* Tuition fees listed are for two semesters (unless otherwise noted) and include both Health Insurance and mandatory non-tuition-fees.
Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent including these required courses:
Humber’s Architectural Technology advanced diploma program will train you to use your logical and critical thinking skills as you apply architectural technology to construction and building design.
You’ll learn from award-winning professors and licensed architects who bring real-life perspective and valuable industry contacts to you. The curriculum is designed with industry collaboration, ensuring you are learning current and relevant material. In the program, you will learn:
computer-aided drawing, building methods and project management using the most current computer programs such as Revit (Building Information Modelling), AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign and sketchUP
construction technologies for materials such as wood frame, steel, masonry and precast concrete, and mass timber
hands-on skills including building code, building specifications, estimating, and structural and environmental systems knowledge
sustainable architecture, passive house systems and net zero design and construction methods needed to reduce carbon emissions and the impact of climate change in the architectural technology field
Courses include instruction in visual representation, history of architecture, building science, site planning and technical communications. Electives can include bath and kitchen, interior detailing, building code (legal), small building residential design and more.
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Semester 1
ARC 100: Autocad 1
ARC 121: Drafting and Detailing: House Design
ARC 122: Visual Representation
ARC 155: Materials and Methods 1: Wood Construction
TMTH 105: Technical Mathematics 1
WRIT 120: Technical Reading and Writing Skills
Semester 2
ARC 153: Structures
ARC 156: Drafting and Detailing: Steel and Masonry
ARC 200: Materials and Methods 2
ARC 212: Building Information Modeling 1 (BIM)
ARC 254: Ontario Building Code
WRIT 220: Technical Workplace Writing Skills
Semester 3
ARC 215: Drafting and Detailing Mass Timber
ARC 216: Materials and Methods 3 Mass Timber
ARC 252: Building Information Modeling 2 (BIM)
ARC 317: Building Science
GNED 101: An Introduction to Arts and Sciences
Select 1 from the following courses
GNED: General Elective
Semester 4
ARC 154: Sustainable Design
ARC 255: Materials and Methods 4: Concrete
ARC 256: Drafting and Detailing: Concrete
ARC 316: Building Information Modeling 3 (BIM)
ARC 616: Presentation Software
Select 1 from the following courses
GNED: General Elective
Semester 5
ARC 300: Drafting and Detailing 5
ARC 314: Environmental Systems
ARC 320: Contract Administration
ARC 322: Building Information Modeling 4 (BIM)
ARC 353: Architectural Site Planning
Select 1 from the following courses
ARC: Architectural Elective
Semester 6
ARC 253: Estimating
ARC 318: Specification Writing 1
ARC 351: Drafting and Detailing 6
ARC 355: Project Management
Select 2 from the following courses
ARC: Architectural Elective
EAP is taught at Lakeshore Campus
Our graduates work:
in producing design and construction documents for architectural offices
as project co-ordinators, estimators and project inspectors for contracting firms
as housing specialists for design firms
as sales representatives for construction equipment manufacturers
as building inspectors and plan examiners for municipalities
The rapid growth in construction and building in Toronto and southern Ontario, combined with Humber’s strong reputation in the industry, provides graduates with strong employment opportunities.
