Students should come to their Prescheduling appointment with several alternative choices in mind in case one of their first three choices is closed. Students may add a fourth course at the start of the Winter term. This will be permitted only if the prior term academic index was at least 3.00 with a full course load, or upon submission of the appropriate approval form available from the Registrar's Office or the Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Studies. An interdisciplinary introduction to the technology of construction and the social uses of building by humans. The course will consider types of building materials and their application to domestic housing, castles, cathedrals, palaces, monuments, dams, bridges, tunnels, factories, and office buildings.
Content varies from year to year.
Preference given to Sophomores and Juniors Environmental Studies majors. Specific topics are announced by the instructor. Geologic evidence related to these events will be central to the course. An interdisciplinary introduction to the technology of construction and the social uses of building by humans. The course will consider types of building materials and their application to domestic housing, castles, cathedrals, palaces, monuments, dams, bridges, tunnels, factories, and office buildings.