| VISD 3B46 Sustainable Design Theories & Practices (NOT OFFERED IN FALL/WINTER 2012-13) 0.50 Credit(s) Academic Course |
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| Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal arts & sciences (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM). |
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| This course provides a theoretical and historical framework for understanding sustainable design within its evolving context. This course combines the analysis of historical events, important texts and significant figures in sustainable design history with case studies utilized to illustrate and critique contemporary and historical sustainable design practices. Case studies are organized categorically by fields that include architecture, industrial design and urban planning among others. An emphasis on the interdisciplinary nature of sustainable design is placed within a broader cultural context, which includes a healthy dose of informed cynicism and active critique of contemporary sustainable design production and consumption. This course includes field trips and independent research. |
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| Anti-requisite: Students who have taken VISC 3B91 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Design and Sustainability, or VISC 3B46 may not take this course for further credit. |
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| Notes: New code as of 2008-09 Course code change 2011-12 Title and description change 2012-13 |
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| Course was last updated November 1, 2012 - 3:41 PM | |