Articulation

The following information is designed for community college staff and faculty to assist with the course articulation process. If you are a student or a community college counselor wanting information about admission to the College of Environmental Design (CED), please refer to the Undergraduate Admissions section of our website.

CED is very interested in building articulation agreements with California community colleges throughout the state. See the list below of colleges that already offer approved courses (note that this table is static and that ASSIST always contains the official and most up-to-date agreements). If your California community college would like to propose courses for approval, please follow the process and guidelines outlined below.

College	ENV DES 1:	ARCH 11A:	ARCH 11B:	LD ARCH 1:	LD ARCH 12:
Cerritos College (Norwalk)	X	X
Chabot College (Hayward)	X	X	X
City College of San Francisco	X	X	X		X
College of Marin (Kentfield)	X	X	X		X
College of San Mateo	X	X	X
Cosumnes River College (Sacramento)	X	X	X
De Anza College (Cupertino)		X
Diablo Valley College (Pleasant Hill)	X	X	X
East Los Angeles College		X	X
Foothill College (Los Altos Hills)				X
Gavilan College (Gilroy)		X
Laney College (Oakland/Bay Area)	X	X	X
Los Angeles Harbor College	X
Los Angeles Valley College					X
Merritt College (Oakland/Bay Area)				X
Mira Costa College (San Diego)		X	X
Modesto Junior College (Modesto/Central Valley)			X
Mt. San Antonio College (Walnut/Los Angeles)	X	X	X
Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa/Southern California)	X
Pasadena City College (Los Angeles)	X	X	X
Saddleback College (Mission Viego/Los Angeles)		X	X
San Bernandino Valley College (San Bernardino)	X
San Diego Mesa College (Southern California)	X	X	X
San Joaquin Delta College (Stockton/Central Valley)		X
Santa Rosa Junior College (North Bay Area)	X	X			X
West Valley College (Saratoga/South Bay Area)	X	X	X

REVIEW PROCESS

As preparation for the majors in architecture, landscape architecture, urban studies, and sustainable environmental design, students are required to take environmental design courses before further studio work in their majors. Please see ASSIST for more information.

IMPORTANT: Please work with your college’s articulation officer to initiate the review process. CED staff are happy to answer your questions, but the formal approval process will be managed by your articulation officer.

Following are the course descriptions and the materials you will need to submit to your articulation officer for evaluation.

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN 1: PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (3 UNITS)

Three hours of lecture and two hours of discussion per week. Environmental design involves the study of built, natural, global, and virtual environments. Various forms of practice include architecture, planning, urban design, and social and environmental activism. This course is a survey of relationships between people and environments, designed and non-designed, with an introduction to the literature and professional practices.

For more detailed information, see the environmental design course descriptions.

When submitting a community college course for articulation to ENV DES 1, please include:

Official course syllabus, including description of all assignments. Should include course description.

ARCH 11A: INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL REPRESENTATION AND DRAWING (4 UNITS)

**(FORMERLY ENV DES 11A)

Two hours of lecture and six hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: Environmental Design 1. Introductory studio course: theories of representation and the use of several visual means, including free hand drawing and digital media, to analyze and convey ideas regarding the environment. Topics include contour, scale, perspective, color, tone, texture, and design.

For more detailed information, see the ARCH course descriptions by semester.

When submitting a community college course for articulation to ARCH 11A, please include:

Official course syllabus, including description of all assignments. Should include course description.
Flash drive or DVD with four good examples of student work from each of the assignments.
Print-out of course catalog showing course sequencing and the range of courses offered in the department (including art or architectural computing, when appropriate.

ARCH 11B : INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN (5 UNITS)

**(FORMERLY ENV DES 11B)

Three hours of lecture, six hours of studio, and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ARCH 11A. Introduction to design concepts and conventions of graphic representation and model building as related to the study of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and city planning. Students draw in plan, section, elevation, axonometric, and perspective and are introduced to digital media. Design projects address concepts of order, site analysis, scale, structure, rhythm, detail, culture, and landscape. Students learn to test the validity and consistency of their proposed course of action in critiques.

For more detailed information, see the ARCH course descriptions by semester.

When submitting a community college course for articulation to ARCH 11B, please include:

Official course syllabus, including description of all assignments. Should include course description.
Flash drive or DVD with four good examples of student work from each of the assignments.
Print-out of course catalog showing course sequencing and the range of courses offered in the department (including art or architectural computing, when appropriate.

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