Institutional and commercial scale -- issues of design for commercial and industrial uses. May cover the spectrum from a site plan for an office complex to a marina. Issues of cost, client needs, program, and politics. Site planning -- introduction to concepts of site planning for housing developments. Students perform a detailed site assessment using methods learned in natural factors and previous studio on a 100-acre (+/-) site and apply them to development of a master plan.

Institutional and commercial scale -- issues of design for commercial and industrial uses. May cover the spectrum from a site plan for an office complex to a marina. Issues of cost, client needs, program, and politics. Site planning -- introduction to concepts of site planning for housing developments. Students perform a detailed site assessment using methods learned in natural factors and previous studio on a 100-acre (+/-) site and apply them to development of a master plan.

The varied aspects of running a small landscape contracting business.

Spaces/places in contextointroduction to design processes. The relationship of site context factors and design program to the formation of landscape spaces. A series of small problems such as: courtyard, plaza, small park, ceremonial space, each with a well defined program. Site visits and analysis, diagramming relationships between various activities, and developing an understanding of design processes.

Spaces/places in contextointroduction to design processes. The relationship of site context factors and design program to the formation of landscape spaces. A series of small problems such as: courtyard, plaza, small park, ceremonial space, each with a well defined program. Site visits and analysis, diagramming relationships between various activities, and developing an understanding of design processes.

Introduction to materials used in landscape construction, their design potential and limitations. Design details and construction methods discussed.

Honors Project Seminar

This introductory course to information graphics will help students use this data to tell visual stories beyond pie charts and line graphs. Students will discuss topics such as data sourcing, making data digestible to a non-specialized audience, and principles and methods of graphic design. Students will also report and build their own infographics throughout the semester.
Students must own or have access to a computer with Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Photoshop is not required but is strongly recommended. Both programs are available for a free one-month download period.

Due to the increasingly powerful presence of Internet venues such as Byliner, the long-form narrative is once again receiving the shine it should as a vehicle for thoroughly researched and compellingly presented journalism. Students will read classics in the genre and then try their hand at a major piece of writing in the tradition of practitioners such as Katherine Boo, John Hersey, Marjorie Williams, Truman Capote, Tracy Kidder, and Joan Didion among others.

Students will become familiar with legal concepts underlying freedom of the press: censorship, obscenity, libel, privacy, free press/fair trial, contempt, access and other legal problems affecting the mass media. The case study approach generally is used, but emphasis is on the principles and philosophy underlying various aspects of communication law as these affect the daily work of journalists.