Sustainability Degree Programs: Architecture and Design
Undergraduate Programs
Graduate Programs
Links to other Databases in Sustainable Architecture and Design Programs
INSTITUTION: Boston Architectural College (BAC) DEGREE OFFERED: Bachelor of Design Studies with a Sustainable Design Concentration WEBSITE: www.the-bac.edu/sd CONTACT: Lance Fletcher, AIA, LEED AP Director of Sustainable Design Boston Architectural College 320 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02115 lance.fletcher@the-bac.edu 617.585.0129
INSTITUTION: California Polytechnic University, Pomona, College of Architecture and Environmental Design DEGREE OFFERED: Landscape Architecture (B.S.L.A.) DESCRIPTION: This program addresses the needs of sustainability through the perspective of the needs of the Los Angeles community. WEBSITE: http://www.csupomona.edu/~la/department/index.html CONTACT: Department of Landscape Architecture California State Polytechnic University 3801 West Temple Ave. Pomona, CA 91768 Phone: (909) 869-2673 Fax: (909) 869-4460
INSTITUTION: Finlandia University International School of Art & Design (ISAD) DEGREE OFFERED: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sustainable Design (BFA) DESCRIPTION: Interdisciplinary Designers at the International School of Art + Design of Finlandia University use the integrated skills and creativity of product designers, architectural-space planners and sustainable systems designers to engage issues of function, taste, comfort, health, safety, environmental stewardship and universal access. 21st century Interdisciplinary Designers are designers who don't fit into prescribed boxes. They specialize at being non-specialists. They are adaptable, flexible, and quite comfortable crossing professional boundaries to create integrated concepts that solve real problems for real people. Another component of ISAD is the Finlandia University Sustainable Keweenaw Resource Center. The SKRC is both a Keweenaw community green directory online, and an on-the-ground destination where community members can gather for meetings, review books/periodicals/brochures on sustainability, inspect green product samples, or maybe just interact with the ‘What is Sustainable Keweenaw?' Ideas Board. At the SKRC, green businesses and organizations post green resources in the form of products, materials and services. ISAD Interdisciplinary Designers draw on the SKRC to find meaningful community design projects and collaborations and test their sustainable systems design skills by applying them to community design challenges. The International School of Art & Design at Finlandia University invites you to study design that really works. WEBSITE: http://www.finlandia.edu CONTACT: Denise Vandeville Dean, Finlandia University International School of Art & Design 200 Michigan Street Hancock, Michigan 49930 Phone: (906) 487-7379
INSTITUTION: Rocky Mountain College or Art and Design DEGREE OFFERED: Interior Design, Green Design (B.A.) DESCRIPTION: Green design is a specialization students can choose in the interior design department. Students complete at least three green design courses and three projects in green design. WEBSITE: http://www.rmcad.edu/degree_programs/interior_design_green_design.html CONTACT: Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design 1600 Pierce Street Lakewood, CO 80214 800.888.ARTS or 303.753.6046 303.759.4970 (fax)
INSTITUTION: University of Virginia, School of Architecture, Urban and Environmental Planning, Institute for Environmental Negotiation DEGREE OFFERED: Urban and Environmental Planning (B.A.) DESCRIPTION: This interdisciplinary program's key areas of study include: Sustainable community development, Environmental impacts, and Public and private costs of development. WEBSITE: http://www.arch.virginia.edu/planning/ CONTACT: School of Architecture Campbell Hall P.O. Box 400122 Charlottesville VA 22904-4122 (434) 924-6442 arch-web@virginia.edu
INSTITUTION: Arizona State University, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Program in Environmental Design and Planning DEGREE OFFERED: Doctoral Program in Environmental Design and Planning (Ph.D.) DESCRIPTION: This program is interdisciplinary and connects various ASU colleges, including education, through student programs of study. Courses such as "Issues in Sustainable Design" are offered.
