This course provides advanced experiential learning in universal design principles utilized in the built and learning environments. This course illustrates the application of universal design across a variety of disciplines. Students, with the assistance of the Director of the Certificate in Universal Design, will identify and secure a practicum setting. Examples of practicums include conducting geomapping of campus features, providing captioning for an online course, assisting in designing a syllabus that employs universal design for learning principles, assisting a small business in maximizing use of floor space by clients, universally designing a sensory garden, assessing accessibility of an online environment for people using assistive technology. Practicum settings may be on campus, within the Lexington community, within a virtual community or beyond.

This course provides advanced experiential learning in universal design principles utilized in the built and learning environments. This course illustrates the application of universal design across a variety of disciplines. Students, with the assistance of the Director of the Certificate in Universal Design, will identify and secure a practicum setting. Examples of practicums include conducting geomapping of campus features, providing captioning for an online course, assisting in designing a syllabus that employs universal design for learning principles, assisting a small business in maximizing use of floor space by clients, universally designing a sensory garden, assessing accessibility of an online environment for people using assistive technology. Practicum settings may be on campus, within the Lexington community, within a virtual community or beyond.