Courses

Introduces students to the complexity of forces that interact to shape the designed environment. A lecture sequence and parallel set of design exercises exposes students to the theory and practice of environmental design, and to the important issues that guide the work of architects, landscape architects, urban designers, and urban planners. Open to nonmajors on a space available basis. Coreqs., ENVD 1052, 2001. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Architecture and Planning majors only.

Designed for students who are interested in pursuing a degree in design. Provides a foundation for viewing the world through the "eyes" of a designer and gives a broad overview of various design professions including: Architecture, Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Industrial Design through a basic history of design and speculation concerning the future of these professions. Restricted to non-ARPL students. Prerequisites: Restricted to non-College of Architecture and Planning majors only.

Explores the forces and conditions that interact to shape the designed environment. It does so through a lecture sequence and parallel set of design exercises introducing students to the theory and practice of environmental design. It develops student understandings of the central role design thinking plays as the unique process used to effect appropriate change in the designed environment. Prereq., ENVD 1004, 1052, 2001. Coreqs., ENVD 1102, 2003. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ENVD 1004, ENVD 1052, and ENVD 2001. Restricted to College of Architecture and Planning majors only.

Investigates landscape architectural thought from antiquity to the present. Begins with a review of Greek ideals and proceeds - through an appreciation of landscape and nature as essential cultural constituents - with a survey of major themes such as Renaissance Humanism, the Picturesque, and the varieties of Modernism, Neo-Eclecticism and most recent directions in landscape and garden design. Prereqs., ENVD 2120, 3122, 3124. Coreqs., ENVD 2130, 3003. Restricted to College of Architecture and Planning undergrads. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ENVD 2120, ENVD 3122, and ENVD 3124. Restricted to College of Architecture and Planning majors only.

Broadly introduces physical environmental planning inthe U.S., examining both historical roots and recent trends in American planning concepts and implementation. Emphasizes an analytical and critical approach to historical and contemporary planning issues, mechanisms, and cases. Prereqs., ENVD 1102, 1104, 2003. Coreqs., ENVD 2120, 3122. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ENVD 1102, ENVD 1104, and ENVD 2003. Restricted to College of Architecture and Planning majors only.

Surveys architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and planning in the U.S. from ca. 1600 to the present. Prereq., ENVD 2130.

Surveys, through lectures and readings, the major historical developments and contemporary directions in architectural theory. Prereqs., ARCH 3114 and ARCH 3214. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Architecture and Planning majors only.

Provides an advanced seminar on history and historiography of environmental design, e.g., American dwellings. May be repeated for credit by petition. Prereq., ENVD 2130.

Provides an advanced seminar on theory and criticism in environmental design, e.g., architecture now and introduction to design theory and criticism. May be repeated for credit by petition. Prereq., ENVD 2130. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Architecture and Planning majors only.

Examines history of European and American planning and urban design in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Prereq., ENVD 2130. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Architecture and Planning majors only.