4th year
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Courses
- Architecture FALL
Architectural Design V (Urban Design Studio): ARCH 471
Structures II: ARCH 443
Environmental Control Systems Passive Principles: ARCH 453
Architecture History/Theory Seminar: ARCH 72x
- Landscape Architecture FALL
Advanced Landscape Architecture I (Urban Design Studio): LA 471
Site Development and Detailing III: LA 441
- Architecture SPRING
Architectural Design VI (High Rise Studio): Arch 472
Environmental Control Systems Active Principles: ARCH 454
Architecture History/Theory Seminar: ARCH 72x
- Landscape Architecture SPRING
Advanced Landscape Architecture II (Studio): LA 472
Contemporary Issues in Landscape Architecture: LA 491
Landscape Planning/Theory (Fieldtrip): LA 552
Repeat Trips and Projects
Urban Design Studio resources
High Rise Studio resources
San Francisco Trip Information
LHB Scholar Program
KKE Vision Award
Thesis Preparation Resources
Important Links for Fourth Year Students
Future Link to Portfolio Resources
Student Organizations Resources
Other Good Things to Know
Financial Aid information can be found at NDSU's Financial Aid website or in the Financial Aid office
- The NDSU Financial Aid homepage for forms, eligibility, application information, scholarships, and loan counciling
- The office of Student Financial Services can be found in 202 Ceres Hall
Program Fee information
- Program fees for this major begin in second year when you are accepted into the program.
- The fees are 1/3 of the cost of tuition.
- Your fees cover many valuable tools available to our major's students only, including: part of the cost for our class studio trips; the RCDC labs equipt with the latest software, scanners, printers, and plotters; the laser cutter; Ben Bernard (our personal computer technician); and much more.
Need to know the bus schedules?
- NDSU students can ride any MAT bus free of charge with their NDSU student ID card
- ndsu students going from campus to downtown or visa-versa should be riding either 13A (a longer route) or 13B (a shorter route)
- The official MAT bus website for much more information about the service and how to use it
- Fargo MAT bus route schedule for all the routes around Fargo
- Moorhead MAT bus route schedule for all the routes around Moorhead
- The mat bus schedules are also posted at the bus stop shelters
- Printed copies are available at the Memorial Union (MU), Downtown Campus, The Ground Transportation Center (GTC), and on all of the buses.
Parking Downtown
- There are 90 minute and 2 hour parking spaces available along many of the streets around downtown campus.
- There is a $3 pay lot located directly east of the downtown building to park there all day long
- There are also private lots around the area with posted information on signs in them on how to buy parking permits from the owner (usually around $40 a month)
The Black Room (Photography Room)
- The Black Room is located on second floor across from the main restrooms.
- It is locked. To use the photograpy room you need to go to the Main Office on first floor of the Downtown building and sign out a key for it. The office is open from 8am-5pm.
- The walls are completely black inside of the room, and you will need to bring your own light sources to use it.
- This is an excellent space to photograph your models for portfolio use.
What do I need to do to Graduate: Getting My BARCH (Audit Process)
- Spring semester of your thrid year you should have filled out a postcard and recieved an audit list of classes you have taken and/or have left to take to graduate.
- You can contact Registration and Records if you did not recieve this information.
- If you have any additional questions or concerns, talk to your advisor about your personal situations.
What does it mean to be an Undergraduate and Graduate Student at the same time?
- You will need to be enrolled as an undergraduate and a graduate student during fourth year.
- You will sign up for your graduate courses as a graduate student and your undergraduate courses as an undergraduate.
- As far as loans and such are concerned, you do NOT qualify for graduate status unless you are taking at least 6 credits of graduate courses PER SEMESTER.
Information about being a Mentor
- Remember having to go downtown and draw your mentors eyes your first year of architecture? Now it is your turn to be drawn!
- Lists will be posted in your respective studio spaces on who all of your mentees will be.
- You will have more than one mentee. Some people have 3 or 4.
- Be nice, you remember how nervous you were?
- Help them draw the map if they are having a difficult time with orientations of the building. It might be their first visit downtown!
- If they ask for advice, be encouraging!
