School of Arts
Architecture

CREATIVITY
Catalog Code: 7IN101
Total Course Hours: 34
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
Definitions; dimensions of creativity; introduction to creative potential development techniques and tools.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: This course provides an introduction to recognizing and developing the student's individual creative potential by encouraging self-knowledge, self-confidence, determination, initiative, freedom and independence. By identifying potential obstacles, the course provides the environment for students to expand their awareness of the creative process, express divergent and convergent ideas, which enables them to create original solutions for their personal and professional lives.

ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING
Catalog Code: 7IN102
Total Course Hours: 68
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
The study and application of graphic elements and the importance of their theory and practice in the development of architectural expression.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To prepare students in the use of drawing resources in architecture according to ABNT standards and general architectural drawing conventions.

GEOMETRIC DRAWING Catalog code: 7IN104
Total Course Hours: 34
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
The study of the graphic mediums and geometric figures used as resources to represent organized space, providing specific training in drawing techniques using instruments.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To develop geometric drawing skills as a basic tool for graphic representation and visualization of solutions for projects.

OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING I Catalog code: 7IN103
Total Course Hours: 68
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
Drawing theory and practice: processes, resources and graphic tools, used in the representation and reproduction of objects and space.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: An introduction to graphic expression through interpretation of three-dimensional objects inserted into two-dimensional space and fields.

URBAN ECOLOGY Catalog code: 7PJ105
Total Course Hours: 68
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
An introduction to urban environmental issues through the development of concepts and analysis at the local, regional and national levels, taking into consideration the permanent interrelation between social and natural processes within an urban setting.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
General objective:
- To train future architects and urban planners to create environmentally sound interventions in natural and urban spaces.
Specific objectives:
- To study the existing relations between the population and urban environment;
- Encourage the understanding of the main urban social-environmental problems in Brazil;
- To identify and discuss possible solutions to social-environmental problems in Brazil.

BASIC PHYSICS Catalog code: 7TC106
Total Course Hours: 68
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
Concepts of dimensional analysis; Concepts of material point equilibrium and rigid body dynamics; Concepts of heat, focusing on thermal comfort in buildings.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To learn, develop, improve and apply concepts from physics used in related coursework.

ART HISTORY I Catalog code: 7HS107
Total Course Hours: 68
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
An analysis of art history using its study methodologies. Prehistoric and ancient art.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To introduce students to artistic production trends to develop a critical analysis of art by creating connections between various historical moments by studying the aesthetic concepts involved in the artistic production process.

ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM HISTORY AND THEORY I Catalog code: 7HS108
Total Course Hours: 34
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
An introduction to principles and study methods of architecture and urban planning projects, concentrating on theory to provide a basic knowledge of concepts, authors and work needed for a practical understanding of the subject.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To provide students with a background in theory that enables them to have a broad view of the history and theory of architecture and its interaction with technical issues and the project.

INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM Catalog code: 7PJ109
Total Course Hours: 68
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
A study and analysis of building space structuring and its components to provide an understanding and formalization of spatial organization to meet a set of needs.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Development of the creative process by guiding and disciplining reasoning for enhanced understanding of architectural urban space.

MATHEMATICS Catalog code: 7IN110
Total Course Hours: 34
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
Plane and volume geometry; trigonometry; quadratic functions and cones; introduction to differential and integral calculus.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To review and apply high school geometry and trigonometry concepts to construction and architectural elements, and to apply concepts from differential and integral calculus to architectural elements.

VISUAL METHODOLOGY Catalog code: 7IN111
Total Course Hours: 68
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
An introduction to visual construction elements for two-dimensional construction. Creation and expression of a visual arts vocabulary.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Development of perception and analysis criteria that serve as a basis for the creation of individual expression in order to create an autonomous project within a specific area through practical and analytical assignments that can be checked and evaluated.

ARCHITECTURE I Catalog code: 7PJ201
Total Course Hours: 68
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
A study of the cultural, social, economic and technological aspects of architecture.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To develop learning and practice of architecture using a systematic methodology. Encourage students to think of architecture as a whole by working on basic programs.

ENVIRONMENTAL COMFORT Catalog code: 7TC202
Total Course Hours: 68
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
Acoustics, lighting and energy.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: In light of the energy crisis, new ideas for thermal conditioning for living and industrial spaces for winter and summer have emerged. Man has been obsessed by technology and has not taken notice of the natural resources at his disposal for his thermal comfort. The objective of this course is to discuss and explain the environmental physical phenomena that provide the following: appropriate protection from the sun in summer; insulation from changes in temperatures using materials with great thermal inertia properties; ventilation, using air from favorable microclimates; making use of insulation in winter; the rational insulation of external surfaces to protect living spaces against undesirable heat exchanges.
The goal is to take advantage of favorable natural conditions, which improve thermal comfort and increase the use of simple construction techniques.

ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING II Catalog code: 7IN203
Total Course Hours: 68
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
A study and application of drawing elements and related theory and practice, which are important for the development of architectural expression.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To provide technical, practical and normative knowledge for drawing, developing and executing a detailed architectural project.

OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING II Catalog code: 7IN204
Total Course Hours: 34
Second Semester Course  

SUMMARY
Development of drawing skills for spatial organization, making use of form and color resources for a specific aesthetic purpose.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Observational drawing as a means of exercising visual perception. Exploration of qualities and properties of drawing: light, shape, color and space. Drawing as an instrument for observing the human figure and its surroundings.

SOCIAL-ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES I Catalog code: 7PJ205
Total Course Hours: 34
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
Development of methodology and practice for the preparation of environmental analysis in urban areas with an emphasis on analysis of relations between environment and society in urban settings.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
General Objective: To enable future architects and urban planners to organize urban environmental analysis.
Specific Objectives: To analyze urban areas, classifying them physically, demographically, socially and economically; to study the interface between the natural and social processes within the urban setting; to analyze the environmental and landscape transformations throughout time.

DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY Catalog code: 7IN206
Total Course Hours: 68
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
A study of the conceptual elements of projective geometry, particularly octagonal projections and their theoretical and practical applications as a basic resource for the understanding, representation and production of the architectural object.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To provide basic knowledge of the most important projection systems for correct geometric and mathematical representation of any architectural element found in any blueprint, cross section, elevation or perspective.

ART HISTORY II Catalog code: 7HS207
Total Course Hours: 34
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
A introduction to historical, social and visual aspects of the Middle Ages and the Modern Age.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To introduce and guide students through the artistic production trends in order to develop critical analysis of art, creating perceptive connections between various moments in history through the study of aesthetic concepts involved in artistic production.

ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM HISTORY AND THEORY II Catalog code: 7HS208
Total Course Hours: 34
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
A study of construction concepts and principles of ancient architecture and urban planning up to the Greco-Roman period.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To introduce students to construction concepts and principles of ancient architecture and urban planning up to the Greco-Roman period, concentrating on the period's most important projects and works.

BASIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS Catalog code: 7TC209
Total Course Hours: 34
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
An introduction to basic construction materials; the components of a building and their function and use; the diverse types of enclosures, roofing, structural elements, etc., and their application and impact on the environment.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To provide an understanding of the ecological, technical and economical aspects of basic materials, construction techniques and structures.

TOPOGRAPHY Catalog code: 7IN210
Total Course Hours: 68
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
Planimetric-topographic representation; topographic geometry; topographic triangulation; location; topographic drawing; understanding of altimetric measurements; differences in level; the importance of leveling, area calculation of cut/fill volume; altimetric drawing; altimetric and planimetric

projects. COURSE OBJECTIVES: To introduce topography through the observation of landscape, reconnaissance, surveys and mathematical understanding of the topographic dimensioning for projects on a micro and macro scale (building and urban planning); to understand the subject's concepts, their origins and importance for the student's future work and other coursework.

