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TSM 371 Residential Housing Design

This course will provide students with a background needed to navigate the complexities of residential housing design.

3 Credit Hours.

Instructors:

Course Objectives:

At course completion students will be able to:
  • Read house plans & know basic design concepts important to residences
  • Understand fundamentals of residential electrical, water, sewer and HVAC
  • Provide basic housing cost estimating methods
  • Understand alternative designs and energy sources for houses
  • Provide a comprehensive design of an assigned project that integrates the elements of design covered in class

Course Grading:

Class:    60%
Lab:      40%

Class Grading Breakdown:
Homework – 15%
Hour Exams (3 total) – 10% each
Final – 15%

Grading Scale:

100-95 A79-77 C+
94-90 A-76-74 C
89-87 B+73-70 C-
86-84 B69-67 D+
83-80 B-66-64 D
 63-60 D-
 >60 F

Illinois Catalog Information

Extra Course Information:

Monday and Wednesday: Lecture 11-12 in room 204 AESB
Wednesday: Lab 3-5 in room 208 AESB
Office Hours: Tuesday 10 am-12pm or upon request
Website: http://abe.illinois.edu/courses/tsm/371
Mail box located in suite 360 K

Required Text:
The House Handbook. MidWest Plan Service (MWPS) – 16

Course Schedule

Exams:

  • Can be made up with an excuse from an emergency dean or dean of college.
  • A calculator and straight edge will be needed for all tests.
  • Tests will include short answer, multiple choice and long answer problems.
Instructor has the right to give any type of problem deemed necessary.

Homework:
Homework is due by the end of the day they are due. Late homework will be deducted 10 points for every day turned in late. Usually it will be assigned on each Wednesday.

All homework will require the following:

  • Easily legible.
  • Homework that requires multiple pages should be bound (paper clip, staple, etc.).
  • Drawings should be done with a computer aided drafting program or hand drawn with a straight edge and on engineering paper. All drawings will be required to be drawn TO SCALE.
  • The following at the top of EACH page.

Name                       Homework Assignment #                Due Date                      Page/total pages

Cheating/Plagiarism:
Your rights and responsibilities as a student at University of Illinois are very clear, and documented in the University of Illinois Student Code. Cheating/plagiarism will not be tolerated on any of the homework, tests or final. The procedures followed for any student caught cheating is in Article 1, Part 4 of the Student Code: www.admin.uiuc.edu/policy/code/

Disability policy:
This course will assist any person with physical, mental or learning disability. Please provide proper notification from the dean or Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) for the instructor to consider and comply with any request.