The Management of Environmental Design Major at the Undergraduate Level of Shenyang City University

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The objectives of this research were: (1) To study the problems of the teaching management mode of environmental design at the undergraduate level of Shenyang City University; (2) To compare the teaching management mode of the environmental design major of LuXun Academy of Fine Arts and Shenyang City University; and (3) To develop the teaching management mode of the environmental design major at the undergraduate level of Shenyang City University.

The research was a mixed methodology research consists of quantitative research and qualitative research. Population was students majoring in environmental design at the undergraduate level of Shenyang City University and LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, totaling 252 students. The sample size was determined by more than 95% of the population, obtained by simple random sampling method, totaling 243 students. The key informants were teachers of environmental design major at the undergraduate level of Shenyang City University, industry experts, and employers, obtained by purposive sampling method. The instruments used for data collection were questionnaire, and interview records. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, variance, and t-test.

The research findings revealed that: (1) There were a series of problems in the teaching mode of environmental design major in Shenyang City University, such as “lack of cultivating students' innovative thinking, lack of cognition of the importance of architecture, weak basic teaching, lack of practical teaching, and inadequate utilization of teaching resources”; (2) In the teaching mode of environmental design major of LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, "basic teaching and professional integration, organic integration of supporting disciplines, good architectural foundation, and many practical courses" were worthy of Shenyang City University's reference; and (3) Based on the interdisciplinary systems engineering and modularization theory, the researchers established a new environmental design teaching model for Shenyang City University. And based on this new model, a macroscopic environmental design teaching evaluation system was established.