Upon completion of this course, students will be able to compare architectural restoration and preservation techniques, including buildings that are considered historical monuments, as well as recycling and adaptation options for old buildings in order to apply documentation techniques and feasibility studies as a tool in these processes.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply the principles and regulations of acoustic and lighting design, identifying the nature of sound dissemination and control, including its techniques and regulations, in order to develop architectural spaces with adequate, functional acoustic designs, without overlooking the use and application of technology, systems and lighting equipment as part of the architectural proposal in different building typologies.

Upon completion of this course, students will be acquainted with some of the most relevant types of sustainable constructions available in our context, in order to develop critical judgment to select appropriate techniques, systems, and materials for the specific conditions of a project, from its conception to its use, contributing to reduce the environmental impact that the buildings have on their surroundings.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to describe the historical, social, cultural, and economic phenomena that have an impact on urban morphology and city sustainability, communities and urban districts; explaining the role played by the municipality, developers, communities, architects and urban planners, in order to comprehend and create critical judgment about urban growth and development, through a theoretical analysis and case studies.

By the end of this course the students will be able to learn about and understand spatial, formal, and tectonic transformations of Mexican architecture within its geographic and social - historical - cultural contexts, connecting it with the inheritance that defines the identity of Latin-American nations, in order to develop a critical judgment about the different architectural events that took place both in Mexico and Latin America.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply theoretical knowledge and design abilities to the development of an architectural project of high programmatic complexity, with a strong influence of the urban context, in order to develop critical judgment and the capacity to explore and innovate through the architectural proposal, without overlooking the research, application, and implications of aspects such as the structural criteria, materials technology, and energy efficiency.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply the fundamental principles and regulations to be used for the installations, lighting systems, hydraulic, sanitary, and electricity equipment of commercial and institutional constructions, meeting the technical criteria for systems, installations, and equipment for environmental control in buildings: cooling, heating, plumbing, lifts, and sewage systems, and a diversity of renewable energy sources, in order to identify and select the best possible installations for the architectural design and construction project.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to comprehend the foundations of architecture, its evolution and the causes of the great transformation it has experienced. At the same time, they will be able to see the figure of the architect from a historical perspective, its current situation, and the contemporary trends and working systems, in order to develop their own opinion based the evolutionary changes of architecture and the profession of architect.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to comprehend and explain the principles of architectural composition, with the aim of exploring the interrelationship between each of its elements, addressing functional needs and needs concerning structural criteria.