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Sustainability Within Reach:Learning from Nature
Instructors:
Various Instructors
Course Number:
5864
Ceu's:
0.1
Status:
Approved
Delivery Method:
Classroom Instruction / Lecture with multi-media
Complexity:
Entry Level (recognition/recall/comprehension)
Description: Gain basic familiarity with Biomimicry as a design tool, provide a framework for comprehending “Life’s Principals,” understand the differences between nature as a model, nature as a measure, and nature as a mentor, and promote Biomimicry-inspired solutions.
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Simplifying Green Buidling
Instructors:
Gary Higginbotham
Course Number:
5863
Ceu's:
0.1
Status:
Approved
Delivery Method:
Classroom Instruction / Lecture with multi-media
Complexity:
Entry Level (recognition/recall/comprehension)
Description: Gain insight into the “green building trend,” learn to differentiate between green building certification programs and how they impact your project, understand green construction practices, identify green design trends and realize trends in materials and what makes them green.
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Great Places, Loyal Faces:Workplace Design and the Customer Value Chain
Instructors:
Margaret Gilchrist
Course Number:
5862
Ceu's:
0.1
Status:
Approved
Delivery Method:
Classroom Instruction / Lecture with multi-media
Complexity:
Entry Level (recognition/recall/comprehension)
Description: Understand the customer value chain concept, understand environmental issues and concerns in the workplace, discover the role of workplace design in the customer value chain, and understand methods for analyzing and restructuring the workplace to increase customer value.
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Fighting the "Super Bugs": Interior Materials that Aid in Infection Prevention
Instructors:
Various Instructors
Course Number:
5861
Ceu's:
0.1
Status:
Approved
Delivery Method:
Classroom Instruction / Lecture with multi-media
Complexity:
Entry Level (recognition/recall/comprehension)
Description: Understand the history and impact of HAI’s, how fabrics used in healthcare environments can become vectors of infection, identify various fabric technologies used to fight pathogens, and learn how silane-based technology is a solid weapon in halting the spread of HAI’s.
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K-12 Emerging Design Standards
Instructors:
Various Instructors
Course Number:
5824
Ceu's:
0.1
Status:
Approved
Delivery Method:
Classroom Instruction / Lecture with multi-media
Complexity:
Skill Building (application)
Description: In this course we will discuss topics on environment, sustainable design, acoustics for the classroom, indoor air quality and creating healthy environments.
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Three Centuries of Color
Instructors:
Doty Horn
Course Number:
5853
Ceu's:
0.1
Status:
Approved
Delivery Method:
Classroom Instruction / Lecture with multi-media
Complexity:
Entry Level (recognition/recall/comprehension)
Description: Demonstrate how the historical use of color tells a story of our cultural landscape and social climate, identify key colors for each decade, discuss the cyclical nature of color and pattern, and recognizing how reviewing color from the past can inspire new ideas and anticipate future color trends.
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Making Room for Collaboration
Instructors:
Jamie VanderHest
Course Number:
5851
Ceu's:
0.1
Status:
Approved
Delivery Method:
Distance Learning
Complexity:
Entry Level (recognition/recall/comprehension)
Description: Explain the concept of collaboration, define knowledge , describe how knowledge sharing/transfer relies on collaboration and its importance, list and explain three ways organizations can use the physical environment to support communities of practice and knowledge.
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How Cultural Differences Impact Our Workplaces
Instructors:
Sandy Crocker
Course Number:
5850
Ceu's:
0.1
Status:
Approved
Delivery Method:
Classroom Instruction / Lecture with multi-media
Complexity:
Entry Level (recognition/recall/comprehension)
Description: Understand the differences between Organizational Cultures and National Cultures. Understand these cultures and their impact on the workplace. Gain awareness to ensure that workplaces support, rather than inhibit, the ways various cultures impact each other.
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Beyond Four Walls and a Door: Understanding Privacy in the Office
Instructors:
Jamie VanderHest
Course Number:
5849
Ceu's:
0.1
Status:
Approved
Delivery Method:
Distance Learning
Complexity:
Entry Level (recognition/recall/comprehension)
Description: Describe the two elements that comprise the concept of privacy, explain both business and psychological reasons workers need privacy, describe the varying levels of privacy needed in a typical office environment, and list at least four ways technology can address privacy needs.
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The Skyline for Interior Systems
Instructors:
Various Instructors
Course Number:
5848
Ceu's:
0.1
Status:
Approved
Delivery Method:
Classroom Instruction / Lecture with multi-media
Complexity:
Entry Level (recognition/recall/comprehension)
Description: Learn about the history of stone, modern day quarrying techniques and stone’s durability, beauty and value, study and discuss landscape, and tour a working stone facility and view the equipment.
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