The objective of the course is to provide students with an understanding of the chronological sequence of events that form the history of art. They will employ the methodological tools of the discipline to learn how to place, compare, and comprehend the relationships between these events through an examination of their stylistic characteristics and socio-historical context.

This course gives insight into macroeconomics, portraying the economy as a whole. It is by developing an understanding of fundamental economic terminology, concepts and principles that we are able to interpret economic changes and their impact on a country’s situation.

This course is intended for students in the first year of architecture. It includes the calculations and techniques that are an essential background for students training in this subject: They will understand and learn how to draw the various architectural forms for the development of their projects and also have a strong prerequisite for science subjects such as resistance of materials and reinforced concrete.

This course develops an understanding of the principles of ecology, the life supporting and resource generating structures and functions of the ecosystems. It explores the role of atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere in sustaining life. The course also analyses reasons and effects of current and future environmental problems as well as different aspects of sustainable development.

Students will acquire advanced skills in black & white, and color photography, both by manipulation of film exposure and processing or through digital tools. The students will apply zone system know-how to control contrast.

Principles of anatomy and studies in the canons of human anatomy. A study of the relationship between human proportions and the natural and built environments.

This course locates the rural and urban worlds within the general framework of human activities and changes thereto. It synthesizes teachings on rural social environments and urban ones. It rolls over the main sociological currents that are interested in rural as well as urban sociology. So, this course pays special attention to learning the conceptual tools that characterize the sociological approach applied to the problem of space. In this manner, it analyzes the dynamics of different urban functions (housing, industry, services, travel, and communication) by describing their interaction on the ground (especially urban), the way in which the evolution of these different functions, structures and deconstructs the territory in general and the city in particular and focuses on the reconstruction of cities.

Students will enhance and elaborate their knowledge of applied structure, through this course covering introductory concepts of forms and abstract compositions as applied to organization, proportions, equilibrium, rhythm, and density.

Initiate the students to develop architecture drawings, according to international standards and norms.

Students will learn and apply geometric representation in 2D and 3D, while comprehending theories and laws of construction from a scientific perspective as applied to the practical international standards and norms.

Initiate the student to understand the constraints that are the basis of any architecture. This teaching is based on the study of the dwelling since its vernacular origin until nowadays. The Human-Nature-Technology relationships are exposed in order to highlight the logic behind the design of the habitat.

Analyze and deduce logically the abstract notion of orders and structures while applying it in 2D and 3D formats with chromatic variations.

This course will initiate students to understand the built environment, the culture and the awareness towards the architectural space. Research and experimentation will develop their aptitude , including the use of architectural jargon.

Study the physics of static forms and the components of solid objects in order to be applied to the strength resistance of materials. This course will familiarize students with problems in equilibrium of forces, and how the cumulative forces are tramsmited to the ground in static constructions. Practical tools and utilities are provided and experimented through real case examples.

This course aims to introduce the critical thinking of theories of architecture from Antiquity to the Renaissance in an historical chronological order. An illustrated analysis, according to a chronological order , presents the design process, the structural system, and aesthetic aspects of each period through its major achievement.

The course aims at identifying different construction materials and familiarizing students with a variety of building systems and integrating different materials to define an architectural composition and the description of an execution report.

The student will be acquainted with the mechanical characteristics of materials, concepts of constraints and deformations and dimensioning of pieces subject to fundamental changes, such as axial, flexing, shearing or torsion.

Introductory concepts of materials and their behavior. Simple twist, shear, centered posts, cement - steel adherence.

Platform of comprehension and interpretation, the workshop provides the student learning by experimentation of different variables and variants of an architecture project.

The student is committed towards the architectural production in order to be aware of the design thinking process, from concept to execution.

Students will be introduced to new laws covering fire security and people with physical disability while observing their integrative norms for the architectural composition. The course will familiarize students with the introduction of outside factors and how to be aware of applying architecture within operational laws.

