2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Environmental Design Studies
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Lynn Ewanow, Associate Dean
Maureen Herspring, Director of Student Academic Services and Academic Advisor
212 Seaton Hall
785-532-5047
Fax: 785-532-1086
E-mail: archdesstuserv@ksu.edu
www.capd.ksu.edu/home/
The Environmental Design Studies Program provides an introduction to the design professions of architecture, interior architecture, and landscape architecture. For most students, it is an introduction to a way of seeing and thinking about the environments we occupy. It is more than drawing or drafting. Because the environments we create are an expression of culture, first-year students enroll in the year-long course, History of the Designed Environment, and an intensive two-semester design studio. The history course introduces students to the connections between our past and present society and to the design professions as civic art. The studio introduces the visual and verbal vocabulary employed in the creation, definition, and communication of space.
Each studio class consists of approximately 18 students. To experience diverse approaches, students take studio with a different professor each term. The professors who teach in the first-year program are dedicated to the College’s teaching mission and to providing a challenging and supportive academic experience. Studio requires each student’s active participation. A third course, Survey of Design Professions, explores each of the disciplines within the environmental design field and gives students an opportunity to become better acquainted with professional opportunities in architecture, interior architecture and product design, landscape architecture, and planning.
In addition to history, studio, and an introduction to the design professions, students will take classes in oral and written English, mathematics, physics and an elective.
Academic advising, a critical component of the beginning student’s experience in a demanding professional curriculum, is provided by a professional academic advisor. The advisor is knowledgeable about the transition from high school or community college to the College of Architecture, Planning and Design and the expectations of the College’s departments. Exposure to academic self-management and goal setting techniques is provided by a University counselor who has worked with the College’s students for more than a decade.
During the spring semester, first year students select one of the professions in which to continue their academic studies. The student’s GPA will be important as they seek admission to the department of their choice. Due to accreditation standards and limited resources, each professional program has limited studio space available. Therefore, positions in second year are awarded on a competitve basis.
Environmental Design Studies (curriculum guide)
Environmental Design Studies
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