Weekly Topics
Week	Theory Lecture	Demonstration Lecture	Lab
Week 1	Intro to course	Introduction, Interface, and Sketching	Project 1 Sketch Assigned
Week 2	CAD vs BIM	Walls, Floors, and Ceilings	Sketch Due
			Paper 1 Assigned
Week 3	Parametric vs BIM	Editing Types, Dimensions, Doors, and Windows	Project 1 Continued
Week 4	Who needs BIM?	Views, Visibility, and Sheets	Project 1 Due
Week 5	What projects need BIM?	Levels, Reference Planes, Grids, Components, Categories, Subcategories	Project 2 Assigned
			Paper 1 assigned
Week 6	How is BIM used in the industry?	Roofs	Project 2 Continued
Week 7	Families and Nested Families	In-Place Families	Project 2 Continued
			Paper 1 Due
Week 8	October Break	Databases	Project 2 Due
			Project 3 Assigned
Week 9	Midterm Review	Tags, Schedules and Legends	Project 3 Assigned
Week 10	Design Constraints, Design Information Organization	Options	Project 3 Continued
			Paper 2 Assigned
Week 11	Domain-Specific Knowledge	Mechanical, Electrical, & Plumbing	Project 3 Continued
			Final Project Assigned- Group project
Week 12	Component Design	File Importing
			Project 3 Continued
Week 13	Interdependencies	Navisworks- collision  detection	Project 3 Continued
			Paper 2 Due
Week 14	Detail-  Drafting and Linework	Clean Up of interference	Project 3 Due
Week 15	Is Architecture Engineering?	Presentations	Final Project
Week 16	Developing Trends in BIM- Future of Construction Graphic Documentation	Development Trend of BIM and Future Insights or thoughts	Final Project
Finals Week	Final Exam- Date to be announced!