1. Understand how architects' philosophies affect the structures that they build.
2. Discuss how the environment can affect an architect's choices of materials and structural systems.
3. Understand how clients' needs and corporate identities affect architectural design.
4. Discuss what is meant by the term Green Architecture.
5. Compare how architectural styles have reflected the philosophies, religions, and politics of various cultures throughout history.
6. Name some of the noteworthy architects who have best developed architectural styles that blend aesthetically into their surroundings while still fulfilling the primary functions of the structure.
7. Name and compare the different structural systems and different styles in architecture throughout history.
8. Discuss how the architecture of the Greeks and Romans influenced the architecture of modern Europe and America?