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ITDS-3114: Sustainable Design and Biophilia

Description: Sustainable design concepts and theories. Ethical considerations of biophilia, biomimicry, cradle-to-cradle, and other emerging ways of addressing environmental sustainability. Use of biophilia to guide decision making in the built environment. Use of core green building concepts including water use, energy use, sustainable sites and materials. Review of Green Building standards.

Pathways: 6D Critique & Prac in Design, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 4

Average GPA: 3.71 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 68.22%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Lisa M Tucker202289.0%3.0%8.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.783
Shaun J Baker201955.5%44.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.521

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