University of Wisconsin Stout | Wisconsin's Polytechnic University

Fall
Architectural Graphics
Freshman English - Composition or Freshman English - Honors I
Orientation to the Construction Industry
Elementary Statistics
Fundamentals of Speech
Introduction to Sociology or General Psychology

Spring
Architectural Technology
Light Construction Methods and Materials
Freshman English – Reading or Freshman English – Honors II
Technology Selective
Health and Physical Education

See our Undergraduate Bulletin for more information on these courses.

Architectural Graphics
Architectural drafting with emphasis on drawing theory and delineation. Drawing media and equipment are utilized in solving problems relating to construction that are normally solved graphically.

Light Construction Methods and Materials
The building process, terminology, codes, materials, safety requirements, tools, and equipment used in the construction industry with emphasis on residential and small commercial structures.

Construction Technology
Technology of constructing buildings, bridges and other structures, including: site preparation, foundation systems, superstructures, enclosures, utilities, finishing methods, and materials.

The Built Environment
Construction and its relationship to resources, materials, and the culture in which it takes place. Discussion of significant historical and modern structures. Emphasis on how, why, and by whom structures are built and what can be learned from them.

Architectural Design
Develop graphic simulation techniques and problem-solving abilities; site planning, space requirements, housing codes, structure, light frame construction, solar and earth integrated designs, mechanical and electrical systems.

Architectural Technology
Space programming and planning, working drawings for commercial and industrial buildings. Building codes, energy requirements, construction contract documents, structural materials and systems, building materials and systems.

Heavy Construction Methods and Equipment
Introduction to commercial and industrial building systems: equipment, site preparations, footings, foundations, formwork, concrete, steel, and wood timber techniques.

Concrete and Masonry Technology
Fundamental principles of cement and concrete (ingredients, mixing, placement, finishing, curing, properties, and applications); clay and concrete units (ingredients, properties, manufacture, placement, and application).

Site Engineering
Use of surveying instruments, techniques, computations and computer technology used to measure and describe land configurations; construction surveying including contours, grades, cut and fill, and drainage.

Contract Requirements and Specifications
Principles of contract requirements and construction specification organization. Development of basic skills of project manual preparation. Demonstration of role of specifications within the construction process and relationship to other construction contract documents.

Project Scheduling and Cost Control
Total concept of construction industry: contracting, financing, bidding, planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling functions and techniques.

See our Undergraduate Bulletin for more information on these courses.