ARI 338
Designing for Human Behavior

Instructor: Nancy Kwallek
Unique #: 00345
Meeting: T, Th 2:00 - 3:30 pm in Calhoun Room 419

(3 cr.) Issues of mood, privacy, perception, proxemics, and preferences applied to the design of interiors of buildings. Three lecture/discussion hours per week.

Text: Psychology for Architects and Designers, Reprint by David Canter, plus, Course Packet(s) of additional readings to purchase at Texas Union

Optional Source: Gifford, Robert, Environmental Psychology: Principles and Practice (3rd ed.) Optimal Books, 2002, ISBN: 0968854303.

Grades/ Requirements: Will be based on two examinations or projects (each worth 20% of the final grade), two short research papers (20%), in-class quizzes (10%), and a final examination or project (30%).

Enrollment: Is limited to Interior Design majors first and then first come, first serve with preference given to psychology and architecture majors.

Selected Topics Covered: Nature and Scope of Environmental Design; Perception and Cognition; Personal Space & Proxemics; Territoriality; Crowding; Privacy; The Use of Space; Consideration of Design Problems; Residential, Educational, Workplace Environmental Design; Designing More Habitable Environments