Design Your Own Curriculum Choose any combination of classes from across DIS' offerings, for a course load perfectly suited to your interests!
Be sure that you:
a) have all the pre- and co-requisites
b) don't double book yourself during any time blocks
c) pick only one program’s core course(s)
Architecture & Design
Popular majors: Architecture – Fine Arts – Graphic Design – Interior Design – Interior Architecture – Landscape Architecture – Studio Art – Sustainable Design – Urban Design
Objectives | Courses | Study Tours
TOGETHER ... the Studio core course and study tours will
Expand your professional skills and knowledge through interaction with Danish architects and designers
Familiarize you with contemporary Danish, Scandinavian, and European architecture, design, and theory
Enable you to recognize and analyze the effects of cultural, economic, and political life on architecture and design, and vice versa
NEW!!! – Information Design studio is offered as an option for students interested in Graphic Design and Web Design!
Core & Elective Courses Syllabus
Architectural Design Studio
Architecture Foundations Studio
Information Design Studio TBA
Interior Architecture Foundations Studio TBA
Interior Architecture Studio Core course Interior Architecture students
Urban Design Studio Core course Urban Design, Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture students
Urban Design Foundations Studio TBA
20th and 21st Century Danish Architecture
20th and 21st Century Danish Architecture A
B
Contemporary European Architectural Theories (spring only)
Danish Design
Design Methods in Your Practice (fall only)
Digital Design Journal
European Urban Design Theories
Integrated Sustainability
Mediterranean Journal
Simplicity in Architecture TBA
Sustainable by Design
Urban Design Journal
Visual Journal A
B
Watercolor Painting
Full program leaflet (5 MB)
Please see the Full Course List for a complete directory of all courses offered at DIS
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Study Tours
DIS places strong emphasis on combining classroom work with experiential learning so that you come away with applicable, real life, cross-cultural skills for the global job market .
Study Tours – each semester
Western Denmark An introduction to outstanding examples of Danish historical and modern buildings, interiors, restoration projects and urban planning, including cultural and historical visitsExplore the transformation of industrial districts into recreational and cultural areas as well as the architectural movements of the 20th Century on a tour to Germany/Netherlands . Or choose a hands-on study of modern Scandinavian architecture & design: Asplund, Leverenz, Aalto, Pietila, and multiple examples of contemporary architectural design on a tour to Sweden/Finland
Study Tours – full year students
Recommended Optional Study Tour
