SYLLABUS
ARCHITECTURE 511L
FALL, 2013
MONDAYS / 6:40 PM to 10:00 PM
RONALD TUTOR HALL, ROOM 115
TEXTS: Fundamentals of Building Construction
Materials and Methods
Fifth Edition, 2009
Edward Allen and Joseph Iano
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISBN 978-0-470-07468-8
Mechanical and Electrical Systems in Buildings
Fourth Edition, 2009
Richard Janis and William Tao
Published by Pearson/Prentice Hall
ISBN 978-0-13-513013-1
Professor Len Marvin, AIA, CSI, CCCA, CMAA, LEED GA
Quality Control Manager
URS
(213) 996-2487 / Office Phone
7:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday thru Thursday
7:00 AM to 3:00 PM Friday
USC Office Hours:
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM on Mondays in Tutor Hall Cafe
GRADING CRITERIA:
Attendance and Attitude: 5%
Classroom Participation: 5%
Chapter Projects: 45%
Chapter Quizzes: 45%
Jobsite Visits Half a letter grade deducted for each missed site visit
COUSRE CONTENT:
A. Objectives:
1. Develop an understanding of building materials and assemblies and their characteristics, impacts and performance.
2. Develop an understanding of building envelopes and their performance and aesthetics.
3. Develop an understanding of environmental systems relative to heating, cooling, daylighting, acoustics and performance.
4. Develop an understanding of the financial implications of building components and building systems.
5. Become familiar with construction principles.
6. Develop knowledge and skills for practicing the profession of architecture and construction.
B. Instruction:
1. Includes lectures, reading assignments, projects and quizzes and jobsite visits.
2. Students are expected to fully participate in classroom discussions.
3. Students are expected to attend all three jobsite tours.
4. Tardiness will not be tolerated.
5. Absences are excused only with prior approval via e-mail and/or telephone. Two (2) unexcused absences will result in a failure grade.
6. Cell phones and pagers must be turned off during class.
C. Reading Assignments:
1. Reading assignments are identified on the course outline.
2. It is important to keep up with the reading since the classroom discussions, projects and quizzes are based upon the reading assignments.
D. Chapter Projects:
1. Chapter projects will be drawings relating to each specific weekly topic.
2. Students will become familiar with building components by preparing these specific weekly topic drawings.
3. All chapter projects (meaning all drawings) must be completely done.
4. All chapter projects (meaning all drawings for each week) must be turned in on the assigned date.
5. All drawings must be original drawings. Copies will not be accepted.
6. All drawings must be submitted in an 8-1/2” x 11” format.
E. Chapter Quizzes:
1. Each item in each quiz must be completed.
2. The quizzes must be taken on the date listed in the course outline.
3. Quizzes cannot be made up at an earlier date or a later date.
F. Field Trips
During the semester, we will visit several construction sites to conduct research studies, discussions and on-site observation of projects under construction.
These construction site visits will be scheduled outside of class time on Saturday mornings. We will announce these field trips in the class syllabus.
G. Students with Disabilities:
Any student requesting academic accommodations based upon a disability is required to register with Disability Services and Programs (DSP) each semester. A letter of verification for approved accommodations can be obtained from DSP. Please be sure the letter is delivered to me as early in the semester as possible. Your letter must be specific as to the nature of the accommodations granted. DSP is located in STU 301 and is open from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. The telephone number for DSP is (213) 740-0776.
H. Academic Integrity:
The University, as an instrument of learning, is predicated on the existence of an element of integrity. As members of the academic community, faculty, students and administrative officials share the responsibility for maintaining this environment. Faculty have the primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining an atmosphere and attitude of academic integrity such that the learning environment may flourish in an open and honest manner. Students share this responsibility for maintaining standards of academic performance and classroom behavior conductive to the learning process. Administrative officials are responsible for the establishment and maintenance of procedures to support and enforce those academic standards. Thus, the entire University
community bears the responsibility for maintaining an environment of integrity and for taking the appropriate action to sanction individuals involved in a violation. When there is a clear indication that any individual is unwilling or unable to support these standards, the individual should not be allowed to remain at the University.
