Architectural Engineering

Architectural engineers guide urban development and design multiple systems in buildings such as: 

  • Building structures
  • Construction planning
  • Electrical and lighting plans
  • Mechanical systems in buildings

Depending on a student's chosen concentration, an IDE architectural emphasis could lead to additional careers like construction project management, architectural design or building technician work. 

  • Archived:

Technical Elective Options

Construction engineering and management

  • Strongly recommended:              

    • AREN 4606 Construction Project Execution & Control (PR: AREN 4506) – spring only                                                       

    • CVEN 3256 Construction Equipment & Methods (PR: CVEN 3246) 

  • Other options:

    • AREN 4315 Masonry Design (PR: CVEN 3525) – spring only every other year 

    • CVEN 3708 Geotechnical Engineering 1 (PR: CVEN 3161)                            

Lighting, electrical systems

  • Strongly recommended:              

    • AREN 4130 Optical Design (PR: AREN 3540) – fall only                                                        

    • AREN 4620 Adaptive Lighting Systems (PR: AREN 4550) – fall only

  • Recommended:                            

    • AREN 4530 Advanced Lighting Design (PR: AREN 4550) – spring only

    • AREN 4560 Luminous Radiative Transfer (PR: AREN 3540) – spring only

Mechanical systems

  • AREN 4010 Energy System Modeling & Control (PR: AREN 4110) – fall only, intermittent 
  • AREN 4890 Sustainable Building Design (PR: AREN 3010) – fall only, intermittent 
  • AREN 4990 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analysis (PR: AREN 2120, APPM 2360) – intermittent 
  • AREN 5020 Building Energy Audits (PR: AREN 3010) – spring only, intermittent 
  • AREN 5080 Computer Simulation of Building Systems (PR: AREN 3010) – spring only, intermittent 

Structural systems 

  • Strongly recommended:             

    • CVEN 4545 Steel Design (PR: CVEN 3525) – spring only                                                      

    • CVEN 4555 Reinforced Concrete Design (PR: CVEN 3525) – fall only

  • Recommended:                            

    • CVEN 4565 Design of Wood Structures (PR: CVEN 3525) – spring only every other year 

  • Other options:                              

    • AREN 4315 Masonry Design (PR: CVEN 3525) – spring only every other year 
    • AREN 5660 Embodied Carbon in Buildings (instructor consent) – spring only    
    • CVEN 4161 Mechanics of Materials II (PR: CVEN 3161) – fall only