদ্দিনআলআজাদ : স্মৃতিস্তম্ভ, শামসুররাহমান: তোমাকে
পাওয়ারজন্য হে স্বাধীনতা, সৈয়দ শামসুলহক: আমারপরিচয়।
ছোটগল্প ও অন্যান্য রচনা:
রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর: পোস্ট মাস্টার, রোকেয়াসাখাওয়াত হোসেন:বায়ুযানেপঞ্চাশমাইল, বিভূতিভূষণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়:পুঁইমাচা, শওকতওসমান: মৌননয়, সৈয়দ ওয়ালীউল্লাহ্:নয়নচারা, জাহানারাইমাম:একাত্তরেরদিনগুলি, হাসানআজিজুলহক:খাঁচা, আখতারুজ্জামান ইলিয়াস:অপঘাত।
প্রবন্ধ : বঙ্কিমচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়: বাঙ্গালা ভাষা, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর: সভ্যতারসংকট, হরপ্রসাদ শাস্ত্রী : তৈল, প্রমথ চৌধুরী: যৌবনে দাওরাজটিকা, কাজীনজরুলইসলাম: বর্তমানবিশ্ব সাহিত্য, মুহম্মদ আবদুলহাই:আমাদের বাংলাউচ্চারণ, কবীর চৌধুরী: আমাদের আত্মপরিচয়।
নাটক :মুনীর চৌধুরী: কবর
(এই কোর্সেও অনুমোদিত পাঠ থেকেই বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়সমূহ প্রতি সেমিস্টারেব দল সাপেক্ষে প্রয়োজনীয় পাঠ নির্বাচন করবে; অনুমোদিত নয় এমন কোনো পাঠ সংযুক্ত করা যাবেনা।)
1st Year - 2nd Semester
0731 ARCH 1202 : DESIGN 2
Course Type : SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 4.5
The course Design 2of First Year is designed to acquire knowledge and skills to provide a general introduction to Architectural Design and act as fundamental basis for the students to understand Architectural Vocabulary. The skills acquired are the foundation stones of students’ future career as an Architect. Continuation of Design Principles, Perception of Art Form and Space- their relationship by exploring compositions with Planes, Platonic Solids and other Forms.
0731 ARCH 1206 : ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHICS 2
Course Type : SUB-SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 3.00
This course is a continuation of the primary architectural graphics. Students will learn about new techniques and some advance technical and visualization skills to express different types of Architectural structures through graphical representation. Presentations, demonstrations, assignments and discussions in the studio will encourage the students to improve and enhance their graphic skills starting from simple basics of sketching to the more formal methods of presenting architectural drawings and details.
0731 ARCH 1208 : BASIC COMPUTER EDUCATION
Course Type : SUB-SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 3.00
This course covers software applications relevant to basic architectural design, drafting and presentation. Standard drafting software such as AutoCAD, and Presentation/ documentation software such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.).
0731 ARCH 1203 : ENVIRONMENT & DESIGN
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 3.00
It is the basic and preliminary course of environment design for an architecture student.This course will introduce students with the design of buildings considering various environmental factors. Climatic elements and classifications, human thermal comfort factors, natural and mechanical ventilation principles, climate and built form interactions are few important issues that students need to address to shape the design of a building. Specific emphasis will be given in delivering design considerations that has to do with tropical climatic zones of the world and in our country.
0533 PHY 1251 : PHYSICS
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 3.00
Physics is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines, and its main goal is to understand how the universe behaves. Physics generates fundamental knowledge needed for the future technological advances. Study of physics develops the ability of Problem Solving, Logical Thinking and also the Ability to think intellectually.
0231 ENG 201 : DEVELOPING LISTENING & SPEAKING ENGLISH
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 3.00
This course will increase students' advanced level listening and speaking skills by making them competent users of English language. Tasks and activities of this course - enhanced interaction, collaborative skills, strategies for meaningful persuasion and problem-solving skills by being ethical and logically sound will help them gain an effective and a lifelong learning experience. Furthermore, this course will uplift learners' ability to demonstrate effective communication skills in both academic and real-time scenarios analyze information from different sources and decide to use the ones from credible sources, and play various roles with peers in order to complete the tasks given.