Academic dishonest includes:
a. Examination behavior – any use of external assistance during an examination or quiz shall be considered academically dishonest unless expressly permitted by the teacher.
b. Fabrication – any intentional falsification or invention of data or citation in an academic exercise will be considered a violation of academic integrity.
c. Plagiarism – the appropriation and subsequent passing off of another’s ideas, words, or work as one’s one. If the ideas, words or work or another are used, acknowledgement of the original source must be made through recognized referencing practices.
d. The use of quizzes or homework assignments from previous classes or previous semesters is strictly prohibited. Students using quizzes or homework assignments from previous classes or semesters shall receive a grade of F for the class.
e. Other types of Academic Dishonesty – submitting a paper or assignment written by or obtained from another, using a paper or essay in more than one class without the teacher’s express permission, obtaining a copy of an examination or quiz in advance without the knowledge and consent of the teacher, changing academic records outside of normal procedures and/or petitions, using another person to complete homework assignments, take-home exams or chapter projects without the knowledge and consent of the teacher.
The use of unauthorized material or communication with a fellow student or students for quizzes and examinations, attempting to benefit from work of another student, past or present or similar behavior that defeats the intent of the quiz or examination, is unacceptable to the University. It is often difficult to distinguish between a culpable act and inadvertent behavior resulting from nervous tensions accompanying quizzes and examinations. However, where a clear violation has occurred, the instructor may disqualify the student’s work as unacceptable and assign a failing mark for the assignment, quiz or examination.
I. Distance Education Network (DEN) Class:
1. This class is a DEN class with both in-class students and DEN students taking the same class.
2. DEN students may access the class in real time and in-class students may access the class beginning about 15 minutes after the end of the class.
3. Only DEN students may take the weekly quizzes online. In-class students must take the weekly quizzes in class.
4. Both in-class students and DEN students will be taking the weekly quizzes at the start of each class. DEN students will be taking the weekly quizzes online thru DEN with the weekly quizzes available from 6:40 PM to 7:05 PM each week.
5. In-class students will turn-in the weekly assignments at the start of each class. DEN students will email me their weekly assignments by no later than 4:30 PM (PST) every Thursday and shall use my build-laccd email address.
6. In-class students will receive the previous week’s quiz and assignment at the start of each class. DEN students will be sent the previous week’s quiz and assignment from DEN.
7. In-class students and DEN students may contact me using either my build-laccd email address Monday thru Friday or my USC email address on Saturday and Sunday.
8. DEN students are welcome to attend the three jobsite tours with the in-class students. If a DEN student cannot attend the jobsite tours, DEN students are required to make three jobsite tours of projects in their area similar in size to the projects we will be visiting.
J. Accreditation Statement:
The USC School of Architecture’s five year BARCH degree and the two year M.ARCH degree are accredited professional architectural degree programs. All students can access and review the NAAB Conditions of Accreditation (including the Student Performance Criteria) on the NAAB website at http://www.naab.org/accreditation/2009_Conditions.aspx.
K. Course Outline:
1. Monday, August 26, 2013 Introduction Buy Books
Distribute Syllabus Read Syllabus
Discuss Class Outline and Objectives Read Chapters1 & 2
2. Monday, September 2, 2013 NO CLASS / LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
