Summary of Steps Required to Earn the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate

Step One:Students meet with a member of the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate Council prior to filing an application and completing a degree plan.

Step Two: : Initial Application for the Certificate. At the time a degree plan is filed, the student will complete an Initial Application for the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate and attach to it to a copy of the Degree Plan signed by the student’s Graduate Advisory Committee and the head of the student’s department. The application is retained on file at the CARC Graduate Programs Office, CHUD, and the Certificate Program's Director's Office. The Sustainable Urbanism Certificate Council will review the Initial Application for compliance with the requirements for content. If an initial application for a Sustainable Urbanism Certificate is submitted after filing a degree plan, then the student may need to revise the degree plan, which may delay timely progress toward degree completion.

Step Three: Review of the Final Application. Master’s level students must provide the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate Council with an abstract and any supporting justification as may be required to evaluate the topical relevance to Sustainable Urbanism of their professional study, professional paper, or thesis, if such a product is required in their degree program. This information must be submitted after the manuscript has been approved by the student’s Graduate Advisory Committee. Doctoral students must provide the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate Council with an abstract and any supporting justification as may be required to evaluate the topical relevance to Sustainable Urbanism of their dissertation. This information must be submitted after the defense of the dissertation proposal. The Sustainable Urbanism Certificate Council will review the Final Application for compliance with the requirements for content and forward its recommendation to the College of Architecture Graduate Programs Office.

Step Four: Granting of the Certificate. At the time the student is approved for receipt of a relevant graduate degree, the College of Architecture Graduate Programs Office will review the approved certificate courses and advise the Dean of the College of Architecture of successful completion. The Dean of the College of Architecture will then authorize the granting of the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate.

Policy for Maintaining Student Records

Official Sustainable Urbanism Certificate Program records consist of the Application, a copy of the approved Degree Plan (and any subsequent Petitions that may impact the previously approved program), an Abstract of the final project topic, and any official correspondence. These records will be kept in the official student folders in the College of Architecture Graduate Programs Office. For reference purposes the College of Architecture Graduate Programs Office will create and maintain a database showing all students who have received, or are currently enrolled in, the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate Program.

This database will be accessible by the Sustainable Urbanism Program Office, which also maintains hardcopy files for developing data on the career histories, addresses, email address, etc. of certificate holders and current students. Student grades will not be available outside the College of Architecture Graduate Programs Office, and personal data will not be released, except in accordance with state law and university guidelines.