Environmental Design StudiesLynn Ewanow, Associate DeanMaureen Herspring, Academic Advisor
aalto.arch.ksu.edu/prospectivestudents/undergrad/eds.htm
All students in the first-year undergraduate programs of the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design are enrolled in the Environmental Design Studies Program. In the first year, students are introduced to the concepts, attitudes, methods, and skills common to the environmental design professions of architecture, interior architecture and product design, and landscape architecture. Due to accreditation standards and limited resources, each professional program has limited studio space available. Therefore, positions in second year are awarded on a competitive basis.
Courses in the environmental design studies curriculum, which carry a DSFN designator, form the common foundation of the environmental design fields.
Participation in environmental design studies courses, together with a close working relationship with faculty and the academic advisor, helps students make informed career choices within, and sometimes outside, the fields of study represented.
Transfer students entering the Environmental Design Studies Program will be placed in the program according to the college-level work they have already completed.
Environmental design studies
First semester
Environmental design studies courses DSFN 201 and 202. Environmental Design Studio I and II. (4 each). Foundation studies introducing principles, processes, and vocabularies of environmental design. Instruction in two and three dimensional visualization of objects and spaces. Instruction in the use of instrument-aided drawing, freehand drawing, and model building to represent and communicate design ideas at different scales of observation. Pr.: Admission to the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design, the College of Human Ecology, or permission of the dean of either college.
DSFN 203. Survey of the Design Professions. (1) I. Overview of the design professions. Comparative study of the working methods, and societal and occupational roles of the architect, interior architect, landscape architect, and planner.
ENVD 205. Graphics I. (2) I, II, S. Instruction in instrument-aided drawing and principles and methods of orthographic, isometrics, and perspective drawing for communicating information about environmental design. Six hours of studio a week. Pr.: Admission to pre-architectural engineering/construction science or permission of the dean of the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design or College of Engineering.
ENVD 250 and 251. History of the Designed Environment I and II. (3 each) A chronological survey of the built and designed environment in the context of the socio- cultural, artistic, technological, economic, and political factors. Three hours lecture per week.
ENVD 250. History of the Designed Environment I. (3) I. The history of the designed environment from ancient times to the 12th century.
ENVD 251. History of the Designed Environment II. (3) II. The history of the designed environment from the 12th century to the mid-18th century. Pr.: ENVD 250 or permission of instructor.
ENVD 299. Problems in Basic Design. (Var.) I, II, S. A study of specified problems in elementary environmental design under the guidance of a member of the staff. Pr.: Approval of associate dean.
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