URBANISM I Catalog code: 7PJ211
Total Course Hours: 68
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
A study of the physical aspects and legal entities responsible for the structure and morphology of urban spaces and their application in project activities.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To introduce students to the main problems related to urban living and the correct use of urban planning terminology in order to develop rehabilitation projects for less complex urban sectors.

ACOUSTICS Catalog code: 7TC301
Total Course Hours: 34
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
A study of the basic theory and practice of the main concepts and applications of acoustics related to construction in general, and with special environments such as auditoriums and theaters. Discussion of urban noise problems.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To provide students with theory criteria and project tools for the solution of many problems related to architectural acoustics.

ARCHITECTURE II Catalog code: 7PJ302
Total Course Hours: 68
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
Definition of the project through study, analysis and understanding of a functional needs program.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To introduce architecture project methodology through the development of less complex architectural projects.

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS IN CONSTRUCTION Catalog code: 7TC303
Total Course Hours: 34
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
An introduction to the diverse types of finishing, frames, coating and other architectural elements in a building, their applications and impact on the environment.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To introduce sustainability concepts of construction material and the importance of recycling; to understand finishing materials and technical and economic aspects of construction techniques and their execution.

SOCIAL-ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES II Catalog code: 7PJ304
Total Course Hours: 34
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
Development of methodology and practice for the development of strategies and area guidelines with the goal of improving urban environmental conditions.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
General objective:
To enable future architects and urban planners to prepare strategies and guidelines for the improvement of the urban environment.
Specific objectives:
- To analyze the environmental problems resulting from land occupation.
- To introduce environmental planning methods and techniques.
- To develop environmental planning tools by joining strategy, guidelines and plans that share the goal of improving urban environment quality.

ART HISTORY III Catalog code: 7HS305
Total Course Hours: 34
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
An introduction to historical, social and visual aspects of the Renaissance and the Baroque and Rococo periods.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To provide students with theory on art from the Renaissance and the Baroque and Rococo periods, concentrating on the most important works from these periods.

ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM HISTORY AND THEORY III Catalog code: 7HS306
Total Course Hours: 34
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
A study of the concepts and principles of medieval architecture and urban planning.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To encourage students' interest in the architecture of the past by providing research tools and information allowing for the identification of the principal characteristics of urban architectural production of the Middle Ages in the West. The course is designed to contribute to the education of future architects and influence the quality of future architectural projects.

COMPUTER SCIENCE I Catalog code: 7IN307
Total Course Hours: 68
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
An introduction to techniques of representing construction space using graphic computer equipment.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To provide students with the basic theory and concepts of graphic computers which are instrumental for representing the construction space for the semester's required project.

STRUCTURE MORPHOLOGY Catalog code: 7TC309
Total Course Hours: 34
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
Structure forms and their equilibrium behavior; study of linear structures; flat structures and three-dimensional structures; loads that act on structures; determining support reactions; internal stress.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To provide students with knowledge of forms and structure types and how to analyze and evaluate stress from different types of loads.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN I Catalog code: 7PJ310
Total Course Hours: 34
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
To provide basic environmental concepts for critical interpretation of cultural landscape; to introduce references for students' graphic expression; to develop landscape design projects for contextualized urban plots.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
To encourage the student's awareness of landscape and its contextual interpretation; to develop the skills needed to create projects in open spaces in buildings and on urban plots according to an environmental landscape integrated with the building and its context following a determined program using an appropriate form of graphic expression.

URBANISM II Catalog code: 7PJ311
Total Course Hours: 68
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
Definition of urban space through the analysis and understanding of functional, environmental and behavioral aspects.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To understand city planning through analysis of the physical means, legislation, urban projects and economical and social processes of its formation and transformation.

ARCHITECTURE III
Catalog code: 7PJ401
Total Course Hours: 68
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Exercising the architectural project by study, analysis and comprehension of a simple functional program, the physical environment and the techniques involved in building at the level of preliminary design.

MASONRY STRUCTURES
Catalog code: 7TC402
Total Course Hours: 34
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of traditional masonry construction forms: arches, vaults and other Structural Masonry forms. Vernacular architecture and its environmental impact.

