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Students select one course from each of the Principles, Practices, and Policies Categories, plus one course from any of the three categories, plus the collaborative studio.









Principles - History and Theory

  Structure and Function of Cities PLAN 610 Neuman Fall
  Planning for Healthy Communities PLAN 633 Sweeney Spring
  Theory of Placemaking ARCH 624 Tabb Fall
  Concepts in Ecological Design and Planning PLAN 689 Ndubisi Spring
  Sustainable Urbanism PLAN 675 Neuman Spring
  Development Process LDEV 667 Sharkaway Fall

Practices - Methods and Skills

  Site Planning ARCH 689/310 Abrams Spring
  Housing Production COSC 662 Graham Spring
  Environment and Development LDEV 661 McCarthy Spring
  Sustainable Development LDEV 671 Brody Spring
  Landscape Architecture Site Development LAND 612 Li Fall
  Design and Plannning for Soil and Water Management LAND 689 Li Fall

Policies - Analysis and Evaluation

  Historic Preservation ARCH 646 Woodcock Spring
  Urban Infrastructure Planning PLAN 669 Neuman Fall
  Sustainable Transportation PLAN 689 Spring
  Visual Quality Analysis LAND 661 Ulrich Spring
  Environmental Planning LAND 641 Brody Spring
  Design and Active Living LAND/PLAN 689 Lee Fall

Design and PlanningStudios

  Sustainable Urbanism Studio various* Various Spring

  * Approved sections of Land 620/621, LDEV 687/688, Plan 662/663, and Arch 605606/607 satisfy this course. “Approved” sections must be taught by a sustainable urbanism faculty fellow and be at the urban scale. Urban Design studios in approved study abroad programs (Barcelona, Santa Chiara) also qualify.

Students who identify a course not on the list of pre-approved courses, or who wish to transfer courses from another institution, must submit a written statement that clearly describes how a course lacking prior approval is related to the student's Sustainable Urbanism course of study. This written statement, supported by a copy of the course syllabus, will be reviewed by the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate Council. Where a course has a generic topic (for example a design studio in architecture, or a capstone studio course in land development or planning), the written statement of the Sustainable Urbanism content and the student's specific role in working with that content must be co-signed by the course instructor. Courses not acceptable for use toward a graduate degree at Texas A&M University will not be approved under any circumstances.

Approved Courses Outside the College of Architecture

  GEOG 616 Urban Geography
  GEOG 619 Human Impact on the Environment
  RPTS 646 Heritage Tourism
  RPTS 626 Social Impacts of Tourism
  SOCI 620 Human Ecology

This list will be expanded as courses become available.