About this class

Perspectives on the Evolution of Structures is a study of the history of structural design to demonstrate to students the discipline of structural art and to give them the tools necessary to evaluate structures as works of structural art. For more detailed information see the syllabus, learning objectives, and general course information.

 JHU: The course currently enrolls students from across the engineering and arts& sciences,  about half of the students are engineers, and the other half is comprised of arts and sciences majors, and cross-enrolled students from the Maryland Institute College of Art. A key component of the course is the structural studies. Online structural studies were made possible from a Technology Fellowship grant from the CER and the Dept. of Civil Engineering. The Dept. of Civil Engineering also supported digitization of the Billington slide libary. The CER also supported creation of the Engineer's Guide to Baltimore.

UMass: This is a new course in Spring 2009 at UMass.