University of California Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts in Sustainable Environmental Design
The Bachelor of Arts in Sustainable Environmental Design in Architecture is offered by University of California Berkeley.
The Department of Architecture and the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at the University of California Berkeley (UCB) jointly offer an undergraduate program that guides students through this emergent, multidisciplinary field of sustainability science.
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sustainable Environmental Design offers students a critical understanding of the sustainability challenges facing urban regions in California and around the globe and equips them with the technical, analytic, and design tools key to devising creative solutions. Graduates have many career paths and fields of graduate study open to them.
Students who complete this major will obtain the following:
- Understand the application of physical, biological, and social science in the design of sustainable cities and metropolitan regions.
- Understand sustainable urban technologies and design strategies.
- Comprehend issues of equity and social justice as they relate to sustainable cities and regions.
- Evaluate and monitor the present state and future potential of built environments in terms of sustainability.
- Comprehend the implications of policy and institutions and their potential to shape future sustainable cities and regions.