Academics

Undergraduate Program in Architecture

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Concentration

The following is a list of specializations contained in Undergraduate Program in Architecture

Architectural Design

Architectural Design is a research group that is at the core of the discipline of Architecture. In this program, students gain in-depth knowledge of how to plan, design, and construct buildings and built environments that are adequate and responsive to human needs.

Building Technology

Building Technology is a research group that plays a crucial role in the architecture industry. The main focus of this group is the development, design, and implementation of efficient, safe, and sustainable building technologies and systems. In the course of this program, students gain in-depth knowledge of building structures, construction materials, HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) systems, illumination, plumbing systems, information technology, and building security technology.

History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture

Architectural History, Theory, and Criticism is a discipline that focuses on the study of the history, theory, and criticism of architecture as an art form and social practice. Its main focus includes the analysis of the culture, aesthetics, and philosophy of architecture, as well as the interpretation and evaluation of historic and contemporary architectural works. It plays a vital role in shaping architects' perceptions and views, influencing design development and future architectural practice.

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design is a discipline that focuses on the planning, design, and management of outdoor environments that integrate functionality, aesthetics, and sustainability. Its main focus includes the design of parks, recreation, urban development, transportation, and green spaces in urban areas.

Urban Planning, Housing, and Urban Design

Urban Planning, Housing, and Design is a discipline within Architecture that focuses on the planning, design, and development of efficient, inclusive, and sustainable cities and settlements. The main focus of this group includes urban planning, housing, transportation, area development, and empowering communities to play an active role in decision-making related to their living environment.

Computational Architecture

Computational Architecture is a discipline within Architecture that utilizes computer technology and algorithms to support and advance the planning, design, and production of buildings. The main focus of the group includes architectural modeling and simulation, building performance analysis, development of digital and robotic technologies, and exploration of innovative materials and construction.

Curriculum

The following is a complete list of courses that will be taken in each semester.

Semester 1 add remove

USU1110 Indonesian Language

2 SKS

This course trains students to be able to use Indonesian language in accordance with the correct writing rules that can be used to create academic papers.

USU1108 Pancasila Education

2 SKS

This course trains students to be able to understand the function and foundation, growth and understanding of Indonesian nationalism, Pancasila and the Indonesian Constitution, and moral ideology.

ARS1107 Shape and Composition Studio

2 SKS

This course is a briefing and initial design exercise for students to become one of the basic capitals of Architectural Design Studio in the following years. For this reason, students must be able to explain and understand the basics of two- and three-dimensional form aesthetics: principles of composition (line, shape, proportion, scale, rhythm, stress, color, texture); theories and principles of proportion (proportion in nature, anthropometry, modular, golden section, etc.); form organization and form change; design procedures and processes, and simple design programming.

ARS1108 Introduction to Architecture

2 SKS

This course explains the aesthetic, technological, social, economic, cultural, political, and regulatory aspects of architectural design and practice, reports on the design process and form of a building from a field study, and makes graphic and verbal reports on several building typologies from a field study.

ARS1109 Sports and Arts

2 SKS

This course trains students to be able to carry out social relationships, foster a lifestyle of cooperation, foster a sense of tolerance in sports activities, and have good attitude skills, individual behavior, and behavior in groups in human interactions with others through the atmosphere of sports and arts.

ARS1110 Architectural Communication

3 SKS

This course trains students to be able to communicate orally and graphically architectural designs through the mastery of drawing standards and architectural models.

ARS1111 Architecture Statistics

2 SKS

This course trains students to be able to apply basic statistical knowledge of variables, population, samples, data, sampling techniques, and statistical analysis in architectural research.

ARS1112 History and Theory Pre-Modern Architecture

2 SKS

This course trains students to be able to analyze the history and development of architecture and the principles/concepts/theories of world architecture in the period before the industrial revolution.

USU Internationalization I

2 SKS

This course trains students to be able to speak in English at an advanced level orally.