This workshop takes the students through targeted short exercises with the ability to develop conceptual thinking and sketching.

This course aims to present to architecture students a theoretical and practical overview of the various mechanical systems (sanitary and HVAC) so they can be reflected in their work facilitating any necessary coordination in the design and implementation projects.

Initiate the students in power supply systems, low voltage systems and lighting within security and protective norms.

Based on the prerequisite Reinforced Concrete I this course will tackle and emphasize torsions, tiles, floors and continuous beams.

Architecture project in a social and cultural context.

Architectural project with urban and rural residential character.

The workshop consists of short exercises at advanced level which enable the students to develop conceptual thinking and sketching.

Enhance the students' knowledge of the history of cities, pre-industrial cities, and urban modernity in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century, in addition to an introduction to critical ideas of the functionality of the city and postindustrial settings.

The course will familiarize students with urban planning of territory and zoning, and applying it to urban spaces. Students will be shown real- life situations and will be placed with local authorities, where they will learn how to best work within the real constraints, as well as being exposed to global views of the issue.

Introduce students to urban zoning laws, construction laws, building quotas and other practical legal matters pertaining to their profession.

Initiate students to the concept of the execution drawings, list of materials, and reports according to international norms and codes, so they become familiar with real--time work requirements.

Introducing students to computer aided 3D models and BIM software, execution plans, and synchronization, quantitative elements and major factors influencing their design.

Architectural project with a symbolic and public character according to private and/or public sector.

At the end of undergraduate studies in architecture, ARCH 490 is a comprehensive synthesis of a four-year curriculum. This course is of major importance, as it constitutes a test of the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired by the students throughout the four years they have spent studying architecture.

The course seeks to give the students the ability to choose, among the different research methods applied to architecture, to deepen a thematic for their architecture diploma. Regular indivual presentations will enhance their verbal communication and their writing skills.

The course enhance students to conceptual thinking and covers the critical study of the theories of architecture and international styles.

As a prerequisite to the final-year project and the continuation for the research methodology course, the graduation project thesis is a personal work consisting of a master’s thesis written in order to develop the student’s point of view for his architectural project. Students will seek to measure variables in keeping with an experimental process in order to expose a dynamic approach to an architectural project, what is referred to as “architectural conceptualization.” This approach calls for debating an appropriate process, resulting in an architecture project linked to questions at a crossroads between theory and practice. Also, students are offered a leadership seminar which initiates them to the soft skills needed in addi tion to the hard skills acquired in the curriculum to be able to work collaboratively in their design and construction projects.

The purpose of professional internship is to gain experience and knowledge by being involved with the activities of professionals, in architectural firms as well as on site, within all engineering disciplines. Students are initiated to the rules of registration, legal practice and site management through a seminar offered in the Order of Engineers and Architects of Beirut.

This course as set within an international and intercultural context aims to help architecture students to become involved in an environment culturally different from the one which they normally encounter.

Thematic workshops tackle different aspects of architecture projects, qualifying students to professional thinking and working process. Some of the themes students can explore are city, landscape and territory, built heritage, sustainable architecture, people and society, architecture and new technology.

This course synthesizes previous knowledge which has been developed through the students' academic years, sharpening their theoretical and practical knowledge and combining them into a coherent whole.

This course synthesizes previous knowledge which has been developed through the students' academic years, sharpening their theoretical and practical knowledge and combining them into a coherent whole. Develop the project on all its facets, theoretical, social and technical remains the extreme goal of student’s diploma.

The course introduces students to all legal and technical documents needed, from blueprints to contracts and legal papers, office management and workshop organization, with a focus on financial issues for design and project management.

The Objective of the course is to initiate the students to the Different approaches of managing a construction project during the execution phase, of which; time, cost, outcomes and risk. In addition, The students will examine the use of software tools.

