Transcript-Designated Concentration in Ecological Design
The Department of Architecture provides a focused course of study in ecological and sustainable design. The American Institute of Architects, the national professional organization, has adopted the 2030 Challenge, which requires that all buildings built in the United States in the year 2030 and beyond be Carbon Neutral in regards to the atmosphere. This concentration will provide students with the tools to design buildings to be Carbon Neutral as well as resource-conserving and environmentally non-polluting. Students wishing to pursue this concentration must be enrolled in the MArch or MArch/MUP program and must complete a minimum of 21 credits from the following groups of courses.
Ecological Design Required Core Courses (12 credits):
ARCH 723 Fundamentals of Ecological Architecture - 3 cr
ARCH 794 Pre-Thesis or Master's Project Seminar (ecological design focus) - 3 cr
ARCH 890 Master's Thesis or Master's Project (ecological or 891 design focus) - 6 cr
Ecological Design Elective Courses
(9 credits, at least 3 credits taken outside architecture):
Architecture Elective Courses:
ARCH 520 Environmental Systems: Illumination and Thermal Comfort
ARCH 521 Environmental Systems: Resources-Fluid Distribution Systems
ARCH 522 Environmental Systems: Lighting and Acoustical Design
ARCH 584 Urban Landscape Architecture
ARCH 585 Research Methods in Architecture
ARCH 788 Green Building Seminar
Non-Architecture Elective Courses (minimum 3 credits):
ANTHRO 448 Cultural and Human Ecology
BIO SCI 458 Community Ecology
BIO SCI 505 Conservation Biology
CES 471 Principles of Natural Resources Management
CIVENG 490 Transportation Engineering
CIVENG 492 Environmental Impact Assessment
ELECENG 574 Intermediate Control Systems
GEOG 405 Cartography
GEOG 411 Physical Climatology
GEOG 455 Applied Climatology
GEOG 464 Environmental Problems
GEOG 475 Geography of Soils
GEOG 540 Globalization and the City
PHIL 324 Philosophy of Science
URBPLAN 780 Seminar in Environmental Planning Issues
URBPLAN 781 Environmental Law and Policy
URBPLAN 791 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
URBPLAN 880 Challenges to Urban Sustainability
Or other elective courses approved by the student's faculty advisor.
Faculty Advisors
Raymond Isaacs
Gregory Thomson
D. Michael Utzinger
James Wasley