DEA 4500

Policy Meets Design: High-Impact Facilities of the 21st Century

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Active participation from local and global leads, industry, and healthcare providers, students examine how well-designed environments and policies empower people, organizations, and communities to achieve their health-related operational and business objectives.  Students apply the lessons from high-impact environments to their specific area of interest (e.g. senior living, healthcare, hospitality, education, housing, landscape, and urban planning).

Permission Note Enrollment preference given to: seniors and graduate students; juniors and sophomores are welcome to attend if there is room.

Course Attribute (CU-CEL, CU-SBY)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA

Outcomes

• Assess environments strategies and policies, identify operational and environmental gaps, and propose design solution.
• Explore how concepts of environmental psychology, behavioral economics, sustainability, and LEAN can be used to optimize facility and environmental design.
• Take part in conversations with community, national and global leaders and participate in debates to evaluate various impacts of decisions on people.

When Offered Fall.

Comments Class discussion panels and group projects limit the maximum number of attendees.

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