Spatial Organization & Design Thinking

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Design is all around us: from the height of a street curb to the plastic lid on your coffee cup, invisible choices were made that shape how you live. What choices would you make if you could design the world around you? The Bachelor of Arts in Applied Humanities with an emphasis in Spatial Organization & Design Thinking provides an innovative approach to understanding and affecting the physical world, bringing a humanities perspective to the future of the built environment. The program offers courses in sustainability, digital media, fabrication technology, and more, preparing you for jobs that communicate about—and effect change in—buildings, cities, and landscapes. This degree can also be a stepping stone to graduate studies in design, architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture.

Core Courses

• PAH 200 Introduction to Applied Humanities (3 units)
• PAH 201 Applied Humanities Practice: Techniques and Technologies for Public Enrichment (3 units)
• PAH 372 Intercultural Competence: Culture, Identity, Adaptation, and Intercultural Relations (3 units)
• PAH 383 Pre-Internship: Building Career Readiness (3 units)
• PAH 420 Innovation and the Human Condition: Learning How to Improve Life in the Community and Beyond (3 units)
• PAH 493 Internship (3 units)
• PAH 498 Senior Capstone (3 units)
• One elective (3 units) from the approved list.

Emphasis Courses

• SBE 301 Introduction to Design Thinking (4 units)
• LAR 430 Introduction to Digital Media (2 units)

— and select 2 of the following areas and take 2 courses from each area (1 of which must be an upper division course) —

Emphasis courses cannot also count toward a minor in the College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture.