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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2025
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FWIS 268 001 (CRN: 26555)
BUILDING DESIGN PROBLEMS
Long Title: CASE STUDIES OF BUILDING DESIGN PROBLEMS
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Fleishacker, Alan
Meeting: 1:00PM - 2:15PM TR (13-JAN-2025 - 25-APR-2025)
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 16
Section Enrolled: 15
Enrollment data as of: 27-DEC-2024 7:16AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: We will analyze buildings that ended up in legal battles. Problems include structural failures, design blunders and near disasters. You will write about what went wrong and why, who saved that day and who should have acted differently. You will learn to write critically and present a convincing argument.