Common First Year

 

All undergraduate students entering the College of Architecture spend the first year together in the Common First Year, learning shared skills and approaches to the problems and challenges of the designed, built, and lived environment. This year provides student with the time to get to know each other and the faculty. Common First Year courses also help students familiarize themselves with the different disciplines and professions within the College. With this knowledge in hand, graduates are better prepared to work collaboratively and productively with students and professionals from other disciplines.

The Common First Year is comprised of three courses:

• COA 1060, a lecture course in the fall, and
• a sequence of two studio courses -- COA 1011 and COA 1012 -- in the fall and spring semesters.