ARCH 277Timber: Design, Structure and Construction for Engineers
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Last listed
- Spring 2024
No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2024 and last ran in Spring 2021. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.
When it ran
- S21
Ran in 1 term, Spring 2021 to Spring 2021.
Architectural case studies are used to examine conceptual development, structural design, building process and the selection of structural timber systems. Topics such as flexural, compression and truss members, connections, and plywood construction are studied using calculations, design aids, rules of thumb and the latest CSA design standards. [Offered: S]
Requirements, as last listed
In today’s calendar
- CIVE 517 lists it as an antirequisite
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention ARCH 277, June 2015 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Winter 2016
Upper year Civil Eng students: have any of you managed to take Arch 277 in 2nd year? 0 points, 2 comments
[deleted]: “I tried to enroll in it but it conflicts with one of my pre-scheduled lectures. Is this typical in 2nd year? The class currently only has 21 people enrolled so far, and there are 51 spots open (and it's reserved for civil students only). …”
Spring 2015
Is there any Study groups out there for ARCH 277 2 points, 0 comments
u/rwa1234: “Hi, I am an exchange student, struggling a bit at the moment with ARCH 277, just wondering if there is any study groups or support out there???”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 2023–24Its last calendar entry, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them