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BA Sustainable Environmental Design at University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley, United States

Programme overview

The Sustainable Environmental Design (SED) major recognizes that the emergent field of sustainability is growing rapidly in cross-sector activities from product design and manufacturing to governance and social equity. As the world population grows and urbanizes, the planning and design of systems that produce outcomes that are resilient, resource-efficient, healthy and socially just is profoundly important.

Faculty: College of Environmental Design  |  Department: Institute of Urban & Regional Development  |  Duration: 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Berkeley, CA, United States

What you will study

Major requirements are organised as: Lower Division (Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Economics, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Design); Upper Division (Sustainability Colloquium, Planning for Sustainability or Urban Design: City Building & Place-Making, Social & Cultural Factors in Open Space Design, Geographic Information Systems, Additional Required Core).

Career pathways

Graduates enter career areas including Architecture & Environmental Design, Environment, Urban and Regional Planning.

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Application information

Entry requirements

University/college-level admission (not programme-specific): students apply to UC Berkeley and are admitted to the College of Environmental Design.

Duration: 4 years

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.berkeley.edu/

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