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Virginia Tech

ARCH-5045: Environmental Design Research

Description: Methods for identifying, evaluating, and enhancing the knowledge base for design decisions at scales ranging from room to region. Course emphasizes analytic and empirical approaches to characterizing attributes of the physical environments and their transformation into design variables. Sources of emerging knowledge and systems for maintaining technical currency are identified. Bachelors Degree in Environmental Design (B.S. Arch, B. Arch, B.L. Arch) required.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: UAP-5495 or UAP-5496 or EDAE-5300.

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.73 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 64.32%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Elizabeth J Grant202077.1%18.8%0.0%0.0%4.2%0.0%3.642
Haleem Shadi M Abdel202162.5%37.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.591
Monsivais Luis R Borunda202393.3%6.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.912
Alaa Salman A Algargoosh202480.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.681

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W