Program Map

Architecture Technology - Certificate of Achievement

Award Type: Certificate of Achievement
Effective Date: Fall 2023
Learning and Career Pathway
  • Arts and Design

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

I'm ready to get started. What do I do next?

  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks
Description:

The Chabot College Architecture Program is a well-established program that prepares students to transfer into architecture programs at 4-year universities. Students may complete the program by earning an Associate of Arts (AA) degree in Architecture, or Certificate of Achievement in Architecture Technology, or transfer without a degree. Our program provides upgraded Building Information Modeling (B.I.M) computer labs and drafting studios with state-of-the-art computer drafting software for students to complete. Required courses cover design, drafting, building code, construction materials, interior design, graphics, 3-D modeling, urban design and landscape architecture.

What can I do with this Major?

This certificate of achievement is designed to prepare students for employment  as assistant Architects, assistant landscape architects, junior developers, interior designers, architectural drafters, architectural office managers, model-making workers, and building construction workers.

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
9 units
ARCH 2A
Design and Visual Communication I (Active)
3.0
ARCH 3
Digital Tools for Design and Visual Communication (Active)
3.0
ARCH 16
People and Environmental Design (Active)
3.0
Semester 2
 
9 units
ARCH 2B
Design and Visual Communication II (Active)
3.0
ARCH 4A
Architectural Drafting Principles I (Active)
3.0
ARCH 33
Digital Communication in Modeling (Active)
3.0
Semester 3
 
10 units
ARCH 4B
Architectural Drafting Principles II (Active)
3.0
ARCH 8A
Fundamentals of Architectural Design I (Active)
4.0
ARCH 12
Construction Materials and Methods (Active)1
3.0
1ARCH 12 is offered in Fall semester.
Semester 4
 
9 units
ARCH 8B
Fundamentals of Architectural Design II (Active)
4.0
ARCH 14
California Architecture and Urban Design (Active)
3.0
ARCH 80
Architectural Education and Practice (Active)
2.0
Total Units: 37.0
This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.