Undergraduate research in architecture : a guide for students. / txt
D. Andrew Vernooy, Montana State University; Jenny Olin Shanahan, Bridgewater State University; Gregory Young, Montana State University.
- vi, 187 p. : ill. ; photo. ; 24 cm. book
- Routledge undergraduate research series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Overview -- 2. Literature Reviews -- 3. Choosing Topics and Formulating Appropriate Research Questions or Project Goals -- 4. Working with Human Subjects -- 5. Collecting Data and Carrying Out Arts Research -- 6. Analyzing and Synthesizing Data -- 7. Citing Sources -- 8. Dissemination of Results -- 9. Form Is Knowledge: Design as Research -- 10. Material Assembly and Structure -- 11. Architecture and the Sustainable Environment -- 12. Architecture and History -- 13. Engagement: Architecture and Society -- 14. Architecture and Urban Design -- 15. Architecture and the Profession -- 16. Online Resources -
"Undergraduate Research in Architecture: A Guide for Students supplies tools for scaffolding research skills, with examples of undergraduate research activities and case studies on projects in the various areas of architecture study. Undergraduate research has become a common degree requirement in some disciplines and is growing rapidly. Many undergraduate activities in music have components that could be combined into compelling undergraduate research projects, either in the required curriculum, as part of existing courses, or in capstone courses centered on undergraduate research"--