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Professional Development Workshops

New at the College of Environmental Design this year are professional development workshops offered both to UC Berkeley students (within and outside the college) and industry professionals in the design and planning fields. These workshops are geared to equip students to meet the demands of the ever-expanding, interdisciplinary field of environmental design through the introduction of new computer technologies and software, the development of leadership and presentation skills, and the explanation of new professional standards, regulations, and policies.


Key to Architecture Course Categories
D	Architectural Design and Representation; Professional Practice
H	Architectural History, Culture, and Society
T	Architectural Technologies and Building Performance

Architecture Lower-Division and Upper-Division Courses FA 2012 \| SP 2012 \| SU 2012 \| General Catalog
Category	Course	#	Title	Course Description by Semester

	ARCH	24	Freshman Seminars		SP 2012
	ARCH	39C	Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Design in Earthquake Country
	ARCH	84	Sophomore Seminar		SP 2012
	ARCH	98	Special Group Study		SP 2012
D	ARCH	100A	Fundamentals of Architectural Design	FA 2012	SP 2012
D	ARCH	100B	Fundamentals of Architectural Design		SP 2012	SU 2012
D	ARCH	101	Case Studies in Architectural Design	FA 2012	SP 2012	SU 2012
D	ARCH	107	Introduction to Professional Practice
D	ARCH	108	Internship		SP 2012
D	ARCH	109	Special Topics in Architectural Design		SP 2012
H	ARCH	110AC	The Social and Cultural Basis of Design	FA 2012
H	ARCH	111	Housing: An International Survey		SP 2012
H	ARCH	119	Special Topics: Social and Cultural Basis of Design
D	ARCH	122	Principles of Computer-Aided Architectural Design
D	ARCH	123	2-D Digital Methods of Representation			SU 2012
D	ARCH	124A	3-D Digital Methods of Representation			SU 2012
D	ARCH	124B	3-D Digital Methods of Representation			SU 2012
D	ARCH	127	Designing Virtual Worlds
D	ARCH	129	Special Topics in Digital Design Theories & Methods	FA 2012		SU 2012
			Advanced Computer-Aided Rendering & Animation	FA 2012
			All Tomorrow's Parties		SP 2012
			Future Cities: Urban Data Streams		SP 2012
			The Nature of Elastomers: Elastomers & Nature
			The Nature of Place: From Cultural Heritage to New Media (And Back)
H	ARCH	130	Introduction to Architectural Design Theory & Criticism	FA 2012	SP 2012
D	ARCH	133	Architectures of Globalization: Contested Spaces of Global Culture
D	ARCH	136	The Literature of Space		SP 2012
H	ARCH	139	Special Topics in Architectural Design Theory & Criticism	FA 2012
			Architecture, Ethics, and Activism
			Architectures of Globalization: Contested Spaces of Global Culture	FA 2012
			Spaces of Local Development
T	ARCH	140	Energy & Environment		SP 2012
T	ARCH	142	Sustainability Colloquium
T	ARCH	144	Introduction to Acoustics
T	ARCH	149	Special Topics in Energy & Environment			SU 2012
T	ARCH	150	Introduction to Structure	FA 2012
T	ARCH	154	Design and Computer Analysis of Structure
T	ARCH	155	Structure, Construction & Space
T	ARCH	159	Special Topics in Building Structures
T	ARCH	160	Introduction to Construction		SP 2012
T	ARCH	169	Special Topics in Construction & Materials		SP 2012	SU 2012
H	ARCH	170A	History: Survey of Architecture & Urbanism	FA 2012
H	ARCH	170B	History: Survey of Architecture & Urbanism		SP 2012
H	ARCH	173	Case Studies in Modern Architecture
H	ARCH	C174	Architecture in Depression & War
H	ARCH	175	Introduction to Architectural Theory 1945-Present
H	ARCH	176	American Architecture
H	ARCH	177	Architecture & Memory
H	ARCH	178	Visionary Architecture
H	ARCH	179	Special Topics in the History of Architecture		SP 2012
			Aesthetic Autopsies			SU 2012
			Film [time] Architecture: Cinematic Spaces of Modernism, Postmodernism and Beyond			SU 2012
			Proseminar in the History of Architecture: Field Study of Buildings and Cities
			Rethinking Suburban History
			Spaces of Local Development
			UTOPIAS and HETEROTOPIAS
	ARCH	198	Special Group Study		SP 2012
	ARCH	199	Supervised Independent Study and Research

Architecture Graduate Courses FA 2012 \| SP 2012 \| SU 2012 \| General Catalog
Category	Course	#	Title	Course Description by Semester

