The BEV in Architecture focuses on the design and development of the built environment. Architecture encompasses broad topics such as sites, program, materiality, structural systems, modern technologies, human interconnectedness and social interaction. This major endeavors to teach students to be responsible citizens and stewards of aesthetic, ethical, social, economic and environmental concerns.
Required Courses and Credits
The curriculum for the Bachelor of Environmental Design (BEV) is subdivided into two parts:
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The first part consists of a design core program lasting one and a half years and provides a balanced introduction to each of the BEV majors offered. The design core outcome establishes shared core competencies across disciplines and provides critical context for the inherently interdisciplinary and cross-cultural built environment. By the end of the core studies, students select or confirm their intended major.
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The second part is focused on a selected major. Studies culminate in a degree in Bachelor of Environmental Design (BEV) with a major in either environmental products of design, architecture, landscape architecture and sustainable planning and urban design. Each has unique requirements for completing the major.
Credit Hours
Students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours subject to the maximum outlined in this catalog, including all ENVD design core requirements, major requirements and maintain a GPA of 2.00 or better. Students must complete courses with a grade of C- or better to fulfill university and degree requirements.
Note: In addition, majors in the Department of Environmental Design must complete CMDI Core Curriculum requirements. The Core Curriculum requirements for the College of Communication, Media, Design and Information can be found in Policies & Requirements.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Design core | 37 | |
The first part of the Environmental Design curriculum consists of a design core program lasting one and a half years and provides a balanced introduction to each of the BEV majors. The design core outcome establishes shared core competencies across disciplines and provides critical context for the inherently interdisciplinary and cross-cultural built environment. By the end of the design core program, students select or confirm their intended major. | ||
| Environmental Design major | 54 | |
The second part of the Environmental Design curriculum is focused on a selected major, which culminates in a Bachelor of Environmental Design (BEV) degree with a major in either environmental products of design, architecture, landscape architecture, or sustainable planning and urban design. Each has unique requirements to complete the major. | ||
ENVD Electives (9 credits, incl in the above) | ||
| CMDI Core Curriculum (min. 22 credits) | ||
The CMDI Core Curriculum has requirements for any major in the college, however the ENVD majors have required courses that satisfy some these requirements. See each BEV major plan of study for additional information. | ||
| Lower-Division Composition and Expression requirement | 3 | |
| Choose one: | ||
| Writing in Arts and Sciences | ||
| First Year Writing for Environmental Design | ||
| First-Year Writing in Energy, Environment and Sustainability | ||
| Extended First-Year Writing and Rhetoric | ||
| First-Year Writing and Rhetoric | ||
| CMDI First-Year Writing and Rhetoric | ||
| Upper-Division Composition and Expression requirement 1 | 3 | |
| People and Society requirement 2 | 3 | |
| Humanities and the Arts requirement 3 | 6 | |
| Quantitative Thinking requirement | min. 3 | |
Meet with Academic Advisor to determine requirement for specific major. | ||
| The Natural World requirement (1 course + a lab/recitation) 4 | min. 4 | |
Meet with an Academic Advisor to determine requirements for specific major. | ||
| Non-ENVD Electives | 9 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 122 | |
| 1 | May be fulfilled by courses in Upper-Division Composition and Expression requirement list or ENVD 3150. |
| 2 | May be fulfilled by courses in People in Society requirement list. ENVD 2001 already applies to this college requirement with 3 credits remaining for most students in a BEV major Plan of Study. |
| 3 | May be fulfilled by courses in Humanities and the Arts requirement list. It is strongly encouraged that students meet with an advisor to register for at least one course that also satisfies the college's Diversity & Global Culture requirement, otherwise an additional 3 credits of Point-of-View may be required. |
| 4 | May be fulfilled by courses in The Natural World requirement list. ENVD 2003 applies to this requirement with 4 credits (1 course plus lab) remaining for most students in a BEV major Plan of Study. |
Plan(s) of Study
Sample Four-Year Plans of Study
The first three semesters of the BEV curriculum is the design core curriculum, which is a prerequisite for: Environmental Products of Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Sustainable Planning and Urban Design. There are corequisite design core courses each semester that are typically sequential from semester to semester.