2nd Year - 1st Semester
0731 ARCH 2102 : DESIGN 3
Course Type : SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 6.0
The course is concentrated on the study of anthropomorphic proportion and scale, in relation to human perception and activities. Study on the layout of both simple and multiple architectural spaces with an emphasis on spatial relationships respecting various aspects of the built environment (context, orientation, and climate) with an attention to the building's approach, articulation of ideas and designed spaces, and served-service relationship.
0731 ARCH 2108 : COMPUTER AIDED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Course Type : SUB-SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 3.0
This course covers 3 Dimensional software applications relevant to architectural design, detailed drawing and presentation. Using 3D modeling software such as AutoCAD (3D), Sketch Up, 3DS Max and post production (Using Renders via Vray/Lumion, Photo montage via Photoshop/Illustrator/CorelDraw).
0731 ARCH 2107 : AESTHETICS & DESIGN
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 3.0
The Aesthetic and Design concentrates on the Relationship between Architecture with Art and Music individually. The course is designed to create a deeper appreciation of the creative processes involved in the composition of Arts and Music, its history, conceptions, branches, principles, forms, methods, and media. The purpose is to stipulate an understanding of the diverse ways art and music are constructed and represent their cultures and examine their elements and influence on Architecture.
0731 ARCH 2101 : ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE 1
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 3.0
The Architectural Heritage 01 focuses on the architectural transformation of building designs and cities in respect to the conceptual, socio-political and cultural aspects of primitive civilization. The course is not so much about the History of Architecture but as the Architecture of History as it will aid in better understanding of the most important buildings, its’ forms and types, public spaces, city planning and emphasize significant events, styles, and other factors that led various cultures to produce the architecture of their time. The course hence concentrates on the architecture of Prehistoric Civilization, Mesopotamia Civilization, and Contextual Development of The Architecture of Egyptian Civilization, Critical Evolution of The Classical Architecture of Greek and Rome, Development of Early Christian, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic & Renaissance Architecture.
0732 CE 2151 : STRUCTURE FOR ARCHITECTS 1
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 3.0
The main objective of the course is to develop understanding about fundamental concepts and issues of mechanics using extensive workout examples. This course will also develop thinking ability to set and solve practical engineering problems.
0731 ARCH 2105 : CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 1.5
Architecture being the process and product of planning, designing and construction defines the structure and behavior of a building or any other kind of systems that is to be or has been constructed. This course aims to familiarize students with the theoretical aspects of building construction, starting from the primary building stages, including understanding, analyzing, and designing different building systems, till the finished habited Structure.
2nd Year - 2nd Semester
0731 ARCH 2202 : DESIGN 4
Course Type : SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 6.0
The course is concentrated on the built environment and formation of simple building designs with basic functions. The students are expected to gain knowledge on spatial organization and layout of multiple architectural spaces and what it means to assert architectural integrity in the organization, while respecting other various aspects of built environment including climate, context and circulation, visual and sensory perceptions, indoor-outdoor relationship, with an attention to the buildings approach, entrance, pathway configuration, mass‐ space relationship, serve-service relationship and scale.
0731 ARCH 2206 : CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP
Course Type : SUB-SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 3.0
This course is intended to develop an understanding of the construction process of any building relating to traditional and low-cost construction while exploring innovative construction processes and technologies. Students will gain hands-on experience in construction processes through gauging various techniques available in practice.
0731 ARCH 2208 : PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION
Course Type : SUB-SESSIONAL
Credit Hours: 3.0
Understand the ordering principle of composition through photographing exterior and interior of architectures; photography as media of communication, application and exploration of various media of graphic reproduction.
0731 ARCH 2201 : ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE 2
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 3.0
Architecture practices many concepts, customs, ideas and heritage from ancient times. The course will help students to attain a better understanding to compare between the recent and previous times for a more fundamental and culturally inclusive approach while designing. The Historic architecture of south Asia is as rich and diverse as the region and its people. Introduction to Indian Architecture encompasses a wide variety of geographically and historically spread structures transformed by the long history of the entire South Asian subcontinent. It was influenced by ancient religions, with influences from Hinduism and Buddhism and the Islamic culture. Knowledge of South Asian architectural history gives us an understanding of the ideas that were important to shape past societies.
0732 CE 2251 : STRUCTURE 2
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 1.5
This course will demonstrate the fundamental concepts of stress and strain; mechanical properties of materials; stresses and strains in members subjected to tension, compression, shear and temperature changes. It will also develop understanding about Joints- welded and riveted; shear force and bending moment diagrams for statically determinate beams and frames.
