LA 5020

Composition and Theory II

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Studio course emphasizing the design process and principles ingenerating design ideas, concepts and plans. The course focuses on the aestheties and functionality of site-specific design.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Fees Course fee, $250. For drafting supplies. Fee amount approximate.

Exploratory Studies (CU-CEL, CU-SBY)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

Learning Outcomes

• Students will become familiar with and gain confidence in the design process as a method for solving site design problems.
• Students will create conceptual designs through site inventory and analysis, site opportunities and constraints, program generation and diagramming.
• Students will be able to refine concepts to spatially-accurate, well-formed schematic designs.
• Students will develop graphic skills through both hand-rendering and computer generated techniques.

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