Skip to main content

Official website

of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

The .gov means it's official.

Local, state, and federal government websites often end in .gov. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania government websites and email systems use "pennsylvania.gov" or "pa.gov" at the end of the address. Before sharing sensitive or personal information, make sure you're on an official state website. 

Course Search Results

  • ACLS 050: Introduction to Academic Literacy

    6.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This integrated and accelerated reading and writing course provides intensive practice with critical thinking, reading, and writing in a supportive, collaborative environment. It helps students develop the reading and writing skills necessary to succeed in English I and other college level courses. Students will engage in the reading and writing processes. They will learn and apply the strategies and develop the skills needed to understand challenging academic reading and to write academic essays. This course is graded R1 Released to ENGL 101, R2 Released to ENGL 027 and ENGL 101, or N Not-released. Prereq. - Placement as determined by the Reading and English departments through testing.
    ShareACLS 050 - Introduction to Academic Literacy

  • ARCH 100: Architecture History I - Antiquity to 1870

    3.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This course focuses on understanding the physical environment through the study of dominant architectural attitudes, forms, and functions as influenced by the social, cultural, historical and philosophical determinants of architecture through the ages. This course will also bridge architectural continuity with the past, and its relation to the present. Students will learn methods of historical inquiry and comparative analysis with an emphasis on classical and neoclassical periods. Restricted to Architecture and Interior Design majors. Core: AH. Offered fall semester only.
    ShareARCH 100 - Architecture History I - Antiquity to 1870

  • ARCH 101: Architectural Graphics I

    3.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    The basic skills of architectural communication are covered with emphasis on developing design drawings and visualization skills and their relationship to the design process. This course explores both freehand and drafted methods including projections in orthographic and paraline drawings, including shades and shadows. Special emphasis is placed on freehand perspective drawing as a design tool. The exploration of paraline and perspective drawings on the computer are introduced as a means of enhancing freehand skills; model making skills. Offered fall semester only.
    ShareARCH 101 - Architectural Graphics I

  • ARCH 110: Architecture Design Studio I

    3.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This is the first studio in a four-semester foundation design studio sequence. It is an introduction to the fundamental principles of design, design vocabulary and design process. Studio projects include a range of both two- and three-dimensional abstract exercises architectonic in nature. Organizing systems will be explored in accompaniment with the study of historical precedents. Emphasis is placed on graphic communication and model making. Offered fall semester only.
    ShareARCH 110 - Architecture Design Studio I

  • ARCH 121: Architectural Graphics II

    3.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    Students will continue development of the graphic language of architecture with an emphasis placed on different hand skills with orthographic drawings extended to the formal language of architecture and developed into formal plans, elevations, sections and details, linework, notation, dimensioning, material indication and sheet layout. Different types of drawings are incorporated as tools during the design process. Computer and hand skills are used as tools in the exploration of diagrammatic, other analytical drawings and model making. Offered spring semester only.
    ShareARCH 121 - Architectural Graphics II

  • ARCH 150: Architecture Design Studio II (Digital)

    3.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This Digital studio-making course transitions from abstract principles to architectural projects adding issues of function, space, surface and structure. The course is a continued emphasis on understanding and developing design process and historical precedent. Students will learn basic programmatic research; use of the program Autodesk Revit in the digital environment for fundamental techniques required to visualize three-dimensional spaces and objects as an integral part of the design process. Students will develop the ability to create computer generated design process drawings/models including perspective, plans, sections, isometrics and axonometrics as a means to solving design problems. Offered spring semester only.
    ShareARCH 150 - Architecture Design Studio II (Digital)

  • ARCH 155: Architecture History II - 1870 to Present

    3.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This course covers the history and theory of the modern era. Methods of historical inquiry and comparative analysis are incorporated. Emphasis is placed on the modern movement, particularly recent movements in architecture and their impact on current thinking. Restricted to Architecture and Interior design majors. Core: SIT. Offered spring semester only.
    ShareARCH 155 - Architecture History II - 1870 to Present

  • ARCH 200: Architecture Internship

    3.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    Qualified students may choose the option of the Architecture Internship and apply their practical office experience to their education for credit. Students must be working under the direction of an employer with a professional degree in Architecture. Arrangements will be made through the Architecture Department.
    ShareARCH 200 - Architecture Internship

  • ARCH 204: Design and Analysis of Structural Form

    3.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This course focuses on the fundamental concepts of statics, forms and forces for a spectrum of architectural structures including a non- calculus approach in structural analysis incorporating both graphic representation and basic numeric investigation, with particular emphasis on the impact of structure on design and the study of structures through full scale model building. Offered fall semester only
    ShareARCH 204 - Design and Analysis of Structural Form

  • ARCH 210: Architecture Design Studio III

    5.00 Credits
    Northampton County Area Community College

    This course is the continued development of design vocabulary and design process with emphasis on further development of architectural projects considering program, site and context reinforced by historical precedent; use of materials and structure and their impact on design. Specific emphasis will be on conceptualization and the importance of the building 'parti'; traditional model making; appropriate use of both traditional graphic representation as well as the computer as a design tool during the design process. Students will complete written research papers on design problems and historical precedent as part of the exploration process. Offered fall semester only.
    ShareARCH 210 - Architecture Design Studio III
(external site) (opens in a new tab)