0731 ARCH 2205 : BUILDING & FINISH MATERIALS
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 1.5
A building can be defined as a structure broadly consisting of foundation, columns, walls, floors and roofs erected to provide covered spaces for different uses. Such as residential, educational, commercial, health, religious, industrial and entertainment etc. The method adopted for construction and choice of materials to be used in the building depends upon a number of factors like character of occupancy, location of site, climate, local materials and fund available. Generally, all buildings are constructed according to the drawings and specifications Prepared by the architects and engineers. The building design should ensure optimum Utilization of spaces, thermal comfort, proper ventilation, desirable illumination and acoustical characteristics and it should satisfy the functional requirements of people who live and work in the building. Introduction; Description of Building and finish materials. Functions, uses and properties of different building and finish materials.
3rd Year - 1st Semester
0731 ARCH 3102 : DESIGN 5
Course Type : SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 6.0
Emphasis will be given on both concept and structural systems to express form and functional relationships. Students will exercise Building designs to create sensibility regarding relationship between built forms, structural systems, material use. Study of Different Structural system in combination with previous knowledge on design process and heuristics will enable the students to create practical solutions for Public architectural problems.
0731 ARCH 3106 : WORKING DRAWING 1
Course Type : SUB-SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 3.0
Working drawing being a specialized scaled drawing to be used for construction focuses on the technical knowledge of students for preparing detailed drawings to connect design data into dimensioned, graphical information to facilitate appropriate and smooth execution on construction site. Students are required to produce working drawing of projects either designed by themselves or by iconic architects. In this sessional course the students need to prepare basic drawings both for constructional techniques as well usage of materials.
0731 ARCH 3108 : BUILDING SERVICES WORKSHOP
Course Type : SUB-SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 3.0
The course is intended to prepare students for the process of facilitating & implementing various building services components for built forms, especially high-rise structures. This is to help students learn the process of design consideration of accommodating various building services components for built structures. The involvement of different engineering disciplines is explicated during class sessions. This eventually will help students understand, whom and where to seek co-operation when arranging building services part in any design route.
0731 ARCH 3101 : MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 3.0
This course surveys developments in modern architecture, architectural theory, design, and urban planning over the course of the “long” 20th century. Global in nature, this survey course will focus thematically on developments in Europe, the Americas, and the non-Western world. The goals in this course are both to examine the built environment in terms of pragmatic, aesthetic, and theoretical issues specific to architecture as the “art of building,” and to understand the design fields in relation to the broader political, cultural, social, and economic forces that inevitably shape and impose upon them. In other words, to understand architecture as a cultural practice with its own internal rules and discourse, but with implications reaching far beyond the realm of built form. As the course progress, students will be expected to develop visual literacy in form and trends of modern and contemporary architecture.
0731 ARCH 3101 : MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 3.0
This course surveys developments in modern architecture, architectural theory, design, and urban planning over the course of the “long” 20th century. Global in nature, this survey course will focus thematically on developments in Europe, the Americas, and the non-Western world. The goals in this course are both to examine the built environment in terms of pragmatic, aesthetic, and theoretical issues specific to architecture as the “art of building,” and to understand the design fields in relation to the broader political, cultural, social, and economic forces that inevitably shape and impose upon them. In other words, to understand architecture as a cultural practice with its own internal rules and discourse, but with implications reaching far beyond the realm of built form. As the course progress, students will be expected to develop visual literacy in form and trends of modern and contemporary architecture.
0731 ENG 3111 : TECHNICAL WRITING & COMMUNICATION
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 3.0
The purpose of this course is to focus on technical communication---to a variety of audiences with clarity, accuracy and professionalism. This course also highlights the process of technical reading and writing with professional realism. Technical reading and writing introduce oral, written communication for the students.
0731 ARCH 3109 : ART & MUSIC APPRICIATION
Course Type : THEORY [ELECTIVE]
Credit Hours: 1.5
Learning about arts is fundamental to an education that aspires to nurture and support the development of the whole person. Awareness of, involvement in and appreciation of the arts enables students to encounter a rich world of creativity, imagination and innovation. Through engaging with music, students are offered opportunities to develop new skills, while drawing on their previous experiences. Learning music is intrinsically motivating, meaningful and a rewarding activity for young people because it is hands-on; fully engaging the students in activities that relate to and have a connection with the world experienced by them outside the classroom. Music is a source of understanding history, reflecting the social and cultural context and the era of its creation. Music can portray the cultural identity of a country, the mood of the people or the thoughts of the individuals who live there.The subject art and music appreciation can engage students in learning that engages, inspires challenges, provokes, exhilarates, and liberates.