D	ARCH	200A	Fundamentals of Architectural Design	FA 2012
D	ARCH	200B	Fundamentals of Architectural Design		SP 2012
D	ARCH	200C	Representational Practice in Architectural Design	FA 2012
D	ARCH	201	Comprehensive Studio	FA 2012
D	ARCH	202	Advanced Option Studio	FA 2012	SP 2012
D	ARCH	203A	Final Research Seminar	FA 2012
D	ARCH	204A	Final Thesis Seminar	FA 2012
D	ARCH	204B	Thesis Studio		SP 2012
D	ARCH	205A	Studio One, Fall	FA 2012
D	ARCH	205B	Studio One, Spring		SP 2012
D	ARCH	207A	College of Environmental Design Lectures Colloquium	FA 2012
D	ARCH	207B	Architecture Research Colloquium		SP 2012
D	ARCH	207C	Professional Practice Colloquium	FA 2012
D	ARCH	207D	The Cultures of Practice		SP 2012
D	ARCH	208	Introduction to Construction Law		SP 2012
D	ARCH	209	Special Topics in Architectural Design
			Architecture of Time in Cinematic Space		SP 2012
			The Life of Forms		SP 2012
D	ARCH	209A	Seminar in Architectural Theory		SP 2012
D	ARCH	209C	Current Issues in Construction
H	ARCH	211	Theory and Methods in the Social and Cultural Basis of Design
H	ARCH	212	Body-Conscious Design: Shoes, Chairs, Rooms, and Beyond
H	ARCH	215	Landscape/Architecture/Infrastructure/Urbanism		SP 2012
H	ARCH	216	The Sociology of Taste in Environmental Design	FA 2012
H	ARCH	217	Social Aspects of Housing Design: Mid-rise Urbanism	FA 2012
H	ARCH	218	Design & Housing in the Developing World
H	ARCH	219	Special Topics: Social & Cultural Basis of Design
			Architecture and the Unconscious		SP 2012
			Fast Food, Slow Food
			Listening to the City
			Publics and their Spaces	FA 2012
D	ARCH	221	Graduate Seminar in Digital Design Theories & Methods
D	ARCH	222	Principles of Computer-Aided Architectural Design
D	ARCH	226	Collaboration by Digital Design
D	ARCH	227	Designing Virtual Worlds
D	ARCH	229	Special Topics in Digital Design Theories & Methods
			All Tomorrow's Parties		SP 2012
			Future Cities: Urban Data Streams		SP 2012
			The Nature of Elastomers: Elastomers & Nature
			The Nature of Place: From Cultural Heritage to New Media (And Back)
H	ARCH	230	Advanced Design Theories and Methods
H	ARCH	231	Research Methods for Design Theory & Criticism
H	ARCH	233	Architectures of Globalization: Contested Spaces of Global Culture
H	ARCH	236	The Literature of Space		SP 2012
H	ARCH	237	Ulterior Speculation: Monographs & Manifestos		SP 2012
H	ARCH	238	The Dialectic of Poetics & Technology
			Louis Kahn		SP 2012
H	ARCH	239	Special Topics in Architectural Design Theory & Criticism	FA 2012	SP 2012
			Architecture, Ethics, and Activism
			Spaces of Local Development
			Architectures of Globalization: Contested Spaces of Global Culture	FA 2012
T	ARCH	240	Advanced Study: Energy & Environment
T	ARCH	241	Research Methods in Building Science	FA 2012
T	ARCH	242	Sustainability Colloquium	FA 2012
T	ARCH	243	Natural Cooling and Ventilation
T	ARCH	244	The Secret Life of Buildings
T	ARCH	245	Daylighting
T	ARCH	249	Special Topics: Physical Environment of Buildings
			Acoustics	FA 2012
			Climate and Energy Analysis for Bay Area Buildings
			Green Studio Companion: Generative Tools for Bioclimatic Design		SP 2012
			The Green Workplace	FA 2012
			Studio One B Seminar Component		SP 2012
			Urban Waterfronts and Sustainability
T	ARCH	253	Seismic Design & Construction
T	ARCH	255	Structure, Construction & Space
T	ARCH	256	Structural Design in the Studio	FA 2012
T	ARCH	259	Special Topics in Building Structure
T	ARCH	260	Introduction to Construction: Graduate Level	FA 2012
T	ARCH	262	Architecture in Detail
T	ARCH	264	Off-site Fabrication
T	ARCH	265	Japanese Craft & Construction
T	ARCH	269	Special Topics in Construction & Materials
			Introduction to A.D.A and Universal Design
			Material Geometries
			Min/Max		SP 2012
			Nothing.Much.Happening		SP 2012
			Rebuilding Japan		SP 2012
			Urban Water Seminar
H	ARCH	270	History of Modern Architecture	FA 2012
H	ARCH	271	Methods of Historical Research & Criticism in Architecture
H	ARCH	273	Case Studies in Modern Architecture
H	ARCH	275	Introduction to Architectural Theory, 1945-Present
H	ARCH	276	Spaces of Recreation & Leisure, 1850-2000		SP 2012
H	ARCH	277	Architecture & Memory (see ARCH 279)
H	ARCH	278	Visionary Architecture
H	ARCH	279	Special Topics in the History of Architecture	FA 2012
			Americanization and Architecture
			Architecture and Memory
			Histories and Theories of Urban Intervention
			Historiography of Modern Architecture		SP 2012
			Rethinking Suburban History
			Small Homes of the 20th Century
			Spaces of Consumption	FA 2012
			Spaces of Local Development
			Traditions: The "Real"; the Hyper; and the Virtual in the Built Environment	FA 2012
			UTOPIAS and HETEROTOPIAS
H	ARCH	281	Methods of Inquiry: Architectural Research
	ARCH	296	Directed Dissertation Research
	ARCH	298	Special Group Study		SP 2012
			Advanced Building Energy Simulation
			Creative Activism and Architecture		SP 2012
			Design Innovation Collaboration	FA 2012
	ARCH	299	Individual Study & Research for Graduate Students	FA 2012	SP 2012
	ARCH	300	Seminar: Teaching of Architecture		SP 2012
	ARCH	602	Individual Study for Doctoral Students	FA 2012	SP 2012


Environmental Design Courses FA 2012 \| SP 2012 \| SU 2012 \| General Catalog
Course	#	Title	Course Description by Semester

ENV DES	1	People and Environmental Design	FA 2012	SP 2012	SU 2012
ENV DES	R3B	Reading & Composition Sustainability & Environmental Design		SP 2012
ENV DES	10	History of Thought in Environmental Design
ENV DES	11A	Introduction to Visual Representation and Drawing	FA 2012	SP 2012	SU 2012
ENV DES	11B	Introduction to Design	FA 2012	SP 2012	SU 2012
ENV DES	98	Directed Group Study		SP 2012
ENV DES	100	The City: Theories and Methods in Urban Studies		SP 2012
ENV DES	101A	Writing about Environmental Design: Short Compositions	FA 2012
ENV DES	101B	Writing about Environmental Design: Longer Compositions
ENV DES	105	Deep Green Design	FA 2012
ENV DES	C169A	American Cultural Landscapes, 1600 to 1900	FA 2012
ENV DES	C169B	American Cultural Landscapes, 1900 to Present		SP 2012
ENV DES	170	The Social Art of Architecture		SP 2012
ENV DES	195	Senior Thesis	FA 2012
ENV DES	198	Directed Group Study		SP 2012
ENV DES	201	Urban Places Advanced Studio	FA 2012
ENV DES	251	Urban Places Seminar	FA 2012
ENV DES	252	Urban Place Studies		SP 2012
ENV DES	253	Urban Places Thesis Studio			SU 2012
ENV DES	298	Environmental Design Group Studies

Visual Studies Courses FA 2012 \| SP 2012 \| SU 2012 \| General Catalog
Course	#	Title	Course Description by Semester

VIS STD	180A	Introduction to Visual Studies: Word and Image
VIS STD	180B	Introduction to Visual Studies: Word and Image
VIS STD	181	Introduction to Photography
VIS STD	185X	Special Topics: Word and Image		SP 2012
		Art in Public
		Paint & Pixel, Drawing for Designers			SU 2012
		Songs and Places	FA 2012
		Songs and Places: The International Edition		SP 2012
VIS STD	186A	Documentary Photography		SP 2012
VIS STD	186B	Photography As an Art Form	FA 2012
VIS STD	186X	Special Topics in Photography			SU 2012
VIS STD	187A	Freehand Drawing			SU 2012
VIS STD	187X	Selected Topics: Drawing
VIS STD	197	Field Studies in Visual Studies
VIS STD	198	Special Group Study
VIS STD	199	Supervised Independent Study and Research
VIS STD	280	Advanced Visual Studies	FA 2012	SP 2012
VIS STD	298	Special Group Study
VIS STD	299	Individual Study and Research for Master's Students	FA 2012