Philadelphia University
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Architecture
Second semester, 2014/2015
Course Syllabus
Course Title: Architectural Drawing
Course code: 0660161
Course prerequisite :
Course Level: 1
Engineering Drawing 0660131
Lecture Time: 12:10 – 15:10 Sun. Tue.
Credit hours: 3
Office
Name
Rank
Number and
Location
Eng.
Wiam Ali Rasheed
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Teacher
310
Office
Hours
E-mail Address
wiamrasheed@yahoo.com
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Course module description:
This course is concerned with architectural drawing techniques; the students are taught how
to draw manually a full set of architectural drawings including plan, elevation, section,
details, site plan and sketches.
Course module objectives:
Introduce students to the basic drawing skills required for conveying architectural ideas and
to develop visualization skills using different instruments and techniques. It is also
important to use these skills and ideas as part of the design process.
Course/ module components
 Books (title , author (s), publisher, year of publication)
There is no specific publication can cover the course syllabus, students shall be given a list
of reading books, articles and web sites (as seen at the end of the course syllabus).
 Support material: slide projection , video cassettes and C.D. Data show
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Homework and laboratory guide : students are requested to prepare a sketch
book in order to practice drawing using instruments and techniques, display students work
Teaching methods:
Lectures, elaboration of drawing exercises, tutorials and problem discussion regarding the
technical instruments and drawings.
Learning outcomes:
 Knowledge and understanding
Students will be able to present their architectural ideas using sketches, drawings language
and proper techniques.
 Cognitive skills (thinking and analysis).
Reading architectural sketches using deferent techniques. In addition, students will
be able to express their architectural design ideas in drawings.
 Communication skills (personal and academic).
Architectural students will be able to communicate, read, use resources (books,
magazine, web sites, etc.) related to architecture, interpret and explain their designs.
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Practical and subject specific skills (Transferable Skills).
The course will train architectural students and qualify them for design ideas and
complexities using proper professional language.
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Assessment instruments
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Architectural drawing (simple and more complex elements)
Proper architectural sketches.
Daily and weekly project drawing - Short home works drawing
Final examination according to the following table:
Allocation of Marks
Assessment Instruments
Mark
First examination
%20
Second examination
%20
Final examination
%40
Reports, projects, Quizzes, Home works,
%20
Projects
Total
%100
Documentation and academic honesty
 Students are requested to illustrate references whatever extracted from books, magazine or
web sites, in order to respect the copyright protection and avoid plagiarism.
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Course/module academic calendar
Week
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Course Program
Calendar
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Drop and add week
1-5/3/2015
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Drawing instruments
Lettering and Hatching
Application exercises
Architectural drawing
types: plans
Application exercises
Types of tiles (interior)
Types of tiles (exterior)
Application exercises
Furnishing plans
application exercises
First examination
elevations
types of building
material of elevation
application exercises
doors windows drawing
of elevation
application exercises
sections
how to draw a window
and door
application exercises
site plan drawing
application exercises
how to draw a sketch and
diagram drawing
Second examination
application exercises
details and Large scale
view
application exercises
section furnishing
application exercises
drawing a set of small
building: site plan, plan,
elevation, section and
details
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Final presentation
Notes
7-12/3/2015
14-19/3/2015
21-26/3/2015
28/3-2/4/2015
4-9/4/2015
First examination
6-14/5/2015
11-16/4/2015
18-23/4/2015
25-30/4/2015
2-7/5/2015
9-14/5/2015
Second
examination
6-14/5/2015
16-21/5/2015
23-28/5/2015
30/5-4/6/2015
6-11/6/2015
Final
Examination
14-22/6/2015
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Expected workload:
On average students need to spend 2 hours of study and preparation for each 50-minute
lecture/tutorial.
Attendance policy:
Absence from lectures and/or tutorials shall not exceed 15%. Students who exceed the 15%
limit without a medical or emergency excuse acceptable to and approved by the Dean of the
relevant college/faculty shall not be allowed to take the final examination and shall receive
a mark of zero for the course. If the excuse is approved by the Dean, the student shall be
considered to have withdrawn from the course.
Module references
Books
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Ching, Francis – Architectural Graphics, VNR Company publishing,
1995 New York
Claudius Coulin, Step by step perspective drawing, Julius Hoffman,
New York, 1983
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