INDA Course Requirements

INDA Fundamental Course Credits

General Education Course Credits

Elective Course Credits

Total Credits Required to Graduate

Design I
Course Number: 2541111 Credits: 6 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Design principles, elements, and vocabularies; meaning and senses of human physicality and abstract perception in creating environments, mood…
Design II
Course Number: 2541112 Credits: 6 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Critical view on design practices through the analysis of design in terms of the experience of everyday life; examination…
Design III
Course Number: 2541211 Credits: 6 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Architectural elements and its physicality and meanings; conceptualization of design problems, namely, design problems seeking, problem definitions and solution…
Architectural Design I
Course Number: 2541212 Credits: 6 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin The sense of “place” and its relation to architecture; investigation of human beings’ dwelling space and architecture through experimental…
Architectural Design II
Course Number: 2541311 Credits: 6 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Investigation of ideologies of architects and theories of modern and contemporary architecture; their applications to architectural design in tropical…
Architectural Design III
Course Number: 2541312 Credits: 6 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Exploration of architectural design in the contemporary Asian context, and related issues; hypothesizing new theories and ‘isms of Asia’…
Architectural Design IV
Course Number: 2541411 Credits: 6 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Elective design studios: community and urban design, building technology, history and theory of architectural design, and real estate development;…
Architectural Design V
Course Number: 2541412 Credits: 6 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Innovation and integration of architectural design; interdisciplinary coordination; selection of problems and topics of the students’ and instructor’s interest;…
Design Thinking and Inquiry
Course Number: 2541221 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Understanding various facets of design process: what is design, the nature of design problems, problem definitions, seeking and realizing…
Design-Build Project
Course Number: 2541241 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin A team effort with a real design-build project, starting from project initiation, program conceptualization and feasibility study, preliminary and detailed design…
Design and Construction Projects for Communities
Course Number: 2541343 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Designing and constructing community projects of various nature; focusing on underprivileged communities; paying attention to the design process with community participation;…
Design Experimentation Workshop
Course Number: 2541344 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin An arena for the faculty as well as the students to initiate a design experiment in terms of a selected issue…
Design Tools and Skills I
Course Number: 2541141 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Learning and developing skills essential to art and design focusing on sketching, drawing, painting, graphics, and constructing physical models;…
Design Tools and Skills II
Course Number: 2541142 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Advanced learning and developing skills essential to design and architectural design by using higher level design methods, tools and…
Global History of Art and Design
Course Number: 2541121 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin The shifting circumstances and variable functions of visual art and design within a global context with emphasis on a critical…
Contextual Studies in Art, Design and Built Environment
Course Number: 2541122 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Development and trends in twentieth century art, design and urbanization within a global context, issues of social change, the…
Introduction to Environmental Design
Course Number: 2541131 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Understanding of two major factors affecting design of built-environment; human factors: the physiological, psychological, behavioral, social-culture factors affecting human…
Architectural Management
Course Number: 2541442 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Overview of management and its elements: planning organization, leadership, monitoring, and control; studying management theories in the past, present,…
Building Economics and Real Estate Development
Course Number: 2541441 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Concepts and theories of economics and finance related to architectural design and real estate development; economic environment, public policies…
History and Theory of Architecture I
Course Number: 2541222 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin The development of civilizations in various parts of the world, man-made environments within different contexts and constraints, including the…
History and Theory of Architecture II
Course Number: 2541223 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin European and American civilizations from the Middle Ages to the Modern World; examining the root of the modern world…
Eastern and Western Philosophy and Paradigms in Architectural Design
Course Number: 2541321 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Comparative study of Eastern and Western philosophy to gain an understanding of the similarities and differences resulting from physical…
Contemporary Theory and Ideology of Architecture
Course Number: 2541322 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin The development of architectural ideologies and theories since the modern period; theoretical perspectives portrayed in and by building; the…
Southeast Asian Architecture
Course Number: 2541224 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin An overview of the origin and development of Southeast Asian architecture covering the concept of cosmology which is the…
Architecture and Urbanism
Course Number: 2541342 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Practical and theoretical issues concerning the basis and strategies of urban design, drawing together architecture, urbanism and critical human…
Architecture, Community and Ecology
Course Number: 2541341 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Environmental issues, particularly ground and air pollution, flooding control, soil remediation; a definition of ‘sustainability’ and its relation to…
Environmental Technology and Integrative Building Systems Design I
Course Number: 2541331 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Understanding five fundamental building systems; sanitary and plumbing, lighting and electrical, lightning protection, mechanical and transportation, and fire safety,…
Environmental Technology and Integrative Building Systems Design II
Course Number: 2541332 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin More complex building systems: heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC), energy management and control system (EMCS), acoustic and audio, information…
Construction Technology
Course Number: 2541232 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Building materials, construction methods and systems and their suitability to context with emphasis on the conventional system used in…
Tropical Architecture Design
Course Number: 2541231 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Tropical climate; approaches and methods of environmental technology to create human comfort in tropical architectural design concerning form, building…
Proposal Writing for Architectural Project
Course Number: 5505411 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Overview of proposal writing and step-by-step proposal development process with particular cases and examples in architectural programming; conceptualization…
Fundamentals of Structural Design
Course Number: 2541132 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Fundamental understanding of physics of structure and its implications for architectural design: materials and their nature, types of forces,…
Academic Writing for Architecture
Course Number: 5505111 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin The basic principles of expository writing; selecting a suitable topic; paragraph writing comprising topic sentence and controlling idea; paragraph unity…
Physics Laboratory for Architects
Course Number: 2304169 Credits: 1 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Measurement and precision; simple harmonic motion; rotational dynamics; heat capacity and wave; light and sound.
Physics for Architects
Course Number: 2304160 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Motion and Newton’s law; work and energy, rotational motion, properties of matter and fluid; vibrations, wave, light and sound;…
Calculus
Course Number: 2301111 Credits: 3 Course Description from the INDA Program Bulletin Mathematical concepts and their applications in architecture: functions and their graphs, limits, continuity, derivatives and integrals.

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Courses

INDA Course Requirements

INDA Fundamental Course Credits

General Education Course Credits

Elective Course Credits

Total Credits Required to Graduate

Design I

Design II

Design III

Architectural Design I

Architectural Design II

Architectural Design III

Architectural Design IV

Architectural Design V

Design Thinking and Inquiry

Design-Build Project

Design and Construction Projects for Communities

Design Experimentation Workshop

Design Tools and Skills I

Design Tools and Skills II

Global History of Art and Design

Contextual Studies in Art, Design and Built Environment

Introduction to Environmental Design

Architectural Management

Building Economics and Real Estate Development

History and Theory of Architecture I

History and Theory of Architecture II

Eastern and Western Philosophy and Paradigms in Architectural Design

Contemporary Theory and Ideology of Architecture

Southeast Asian Architecture

Architecture and Urbanism

Architecture, Community and Ecology

Environmental Technology and Integrative Building Systems Design I

Environmental Technology and Integrative Building Systems Design II

Construction Technology

Tropical Architecture Design

Proposal Writing for Architectural Project

Fundamentals of Structural Design

Academic Writing for Architecture

Physics Laboratory for Architects

Physics for Architects

Calculus

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General Education

Graduation Checklist

Online Registration System