3. Monday, September 9, 2013 BUILDING CODES AND FOUNDATION SYSTEMS
Discuss Chapters 1 & 2 Read Chapters 13, 14 & 15
Work on Chapters 1 & 2 Project Finish Chapters 1 & 2 Project
Study for Quiz on Chapters 1 & 2
4. Monday, September 16, 2013 CONCRETE SYSTEMS
Discuss/Submit Chapters 1 & 2 Project Read Chapters 11 & 12 Quiz on Chapters 1 & 2 Finish Chapters 13, 14 & 15 Project
Discuss Chapters 13, 14 & 15 Study for Quiz on Chapters 13, 14 & 15
Work on Chapters 13, 14 & 15 Project
5. Saturday, September 21, 2013 SATURDAY JOBSITE TOUR (9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon)
6. Monday, September 23, 2013 STRUCTURAL STEEL AND STEEL WALL FRAMING
Discuss/Submit Chapter s 13, 14 & 15 Project Read Chapters 3, 4 & 5 Quiz on Chapters 13, 14 & 15 Finish Chapters 11 & 12 Project
Discuss Chapters 11 & 12 Study for Quiz on Chapters 11 & 12
Work on Chapters 11 & 12 Project
7. Monday, September 30, 2013 WOOD FRAMING SYSTEMS AND HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION
Discuss/Submit Chapters 11 & 12 Project Read Chapters 8, 9 & 10 Quiz on Chapters 11 & 12 Finish Chapters 3, 4 & 5 Project
Discuss Chapters 3, 4 & 5 Study for Quiz on Chapters 3, 4 & 5
Work on Chapters 3, 4 & 5 Project
8. Monday, October 7, 2013 BRICK MASONRY, CONCRETE MASONRY AND STONE
Discuss/Submit Chapters 3, 4 & 5 Project Read Chapter 16 Quiz on Chapters 3, 4 & 5 Finish Chapters 8, 9 & 10 Project
Discuss Chapters 8, 9 & 10 Study for Quiz on Chapters 8, 9 & 10
Work on Chapters 8, 9 & 10 Project
9. Monday, October 14, 2013 ROOFING SYSTEMS AND WATERPROOFING
Discuss/Submit Chapters 8, 9 & 10 Project Read Chapters 6, 19, 20 & 21 Quiz on Chapters 8, 9 & 10 Finish Chapter 16 Project
Discuss Chapter 16 Study for Quiz on Chapter 16
Work on Chapter 16 Project
10. Saturday, October 19, 2013 SATURDAY JOBSITE TOUR (9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon)
11. Monday, October 21, 2013 EXTERIOR CLADDING SYSTEMS
Discuss/Submit Chapter 16 Project Read Chapters 17 & 18 Quiz on Chapter 16 Finish Chapters 6, 19, 20 & 21 Project
Discuss Chapters 6, 19, 20 & 21 Study for Quiz on Chapters 6, 19, 20 & 21
Work on Chapters 6, 19, 20 & 21 Project
12. Monday, October 28, 2013 DOORS AND WINDOWS AND GLAZING
Discuss/Submit Chapters 6, 19, 20 & 21 Project Read Chapters 7, 22, 23 & 24 Quiz on Chapters 6, 19, 20 & 21 Finish Chapters 17 & 18 Project
Discuss Chapters 17 & 18 Study for Quiz on Chapters 17 & 18
Work on Chapters 17 & 18 Project
13. Monday, November 4, 2013 INTERIOR FINISH SYSTEMS
Discuss/Submit Chapters 17 & 18 Project Read Chapters MEP 2 thru 6 Quiz on Chapters 17 & 18 Finish Chapters 7, 22, 23 & 24 Project
Discuss Chapters 7, 22, 23 & 24 Study for Quiz on Chapters 7, 22, 23 & 24
Work on Chapters 7, 22, 23 & 24 Project
14. Monday, November 11, 2013 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
Discuss/Submit Chapters 7, 22, 23 & 24 Project Read Chapters MEP 7, 8 & 9 Quiz on Chapters 7, 22, 23 & 24 Finish Chapters MEP 2 thru 6 Project
Discuss Chapters MEP 2 thru 6 Study for Quiz on Chapters MEP 2 thru 6
Work on Chapters MEP 2 thru 6 Project
15. Saturday, November 16, 2013 SATURDAY JOBSITE TOUR (9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon)
16. Monday, November 18, 20123 PLUMBING SYSTEMS
Discuss/Submit Chapters MEP 2 thru 6 Project Read Chapters MEP10 thru 13 & 15 Quiz on Chapters MEP 2 thru 6 Finish Chapters MEP 7, 8 & 9 Project
Discuss Chapters MEP 7, 8 & 9 Study for Quiz on Chapters MEP 7, 8 & 9
Work on Chapters MEP 7, 8 & 9 Project
17. Monday, November 25, 2013 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
1 Discuss/Submit Chapters MEP 7, 8 & 9 Project Read a good book Quiz on Chapters MEP 7, 8 & 9 Finish Chapters MEP 10 thru 13 &15 Project
Discuss Chapters MEP 10 thru 13 & 15 Study for Quiz on Chapters MEP 10 thru 13 & 15
Work on Chapters MEP 10 thru 13&15 Project
18. Monday, December 2, 2013 LAST CLASS
Discuss/Submit Chapters MEP 10 thru 13 & 15 Project Have a happy life
Quiz on Chapters MEP 10 thru 13 & 15 Have a healthy life Discuss general items Have a successful career
Last day of class
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