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Establish credibility in Sustainable Design and advance your career
Beginning with the Spring 2010 semester, four graduate-level certificates are available in the Sustainable Design Program. They are certificates in: Sustainable Design, Sustainable Community Planning and Design, Sustainable Residential Design and Sustainable Building Design and Construction.
To earn the Certificate in Sustainable Design:
Students will be expected to complete six courses with a minimum B- cumulative average. Courses will include:
.Sustainable Design as a Way of Thinking (required)
.The Urgent and Hopeful Future of Design (required)
.Four courses from the full curriculum
To earn the Certificate in Sustainable Community Planning and Design:
Students will be expected to complete six courses with a minimum B- cumulative average. Courses will 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 curriculum
To earn the Certificate in Sustainable Residential Design:
Students will be expected to complete six courses with a minimum B- cumulative average. Courses will include:
.Sustainable Design as a Way of Thinking (required)
.Three of the following:
.The Zero Energy Home: What, How and If
.Green Residential Remodeling and Renovations
.Residential Energy Modeling
.Site Design, Landscaping and Site-Water Issues
.Two courses from the full curriculum
To earn the Certificate in Sustainable Building Design and Construction:
Students will be expected to complete six courses with a minimum B- cumulative average. Courses will include:
.Sustainable Design as a Way of Thinking (required)
.Three of the following:
.The Urgent and Hopeful Future of Sustainable Design
.Green Practice: Energy and Air Quality Principles
.Environmental Systems
.Building Envelope
.Site Design, Landscaping and Site-Water Issues
.Materials, Resources and Indoor Environmental Quality
.Getting the Green Building You Want: Managing the Construction Process
.Two courses from the full curriculum
To enroll in the Certificate Program
Please fill out, and fax or mail the Certificate Program Application.
Enrollment in the Certificate Program requires a prior bachelors degree in any subject. Students who have not yet completed college may be enrolled by application. Please contact the CE Department at 617.585.0101.
Notes:
1.Courses taken previously by students enrolled in the undergraduate sustainable design certificate program prior to September 2009 will be recognized for the Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Design. Students enrolled in the graduate Sustainable Design Certificate program prior to February 2010 (including the "grandfathered" undergraduate certificate students mentioned above), will continue to be enrolled for the Sustainable Design Certificate and do not need to re-apply. All students who wish to be enrolled for any of the other certificates in the Sustainable Design Program should complete the Certificate Program Application. Courses already taken will be applied to the new certificates.
2. Students who wish to earn two sustainable design certificates will be permitted to transfer two courses from one certificate to the other, thereby allowing them to gain the second certificate with four additional courses. It will be necessary to apply separately for each certificate and to complete the specific course requirements for both certificates. Students who have already earned a Certificate in Sustainable Design will also be eligible to enroll in a second sustainable design certificate and transfer two courses into the second certificate.
For more information
You may download a pdf version of our Continuing Education Catalog.
You may download a pdf version of the Sustainable Design Brochure.
You may request more customized information by filling out the Inquiry Form.
We are also available via phone: +1 617 585 0101, and email: ce@the-bac.edu
(Our UK phone number: +44 (0) 203 372 4164)
