The Curriculum of the MSSD Program Features Three Teaching/Learning Strategies:

Lectures build your overall “knowledge” base about sustainability, while providing detailed information on materials, construction systems, life-cycle analysis and green-building-documentation metrics such as the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system.

Labs will develop an “informed intuition” about the relationship between natural and built environments as a means to think and design in a manner that transcends simply applying green technologies to standard design and construction projects.

Studios allow you to “synthesize” your knowledge base and inform intuition into larger, more complex projects that draw upon creativity, ingenuity and innovation as key approaches to problem solving and design conceptualization. Studio-based learning incorporates one-on-one communication with faculty, group projects with other students of diverse backgrounds, and a student driven final “synthesis” project that allows each student to conduct specialized research or design projects.

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