0731 ARCH 3103 : BUILDING SERVICES
Course Type : THEORY [ELECTIVE]
Credit Hours: 1.5
This course aims to help students understand the process of accommodating various services, components and systems in a building. Moreover, they will learn to modulate climatic extremities in a building while ensuring a comfortable indoor environment for occupants.
3rd Year - 2nd Semester
0731 ARCH 3202 : DESIGN 6
Course Type : SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 6.0
The course is designed to create sensibility and perception regarding the Complex and Compound Architectural Spaces and Intricate Building Problems. This includes multi-functional and multi storied building (above a 10 storied building with a certain guideline directed by RAJUK and National Building Code) design considering certain modern structural technology, multilayered circulations, urban context and as well as explore different feasible options to offer environment high-rise and socially responsible design approach. Thus, the way this course helps the students to perceive high-rise in the context of Bangladesh.
0731 ARCH 3206 : WORKING DRAWING 2
Course Type : SUB- SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 3.0
This sessional focuses on the technical knowledge of students for preparing detailed working drawings and specifications for different components of building, which is an essential step while practicing as an architect. This course is a continuation of the course ARC232. While the previous course focuses on the basic drawings like plan, section, elevation, kitchen, toilet etc., this course focuses on more complex elements of the project which are detailed out in necessary drawings. Preparation of details to clarify constructional techniques and usage of materials are two major aspects students require to learn in this course.
0731 ARCH 3207 : URBAN DESIGN
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 3.0
This course focuses on contemporary Urban Design in theory and practice. This course explores the complexity and evolution of urban design in respect of different cities around the world. Moreover, this course investigates the influences of planning, design processes and practice in the field of urban design. Urban Design is examined as both a subject of theoretical inquiry and an activity immersed in the living experiences within cities, a meeting ground of ideas and the real forces at work in cities both from historic and contemporary perspective. Comparative studies of neighborhood conservation, central city regeneration, and growth policies for metropolitan regions are discussed and debated. Future prospects for restructuring cities and their surrounding metropolitan regions are explored. Case studied examples are accompanied by direct field experience through assignments which address neighborhood, central city and regional design issues. The course focuses on contemporary Urban Design issues mainly in Dhaka and other cities of Bangladesh and some selected cities abroad.
0319 SOC 113 : BANGLADESH STUDIES
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 3.0
This course will introduce students with the historical geographical, ecological, social, economic, political, governmental, financial and developmental aspects of Bangladesh so that students will be aware of their culture, heritage and citizenship. It will also introduce them to social and moral responsibilities towards the country and humanity.
0313-14 SS 3251 : SOCIOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 3.0
Sociology and Psychology are complementary subjects for studying human interaction. Through evidence-based research and using the lenses of sociology and psychology, students are encouraged to ask critical questions about social phenomena. Through this course,students will gain valuable insights and understandings of both themselves and their worlds as well as be aware of the reasons for social differences, including differences in social behavior, and reasons for the differentials in group opportunities. It explores the outcomes and significance of social hierarchies and social power in the architectural context which change, influence, or control behavior to make positive,constructive, and meaningful changes in people's lives in society through built environment within society and across cultures.
0731 ARCH 3205 : FIRE SAFETY & DESIGN
Course Type : THEORY [ELECTIVE]
Credit Hours: 1.5
Fires affect people, property and the environment in all countries around the world. In some cases, the resulting loses are extraordinary, causing hundreds of deaths, widespread damage to properties and contents and significant impacts on the environment. This course will provide an overview of the challenges posed by the fire as well as the fire safety solutions that are available to meet those challenges.
0731 ARCH 3209 : ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION
Course Type : THEORY [ELECTIVE]
Credit Hours: 1.5
Historic built environment of Bangladesh is rich and diverse. It provides an important sense of national identity, contributing to our quality of life and benefitting the country's economy and education. This course covers the history and philosophy of historic environment conservation, and provides a critical understanding of contemporary issues in building conservation practice. This course provides knowledge about the repair, maintenance and improvement of these historic buildings including the current issues of urban regeneration and enabling development.
