Jan 30, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Ecological and Sustainable Design Graduate Certificate


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About the Ecological and Sustainable Design Graduate Certificate Program


The Ecological and Sustainable Design (ESD) graduate certificate is tailored toward forward-thinking students eager to address the complex and wicked problems of climate change, social justice, and adaptation for innovative design in architecture. Through a carefully curated selection of elective and studio courses, explore current issues such as regenerative and carbon-neutral materials, ecologically minded technologies and integration, and energy-efficient design. With 15 credit hours of targeted ESD-approved coursework, students will gain invaluable knowledge and practical skills to advance ecological and environmental systems through architecture. This graduate certificate will provide tools to shape the future while making meaningful contributions to sustainable design and advancing careers at the intersection of ecology, equity, and innovation.

Contact: Peter Raab, peter.raab@ttu.edu, 806.834.5510 

Required:


One of:

Choose three courses from:


  • 3 Semester Credit Hours (ESD emphasis: Re-thinking Materials)
  • ARCH 5301 - Special Problems in Architecture 3 Semester Credit Hours (ESD emphasis: LEED, WELL and Passivehaus)
  • ARCH 5301 - Special Problems in Architecture 3 Semester Credit Hours (ESD emphasis: Social Equity and Sustainability) 
  • ARCH 5301 - Special Problems in Architecture 3 Semester Credit Hours (ESD emphasis: Energy Modeling and Performance)
  • 3 Semester Credit Hours  (ESD emphasis: Ecological Theory and ARCH Design)

Total Hours: 15


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