Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Urban Design

The only program in Texas and surrounding states:

• Located within the 4th-largest metropolitan area in the nation
• Located within the Metropolitan Statistical Area with the highest demand by employers for bachelor’s-level sustainable design and urban planning professionals in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico.

The only program in the nation that incorporates all the disciplines necessary to bring an urban design project to fruition:

• Landscape Architecture
• Architecture
• Urban Planning
• Public Policy and Administration

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Urban Design is a four-year program (120 credit hours), whose innovative curriculum prepares students for the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of urban design with approximately 120 credit hours, including 18 hours of prescribed electives from over a dozen disciplines:

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• History of Urban Design, Form and Infrastructure
• Information and Data Visualization
• Landscape Architecture
• Sustainable Urban Communities
• Urban Climate Change Studio
• Urban Geography and Public Policy
• Urban Mobility Studio
• Urban Programming and Diagramming
• Urban Resiliency Studio

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

First and Second Year

• All entering students majoring in Sustainable Urban Design are admitted into our Sustainable Urban Design Basic Studies program.
• Sustainable Urban Design Basic Studies students complete 1st and 2nd year UDES/ARCH/LARC/PLAN courses in the correct sequence and also complete their core curriculum. These courses must be completed before declaring major and enrolling in any 3000/4000 level UDES/LARC/PAPP/PLAN courses.
• The Undergraduate Sustainable Urban Design Program consists of a series of lectures and design studios that must be taken sequentially. The program will take a minimum of 8 semesters (4 years) to complete for both new freshmen and transfer students.
• The course sequencing of both the design and lecture courses has been designed to help students successfully complete the program. The course sequencing is strictly enforced.

Third and Fourth Year

• After completing all requirements for admission to a degree program, students may be declared into the Sustainable Urban Design major. The department requires a minimum 2.8 GPA, both overall and within the major.
• Students must complete all Basic Studies courses (first two years of the degree program) in Sustainable Urban Design and must complete the Core Curriculum of the course sequence before qualifying to take any 3000/4000 UDES course.

Capstone course supervised by UTA’s Director of Sustainability, utilizing the resources of UTA’s Institute of Sustainability and Global Impact.

The program prepares students to enter graduate programs in landscape architecture, urban planning, and public administration but the program is not a pre-professional architecture program. Therefore, graduates of the B.S. in Sustainable Urban Design will need to enroll in Path A of CAPPA’s Master of Architecture program or an equivalent at another institution.