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USU1101 Islamic Education

2 SKS

This course discusses the understanding of the nature of man and the universe (kauniyah and tanziliyah verses). Tanziliyah verses include aqidah, sharia, morals, and Islamic history. The main emphasis is on the application of these teachings to daily behavior.

USU1102 Protestant Education

2 SKS

This course discusses the application of basic Christian faith and responsibility to God through empathy towards others and the environment.

USU1103 Catholic Education

2 SKS

This course discusses the concept of faith in the church, church life, and society to develop the personal attitude and mentality of a Catholic scholar for the benefit of Indonesian society as an expression of their faith.

USU1104 Hinduism Education

2 SKS

This course discusses the understanding, appreciation and practice of Hinduism, strengthening faith and belief, the history of Hindu development, the Vedas, the basis of Hindu belief, techniques for achieving religious goals, Hindu philosophy, Hindu ethics, Yadnya, Hindu society, and the basis of Hindu leadership.

USU1105 Buddhism Education

2 SKS

This course discusses the main teachings of Buddhism and its application in the fields of science and technology, and its proper practice in daily life, nation and state.

USU1106 Confucianism Education

2 SKS

This course discusses the main teachings of Confucianism and its application in the fields of science and technology as well as its good and correct practice in daily life, nation, and state.

USU1107 Faith Education

2 SKS

This course discusses the main teachings of Belief in God Almighty and its application in the fields of science and technology as well as its proper practice in daily life, nation, and state.

USU1109 Civic Education

2 SKS

This course covers the functions and foundations, growth and understanding of Indonesian nationalism, Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution, government systems, moral ideology, the limits of citizenship, human rights and democracy and the rights and obligations of citizens, national insight and rationale, the purpose of national insight and basic elements, national resilience, and the main ideas about national resilience.

ARS1207 Shape and Space Studio

4 SKS

This course trains students to be able to design simple functional architectural objects with creative exploration of space and form.

ARS1208 Architectural Communication Digital

3 SKS

This course trains students to be able and skillful in creating digital architectural communication media, both graphic and audio visual (pre-planned drawings, working drawings, posters, animations, and three-dimensional models).

ARS1209 History and Theory Modern Architecture

3 SKS

This course trains students to be able to analyze the history and development of architecture and the principles/concepts/theories of world architecture in the period since the industrial revolution.

ARS1210 Energy and Implementation of Building Environmental Control System

2 SKS

This course trains students to be able to understand the basic principles of thermal, light, acoustic, and indoor air quality, energy management, and methods of implementing environmental control systems in buildings.

ARS1211 Behavioral Architecture

2 SKS

This course trains students to be able to analyze the mutual relationship between human behavior and the design of space and form, the application of architecture and urban spaces that are responsive to behavior, and architectural design in shaping/controlling behavior.

USU Internationalization II

2 SKS

Semester 3 add remove

ARS2105 Simple Building Architecture Design Studio

5 SKS

This course trains students to be able to design one-story buildings, public and/or private functions, single masses, design outdoor spaces, structures, materials, and construction, as well as designs that are responsive to user behavior.

ARS2106 Low-rise Building Technology

3 SKS

This course trains students to be able to analyze and design structural and construction technology for low-rise buildings.

ARS2107 Landscape Design

3 SKS

This course trains students to be able to design outdoor spaces by taking into account the social and environmental context.

ARS2108 Design Process

2 SKS

This course trains students to be able to analyze design aspects in each design stage of an architectural work and present them verbally and graphically.

ARS2109 Building Materials

2 SKS

This course trains students to be able to recognize the character of building materials, their construction methods and use them appropriately in architectural design.

ARS2110 Digital Architecture

3 SKS

This course trains students to be able to understand the use of various digital technologies in the design process.

ARS2111 Architecture and Society

2 SKS

This course trains students to be able to analyze the relationship between regional, social, economic, and policy aspects in architectural design and the built environment.

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ARS2207 Architectural Design Studio Low-rise Building

5 SKS

This course trains students to be able to design 2-story buildings, public and or private functions, single mass, produce detailed engineering design drawings, and design buildings with adaptive reuse.

