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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: 20

Average GPA: 3.75 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 62.78%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Elizabeth J Grant202078.4%20.9%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.0%3.7113
Haleem Shadi M Abdel202162.5%37.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.591
Kenneth A Black201666.6%33.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.701
James R Jones200695.1%4.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.883
Monsivais Luis R Borunda202393.3%6.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.912

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