DEA 5304 - [Design Accountability: Evaluation of the Physical Environment]

Spring. Next offered 2018-2019. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Enrollment limited to: undergraduate seniors and graduate students.

M. Shepley.

Designers must be accountable for the impact of the environment on the people who experience it. Well-constructed evaluations are a means to objectively assess whether we have achieved the goals we intended. This course illustrates the theoretical roots of evaluation and provides guidance on conducting building and landscape evaluation research.