Design Core
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Credit Hours | |
| ENVD 1010 | Studio 1: Introduction to Environmental Products of Design | 3 |
| ENVD 1020 | Studio 1: Introduction to Architecture | 3 |
| ENVD 1002 | Technology 1: Applications for Environmental Design | 2 |
| ENVD 1004 | Introduction to Environmental Design | 3 |
| ENVD 1976 | Colloquium - Exploring Careers, Research and Practice | 1 |
| Lower-Division Composition and Expression requirement (choose one: ARSC 1150, ENVD 1150, ENVS 1150, WRTG 1100 or WRTG 1150) | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| ENVD 1030 | Studio 1: Introduction to Landscape Architecture | 3 |
| ENVD 1040 | Studio 1: Introduction to Sustainable Planning and Urban Design | 3 |
| ENVD 1012 | Technology 2: Visual Communications | 2 |
| ENVD 1024 | History of the Built Environment 1 | 3 |
| Humanities and the Arts requirement 2 | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 14 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| ENVD 1110 | Studio 2: Fundamentals of Environmental Design 1 | 3 |
| ENVD 1120 | Studio 2: Fundamentals of Environmental Design 2 | 3 |
| ENVD 1022 | Technology 3: Intermediate Applications for Environmental Design | 2 |
| ENVD 2003 | Ecological Systems in Design 3 | 3 |
| ENVD 2101 | Context of Design: Planning and Implementation | 3 |
| People and Society requirement 4 | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 17 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 46 | |
| 1 | ENVD 1024 counts toward the CMDI Core Curriculum Historical Views requirement. |
| 2 | May be filled by courses in the CMDI Core Curriculum Humanities and the Arts requirements list. It is advised that at least one course should also satisfy the CMDI Core Curriculum Diversity and Global Culture (D) requirement, otherwise additional credits may be needed. |
| 3 | ENVD 2003 satisfies the CMDI Core Curriculum The Natural World requirement with 1 course plus lab remaining for most students in the Plan of Study. |
| 4 | ENVD 2001 applies to the CMDI Core Curriculum People and Society requirement with 3 credits remaining for most students in the Plan of Study. |
| Second Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Credit Hours | |
| ARCH 2100 | Studio 1: Foundations of Architecture | 6 |
| ARCH 2115 | Architecture Materials and Methods | 3 |
| ENVD 2001 | Human Behavior and Design 4 | 3 |
| Quantitative Thinking requirement (choose one: MATH 1150 & 1151 or MATH 1300) | 5 | |
| Credit Hours | 17 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| ARCH 3100 | Studio 2: Intermediate Architecture | 6 |
| ARCH 3114 | History and Theory of Architecture 1 5 | 3 |
| PHYS 2010 | General Physics 1 6 | 5 |
| ENVD Elective 7 | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 17 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Professional development requirement 8 | 6 | |
| ARCH 3214 | History and Theory of Architecture 2 | 3 |
| Upper-Division Composition and Expression or ENVD 3150 | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Elective Studio (choose one: ENVD 3100, ARCH 3100 or an approved Design study abroad) 9 | 6 | |
| ARCH 4115 | Architecture Building Technology | 3 |
| Upper-Division Humanities and the Arts requirement 2 | 3 | |
| ENVD elective 7 | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| ARCH 4100 | Studio 3: Capstone in Architecture | 6 |
| ENVD elective 7 | 3 | |
| Electives | 6 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 79 | |
| 1 | ENVD 1024 counts toward the CMDI Core Curriculum Historical Views requirement. |
| 2 | May be filled by courses in the CMDI Core Curriculum Humanities and the Arts requirements list. It is advised that at least one course should also satisfy the CMDI Core Curriculum Diversity and Global Culture (D) requirement, otherwise additional credits may be needed. |
| 3 | ENVD 2003 satisfies the CMDI Core Curriculum The Natural World requirement with 1 course + lab remaining for most students in the Plan of Study. |
| 4 | ENVD 2001 applies to this CMDI Core Curriculum People and Society requirement with 3 credits remaining for most students in the Plan of Study. |
| 5 | ARCH 3114 counts toward the CMDI Core Curriculum Historical Views (H) and Diversity and Global Culture (D) requirements. |
| 6 | PHYS 2010 accounts for the remaining course + lab credits in the CMDI College Core The Natural World requirement. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Application for professional development requirement. |
| 9 | Students can enroll in an additional 3100 studio in their major to fulfill the elective studio requirement. Please meet with your advisor to address course options. |
Learning Outcomes
By the completion of the program, students will be able to:
- Use creative, critical and convergent thinking to address social and environmental issues, analyzing the need for and impact of design solutions by examining precedents, applying theoretical knowledge, conducting research and using problem-defining techniques.
- Develop conceptual or material solutions to socio-environmental issues through iterative design processes, synthesizing critical feedback and collaborative findings with peers and communities they engage with.
- Employ graphic, verbal, written, spatial and other communication strategies to organize, demonstrate and effectively argue for their design concepts and proposals.
- Apply principles of social and environmental justice in their work, prioritizing design stewardship and sustainability to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all project constituents.
- Demonstrate foundational technical skills and the ability to apply methodologies essential for entering academic and professional disciplines in environmental design.