ART HISTORY IV
Catalog code: 7HS403
Total Course Hours: 34
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Knowledge of the historical, social and visual aspects from the romanticism to the avant-garde of the twentieth century.

ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM HISTORY AND THEORY IV
Catalog code: 7HS404
Total Course Hours: 34
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of the concepts and constructive principles of architecture and urbanism in the Renaissance.

COMPUTER SCIENCE II
Catalog code: 7IN405
Total Course Hours: 68
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Development of space representation techniques built through graphic computing resources.

ELECTRIC BUILDING FACILITIES
Catalog code: 7TC406
Total Course Hours: 34
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of the residential wiring project and introduction to building wiring project fundamentals.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN II
Catalog code: 7PJ407
Total Course Hours: 68
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Landscape concept. Natural landscape and cultural landscape. Natural processes of landscape modifications. Planning methodology in landscaping.

URBAN PLANNING I
Catalog code: 7PJ408
Total Course Hours: 34
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Conceptualization of urban and regional planning and historic evolution of cities.

VISUAL PROGRAMMING
Catalog code: 7PJ409
Total Course Hours: 34
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of techniques, instrument and project’s graphic representation resources.

URBANISM III
Catalog code: 7PJ410
Total Course Hours: 68
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Exercise of urban space project: formulation and evaluation of spatial organization alternatives. 

ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS
Catalog code: 7OP401
Total Course Hours: 34
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Photographic language study and its application in architecture and urban space registration and documentation.

ILLUMINATION
Catalog code: 7OP402
Total Course Hours: 34
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Natural and artificial light and its influence in the architectural space.

ARCHITECTURE IV
Catalog code: 7PJ501
Total Course Hours: 68
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Exercising the architectural project by study, analysis and comprehension of a medium complexity functional program, the physical environment and the techniques involved in edification, in a basic project level.

WOOD STRUCTURES
Catalog Code: 7TC502
Total Course Hours: 34
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of the physical and mechanic properties of wood and its application in the architectural work. Sustainable handling of wood and the environmental impacts caused by the use of the material in architectural work.

ART HISTORY V
Catalog Code: 7HS503
Total Course Hours: 34
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Knowledge of the historical, social and visual aspects of art from the avant-garde of the twentieth century to date.
 

SCHOOL OF ARTS
ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM HISTORY AND THEORY V
Catalog Code: 7HS504
Total Course Hours: 34
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of the concepts and constructive principles of architecture and urbanism from the Renaissance to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
 

COMPUTER SCIENCE III
Catalog Code: 7IN505
Total Course Hours: 34
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Introduction to the techniques of space built in 3D simulation computing models representation.

HYDRAULIC BUILDING FACILITIES
Catalog Code: 7TC506
Total Course Hours: 34
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Basic knowledge on building plumbing. 

LANDSCAPE DESIGN III
Catalog Code: 7PJ507
Total Course Hours: 68
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Intervention in urban landscape. Landscaping projects linked to the Green urban areas systems: urban, metropolitan, thematic parks and reserve areas.

URBAN PLANNING II
Catalog Code: 7PJ508
Total Course Hours: 68
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Urban Planning II – 7PJ508 – 68h
Introduction to regional urban problem investigations. Fundamental types of regions and basic criteria of regional division.

VISUAL PROGRAMMING II
Catalog Code: 7PJ509
Total Course Hours: 34
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Visual message organization. Visual language and its expression as a mean of communication.

URBANISM IV
Catalog Code: 7PJ510
Total Course Hours: 68
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Exercise of urban space project: formulation, evaluation and alternative organization of restricted range space.

CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE (ELECTIVE)
Catalog Code: 7OP501
Total Course Hours: 34
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of the world’s recent architecture trends through case studies, seminars and lectures by guest architects.

SCENOGRAPHY (ELECTIVE)
Catalog Code: 7OP502
Total Course Hours: 34
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Scenography architecture, concept and project execution. Theoretical and practice approach on themes linked to the arts and various exhibition spaces.

