Course Description
The interactions and relationships between people and their physical environments. Focuses on the social, behavioral, and cultural aspects of design.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Research paper on a selected topic and presentation to class.
Athena Title
Environment and Behavior
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Knowledge •Develop an understanding of the complex relationship of people and the environment •Understand major issues and human dimensional aspects of various human-environmental settings Skills •Demonstrate the ability to discuss the subject area through various frames, such as settings (garden, home, street), human evolution, particular groups’ needs (elderly, children, ethnic groups), and power dimensions (economics, environmental justice), and gender Values •Gain a critical understanding of normative theories that influence landscape architecture •Challenge to address ethnical debates related to inclusion, participation, diversity, and sustainability
Topical Outline
Topics to cover weeks 1-15 Topical outline Garden and nature Home, street, neighborhood Park and open space/civic centers Work environments/offices Hospitals Tourist destination Ethnicity and race Physically disabled Children and senior/elderly space Youth and teens Immigrant Space of adaptation, contestation, and inclusion Landscape type study