LAR X41R LAR 341R Topics in Visual Communication 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore advanced topics in media and interpretation, such as freehand drawing, measured drawings, aspects of computer graphics, geographic information systems, and photography. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Rendering and Animation for the Built Environment. Digital visualization techniques used to model three dimensional environments and motion with digital media. Includes lectures, software demonstrations, and projects that focus on the digital translation of spatial experience, as well as the visualization techniques associated with rendering texture, character, and environment. Only one of the following may be counted: Architecture 328Q, 328V, 351R (Topic: Visualization and Digital Representation in Design), Landscape Architecture 341R (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARC 328Q Additional prerequisite: For students in the School of Architecture: upper-division standing and Architecture 521E with a grade of at least C, or consent of instructor; for others, upper-division standing or consent of instructor.