ARS2208 Medium Rise Building Technology

3 SKS

This course trains students to be able to apply structural systems, construction principles and apply materials in medium-rise buildings.

ARS2209 Architectural Landscape in Culture

2 SKS

This course trains students to be able to analyze the process of realizing the built environment with certain cultural wealth/potential characteristics.

ARS2211 Housing and Settlement

2 SKS

ARS2212 Architectural Theory and Criticism

2 SKS

ARS2213 Traditional Architecture of North Sumatra

3 SKS

Semester 5 add remove

ARS3107 Architecture Design Studio for Wide-Span Buildings

6 SKS

ARS3108 Wide-Span Building Technology

3 SKS

ARS3109 City Planning

3 SKS

ARS3110 Design and Accessibility

2 SKS

ARS3111 Digital Architecture Applications

3 SKS

ARS3112 Fire Safety and Protection in Buildings

2 SKS

ARS31 Elective Course (1)

2 SKS

Semester 6 add remove

ARS3207 High-rise Building Architecture Design Studio

6 SKS

ARS3208 High-rise Building Technology

3 SKS

ARS3209 City Architecture

3 SKS

ARS3210 Mechanical and Electrical of High-Rise Buildings

2 SKS

ARS3211 Entrepreneurship

2 SKS

ARS32 Elective Course (2)

2 SKS

ARS32 Elective Course (3)

2 SKS

Semester 7 add remove

ARS4128 Integrated and Contextual Architecture Design Studio

6 SKS

ARS4129 Architectural Research and Seminar

3 SKS

ARS4130 Elective Course (4) Field Work Practice

3 SKS

ARS4131 Construction Management

2 SKS

ARS4132 Building Cost Budget Plan

2 SKS

Semester 8 add remove

ARS4298 Final Project Studio

6 SKS

Course Schedule

Tuition Fee

Here are the study fees Undergraduate Program In Architecture

Undergraduate Program SNBP & SNBT Pathway

UKT Group I IDR 500,000

UKT Group II IDR 1,000,000

UKT Group III IDR 2,400,000

UKT Group IV IDR 3,900,000

UKT Group V IDR 5,900,000

UKT Group VI IDR 7,700,000

UKT Group VII IDR 11,000,000

UKT Group VIII IDR 14,700,000

Undergraduate Program Single Tuition Fee

Single Tuition Fee 1 IDR 500,000

Single Tuition Fee 2 IDR 1,000,000

Single Tuition Fee 3 IDR 2,000,000

Single Tuition Fee 4 IDR 2,500,000

Single Tuition Fee 5 IDR 3,500,000

Single Tuition Fee 6 IDR 4,500,000

Single Tuition Fee 7 IDR 5,500,000

Single Tuition Fee 8 IDR 6,500,000

Single Tuition Fee 9 IDR 9,500,000

UKT is paid every semester during the study period

Undergraduate Program Institutional Development Fee (Independent Program Only)

IDR 15,000,000 One-Time Payment

Learning Outcomes

Through in-depth surveys of students, graduates, and industry stakeholders, along with an active dialogue with government, professional organizations, and construction businesses, the USU Department of Architecture's International Curriculum Team carefully formulated graduate learning outcomes. By integrating the KAAB-Canberra Accord international accreditation standards, the analysis supports the main objective: creating a graduate profile that not only excels in design practice but also has the skills to identify, analyze, and formulate solutions to diverse built environment challenges at a regional scale and in diverse socio-cultural contexts. Our program aims to produce architecture professionals who are ready and relevant to meet the dynamic demands of the world of work.

Learning Outcomes
1	Ability to design buildings and areas comprehensively by considering environmental, social, economic, cultural, and sustainability contexts
2	Critical and theoretical thinking skills that support the building and environmental design process
3	Ability to apply and evaluate the principles of building technology in architectural design
4	Ability to solve problems and apply knowledge in the field of urban planning, urban design, and settlements
5	Ability to design inclusive buildings and environments
6	Ability to analyze the role of architects in project management
7	Ability to apply regulations, standards, and ethics in building and environmental design