LA 5020 - Composition and Theory II

(CU-CEL, CU-SBY)

Spring. 5 credits. Letter grades only.

Enrollment limited to: graduate students. Must have a grade of C- or better to advance to next studio in sequence. Course fee: approximately $250 for drafting supplies.

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Studio course emphasizing the design process and principles ingenerating design ideas, concepts and plans. The course focuses on the aestheties and functionality of site-specific design.

Outcome 1: Students will become familiar with and gain confidence in the design process as a method for solving site design problems.

Outcome 2: Students will create conceptual designs through site inventory and analysis, site opportunities and constraints, program generation and diagramming.

Outcome 3: Students will be able to refine concepts to spatially-accurate, well-formed schematic designs.

Outcome 4: Students will develop graphic skills through both hand-rendering and computer generated techniques.