Want to work on your sustainability minor over the summer? There is still room to enroll in the following special topics courses, which begin June 30th, 2014.

Visit our Upcoming Courses page for more information on these and other courses.

SUST 390V/ARCH 303V LEED Certification: Documentation for the Free Health Center
Take a look at the first ever offering of SUST 390V. In this course, which is not design-focused, students will be exposed to the use of the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Environmental and Energy efficient Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System.

Taught by Tahar Messadi; approved as a Tier 1, Built Systems elective.

LARC 5043 Sustainable Residential Landscapes
This course focuses on a specific aspect of sustainable development; sustainable housing development with a focus on an oft-overlooked aspect of the residential fabric – the yard.

Taught by Carl Smith; approved as a Tier 1, Built Systems elective.

LARC 4753 Incremental Sprawl Repair
Exploration of the causes, manifestation and results of suburban sprawl on the built environment. Design and planning strategies linked to landscape, urbanism, policy, transportation, resource-conservation, ecology, and social structures are proposed. Emphasis is placed on combining traditional and cutting edge methods for repairing sprawled cities and regions.

Taught by Carl Smith and Noah Billig; approved as a Tier 1, Built Systems elective.