Health and Wellness Design Graduate Certificate

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About the Health and Wellness Design Graduate Certificate

The Huckabee College of Architecture partners with the Department of Public Health at TTUHSC in this 15-hour graduate certificate. It offers advanced knowledge of environmental design that enhances the physical, intellectual, emotional, mental, and spiritual health of groups and individuals. This program is flexible enough to include students with or without design backgrounds.

Knowledge areas covered include, but are not limited to, understanding salutogenic design principles and the ways design impacts health, public health principles, evidence-based design principles, research methods, and the role of research in design.

Contact: Saif Haq, Ph.D.; saif.haq@ttu.edu; 806.834.6317

Required Courses are:

ARCH 5604 - Architectural Design and Research II 6 Semester Credit Hours
OR
ARCH 5301 - Special Problems in Architecture 3 Semester Credit Hours (HWD emphasis) (research project done in support of a school studio or a project in a practice; studio drawing activity not required)
ARCH 5366 - Evidence-Based Architecture 3 Semester Credit Hours
ARCH 5302 - Product Design Workshop 3 Semester Credit Hours
GSPH 5313 - Introduction to Public Health 3 Semester Credit Hours
Approved Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours

Texas Tech University Academic Catalog

Health and Wellness Design Graduate Certificate

About the Health and Wellness Design Graduate Certificate

Required Courses are:

Total: 15