0731 CE 3253 : SPECIFICATION & COST ESTIMATION
Course Type : THEORY [ELECTIVE]
Credit Hours: 1.5
Cost estimates are fundamental criteria to make design and manufacturing decisions in architecture. The achievement of an estimate requires knowledge and skills. Traditionally, architects give more relevance to performance and technical requirements than to cost. Education plays an important role in this matter. A process-centered approach is presented to train professionals on cost estimating. The specification and cost estimation course addresses the project budget’s identification, elaboration, planning, and management. Including selected processes from the Project and process integration, Cost, Scope, and Risk Knowledge Areas. It focuses on different classes of estimates, labor and equipment productivity, material pricing, indirect/overhead costs, bid analysis, and use of computer-aided software.
4th Year - 1st Semester
0731 ARCH 4102: DESIGN 7
Course Type : SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 7.5
This course emphases on the definition, development and description of a major culminating urban design project that both challenges and demonstrates students' skills and knowledge of urban design. It will focus on the urban macro spaces; urban design and planning with large-scale multi-functional building design in the light of modern technology. The project will negotiate issues at several scales and alert to multiple social, political and biophysical environmental contexts. It will enable students to understand site, spatial and public domain analysis, map and plan reading, visual, verbal and written communication techniques, and basic computer-based three-dimensional modeling and numerical analysis.
0731 ARCH 4104 : LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Course Type : SUB-SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 3.0
Landscape architecture is the art and science of planning and designing meaningful exterior built environments considering their inter-relationship with human in a variety of scales and settings. Students are expected to understand the role of landscape architects in envisioning and creating new landscapes and the techniques to produce creative and innovative landscape architecture.The course will include: Landscape Architecture and its necessity in the built environment. Introduction to plant and materials and their uses to enrich the built environment. A study of site selection, plane surveying, site development, topography, soils, grading, drainage, site utilities, landscaping, and planting will be used towards the assessment of buildings and site design.
0732 CE 4151 : STRUCTURE FOR ARCHITECTS 3
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 3.0
The main objective of the course is to develop the understanding about the basic concepts and fundamentals of reinforced concrete design with emphasis on the design of rectangular beams, columns, slabs using extensive workout examples. This course will also develop the ability to analyze and design reinforced concrete structural members under bending, shear, and axial loads according to the building code requirements.
0731 ARCH 4107 : URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 3.0
This course will examine human behavior in cross-cultural urban contexts from anthropological perspective. Over half of the world’s population lives in cities, and the United Nations predicts that this proportion will increase to over 70% by 2050. As more of the world’s population is going to settle in cities, anthropologists have increasingly shifted their sites of study from rural to urban settings. Urban anthropology investigates cities and the socio-cultural experiences and practices of urban dwellers in relation to the larger socioeconomic and cultural contexts. While scholars have focused on an urban milieu throughout the world, theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of urbanity have been carved out of specific locales and historical junctures. Our goal in this course is to draw on a variety of anthropological questions, theoretical approaches, and methodological techniques to examine cities and city life. The course will begin with the basic ideas and key concepts on anthropology and urban anthropology. With progressive discussion approach, the course will forward into the fundamental ideas on urban (design), urbanization and urbanism. Finally, the course will offer to conduct any/some urban anthropological research approach/s on an original small-scale site within the Dhaka metropolitan city area.
0731 ARCH 4109 : HOUSING
Course Type : THEORY [ELECTIVE]
Credit Hours: 3.0
The course is aimed to provide an overview on human settlement, its history and development. It gives a comprehensive idea on the existing situation of housing development worldwide and in the country, their influences on individuals, societies and environment. The course introduces the role of private and public sectors in housing and how architects can contribute in the development process. The course also compares traditional and contemporary housing and examines mass housing problems with emphasis on housing for low and middle income groups, exploring the roles of different stakeholders, engaging different groups of population to participate and forming a community for housing development. It outlines the problems of housing in our local context with reference to others in the global south and gives a brief description of current housing technologies and real estate management.
0731 ARCH 4111 : ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION
Course Type : THEORY [ELECTIVE]
Credit Hours: 1.5
Architecture is a discipline, which creates healthy, livable and aesthetic spaces for the users using the opportunities of the natural environment to satisfy the needs and desires of the users within specific criterion. As it is the case in other design based disciplines, importance of theoretical and applied studio courses which bring the student design capability and creativity in architectural education is so remarkable. The most important facts that prepare the student for the profession and design process are the basic studio courses which basic design and space concepts are given.
