Architecture is an act of place-making through which humans have constructed their relation with nature. Introduces the history of these strategies of place-making, interpretative concepts, and discipline-specific terminology in order to develop a critical understanding of the relationship between nature and built form.

No Prerequisites

5

Units

Optional

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
GEs Area F Writing
CHATTOPADHYAY
Swati Chattopadhyay
3.3
36 reviews
ARTS 2324
M
15:00 PM - 15:50 PM
25 / 25 Full

ARTS 2324
M
16:00 PM - 16:50 PM
25 / 25 Full

ARTS 2324
M
13:00 PM - 13:50 PM
25 / 25 Full

ARTS 2324
M
14:00 PM - 14:50 PM
25 / 25 Full

ARTS 2324
T
09:00 AM - 09:50 AM
25 / 25 Full

ARTS 2324
T
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
25 / 25 Full

ARTS 2324
T
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
25 / 25 Full

ARTS 2324
T
13:00 PM - 13:50 PM
25 / 25 Full

ARTS 2324
T
15:00 PM - 15:50 PM
25 / 25 Full

ARTS 2324
T
16:00 PM - 16:50 PM
25 / 25 Full

ARTS 2324
W
08:00 AM - 08:50 AM
24 / 25

ARTS 2324
W
09:00 AM - 09:50 AM
25 / 25 Full

ARTS 1332
M
13:00 PM - 13:50 PM
25 / 25 Full

ARTS 1332
M
14:00 PM - 14:50 PM
25 / 25 Full

Spring 2024 . Chattopadhyay
ILP 1302
M W
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Summer 2024 . Faichney S
BUCHN1940
M T W R
09:30 AM - 10:50 AM
See All
ARTHI 5A Chattopadhyay Spring 2024 Total: 212
ARTHI 5A Chattopadhyay Spring 2023 Total: 238
See All
36
3.3
ARTHI5A . Chattopadhyay 13 Days Ago

Her lectures are rambling and often wholly unrelated to the assigned readings. Moreover, her slides are completely jumbled, with little to no “Cornell”-style planning between concepts, themes, and general ideas of each lecture. Mid

0 helpful 0 unhelpful
ARTHI5A . Chattopadhyay A Month Ago

Lectures were not relevant to assignments and were quite arbitrary - overall I enjoyed the class but her teaching style was really not beneficial to myself or others who were taking the class as well.

0 helpful 0 unhelpful
ARTHI5A . Chattopadhyay 6 Months Ago

Professor was okay, she seemed sweet but I do think your TA makes or breaks your grade. unfortunately most of the ARTHI classes are paper heavy. overall easy ish class

0 helpful 0 unhelpful
ARTHI5A . Chattopadhyay 10 Months Ago

This professor is simply extremely boring but she is not the problem. The problem is the TAs. Most do not know what is going on and will grade like their life depends on it. They are rude and extremely unhelpful. If you need an area F please try finding another class that won't hurt your GPA.

0 helpful 0 unhelpful
ARTHI5A . Chattopadhyay 1 Year, 10 Months Ago

5 modules each worth 10%. Midterm and final online. Chill class but super uninteresting and the lectures felt 10 hours long. TA grades hard and makes you walk around the Arts Building every week writing down observations. Felt like the class was a waste of my time, did not learn much. Dissapointed in the GE classes at UCSB.

0 helpful 1 unhelpful
ARTHI5A . Chattopadhyay 2 Years Ago

There is a lot of reading and you really have to pay attention during the lectures but I found it pretty interesting. Sometimes the concepts were very abstract but the TAs and the sections really helped. Not a super hard class but you definitely just have to put in some time.

0 helpful 0 unhelpful
See all 36 reviews
See All
ARTHI 5A
25 / 25 Full
Introduction to Architecture and Environment
M
16:00 PM - 16:50 PM
41.1% A
ARTHI 6H
199 / 200 Enrolled
Survey: Arts of the Ancient Americas
Alicia Boswell 3.1
T R
09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
51.4% A
ARTHI 6M
150 / 150 Full
Survey: Eccentric Images
Mark Meadow 3.9
T R
14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
64.9% A
ARTHI 119G
60 / 60 Full
Critical Approaches to Visual Culture
Barnd N B
T R
09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
18.6% A
ARTHI 130G
60 / 60 Full
Art and Architecture of the North Coast of Peru
Alicia Boswell 3.1
T R
14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
ARTHI 134CA
30 / 30 Full
Chinese Painting I
Peter Sturman 3.5
T R
12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
ARTHI 136Y
60 / 60 Full
Modern Architecture in Southern California, C. 1890s to the Present
Volker Welter 3.9
M W
12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
52.8% A