ARCH 3100 - Studio 2: Intermediate Architecture
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Fall 2023
Emphasizes the interaction of form, programmatic use, human behavior and context in creating structure. May include a client-based community engaged project, real world applications, and result in a physical product. Students work across analog and digital platforms to produce designs that provide solutions to contemporary challenges. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Recommended corequisite: ARCH 3114.
ENVD 1002 - Technology 1: Applications for Environmental Design
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Fall 2023
Introduces technological competencies to support studio work including design representation and presentation. Students develop fundamental competencies in sketching, graphic design, file management and 3D modeling. Course is part of a co-requisite sequence: ENVD 1002, Technology 1: Applications for Environmental Design is a 16-week class that is taught alongside the following two 8-week studios. ENVD 1010, Studio 1: Introduction to Environmental Products of Design, taken the first half of the semester, followed by ENVD 1020, Studio 1: Introduction to Architecture, taken in the second half of the semester.
ENVD 1012 - Technology 2: Visual Communications
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Spring 2024 / Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
Explores the basic visual communication skills necessary for environmental design through image manipulation, vector and raster graphics, and composite renderings. Students will explore concepts in visual hierarchy, composition, and color theory to inform graphics within each environmental design major. Course is part of a co-requisite sequence: ENVD 1012, Technology 2: Visual Communications is a 16-week class that is taught alongside the following two 8-week studios. ENVD 1030, Studio 1: Introduction to Landscape Architecture, taken the first half of the semester, followed by ENVD 1040, Studio 1: Introduction to Sustainable Planning and Urban Design, taken in the second half of the semester.
ENVD 1040 - Studio 1: Introduction to Sustainable Planning and Urban Design
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Spring 2023 / Spring 2024 / Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
Explores concepts and strategies related to urban planning and design. Students collaboratively develop a design solution to a small-scale problem within an urban fabric using basic skills of analysis and design iteration. Course is part of a co-requisite sequence: ENVD 1040, Studio 1: Introduction to Sustainable Planning and Urban Design, an 8-week class which is taken in the second half of the first semester. ENVD 1030, Studio 1: Introduction to Landscape Architecture, taken during the first 8-weeks of the semester, and ENVD 1012, Technology 2: Visual Communications, a 16-week class that is taught alongside the two 8-week studios.
ENVD 1110 - Studio 2: Fundamentals of Environmental Design 1
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Fall 2025
Explores the core principles shared across environmental design disciplines, including Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Product Design, and Sustainable Planning and Urban Design. Through a multidisciplinary studio approach, students engage in spatial problem-solving, sustainable design strategies, peer-to-peer collaboration, and design thinking. Hands-on projects challenge students to apply foundational tools and methods to real-world challenges, considering social, environmental, and cultural impacts in both built and natural environments.�Course is part of a co-requisite sequence: ENVD 1110, Studio 2: Fundamentals of Environmental Design 1, taken the first 7-weeks of the semester, followed by ENVD 1120, Studio 2: Fundamentals of Design 2, taken in the second 7-weeks of the semester, along with ENVD 1022, Technology 3: Intermediate Applications for Environmental Design, a 14-week class that is taught alongside the two 7-week studios.
ENVD 3009 - Special Topics in Environmental Design
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Summer 2025
Seminar or design lab on special issues in environmental design, including study abroad. May be repeated up to 21 total credit hours. Variable topic class.
ENVD 3052 - Digital Tools for LAND/PLAN
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Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
Weave together digital tools used in the landscape architecture and sustainable planning professions. Emphasizing the exploration of design, 3D modeling, analysis, and how to use and present data. Tools covered include software for mapping, data analysis and 3D modeling.
PLAN 3100 - Studio 2: Intermediate Sustainable Planning and Urban Design
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Fall 2024
Utilizes intermediate-level planning concepts and practices to create solutions to specific challenges in a collaborative process. Through a sequence of planning, policy, and design investigations students explore issues such as equity, housing, transportation, community engagement and land use. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