0731 ARCH 4103 : VISUAL & SONIC ENVIRONMENT
Course Type : THEORY [ELECTIVE]
Credit Hours: 1.5
ture is the art of space. The artistic value of a space largely depends on its lighting condition. It is called visual environment. The quality of visual environment creates peoples mood, feelings and gives an experience. Lighting condition also ensures the functional accuracy. For functional smoothness, sonic environment is another major factor. For many specific buildings like auditorium, office, studio; acoustics is very specific for its performance. So, an architect should be aware of and be knowledgeable about the quality of visual and sonic environment. This particular course is designed for the Undergraduate students of architecture focusing on the basic theories of lighting and acoustics necessary in architecture and the techniques of application of knowledge for designing a space.
4th Year - 2nd Semester
0731 ARCH 4202 : DESIGN 8
Course Type : SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 7.5
The course is designed to meet the most basic need of the society, Students in this area will be able to design housing and communities with a specific theme and can analyze their impact on the immediate environment and society.
0731 ARCH 4204 : INTERIOR DESIGN
Course Type : SUB-SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 3.0
This course introduces elements, and principles of Interior design, as theories to the technical and practical applications. This course explores the development of interior environments, their impaction human psychology as well as the relationship between the interior and human needs. The course develops and refines students’ skills in designing various residential and commercial interior spaces considering the technical, economic, social, and cultural aspects. It undergoes comprehensive studies of complex interior design problems where the emphasis is placed on critical thinking of research elements and advanced space planning and presentation renderings.
0731 ARCH 4201 : ARCHITECTURE OF BENGAL
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 3.0
The undivided Bengal (Present Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal) is enriched with architectural structures, relics and monuments dating back to thousands of years. This course focuses on the architectural history of Bengal. Intention of this subject is to familiarize the student’s with history Bengal while introducing them to the architecture of Bengal and it’s chronological development. Understand how Architecture influences different societies and its culture. Finally students will trace Bengal history from ancient times to the beginning of modern era with special reference to Bengal’s socio-cultural and religious developments.
0223 SS 4251 : LOGIC & PHILOSOPHY
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 3.0
The course will help the students to understand the great ideas and the theories regarding human experience, to do close and careful reading; to perform critical analysis of ideas and arguments and to present their thoughts carefully and clearly. It will teach the students to work with abstract ideas and to think critically.
0223 SS 4251 : LOGIC & PHILOSOPHY
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 3.0
The course will help the students to understand the great ideas and the theories regarding human experience, to do close and careful reading; to perform critical analysis of ideas and arguments and to present their thoughts carefully and clearly. It will teach the students to work with abstract ideas and to think critically.
0311 ECON 4251 : PROJECT ECONOMICS
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 3.0
Managing the project economy is obviously very important, and well-functioning routines for doing so are vital. A budget must be established, ordering and invoicing must be controlled. This course will give you a systematic understanding of how such projects work in financial, economic, social and environmental terms. Upon successful completion of the course a student will be able to recognize and identify situations leading to market failures, and also apply economic reasoning to the analysis of selected contemporary economic problems.
0731 ARCH 4203 : ECOLOGY & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Course Type : THEORY [ELECTIVE]
Credit Hours: 1.5
The world is a complex system of species and its environment. Here, everything is interrelated to everything. Every single alteration to it affects the complete chain of interaction. Architects are creator of build environment, and he should be knowledgeable, aware of his act. A new construction or intervention gives terrible impact over the nature that is ecology and environment. Therefore, an architect needs to know about ecology, environment and the whole system. With this knowledge, he will be able to understand the context and the impact of his creation over the ecosystem or the whole. This course embraces the co-evolution of technological, environmental and social change over time with covers key elements of building services and sustainability at a residential and commercial scale and examines the broad range of issues confronting mankind ‘s search for a sustainable. Through the perspective of contemporary and historical case studies students, explore how people, in their visions of the future, have sought to perfect built environments as the setting for model communities.