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE I
Catalog Code: 7PJ602
Total Course Hours: 68
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Introduction to interior architecture project emphasizing matters of finishing materials, furniture and its integration within the architectural space.

ARCHITECTURE V
Catalog Code: 7PJ601
Total Course Hours: 68
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Exercising the architectural project by study, analysis and comprehension of a medium complexity panorama, in a basic project level linked to urban function.

CONCRETE STRUCTURES
Catalog Code: 7TC603
Total Course Hours: 34
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Global stability of Reinforced Concrete structures; structure solutions on cast concrete, pre-stressed concrete and pre-casted concrete. Armor building arrangement. Sizing study.

ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM HISTORY AND THEORY VI
Catalog Code: 7HS604
Total Course Hours: 34
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of the concepts and constructive principles of architecture and urbanism in the 19th century until Europe’s Modernism.

URBAN PLANNING III
Catalog Code: 7PJ605
Total Course Hours: 68
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Methodology of regional, integral and territorial planning. The urban fact in the regional scope.

OBJECT PROJECT I
Catalog Code: 7PJ606
Total Course Hours: 34
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Object study: historic, theoretical, social-cultural and anthropometric aspects.
 

NATURAL RESOURCES RATIONALIZATION
Catalog Code: 7TC607
Total Course Hours: 68
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Sizing and planning of water supply systems, sewage and sewerage, buildings acclimatization seeking the optimization of natural resources use and waste reduction.
 

RETROSPECTIVE TECHNIQUES I
Catalog Code: 7PJ608
Total Course Hours: 34
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of materials and techniques throughout history and study of social economic context.

URBANISM V
Catalog Code: 7PJ609
Total Course Hours: 68
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Exercise of urban space project: formulation, evaluation and alternative organization of local range space.

ELECTRONIC MODELS (ELECTIVE)
Catalog Code: 7OP601
Total Course Hours: 34
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Preparation of urban and architectural space simulations through digital tools.

URBAN SIGNALING
Catalog Code: 7OP602
Total Course Hours: 34
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Grants for initiation to building and urban space visual programming.
 

ARCHITECTURE VI
Catalog Code: 7PJ701
Total Course Hours: 136
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
Exercising the architectural project by study, analysis and comprehension of a medium complexity functional program, in a detailed project level linked to urban function.

METAL STRUCTURES
Catalog Code: 7TC702
Total Course Hours: 34
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of the basic concepts of metal structures for the development of projects on steel structures through the use of concepts, techniques and construction applied language.

ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM HISTORY AND THEORY VII
Catalog Code: 7HS703
Total Course Hours: 34
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of the concepts and constructive principles of architecture and urbanism on the post war era. Analysis of the main architecture and contemporary urbanism trends in an international scope.
 

SOIL MECHANICS
Catalog Code: 7TC704
Total Course Hours: 34
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
Geology study, soil behavior and classification; introduction to support calculus VS. edifications load.

OBJECT PROJECT II
Catalog Code: 7PJ705
Total Course Hours: 68
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
Introduction to market analysis: Technical and economic aspects of industrial object production.

RETROSPECTIVE TECHNIQUES II
Catalog Code: 7PJ706
Total Course Hours: 68
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
Retrospective Techniques II – 7PJ706 – 68h
Study of criteria and concepts connected to intervention methods in pre existing edifications. The preservation of the historic, artistic and cultural memory and the adequacy of old buildings to new programs and/or needs, services and equipments.

URBANISM VI
Catalog Code: 7PJ707
Total Course Hours: 68
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
Exercise of urban space project: formulation, evaluation and alternative organization of local range space.
 

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE VII (ELECTIVE)
Catalog Code: 7OP701
Total Course Hours: 68
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
Interior architecture project emphasizing matters of structural interferences in hydraulic, electric and other building wiring systems and other systems, such as acclimatization.
 

