A comprehensive experience in the design and production of a magazine format publication from the early stages of design through to the finished printed product. Combines conventional design skills developed in the graphic communications studios and use of desktop publishing technology. Introduces use of creative problem solving techniques in defining, analyzing, and solving problems in the built environment at the scale of the individual. Emphasizes basic graphic and verbal presentation techniques and relationships between form, the natural environment, people, and function. Analysis and design of group spaces, such as houses, classrooms, waiting rooms and other spaces intended for occupancy by groups of people.
Students formulate urban design programs and produce policies, plans, and designs.
Practicum in Arts Management 3 cr. Experience in completion of a series of client-based projects, working both in teams and individually. 242-464 Arts and Society Seminar 3 cr. A study of the interrelationships between the arts and society. Topics including the arts as community, political or religious expression, audiences for the arts, economics and the arts, the role and training of the artists, and arts criticism will be examined for the impact each has upon the other.