Courses

Illustrates techniques of graphics communication and presentation for architectural design. Includes advanced delineation and use of color. Prereq., ENVD 2130.

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

Focuses on working with a variety of alternative photographic processes intended to give students an array of photographic techniques to incorporate into studio course presentations and portfolio work. Processes include hand-applied color to black and white images, using two or more negatives to produce black and white combination prints, shooting color slides to produce graphic arts, high-contrast black and white prints, and documentary photography of Colorado architecture and urban landscapes using color slide film. Students must provide their own 35mm SLR camera. Prereq., ENVD 3022 or ARTS 2191 or instructor consent.

Introduces the mechanics of entering 2-D images and 3-D objects into the computer. Once entered, graphics are interactively rotated in space, walked through, and displayed in perspective from any position. Also covers the mechanics of other computer programs allowing additional manipulation of images and objects. Prereq., ENVD 2130.

Offers an advanced course dealing with theories of imaging and methods of improving imaging in the design process. Open to nonmajors.

Covers development of an architectural set of construction documents combined with job administration, field observation, and guest speakers from related construction and architectural disciplines. Prereq., ENVD 2130. Prerequisites: Restricted to Environmental Design majors only.

Explores the interdisciplinary field of environmental aesthetics, examining the history of landscape tastes, theoretical approaches to the study of aesthetic responses, and contemporary attempts to incorporate matters of aesthetics in American planning. Emphasizes developing analytical and critical approaches to aesthetics in the public realm.

Design lab exploring new and emerging themes in design. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Prereq., ENVD 4100. Prerequisites: Restricted to Environmental Design majors only.

A seminar providing students with a descriptive knowledge and analytical understanding of the use and development of residential settings in different political economies, globally divided into advanced capitalist nations, collectivist economies, and the third world. 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 Environmental Design majors only.

See ENVD 2120. Prereq., ENVD 3300.

Provides an advanced seminar on special issues in design communications. May be repeated for credit by petition. Prereq., ENVD 2130. Prerequisites: Restricted to Environmental Design majors only.

Studio in landscape design. Prereq., ENVD 3300. Prerequisites: Restricted to Environmental Design majors only.

Topics include animation and environmental simulation, computational methods of technical evaluation and optimization, and computational mapping and analysis. May be repeated for credit by petition. Prereq., ENVD 2130. Prerequisites: Restricted to Environmental Design majors only.

A design studio exploring emerging issues and practices in historic preservation. Prereq., ENVD 3300. Prerequisites: Restricted to Environmental Design majors only.

Addresses variable topics in the relationship of human experience and behavior to the built environment, e.g., social research methods in environmental design. Prereq., ENVD 2130. Prerequisites: Restricted to Environmental Design majors only.

Includes such topics as appropriate technology, public policy and natural hazards, organization of the designing and building process, and physical elements of urban development. Prereq., ENVD 2130. Prerequisites: Restricted to Environmental Design 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 new technologies and issues of professional practice in the environmental design professions. Prereq., ENVD 3100. Prerequisites: Restricted to Environmental Design majors only.

Advanced seminar focuses on theoretical concerns and practical issues inherent in environmental design and planning. Views concerns and issues in terms of setting, processes, and planning and design outcomes. Provides a critical synthesis of the inherently interdisciplinary nature of planning and design education. Open to planning and design studies seniors only, or by instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Environmental Design majors only.

A preprofessional studio in landscape architecture. Prereq., ENVD 4340.

The third of the four upper-division studios focuses on concepts of program, architectural meaning and human behavior in buildings. Through a number of design exercises, students learn how these factorshelp shape buildings. Prereq., ENVD 3310. Formerly ENVD 4310. Prerequisites: Restricted to Environmental Design majors only.

A studio exploring emerging issues and practices Prereq., ENVD 3300. Prerequisites: Restricted to Environmental Design majors only.

The last of the four upper-division studios focuses on concepts of building technology, context and environmental sustainability. Prereq., ENVD 4510. Formerly ENVD 4410. Prerequisites: Restricted to Environmental Design majors only.

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 Environmental Design majors only.