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| Lighting (School of Architecture) |
| LGHT-4230 Lighting Design A design studio that explores the roles of light in architecture and its application by design. Students conceive, evaluate, and synthesize solutions that contribute to successful lighting and architectural design. Prerequisite: LGHT-4770. Corequisite: LGHT-4790. Spring term annually. 4 credit hours |
| LGHT-4770 Lighting Technology This course familiarizes students with the basic components of lighting systems and enables them to critically explore applications of those components. Through lectures, readings, and assignments, students acquire working knowledge of the relevant products and techniques for architectural lighting and the skills necessary to apply them in developing solutions to lighting problems. Fall term annually. 4 credit hours |
| LGHT-4790 Lighting Applications Practical applications of lighting principles and design and specification skills. These skills include interpretation of architectural media, design presentation techniques, application of photometric data, use of manual and computer-based lighting calculations, and appraisal of lighting equipment. Lectures, hands-on assignments, and application projects. Prerequisite: LGHT-4770. Corequisite: LGHT-4230. Spring term annually. 4 credit hours |
| LGHT-4830 Light An introduction to the physics of light and its applications for lighting. Laboratory sessions are included to emphasize important concepts and to illustrate applications. Topics include geometric optics, physical optics, radiometry, and photometry. Corequisite: LGHT-4770 or permission of instructor. Fall term annually. 4 credit hours |
| LGHT-4840 Human Factors in Lighting An introduction to lighting and human factors, including classical literature and contemporary studies and development of skills needed to conduct and evaluate human factors research. Fall term annually. 4 credit hours |
| LGHT-4940 Advanced Individual Projects in Lighting Individual projects and readings adapted to the needs of individual students at the advanced level. 1 to 6 credit hours |
| LGHT-6750 Lighting Research Design An introduction to the philosophy of research and different approaches to it. Emphasis is placed on planning, executing, analyzing, and describing experiments. Each student is required to keep a laboratory notebook and to perform statistical tests in concert with assigned research projects. Spring term annually. 4 credit hours |
| LGHT-6760 Lighting Workshop The development of skills in lighting research or design through completing projects under faculty guidance. Students have options to pursue topics that develop skills suited to their career goals in lighting. In all cases, project work includes investigation, reporting, and presentation of findings or proposals. Prerequisites: LGHT-4230 or LGHT-6750. Fall term annually. 8 credit hours |
| LGHT-6780 Lighting Leadership Seminar A series of topics and case studies to prepare students for leadership roles in the lighting industry. Topics relate to product innovation and factors influencing changes of policy and processes in the lighting industry and involve lecture and discussion sessions and reading assignments. Case studies examine selected topics in greater depth, using actual situations to illustrate interactions of technology and business forces. Spring term annually. 4 credit hours |
| LGHT-6940 Advanced Individual Projects in Lighting Individual projects and readings adapted to the needs of individual students at the advanced level. 1 to 6 credit hours |
| LGHT-6990 Master’s Thesis Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a master’s thesis. Grades of IP are assigned until the thesis has been approved by the faculty adviser and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in a standard format in the library. Grades will then be listed as S. 1 to 9 credit hours |
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