The transfer program listed below will enable the student to enter either Southern Illinois University at Carbondale as a Junior, with two additional years (63 credit hours) remaining to complete a B.S. in Architectural Studies.

Portfolio review is required for placement.

A minimum of 27 credit hours must be completed prior to applying for admission if you want to be evaluated on your grades at Triton College, rather than your ACT and class rank in high school.

The minimum transfer grade point average for admission to the School of Architecture is a  2.75 for all transferable work attempted.  

Semester One

Course Number	Course name	Credit Hours
ARC 109	Architectural Drafting Fundamentals (no prerequisite)	2
ARC 187	Fundamentals of Architectural Drawing (no prerequisite)	4
ARC 210	Introduction to the History of Architecture (no prerequisite)	3
RHT 101	Freshman Rhetoric and Composition I	3
MAT 131	Calculus & Analytic Geometry I	5

Semester Two

Course Number	Course name	Credit Hours
ARC 110	Wood and Masonry Construction Technology (prerequisite: ARC109)	5
ARC 171	Architectural Design I (prerequisite: ARC187)	3
RHT 102	Freshman Rhetoric and Composition II	3
ART 114	Survey of Asian Art	3
	Humanities Elective	3

Semester Three

Course Number	Course name	Credit Hours
ARC 120	Steel Construction Technology (prerequisite: ARC110)	5
ARC 172	Architectural Design II (prerequisite: ARC171)	5
SPE 101	Principles of Effective Speaking	3
HIS 121	History of Western Civilization I	3
BIS 105	Environmental Biology or other Life Science Elective	4

Semester Four

Course Number	Course name	Credit Hours
HIS 122	History of Western Civilization II	3
SOC 100	Introduction to Sociology	3
PHY 101	General Physics (Mechanics, heat & Sound)	5
	Humanities Elective (must be a sequence with the Humanities Elective taken in the Second Semester)	3

Student Course Planning Chart

Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours	Semester and year desired to take this course
ARC109	Fundamentals of Architectural Drawing (not required if you have had high school drafting) express class first or second 7 week period, or online course	2
ARC 110	Wood and Masonry Construction Technology (prerequisite: ARC109 or concurrent enrollment, or high school drafting) - day or evening class two days per week, Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday	5
ARC 120	Steel Construction Technology(prerequisite: ARC109 or concurrent enrollment, or high school drafting) - Monday and Wednesday evening	5
ARC 210	Introduction to the History of Architecture (no prerequisite) Friday afternoon	3
ARC 187	Fundamentals of Architectural Drawing and Models (prerequisite: ARC109 or concurrent enrollment, or high school drafting) Tuesday and Thursday morning or Saturday all day	4
ARC 171	Architectural Design I (prerequisite or corequisite: ARC187) Monday and Wednesday afternoon or evening	5
ARC 172	Architectural Design II (prerequisite:ARC171) Monday and Wednesday afternoon or evening	5
ARC 189	Introduction to Architectural CADD (no prerequisite) Monday and Wednesday afternoon or Saturday all day - also taught during summer first or second 5-week sessions	3
MAT 131	Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (you need to take the Triton math placement test to determine what math course you need to start with before you take this course)	5
RHT 101	Freshman Rhetoric & Comp I (you need to take the Triton writing and reading placement test to determine whether you will need a prerequisite to this course)	3
RHT 102	Freshman Rhetoric & Comp II (prerequisite: grade of C or better in RHT101)	3
HIS 121	History of Western Civilization I	3
HIS 122	History of Western Civilization II	3
SPE 101	Principles of Effective Speaking	3
SOC 100	Introduction to Sociology	3
	Life Science Elective	3
	Humanities Elective
ART 114	Survey of Asian Art	3
PHY 101	General Physics I	5