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This introductory course introduces students to BIM modeling through the Revit platform. Fundamental skills will be taught to help students understand technical and practical aspects of this software to both support academic projects and gain early exposure to expectations in professional practice. Emphasis throughout the course will be placed on the most successful ways to utilize this powerful program whether in early design stages or later stage production. This course is not intended to evaluate design skills but advance knowledge of the presented software.

Focuses on the construction and use of computer-based information systems to represent and manipulate geographic data. Emphasizes the recording, mapping, and transforming of data for analysis and use by planners. 

Illustrates color media techniques for the preparation, composition, and presentation of landscape and built environment drawings.

Teaches the student fundamental to intermediate skills and design practices around 3d modeling using Rhino 3d software. 3D modeling is the process of developing a mathematical representation of any three-dimensional surface or object (either inanimate or living) via specialized software that can be used for representation, calculations, fabrication, visualization etc.. Learning strategies around how to see your world in “3d models” and learning when/how/where to use these techniques will make students confident designers and marketable.

Please contact Nate Jones for more information and to register.

Our charge: With roughly two-thirds of the global population expected to live in urban areas by 2030, the sustainability of the infrastructure required to serve those residents will become paramount. For decades, using the term `infrastructure¿ conjures up boring images of water sanitation projects, bridges, and roads¿domains left mostly to civil engineers and urban planners. But this landscape is quickly changing. Advancements in technology and an imperative for climate resilience are prompting a new generation of urban infrastructure¿all aimed to allow residents to access the goods and services they demand on a daily basis¿in ways that support the sustainability of the planet.

Enrollment is open to all majors. Non-Environmental Design students must submit an Intent to Enroll Form: https://forms.gle/kzETNF94ikV1xZmR6.��

The course is an exploration of topics related to graphic design and visual communication as they relate to constructing your own professional identity. Topics will include layout, composition, fonts, color theory, printing, publication and web-based presence. We will work on visual communication strategies to develop graphically compelling and clear portfolios in both web-based and print formats for use in applications for graduate school and professional practice. A comprehensive and fluid approach to the use of the Adobe Creative Suite for all design tasks will be stressed.

• Comprehend the fundamentals of graphic design and their application in visual communication.
• Be able to speak about visual communication in your own language and evaluate critically the visual design surrounding us.
• Construct a comprehensive personal and professional identity through print and digital mediums.
• Be able to synthesize the inherent strengths of various different software tools into a fluid digital design process.

Explores how projects are conceived, designed, documented, and built. Students will examine the complexities of the design and construction process, including industry standards, project delivery methods, and practice management. Emphasizing problem-solving and real-world applications, the course prepares students to navigate the challenges of translating ideas into built environments.

Addresses variable topics in the relationship of human experience and behavior to the built environment, e.g., social research methods in environmental design.

Fall 2026 (16 week)��TTH 9:30am-10:45am

Film and Environmental Design:
This is not a film class. Rather, it examines film as a design discipline and explores how cinematic techniques can help us better understand our own design fields — Planning, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, and Product Design.��
In this course, films serve as critical tools for interrogating the scope and challenges of environmental design. Through cinematic analysis, we explore issues such as environmental degradation, the production of space, social engineering, design language, marginalization, permanence, race, narrative, and counter-critique.��
By studying how film constructs environments, frames space, and tells spatial stories, we develop new ways of seeing, analysing, and practicing design.

Addresses variable topics in the relationship of human experience and behavior to the built environment, e.g., social research methods in environmental design.

Fall 2026 (7-week: Session 1)��TTH 2:00pm-4:5pm

Fidgets and Stims:
This course will introduce key concepts on neurodiversity as it relates to the design of products and the built environment. "Neurodiversity" encompasses the broad spectrum of normal human variations in cognition, emotion, and sensory processing. Students will create fidget designs aimed at enhancing emotional well-being by encouraging soothing, self-stimulatory behaviors, known as "stims." They will then design and evaluate new fidget prototypes created using digital fabrication methods such as 3D printing and CNC milling. 

Provides an advanced seminar on new technologies and issues of professional practice in the environmental design professions.

Fall 2026 (16 week)��TTH 11:00am-12:15pm

Unearthing Materials:
This hands-on seminar dives deep into the world of materials to understand how they shape our designs, and how their extraction and use shape our world. The course works across disciplines to research where materials come from, test their properties, and design and imagine more ecological and just futures. Research in the materials library, go on site visits, and work with materials to reveal how they can be vibrant partners or provocative foes in our design process.

Please contact Nate Jones (nathan.p.jones@colorado.edu) for more information and to register.

Please contact Nate Jones (nathan.p.jones@colorado.edu) for more information and to register.​