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Sustainable Development and Green Design Certificate

Completion Requirements
Participants must complete 14 units: core courses (12 units) and two (2) units of electives with a grade of C or better. All coursework must be completed within five years of either the certificate enrollment date or enrollment of first course, whichever is sooner.

Transfer Credit
A maximum of 3 units from comparable courses offered by other accredited higher education institutions may be transferred into the program. Official transcripts are required.

Usual Completion Time
Usual completion time is 15-18 months.

Delivery Method
Courses are scheduled using various systems including traditional classroom meetings coupled with real-time interaction technology via Internet from your home or office, and other distance education formats like online and teleconferencing.

Required Courses Units F W Sp Su
Green Building Design 2       X
Sustainable Planning, Design and Development 2 X      
Economics of Sustainability 2     X  
Sustainable Resource Management 2   X    
Trends in Energy Efficiencies and Technologies 2   X    
Public Policy Lecture Series: Sustainability Issues in Southern California* 2 X      
Elective Courses** Units F W Sp Su
Green Construction and Building Methods 2     X  
Financing Green Building 2       X
LEED Project Management 2     X  
Green: The Color of Our Future 1 X      

* offered in cooperation with the UCR Edward J. Blakely Center for Sustainable Suburban Development

** Other existing land use planning, interior design and construction management courses or relevant new courses may be added as electives.

Information in this matrix is subject to change. Classes in this program are scheduled year-round with varying start dates; please see schedule of classes.

More Information
Jennifer Campbell
(951) 827-1620
sciences@ucx.ucr.edu
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Last Updated
03-Nov-2008

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