Sustainable Design (MS)

Program Description

• STEM designated program

The MS in Sustainable Design prepare students for the built environment industry by teaching specific skill sets necessary to conceptualize measure and construct a sustainable environment. This is balanced by broader, theoretical avenues of study that emphasize systems thinking, which place the technical knowledge gained in the program into context.

The on-campus program culminates with a two-semester thesis project that is meant to provide a component of depth in a specific built environment discipline or a particular subset of sustainability. Online students complete a shorter capstone project.

Learning Goals/Outcomes

• Apply skill sets necessary to accomplish effective sustainable design project as response to environmental, social & economic force
• Provide leadership, team building and organizational skills for diverse groups through the integrated process
• Work effectively within groups of varied disciplines
• Synthesize theories of sustainability into comprehensive research and design projects
• Develop diversity initiatives integral to sustainability problem-solving process as a reflection of emerging global marketplace
• Apply ethical values to integrated design process and to selection of systems and materials for a built project
• Bring innovation to fields & anticipate future directions in professions by adapting to social, environmental & economic changes

Curriculum: 2 Year, 33 Credits

2-Year On Campus Program

2-Year Online Program