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"I have recently spearheaded a program to promote sustainable practices in city government, local business, builders and developers and the residents of the community. The program at the BAC would help me to learn about several different aspects of sustainability that I would like to incorporate into our program."

City planner and SDI certificate student

     
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    Sustainable Community Planning and Design

    Courses and Certificate

    The Sustainable Design Institute at the BAC is located in Boston’s Back Bay, a high-density, mixed use, pedestrian –oriented community

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    Announcements

    Summer 2012 registration opens April 30th! 

     

    For information on courses and certificates in Sustainable Design, call +1-617-585-0101, email us at ce@the-bac.edu.

    The Sustainable Community Planning and Design Certificate is tailored to students interested in aggregations of buildings, whether these be at the neighborhood or city scale.

    Courses include:

    • Sustainable Design as a Way of Thinking (required)
    • Sustainable Communities: Land Use, Transportation and Planning (required)
    • Two of the following:
      • Sustainable Transportation
      • Greening the City
      • Sustainable Neighborhoods
      • Legal Issues in Sustainable Design -From Building to City Scale
    • Two courses from the full Sustainable Design Curriculum (including the list above)

    Courses and Certificate Curriculum

    The program features over thirty graduate level online courses in sustainable design principles and practices. See curriculum page for details or contact the Professional & Continuing Education Department.