RESEARCH AND COURSE GUIDES
Research Guides can help you get started with your research, whether it’s for a course assignment, a project at work or on externship, or personal interest. Each Research Guide includes recommended books, magazines and websites. Many also include blogs, films, and websites with images that may be used for academic purposes.
- NCIDQ Exam Preparation Guide
- Senior Project Research Guide
- Sustainability Research Hub
- Teaching Resources for Faculty
Interior Design Course Guides:
- Architectural Drafting I & II
- Building Codes & Standards
- Building Systems
- Design Elements: Chair Project
- History of the Built Environment I
- Human Factors
- Interior Design III: Hospitality Design
- Interior Design V
- Portfolio & Presentation Techniques
- Senior Project
- Sustainable Environments
- Textiles
General Education Course Guides:
- American History: 1865 to the Present
- Environmental Studies
- History of Modern Art
- Physical Geography (with links to tutorials and practice quizzes)
- World Civilization
Art, Architecture & Design Subject Guides:
- Biomimicry
- Building Codes & Standards
- Building Systems
- Chair Project (Design Elements)
- Drafting
- Education Design
- Environmental Psychology
- Healthcare Design
- History of the Built Environment I
- History of Modern Art
- Hospitality Design
- Human Factors
- LEED
- NCIDQ Exam Preparation Guide
- Portfolios
- Presentations
- Products & Materials
- Retail Design
- San Diego Site Research
- Site Planning & Landscape Design
- Sustainable Building Standards
- Sustainable Building Systems & Construction
- Sustainable Case Studies
- Sustainable Design Careers
- Sustainable Design Thinking
- Sustainable Products, Materials & Furnishings
- Sustainable Product Labels & Certifications
- Sustainable Sites & Landscapes
- Textiles
- Universal Design
- Worship Facility Design
Other Subject Guides:
- American History
- Elections - Researching the Issues
- Environmental Studies
- Physical Geography (with links to tutorials and practice quizzes)
- World Civilization
More Research Guides coming soon!
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