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ENG 3771, Ad­vanced Ca­reer Writ­ing gives you op­por­tu­ni­ties to learn im­por­tant tech­ni­cal com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, heuris­tics, and ap­proaches that you will use in the work­place. Bor­row­ing ideas from Don­ald A. Nor­man’s Liv­ing with Com­plex­ity (2010), we can think of tech­ni­cal com­mu­ni­ca­tion as a way of man­ag­ing com­plex­ity. Using rhetoric, re­search, and process, we can make com­plex in­for­ma­tion, tasks, and tech­nol­ogy far eas­ier to un­der­stand, ac­com­plish, and use. In order to ac­com­plish these things, we need to focus our use of WOVEN (writ­ten, oral, vi­sual, elec­tronic, and non­ver­bal) modes of com­mu­ni­ca­tion on the needs of our read­ers. How­ever, we must base our strate­gies and ap­proaches on clearly ar­tic­u­lated goals and firmly es­tab­lished re­search; we must test our de­liv­er­ables for us­abil­ity; and we must re­vise our de­liv­er­ables to meet our clients’ re­quire­ments. Above all else, as tech­ni­cal com­mu­ni­ca­tors, we must fol­low pro­fes­sional and eth­i­cal codes of be­hav­ior. In this class, you will learn about these im­por­tant as­pects of tech­ni­cal com­mu­ni­ca­tion through daily ex­er­cises, hands-on ac­tiv­i­ties, and col­lab­o­ra­tive ser­vice-based pro­jects.

ENG 3771, Advanced Career Writing gives you opportunities to learn important technical communication skills, heuristics, and approaches that you will use in the workplace. Borrowing ideas from Donald A. Norman’s Living with Complexity (2010), we can think of technical communication as a way of managing complexity. Using rhetoric, research, and process, we can make complex information, tasks, and technology far easier to understand, accomplish, and use. In order to accomplish these things, we need to focus our use of WOVEN (written, oral, visual, electronic, and nonverbal) modes of communication on the needs of our readers. However, we must base our strategies and approaches on clearly articulated goals and firmly established research; we must test our deliverables for usability; and we must revise our deliverables to meet our clients’ requirements. Above all else, as technical communicators, we must follow professional and ethical codes of behavior. In this class, you will learn about these important aspects of technical communication through daily exercises, hands-on activities, and collaborative service-based projects.

This de­sign course will cover a range of urban and ar­chi­tec­tural de­sign is­sues. Stu­dents will ex­plore both the the­o­ret­i­cal and prag­matic as­pects of de­sign ap­plied in an urban en­vi­ron­ment. As an ad­vanced de­sign class, this course will in­cor­po­rate pre­vi­ous stu­dio and lec­ture course­work to tie to­gether top­ics of urban plan­ning, ar­chi­tec­tural de­sign, en­vi­ron­men­tal sus­tain­abil­ity and his­toric preser­va­tion.

This design course will cover a range of urban and architectural design issues. Students will explore both the theoretical and pragmatic aspects of design applied in an urban environment. As an advanced design class, this course will incorporate previous studio and lecture coursework to tie together topics of urban planning, architectural design, environmental sustainability and historic preservation.

ARCH.4831 De­sign to Build

ARCH.4831 Design to Build

An in-depth study and sur­vey of some the var­i­ous con­struc­tion as­sem­blies em­ployed in the con­struc­tion in­dus­try. The course fo­cuses on ar­chi­tec­tural de­tail­ing as it ap­plies to the use of ma­te­ri­als, ma­te­r­ial as­sem­blies and their com­po­nents in the con­struc­tion of build­ings. De­tails of floor, in­te­rior and ex­te­rior walls, roof and foun­da­tion as­sem­blies in­clud­ing ma­te­ri­als and their re­sponses to the el­e­ments and build­ing loads are ex­plored.

An in-depth study and survey of some the various construction assemblies employed in the construction industry. The course focuses on architectural detailing as it applies to the use of materials, material assemblies and their components in the construction of buildings. Details of floor, interior and exterior walls, roof and foundation assemblies including materials and their responses to the elements and building loads are explored.

Pro­fes­sor Bouratoglou Spring 2014 De­sign V M/Th 8:30-11:25am

Professor Bouratoglou Spring 2014 Design V M/Th 8:30-11:25am