2010-2011 UF Graduate Catalog (PDF Format) - Graduate School ...

University of Florida Graduate School
Students enrolled in the Concentration and Certificate Program in Sustainable
Architecture must complete at least 12 credits of approved sustainable architecture
electives. Students must complete at least 6 credits within the School of
Architecture; and at least one approved 3 credit course from outside the School of
Architecture. Students also must complete a research project or thesis on a subject
pre-approved by the concentration's Governing Board, related to sustainable
architecture. For more information, contact the Graduate Program Assistant, School of
Architecture, University of Florida, Box 115702, Gainesville FL 32611-5702, Phone
(352) 392-0205 ext. 202, E-mail bhuds@ufl.edu
Sustainable Design
The Interdisciplinary Concentration and Certificate in Sustainable Design
(ICSD) is for master's-level students in the College of Design, Construction, and
Planning. This concentration allows students to become proficient in one or more of
the following areas: sustainable architecture, sustainable construction, sustainable
interior design, sustainable landscape architecture, or sustainable urban planning.
Course work deals with the following issues.
— Preventing environmental degradation: protecting ecosystems, fauna and
flora, energy conservation, energy consumption, architectural commissioning,
maintenance, water consumption, land use, site selection, and materials selection
(resource depletion, environmental degradation, and healthy environments)
— Providing healthy environments: indoor air environmental quality, outdoor
environmental quality, nontoxic environments, and sustainable ecosystems and
landscapes
— Responsive and responsible building construction: construction impacts on
sites, environmentally responsive architecture, environmentally responsible
architecture (preventing environmental degradation), and designing sustainable
building components
— Mitigating the environmental effects of construction operations: life cycle
operations, design longevity, reusing materials, recycling materials, deconstruction,
reconstruction, and historic preservation
— Enhancing the community environment: sustainable developments, community
and neighborhood design, regional design, and city planning design
— Environmental theory: the philosophy of sustainable design, ecological theory,
sustainability and ethics, deep ecology, and systems theory.
Students wishing to participate in the ICSD should notify their department or school
as early in the graduate program as possible. To participate in the ICSD, a student
must be admitted and enrolled in one of the departments participating in the ICSD.
Students will complete the concentration for either the master's degree or Master of
Science degree, but not for both degrees if awarded from the University of Florida.
Students cannot enroll in two concentration programs at the same time.
To successfully complete the ICSD, the student must earn 12 credit hours in
sustainable design research and course work from a list of recommended courses. To
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