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McINTIRE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS.

   

Fiske Kimball, M.Arch., Ph.D.	Professor of Art and Architecture
Stanislaw John Makielski	Assistant Professor in Art and Architecture

INSTRUCTION IN ARCHITECTURE.

Instruction leading to the professional degree of Bachelor of Science
in Architecture is offered in the University by the McIntire School of Fine
Arts in collaboration with the Department of Engineering and with the
other academic schools. This work is under the administrative jurisdiction
of the College, and the rules of the College regarding entrance requirements,
fees, choice of courses, and requirements for degrees are those which apply
in it.

Thus the entrance requirements are fifteen units, of which three must
be in English, two and one-half in Mathematics, one in History, and two
units in each of two Modern Languages. Solid geometry and elementary
physics, though not made the subject of entrance conditions, are absolutely
required in the course of the work, and if not presented for entrance must
be taken at once in college—if necessary in addition to the number of hours
required for the degree.

The fees are as follows: University fee, for non-Virginians, $40; for
Virginians, $10. Tuition fee, for non-Virginians, $130; for Virginians, nothing,
except in technical courses in the Engineering Department a tuition fee
equal to $15 per term for each course, and in the courses in architectural
design (Architecture B2 and C1) $40 each. The total of tuition and laboratory
fees for the four years shows an annual average as follows: for nonVirginians,
$180; for Virginians, $75.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE.

Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Architecture must
complete the 63 session-hours listed below. To complete the work required
for the degree in four years from the time of entering college, students without
advanced standing or college credit should adhere closely to the following
program in choosing their courses. It is strongly urged, however, that
those students who can do so should devote an additional year to study for
the degree, taking also such other cultural and scientific subjects as foreign
languages, history, and chemistry.

NORMAL FOUR YEAR PROGRAM.

(Credit value in session-hours is given in parenthesis):

First Year.—English A1 or A2 or [19] 1-2-3 (3), [19] Mathematics 100-106-107
(3), [19] Applied Mathematics 521-522-523 with 571-572-573 (6), Art B2
(3), Physical Training B1 or elective (3): Total 18 session-hours.

Second Year.—Economics B1 or [19] 10-11-12 (3), [19] Mathematics 108-109-110
(3), Art B1 (3), Architecture B1 (3), Architectural Construction, B1
(3): Total 15 session-hours.

Third Year.—[19] Applied Mathematics 524-526-525 with 574-576-575 (5),
[19] Civil Engineering 714 (1), Art B3 (2), Architecture B2 (4), Architectural
Construction B2 (3): Total 15 session-hours.

Fourth Year.—[19] Business Administration 20-25-30 (3), [19] Applied Mathematics
528 (1), [19] Experimental Engineering 661 (1), [19] Civil Engineering
718 (1), Architectural Construction B3 (1), Art C1 (2), Architecture C1
(6), Architecture C2: Total 15 session-hours.

COURSES OFFERED BY THE McINTIRE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS.

Art B1: History of Art.—The development of architecture, sculpture,
and painting in antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and modern
times, with an introduction to their elements and technique. Lectures,
reports.—(B.A. or B.S., credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor Kimball.

Art B2: Freehand Drawing.—Expression of form by line and by light
and shade. Practice in drawing from the cast in charcoal and in pencil:
geometricals, forms, ornament, the figure. Sketching out of doors in pencil,
pen, and wash.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Assistant Professor
Makielski.

Art B3: Painting: Art B2 prerequisite.—The rendering of color and
form. Practice in painting from still life and from nature in water colors
and in oils.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 2 session-hours.) Assistant Professor
Makielski.

Art C1: Advanced Drawing and Painting: Art B2 and B3 prerequisite.—
First and second terms: Drawing and painting from the life. Third term:
Painting landscapes and architectural subjects out of doors.—(Credit, 2 session-hours
for B.S. in Architecture.) Assistant Professor Makielski.

Architecture B1: Architectural Drawing: Elements of Construction and
Design: Art B1 prerequisite.—Walls, moulding, and opening, "the orders,"
architectural rendering; preparation of scale drawings and details: perspective.
Lectures and drawing.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours of electives
at large.) Professor Kimball and Assistant Professor Makielski.

Architecture B2: Architectural Design: Architecture B1 prerequisite.—

Problems in the design of simple structures and of the elements of large
compositions. Sketch problems in the planning of more complex structures.
Individual criticism and discussion, with occasional lectures. (Credit, 4 session-hours
for B.S. in Architecture.) Drawing 12 hours a week. Professor
Kimball.

Architecture C1: Advanced Architectural Design: Architecture B1 and
B2 prerequisite.—Problems in the design of complex structures and ensembles.
Sketch problems in the developed treatment of elements of architecture
and the allied arts. Individual criticism and discussion, with occasional
lectures. (Credit, 6 session-hours for B.S. in Architecture.) Drawing, 18
hours a week. Professor Kimball.

Architecture C2: Principles of Professional Practice: Architecture C1
prerequisite.—(No credit value.) Professor Kimball.

Architectural Construction B1: The study of building construction as
applied to frame, masonry and steel structures. The student receives instruction
in the use of materials of construction by study of samples in the
classroom, and, by means of numerous sketches becomes familiar with the
best methods and practices in building. During the drafting periods each
student will prepare working drawings of a typical building. (Credit, 3 session-hours
for B.S. in Architecture.) Assistant Professor Makielski.

Architectural Construction B2: Architectural Construction B1 prerequisite.—This
course is a continuation of the preceding one, and further teaches
the technique of building, details, specifications, and superintendence.
(Credit, 3 session-hours for B.S. in Architecture.) Assistant Professor Makielski.

Architectural Construction B3: Building Equipment.—Drainage and
plumbing as applied to buildings. The heating, ventilation, lighting, and
other mechanical and electrical equipment of buildings. The lectures are
supplemented by working drawings prepared by the student. (Credit, 1 session-hour
for B.S. in Architecture.) (Second Term.) Assistant Professor
Makielski.

HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENT.

The work offered re-establishes the instruction outlined in the first curriculum
of the University, 1818, the earliest proposal for instruction in art, architecture
and music in any American university. An unrivalled background is provided
for it by the buildings and environment of Charlottesville; the University
group, with its old buildings especially designed to furnish examples of the various
orders "as specimens for the architectural lectures," its new buildings designed
by Stanford White; the works of sculpture by Houdon, Ezekiel, Bitter,
Borglum, Keck, Shrady, and Aitken; the paintings and prints presented by
Messrs. Thomas F. Ryan, John Barton Payne, John Armstrong Chaloner and
others; the concerts and exhibitions of paintings brought to the University with
part of the income of the McIntire fund. For the current work in art and architecture
there is generous provision of casts, books, photographs, and lantern

slides, as well as a number of envoi drawings by former holders of the Roman
Prize and the Rotch Travelling Scholarship.

Inquiries from prospective students of Architecture regarding choice of
electives, transfer of credits from other departments or other institutions, etc.,
may be addressed to Fiske Kimball, Professor of Art and Architecture.