IT'S A GE CLASS!!!! HE NEEDS TO GET DOWN FROM HIS HIGH HORSE AND NOT GIVE OUT C'S FOR HARD WORKING STUDENTS!!! To get an A it appears that you must attend all of his office ours, not know anything about engineering, and just know how to creatively "synthesize" philosophical ideas about noteworthy pieces of architecture.

Warning: his grading philosophy is strict. When you get your midterms back Osman will say that you shouldn't question the amount of points he's given you. If you decide to challenge for more points, he said "You are challenging my authority. By asking for a re-grade I'll be in a worse mood than when I was first grading your exam and therefore, you will receive a lower score." Just warning you all about this :(

I found the second half of the class more interesting than the first, since the topics are less abstract. Osman himself is a great lecturer, who is so brilliant that the subject matter can become a little confusing, especially his analysis of the images in his slides.

I am selling my notes on the whole class for $12, and my reading responses for $1 each. These notes are comprehensive, and if you use them you will probably get an A in this class. Text me at ********** if you are interested. Thanks!

Great lecturer. Helpful tip that i noticed: mostly south campus major struggle with this class. Creativity is key for succeeding on his exams. Good luck!

Where is my grade?

This class provides you an insight to the discipline of architecture. Some of the materials are really challenging and takes a lot of time to fully comprehend, if you are really interested in the subject. Otherwise you can just understand the key ideas of each reading (and the title, author and the architectural concepts), plus paying 100% attention to the lectures. You need to write a reading response every week, plus a midterm and a final.
In order to get good grades, there're a lot of memorization and it was kind of overwhelming. The prof will ask you to write very specific details of a work from many many works you've learned (like the year of a work, or its relation with another one)
I can be your TUTOR and point out which concepts you actually need to memorize for exams, and also help with the reading responses, help with the reading. I got near perfect score from this class and still memorizes the class very well, so A PLUS is GUARANTEED ! Text me at ********** (Mike)!

There are a lot of readings! Plus, it's really confusing...at the start. It took a while to get use to the material, but once I started to take notes on each reading and lecture in my own words, everything started to make sense. Looking at the grade spread, I can't believe that in Fall of 2015 I was 1 of like 2/3 who got an A+. That's why I want to help my fellow bruins and sell copies of my notes that I used to ace the class. I am selling them for $20, and you can text me at **********. The class, overall, is very interesting but I spent so many hours trying to comprehend the different concepts. So trust me when I say my notes are going to save you probably dozens of hours trying to understand this class.

ARCH&UD 30 is your typical class of lecture slide and readings responses. Professor Michael Osman is very engaged in teaching and he is very passionate about every single details of the class. Sometimes it might feel fragmented as Osman switches topics constantly, but if you like architecture, I can assure that you find no problem to overcome.

The biggest problem with this class is how it is FULLY dependant to your TA, it does not matter how good you are in lecture, if your TA doesn't like your writing style, you are screwed. We submit a reading response weekly which contributes to a large proportion of your grade. Readings varies, interesting or full. Some TAs are more oriented to responses as some are to analysis. Make sure you know what your TA wants.

Reading response is your key to get good at this class, I am selling my reading response for $5 each to let you take reference. You can use them to get a good concept on what the readings are about. Feel free to contact ********** if you are interested.

I should note that I am not an architecture major and have never taken an architecture class before. Dr.Osman was funny, well known on the material, and honestly incredibly helpful. There are weekly reading responses that depend ENTIRELY on your TA. My TA originally gave me a 7 out of 10, which I took to another TA and said she would have given me a 9/10 instead. So be careful with your TA I switched after one week and it was the best decision I could have made. Maryam was an AMAZING TA. The midterm and final are both structured the same way. 1 question will show you two random slides which you have to name the date, who made it, what it is, and be able to analyze them. Another question will give you two paragraphs of separate readings and again you have to name them and analyze them. The last is showing a picture and text. It's quite difficult but at the begining of lecture he goes over the main slides from previous lecture (those tend to be on the exams). There are no textbooks he uploads the readings and you need to do them for your weekly responses. I am selling my notes that I used to study on both the readings and the lecture. I was able to get an A using these notes so let me know if you'd like them **********

The class itself is very interesting and fun to study and interact with. As for professor Osman, he can go off on tangents sometimes, which is fine. There are indeed a lot of readings, but as long as you spread out your time, you'll be fine; otherwise, it'll be very time consuming. This class is mostly memorization.

With this in mind, I am selling my class notes for $15
(text me at **********)
They are very clear and will help you, I guarantee it. They took me a long time to make, meaning they will be worthwhile. :-)