Minor in Architectural Engineering

24.0 quarter credits

The minor in architectural engineering, designed to broaden the professional capabilities of students, offers the building systems portion of the architectural engineering curriculum with enough attention to structural components for completeness. Pursuing a minor in architectural engineering can be of interest to mechanical engineering students who wish to learn the application of HVAC systems within the building context; to civil engineering students who require knowledge of large-scale infrastructure systems; and to chemical engineering students who wish to understand the energy and distribution aspects of process plant design.

While this minor is primarily designed to provide technical knowledge and skills to other engineers, with the appropriate prerequisites students from other disciplines—such as architecture—can also complete this minor.
The minor consists of a minimum of 24 credits total, with five required core courses. Students take a minimum of eight additional credits taken from a list of optional courses.

Prerequisites
The common engineering core curriculum prerequisites are required of all students in the College of Engineering. Students from other colleges will need the appropriate background prerequisite courses in physics, mathematics and thermodynamics.

Required courses
CAEE 201	Introduction to Infrastructure Engineering			3.0
AE 220	Introduction to HVAC			3.5
AE 340	Architectural Illumination and Electrical Systems			3.0
or
ARCH 263	Environmental Systems III			3.0
AE 390	Architectural Engineering Design I			4.0
CIVE 370	Introduction to Structural Analysis			3.0
Students select a minimum of eight additional credits from the following:
CIVE 250	Construction Materials			4.0
CIVE 371	Introduction to Structural Design			3.0
MEM 413	Refrigeration and Air Conditioning I			3.0
MEM 310	Thermodynamic Analysis I			4.0
ARCH 14I	Architecture and Society I			3.0
ARCH 191	Studio 1-1			3.0
or
ARCH 101	Studio 1-A			4.5
AE 391	Architectural Engineering Design II			4.0
CIVE 240 WI	Engineering Economics			3.0