The College of Architecture will award the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate to students meeting the criteria listed below:

1. The student declares his or her intent to seek the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate at the time of filing a Degree Plan. Application forms are available from the Graduate Programs Office in the College of Architecture, and are also available at CHUD and from the Certificate Program Chair.

2. The student must complete a minimum of eighteen (18) credit hours of course work in Sustainable Urbanism, which includes a six (6) credit hour collaborative studio. The courses must be applicable toward a graduate degree in the College of Architecture. At least one course must be outside the student's major discipline. Students select one course from each of the principles, practices, and policies categories, and one elective, selected from any of those three categories listed in Part III-B, Curriculum. All sustainable urbanism certificate students also must select the collaborative studio.

3. The student must complete a professional study, thesis, or dissertation with a Sustainable Urbanism focus approved by the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate Council, as required by the student's degree program. The credit hours taken in support of the professional study, thesis, or dissertation are over and above the 18 hour requirement in Sustainable Urbanism course work. The Professional Study or Capstone Project is an independent individual or team project that satisfies the requirements of the student's degree program(s). To earn a Sustainable Urbanism Certificate, the Chair of the student's graduate committee, and at least one other member, must be from the Sustainable Urbanism Program faculty. A student may choose to conduct a Professional Study working on a problem being engaged by an approved sustainable urbanism studio, as long as the student's work is identifiable as his or her own individual product.

4. On completion of all the requirements for the graduate degree, the student will receive a Sustainable Urbanism Certificate signed by the Dean and the appropriate Department Head.

The student's Graduate Advisory Committee remains the primary body for recommending the degree plan content. Courses required or intended for the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate may be used in the degree plan with the concurrence of the Graduate Advisory Committee. Students also may add courses beyond their normal degree requirements in order to fulfill the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate requirements. Students are encouraged to consult with their Graduate Advisory Committee and a member of the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate Council as they develop their degree plans.