SCHOOL OF ARTS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES (ELECTIVE)
Catalog Code: 7OP702
Total Course Hours: 34
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of new technologies in civil construction and its use in architectural projects. This discipline consists of lectures from specialists in the technologic field and representatives of important companies.

ARCHITECTURE VII
Catalog Code: 7PJ801
Total Course Hours: 136
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Exercising the architectural project by study, analysis and comprehension of a high complexity program, in a detailed project level. Links to urban function incorporating concepts of sustainability and social economic analysis.

INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION
Catalog Code: 7TC802
Total Course Hours: 68
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of the production process of pre made elements in civil construction and its use in architectural projects.

STATISTICS AND RESEARCH
Catalog Code: 7IN803
Total Course Hours: 34
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Comparative studies, statistic conclusion, sampling, probability, data distribution, introduction to simulation concept and its use in architecture planning.

ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM HISTORY AND THEORY VIII
Catalog Code: 7HS804
Total Course Hours: 34
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Analysis of the main architecture and contemporary urbanism international trends, focusing on its outspread in Brazil.
 

SOIL MECHANICS II
Catalog Code: 7TC805
Total Course Hours: 34
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Soil behavior, phenomena and basic Regency principles.

RETROSPECTIVE TECHNIQUES III
Catalog Code: 7PJ806
Total Course Hours: 68
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Notions of restoration of Historic Heritage edifications. Masonry of bricks, mud, adobe and Tudor structures. Recovery and preservation techniques.
 

URBANISM VII
Catalog Code: 7PJ807
Total Course Hours: 68
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Exercise of urban space project: punctuation, evaluation and alternative organization of broad range space.

FURNITURE PROJECT (ELECTIVE)
Catalog Code: 7OP801
Total Course Hours: 68
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of the production forms of modern furniture in matters of materials and fabrication techniques.

GREAT STRUCTURES (ELECTIVE)
Catalog Code: 7OP802
Total Course Hours: 34
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of large edifications such as skyscrapers, bridges, sports stadiums, etc. concerning their building difficulties and structural project.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Catalog Code: 7IN901
Total Course Hours: 34
Ninth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Study of realty management from the understanding of the real estate as a market good. Study the market dimensions, economic viability and financial viability.
 

SPECIAL BUILDING FACILITIES
Catalog Code: 7TC902
Total Course Hours: 34
Ninth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Transmit basic knowledge related to building wiring such as control automation, vertical transportation, pneumatic systems, climate systems, etc.

LEGISLATION
Catalog Code: 7IN903
Total Course Hours: 34
Ninth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Legislation on edifications and soil use and occupation in the Sao Paulo area.

CAPSTONE PROJECT I
Catalog Code: 7PJ904
Total Course Hours: 136
Ninth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Development of an academic project addressing the knowledge acquired during the course and adequate to the student’s capacity of elaboration and accomplishment of the chosen theme.

CAPSTONE PROJECT II
Catalog Code: 7PJA01
Total Course Hours: 136
Tenth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Development of an academic project addressing the knowledge acquired during the course and adequate to the student’s capacity of elaboration and accomplishment of the chosen theme.

STRUCTURE FOR THE CAPSTONE PROJECT (ELECTIVE)
Catalog Code: 7OPA01
Total Course Hours: 34
Tenth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Application of the previously studied structural concepts and the dimension principles of current structures in reinforced concrete, steel and wood to the students’ projects.

BUILDING FACILITIES FOR THE CAPSTONE PROJECT
Catalog Code: 7OPA02
Total Course Hours: 34
Tenth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Application of the previously studied building wiring dimensioning to the students’ projects.

URBANISM AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR THE CAPSTONE PROJECT
Catalog Code: 7OPA03
Total Course Hours: 34
Tenth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Application of the concepts and principles of the urbanism and landscaping to the students’ projects.

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE/ VISUAL PROGRAMMING FOR THE CAPSTONE PROJECT
Catalog Code: 7OPA04
Total Course Hours: 34
Tenth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Application of the concepts and principles of interior architecture, visual programming and object projects to the students’ projects.