Design + Environmental Analysis 2023-2024 04.13.23
Design + Environmental Analysis 2023-2024
The requirements listed below pertain to all students matriculating in August 2023 and January 2024.
All of the following sections are required to be completed to graduate.
Courses in areas 1-11 must be taken for a Letter Grade.
Overall Credits (REQUIRED)
Human Ecology: 43 credits
(courses from DEA, FSAD, HD, NS, PUBPOL at any
level or HE at the 3000/4000 level)
Human Ecology, outside the major: 9 credits
(courses from FSAD, HD, NS, PUBPOL at any level or
HE at the 3000/4000 level)
1. DEA Core Courses (32 credits)
Take all of the following:
DEA 1050 Design Your Life: Career Explorations
DEA 1101 Visual Literacy and Design Studio
DEA 1110 Making a Difference: By Design
DEA 1150 Design Graphics and Visualization
DEA 1500 Introduction to Environmental Psychology
DEA 2025 Impactful Graphics: Visual Communication for Social Impact
DEA 2510 History of Design Futures
DEA 2730 Human Centered Design Methods
DEA 4050 Design Portfolio and Communication
DEA 4590 Problem-Seeking Through Programming
DEA 4040 Professional Practices and Ethics
DEA 4800 Ethical Design: Engine of Positive Change
2. DEA Thematic Courses (9 courses)
Choose nine courses from the list below, one course from each thematic area is required. Letter grade only.
Students must take at least one studio at the 2000-level, 3000-level, and 4000-level.
Students may not take more than 2 studios in one semester, this includes both DEA and non-DEA studios. Enrollment in 2 studios
simultaneously requires approval from both studio instructors. DEA 4990 can count towards one Thematic area.
Design Innovation & Strategy
DEA 2200 Art+Science: Sustainability, Multiculturalism and Transdisciplinarity
DEA 2201 Magnifying Small Spaces Studio
DEA 2203 Studio S H I F T
DEA 2750 Lighting Design: Light InForming Space
DEA 3050 Construction Documentation: CAD and BIM
DEA 3301 Design UX with Technology Studio
DEA 3306 Generative Design Studio
DEA 3530 Planning and Managing the Workplace
DEA 4402 Disruptive Design: Competitions Studio
DEA 4500 Policy Meets Design: High-Impact Facilities of the 21
st
Century
DEA 4990 Senior Honors Thesis
DEA 5210 Interaction Design Studio
DEA 5520 Virtual Experience of Designed Environments
DEA 5540 Workplace Strategy Studio
Sustainable Futures
DEA 2020 Introduction to Sustainable Design
DEA 2040 High-Performance Buildings
DEA 2422 Making Green: Sustainable Product Design Studio
DEA 3030 Materials for Design & Sustainability
DEA 3302 Sustainable Consumerism: The New Typologies Studio
DEA 3500 The Ambient Environment
DEA 4025 Designing Decolonial Futures: Imagining the World Differently
DEA 4220 Ecological Literacy and Design
DEA 4401 Adaptive Reuse Studio: Recycling the Built Environment
DEA 4990 Senior Honors Thesis
Health & Well-Being
DEA 2700 Healthy Places: Design, Planning and Public Health
DEA 3308 Positive Design Studio
DEA 3510 Human Factors and Inclusive Design
DEA 4700 Applied Ergonomic Methods
DEA 4990 Senior Honors Thesis