Semester I
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE & HISTORY, THEORY, AND CRITICISM 
The courses of the HTC curriculum provide an introduction to the history of architecture and human settlements with a transcultural perspective, inclusive of diverse canons and traditions. The course sequence addresses architecture’s cultural, ideological and material influences and exchanges, as well as the points of rupture throughout history that have determined the development of the field’s conceptual frameworks and material instrumentalities. These courses place architectural and urban history and theory in the specific contexts of the various paths of colonization at different moments in history, and will consider the geopolitical influences on principles, concepts, styles and techniques, both within the centers of power and at the peripheries. This course provides a transnational and transcultural introduction to critical concepts in practice and theory of architecture across millennia, focusing on urban and architectural examples from diverse histories, geographies and traditions. These will be read in terms of the cultural, material, sociopolitical, and environmental forces that shape them. The course will focus on the analysis of different modes of architecture discourse as it is developed through buildings, drawings, and texts. 

Semester II
INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY OF URBAN FORM
The courses of the HTC curriculum provide an introduction to the history of architecture and human settlements with a transcultural perspective, inclusive of diverse canons and traditions. The course sequence addresses architecture’s cultural, ideological and material influences and exchanges, as well as the points of rupture throughout history that have determined the development of the field’s conceptual frameworks and material instrumentalities. These courses place architectural and urban history and theory in the specific contexts of the various paths of colonization at different moments in history, and will consider the geopolitical influences on principles, concepts, styles and techniques, both within the centers of power and at the peripheries. This course considers cities as sites of exchange and concentration: of population, social interaction, wealth and opportunity as well as isolation, poverty and exploitation. The course proposes the reading of urban form as a tool for systemic analysis, exploring social, political and economic forces through the materiality of the urban settlement. The focus is on constitutive elements: building typologies; circulation and communication networks; economic exchange; mechanisms of control and conquest; and sites of political representation and cultural expression as determinants of urban configurations. With examples drawn from around the globe, cities are considered in their diverse historical manifestations, urban theory will inform the discussion, especially as late 19th and early 20th century examples are analyzed.