INSTITUTION: Boston Architectural College (BAC) DEGREE OFFERED: Master of Design Studies in Sustainable Design and four online graduate certificates in Sustainable Design DESCRIPTION: Over thirty online graduate courses in sustainable design make our curriculum the most comprehensive in the subject of any accredited college or university. WEBSITE: www.the-bac.edu/sd CONTACT: Lance Fletcher, AIA, LEED AP Director of Sustainable Design Boston Architectural College 320 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02115 lance.fletcher@the-bac.edu 617.585.0129 WEBSITE: http://www.asu.edu/caed/PHD/html/PHDHome.htm CONTACT: College of Architecture and Environmental Design Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-1905 Phone: 480-965-4620 Fax: 480-965-1966 CAED.PHD@asu.edu
INSTITUTION: California Polytechnic University, Pomona, College of Architecture and Environmental Design DEGREE OFFERED: Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.) DESCRIPTION: This program addresses the needs of sustainability through the perspective of the needs of the Los Angeles community. WEBSITE: http://www.csupomona.edu/~la/department/index.html CONTACT: Department of Landscape Architecture California State Polytechnic University 3801 West Temple Ave. Pomona CA 91768 Phone: (909) 869-2673 Fax: (909) 869-4460
INSTITUTION: Carnegie-Melon, School of Architecture DEGREE OFFERED: Sustainable Design (M.Sc.) DESCRIPTION: This program is aimed for students interested in sustainable design in the built environment. The program includes coursework in the following areas: "Environmental Basics and Issues, Environmental Law and Policy; Environmental History, Sustainable Design and Development, Advanced Building Systems, Building Performance Simulation and Tools, Site and Ecology, Sustainable Engineering and Construction, Environmental Economics, Thesis/ Project Courses." WEBSITE: http://www.arc.cmu.edu/cmu/programs/ugrad_progs/five_one.jsp CONTACT: Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture 201 College of Fine Arts Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412.268.2354 Fax: 412.268.7819 dyee@andrew.cmu.edu
INSTITUTION: Colorado State University DEGREE OFFERED: Construction Management (M.S.) DESCRIPTION: Students can choose a sustainable building emphasis in this program. Students are able to collaborate with The Institute for the Built Environment on sustainable building projects. WEBSITE: http://www.cahs.colostate.edu/cm/grad_SBE.stm CONTACT: Colorado State University Guggenheim Hall Building Fort Collins, Colorado Phone: 1+ 970.491.7353 Fax: 1+ 970.491.2473
INSTITUTION: Philadelphia University DEGREE OFFERED: Sustainable Design (M.S.) DESCRIPTION: The Master of Science in Sustainable Design (MSSD) Program offers the the opportunity to explore sustainability through different avenues of study, ranging from design exploration to applied research. The program prizes collaboration between seemingly disparate fields from architecture to construction management to engineering and employs faculty from those diverse fields to underscore the importance of interdisciplinary design in the program. WEBSITE: www.philau.edu/green CONTACT: Graduate Admissions: gradadm@PhilaU.edu Phone: 215.951.2896
INSTITUTION: University of Minnesota Department of Architecture DEGREE OFFERED: Architecture Sustainable Design Track (M.A.) DESCRIPTION: This program "prepares students to integrate sustainable design practice and research in the design professions, government agencies, research institutes, and corporations." WEBSITE: http://www.cala.umn.edu/architecture/academic_programs/MS/MS_program_description.pdf CONTACT: M.S. in Architecture Program Department of Architecture University of Minnesota 145 Ralph Rapson Hall 89 Church St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone: 612-624-8817 raffe013@umn.edu
INSTITUTION: University of Calgary, Environmental Design DEGREE OFFERED: Environmental Design (MEDes, Ph.D.) DESCRIPTION: In both the masters and doctoral programs, students can pursue a sustainability specialization. WEBSITE: http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/faculties/EV/ CONTACT: Faculty of Environmental Design University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 Phone: (403) 220-6601 Fax: (403) 284-4399 info@evds.ucalgary.ca
INSTITUTION: University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture, Center for Sustainable Development DEGREES OFFERED: Offers four types of grad degrees related to Sustainable Design DESCRIPTIONS: First-Professional Master of Architecture offers students with undergraduate degrees in any field either an "emphasis" or "specialization" in sustainable design. The Post-Professional Master of Architecture offers students with professional degrees in architecture advanced study in an area of concentration: historic preservation, sustainable design, advanced architectural design, or urban design. The Master of Science in Sustainable Design (MSSD) prepares students for a career in research or for the Ph.D. A Ph.D. in Architecture offers concentrations in the history of architecture and historic preservation. An adhoc Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies offers advanced study to students who wish to integrate the study of sustainable design with a number of disciplines.
WEBSITES: http://web.austin.utexas.edu/architecture/academic/architecture/main.htmlhttp://www.utexas.edu/ogs/degree_programs/adhoc/guidelines.html http://www.utcsd.org/http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/ CONTACT: The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, Dr. Steven A. Moore Center for Sustainable Development 1 University Station B7500 Austin, Texas 78712-0222 Phone: 512.471.0184; Fax: 512.471.0716 utcsd@mail.utexas.edu
INSTITUTION: University of Virginia, School of Architecture, Urban and Environmental Planning, Institute for Environmental Negotiation DEGREE OFFERED: Urban and Environmental Planning (M.A.) DESCRIPTION: This interdisciplinary program's key areas of study include: Sustainable community development, Environmental impacts, and Public and private costs of development. WEBSITE: http://www.arch.virginia.edu/planning/ CONTACT: School of Architecture Campbell Hall P.O. Box 400122 Charlottesville VA 22904-4122 (434) 924-6442 arch-web@virginia.edu
Other Databases in Sustainable Architecture and Design Programs
Sustainable Design Consulting A directory of institutes, centers, and programs focused on sustainable design. www.ecodesign.org/edi/eden/ecoschools-map.html
The Wallace Research Group An international listing of architecture degree programs with a sustainable focus. www.wallaceresearch.net/education.html
