Sustainability Degree Programs: Architecture and Design

Undergraduate Programs

Graduate Programs

Links to other Databases in Sustainable Architecture and Design Programs

Undergraduate Programs

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: 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

Graduate Programs

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.
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: 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.html
http://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