Minor in Sustainable Community Development

The Sustainable Community Development Minor prepares students to create a more socially and environmentally balanced world through design and planning. Our courses provide both theoretical knowledge and professional skills in the cultural and ecological aspects of the built environment.

The undergraduate minor requires successful completion of five courses (at least 3 credits each) selected from classes within the Sustainable Community Development curriculum:

• SUSTCOMM 110                 Transforming Your World: Introduction to Community Engagement (4cr.) (Gen Ed SB, DU)
• SUSTCOMM 125                 Global Cities and Global Issues (4cr.) (Gen Ed SB)
• SUSTCOMM 140                 Awareness of the Visual Environment (4cr.) (Gen Ed AT)
• SUSTCOMM 150                 Intro to Environmental Design (3cr.)
• SUSTCOMM 205                 Dynamics of Human Habitation (4cr.) (Gen Ed I)
• SUSTCOMM 225                 Race, Gender, and Sexuality & Equity (4cr.) (Gen Ed DU, SB)
• SUSTCOMM 232                 History of Sustainable Community Development (4cr.) (Gen Ed HS, DG)
• SUSTCOMM 281                 Visual Communication: Design Principles & Digital Skills (3 cr.)
• SUSTCOMM 285                 Climate Change and Resilient Cities (4cr.)
• SUSTCOMM 292                 Visual Communication: Design Principles and Digital Skills (3cr.)
• SUSTCOMM 333                 Introduction to Community Economic Development (4cr.)
• SUSTCOMM 335                 Plants in the Landscape (3cr.)
• SUSTCOMM 352                 Planning Tools and Techniques (3cr.)
• SUSTCOMM 533                 Urban Greening Theory & Practice (3 cr.)
• SUSTCOMM 543                 History of Architecture & Landscape I (4cr.) (Gen Ed AT)
• SUSTCOMM 544                 History of Architecture & Landscape II (3cr.)
• REGIONPL 545                    Intro to Land Use (3cr.)
• SUSTCOMM 574                 City Planning (3cr.)
• SUSTCOMM 583                 Digital Technology for Design Representation (3cr.)
• REGIONPL 580                    Sustainable Cities (3 cr.)
• REGIONPL 585                    Planning for Climate Change (3/4cr.)
• LANDARCH 547/L            Landscape Pattern and Process + Lab (4cr.)
• LANDARCH 587                  People and the Environment (3cr.)
• LANDARCH 591I                Sustaining Green Infrastructure Planning and Design (3cr.)
• LANDARCH 592M             Material Experiments (3cr.)
• REGIONPL 625                    Introduction to Geographic Information Systems for Planning (3 cr.)

Notes

• LARP courses not listed here may be used to satisfy minor requirements with the approval of the Program Director.
• No more than two courses used to fulfill the requirements of any major may be applied towards the fulfillment of the SCD minor.
• For students majoring in Landscape Architecture, no courses used to fulfill BS-LA program requirements can be applied to the SCD Minor.
• No more than one course taken abroad can be used to fulfill the SCD Minor requirements.
• All coursework for the minor must be completed with a grade of C- or better.
• Prerequisites or other restrictions may apply. Check Spire for current information.

To declare the minor, submit the declaration form. Students are also encouraged to meet with the program director to design a curriculum that supports their learning goals.

The minor can be declared any time before graduation. Students do not need to declare the minor before beginning SCD courses.