The main focus of this course entitled essentials of Finance is to grant an overview on the basics issues applied in this field. The curriculum includes, time value of money theory, future and present value followed by its applications, sensitivity analysis through interest rate movements, measuring portfolio risk return as well as other fundamental subjects such as balance sheet structure and liquidity measuring, asset liability management, financial statement analysis. In addition, many numerical examples will be implemented followed by class sessions’ exercises.

The workshop focuses on the notion of the architect as a partner within the social and urban development, in order to create spaces which are harmonious and bring a better quality of living for the inhabitants.

Architecture and NTIC (New Technologies in Information and Communication) as a combined framework within a workshop that experiments and push visual communication boundaries for students.

Humankind, built spaces and environmental issues are some of the concepts and interactions explored within this course that aims to give a balanced view of the students to their surroundings. Experts in the field are regulary invited to participate in the workshop to enhance the students awarness towards Environmental and Sustainability issues.

This workshop aims to meet a certain need: the adoption of a coherent policy and an effective approach in the field of built heritage. The overall spirit of the workshop is to give a strengthen meaning to identity in the work of students and to reduce any anxiety about cultural uniformity.

Lebanon, due to its history and geographical position, has a variety of strata which reveal, above and below the ground, incomparable riches. Students will be able to reflect, analyze and capitalize on this knowledge.

Is architecture a kind of philosophy? How would the architect and the philosopher approach the space of architecture? Philosophy falls within the framework of construction and occupies an essential place in architecture, its purpose being to know, it is related to the logos, the word and the speech, while the purpose of architecture, its being to construct, its philosophy is related to the building. The philosophical analysis is therefore understood as an objective genitive: what philosophy and philosophers tell us about architecture.

In this course, the students will learn to manipulate images on software to be applied in architecture and to implement them in the real world of urban and/or rural spaces.

Introduce and familiarize the students with uptodate software for producing architecture drawings and to construct 3D digital models.

Principles of virtual reality and architectural simulation will be introduced in the course, while emphasizing its geometrical parameters, materials and virtual lighting. Real -time animation allows the students to implement and impact the project within the built architectural environment. Special attention will be given to the conception forms and transformations and their impact on the conception of formal architecture.

The course will familiarize students with the basics of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and its application to architecture and urbanism, in addition to understanding and comprehending numerical and alphanumeric data.

The course helps to better understand the soil and the awareness of the related dangers and damages. It deals with the physical properties and the structure of the soils, the fine elements and their constraints: settlement, consolidation and shearing. Soil works as retaining walls, shallow and deep foundations.

The aims of this course is to study the various design factors involved in the choice of structural systems, the relation between materials and their different structural typologies. Through the analysis of real examples, the students will be able to evaluate and validate the correct choice of a structural system for a given architectural project.

A comprehensive and progressive approach and analysis of traditional and modern building using natural stone, in addition to initiate the students to details, practical knowledge and expertise, material selection, methods of work, and chosen tools.

Enhance the students' knowledge of fight against undesired elements such as water, heat, noise and cold.

Initiate students to the use of practical topographic instruments as applied in situ with real field knowledge.

Introductory principles of landscape management and Design.

The course aims to acquaint students with their national built heritage in the traditional Lebanese habitat.

This course aims to comprehend from analytic and comparative manner in a different contextual architectural thematic. This includes reading and analysis responding to different issues as per social geographical and cultural issues in rural and urban context.

This course improves the knowledge of students in the area of complex frames within the realm of the conception and execution of a building. Advanced Building structure, such as high rise, long spans and exosqueleton and their impact on design process will be deepened in the course.

The aim of this course is to intoduce students to automation and implementation of intelligent systems within the domain of architecture building and services.

This course aims to develop the critical and rational thinking of students within the framework of architecture by applying them to details within the built project, mainly different building enveloppes, intelligent and enviromental skins.

The course aims at widening the students' knowledge and understanding of how to build within parameters specific to the community and culture, including ethical and social values and norms, so that the project will thrive and take shape.