ARCH 3211 - Survey of World Architecture II

Survey of world architecture since the sixteenth century to the contemporary. Students will develop an understanding of architectural history from a global perspective and a professional vocabulary to discuss historic precedents. They will be able to identify different elements of historic buildings; list the shifts and changes in the built environment; compare and contrast the contributions of different civilizations to history of architecture and the history of ideas; examine the conceptual components of global history from 16th Century CE to today; and determine the nature of relations between different civilizations.