0731 ARCH 4211 : DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS
Course Type : THEORY [ELECTIVE]
Credit Hours: 3.0
This course frames the understanding and appraisal of trend of the humanities— philosophy, art, music, literature, and architecture from the ancient world to the present day. It highlights the major styles of creativity as they crystallized in centers of civilization at moments of high cultural achievement. Focusing from the underlying concept of Ideas where the deeper human understanding can be acquired by studying the creative revelations of artists, poets, philosophers, and composers, from our own time and from the past. Artistic trend as a category of the artistic process emerges within the system of concrete works revealing the same typological model and is determined by the type of the artistic conception of the world. A change of artistic trends is the process of the change of the artistic conception of the world manifested through a change of the structural type of works of art. Every historical period produces its own dominant trend – the Central Idea. The course identifies the separate works of creative endeavors into a synthesis of trends incorporating these Development of the Philosophical Thoughts and their Central Ideas.
5th Year - 1st Semester
0731 ARCH 5102 : DESIGN 9
Course Type : SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 7.5
Simple building design with complex functional requirements, detail professional presentation and documents as done in any Architectural firm in practice with contextual analysis. It can also be done in internship program with special supporting studio programs.
0731 ARCH 5106 : ARCHITECTURAL SEMIOTICS
Course Type : SUB-SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 3.0
The course is a theoretical basis for architectural symbol, allowing students to understand architecture more vividly, and bringing new vitality to architectural creation. It analyzes and discusses the development, significance and application of architectural semiotics in architectural design in combination with specific practical cases.
0731 ARCH 5151 : SURVEY & RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 3.0
Survey and Research Methodology course will introduce the fundamentals of surveying measurements to provide a broad overview of the surveying , procedures, measurement corrections and reductions, survey datum, and computations that are required to produce a topographical map or a site plan for design projects.
0413 ECON 5151 : CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT & ACCOUNTING
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 3.0
This course will provide an overview of the construction industry and all related topics that you need to be qualified project manager. The course discusses the importance of project planning and scheduling and an opportunity to develop a work breakdown structure. This course designed to expand practical side of construction field. This course introduces accounting in general, then covers the basics of financial accounting through the accounting cycle for service and merchandising business. It also introduces the theoretical foundation of financial accounting (concepts, assumptions, and principles) and the financial statements of a profit seeking enterprise. The course prepares the student to be capable of performing the different steps of the accounting cycle for service and merchandising businesses.
0731 ARCH 5109 : BASIC PLANNING
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 3.0
Planning is a major discipline, responsible for shaping our physical environment at a larger scale; national, regional, and rural scale. Therefore, it is very essential for the students of architecture to know the basic and advanced concepts of urban and rural planning. The course contains basic concepts of planning, urban & urbanism; Early History of Human Settlements, changes in the character of cities. It will also include new thoughts and ideas in planning after the industrial revolution, the spatial structure of cities. The course also helps students to develop knowledge about the nature of rural planning and overall development practices in Bangladesh.
5th Year - 2st Semester
0731 ARCH 5202 : DESIGN 10
Course Type : THEORY [GED]
Credit Hours: 9.0
Identification of viable projects of significance as thesis projects. Preparation of complete design solution based on investigation and analysis of the physical and contextual aspects of the problem and the understanding of design consideration of material, structure, and form. Stress is given to the objective analysis of the related factors and transforming them into a tangible architectural solution of professionally acceptable quality.
The final design project is an integral part of the final year thesis project. Every thesis project will have two phases:
1. Problem understanding phase.
2. Solution development phase.
0731 ARCH 5208 : DISSERTATION
Course Type : SUB-SESSIONAL COURSE
Credit Hours: 1.5
Design 10- Thesis Project is supported by a dissertation that draws upon the existing body of knowledge and rationalizes the parameters and standards of design and defines the program. The course requires documentation of thesis proposal, research methodology, findings and architectural design solution of the project. This course provides the student with an opportunity to identify and investigate a social/ economic/ cultural/ environmental problem and finally provide a design solution from an architectural perspective. The student will undertake an in-depth research to present a fully referenced, coherent and illustrated piece of architectural dissertation. The course is designed to provide students guidelines involved in creating an ideal Thesis Paper.
0731 ARCH 5207 : PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Course Type : THEORY [CORE]
Credit Hours: 3.0
Architecture graduate as professional has some responsibilities with respect to the society. This course develops student understanding about historical, social, economic, ethical, and professional issues related to the discipline of architecture. It identifies key sources for information and opinion about professionalism and ethics. Students analyze, evaluate, and assess ethical and professional case studies.