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?

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. :-)

Osman is the professor listed on the course, but Prof. Svehla was actually the class lecturer. Her lecture was very engaging and covered board topics and perspectives on many themes of architecture, for example, the grid, power, nature, and labor. I gained a unique perspective from this class that I would never regret taking; this is such a great introductory course for architecture and urban design. The course was very structured with readings, reading comments, weekly assignments, midterm, and final. However, during my quarter, the final was optional due to the TA strike. Because of a very structured class, you are expected to keep up with all the lectures and assignments. The lectures in this class were very dense, and you could miss a lot if you did not attend because the lessons were not recorded. Even though the last three weeks of the class were canceled due to the strike, I was disappointed that I could not gain the complete lessons from this course. Nevertheless, I was grateful that I decided to take this class. This is a fascinating GE with an understandable workload. I enjoyed taking this class and would recommend it to anyone interested in architecture and urban design.

definitely take this, easy and interesting. professor seemed like a genuinely good guy n wants class to get A's...take notes during class like mad..he posts all the slides that u need to know for the exams so be prepared to write on those and u'll get an A. u don't need to do the reading.

super easy A. just take really good notes and regurgitate on exam. don't need to do reading..book was def waste of 100 bucks. he's also very passionate and a fun lecturer.