AEC 135 - Introduction to the Built Environment

Course Description

  • Prerequisite: ENG 22/60 OR placement in ENG 100

A wide-ranging course that covers the philosophical development of society’s physical fabric as revealed by the range of representative physical designs. Form and function, symbolism, behavioral influences, theories of aesthetics, design and progress, and design and economics, commerce, war, and religion are some of the subjects of this course. Fall semester only.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:

  • Describe the roles of various design professionals in the creation of the built environment.
  • Describe a building by breaking it down into its 2D and 3D fundamental components.
  • List the environmental responses of a building to it's location.
  • Give a report on a well known architect.
  • Explain some of the coursework taken by architecture students pursuing an architectural degree.
  • Demonstrate oral and written communication skills appropriate to the level of the coursework.