Design (DSGN)
Prerequisites: Admission to the College of Architecture
Description: Orientation course based on strategies and skills to encourage and support academic success.
Prerequisites: Admission to the College of Architecture
Description: Introduction to architecture, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture and related design fields; the forces that shape these fields and the processes of production they rely upon.
Prerequisites: Admission to the College of Architecture
Description: Introduction to an approach to problems employing a user-focused, iterative, team-based process. Through experiential labs, lectures, workshops, and class discussions students practice design thinking to promote innovation in a wide variety of disciplines.
Prerequisites: DSGN 110
Description: Builds upon the skills acquired in Design Thinking by focusing on formal and spatial constructs. Integrates craft and compositional principles into the design process. Introduces multiple techniques for communicating ideas through physical and digital modeling, orthographic projection, freehand drawing, and other forms of graphic representation.
Prerequisites: Acceptance into the College of Architecture
Description: Introduction to the fundamental practice and exploration of observational, projective and speculative drawing for design through a variety of media and drawing techniques.
Prerequisites: Admission to the College of Architecture
Description: Application of computer technology to the design disciplines. Enabling the effective use of computer technology to produce measured drawings and digital models to aid the investigation, visualization, and communication of design.
This course is a prerequisite for: ARCH 327
Prerequisites: Admission to the College of Architecture
Description: Thematic exploration of the history and theory of design as it relates to political, economic, and societal shifts.
Description: Group investigation of a topic in design.
Description: Collaborative design research approach to complex problems. Various studios utilize multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, or trans-disciplinary teams to explore issues across range of project types.