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For program information for the following graduate programs, refer to the Graduate Calendar: .

The Master of Architecture is a course-based first professional degree offering a three-year curriculum based on a two year MArch program, plus a Foundation Year when deemed appropriate. The Canadian Architectural Certification Board accredits the degree, and prepares students for practice as registered architects in North America.

The Master of Environmental Design is a thesis-based research degree normally intended for recent graduates and early career practitioners in architecture, planning, and landscape architecture who wish to research a particular topic, in greater depth, across the spectrum of faculty research expertise.

The Master of Landscape Architecture is a course-based first professional degree program, offering a three-year curriculum, based on a two-year MLA program, plus a Foundation Year when deemed appropriate. The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects accredits the degree which prepares students for practice as registered Landscape Architects.

The Master of Planning is a course-based first professional degree program, offering a studio-based two-year curriculum emphasizing sustainabililty, interdisciplinarity, physical planning and urban design. The Professional Standards Board of the Canadian Institute of Planners accredits the degree which prepares students for practice as registered Professional Planners.

The Doctor of Philosophy is a thesis-based degree normally involving advanced research inquiry in architecture, planning, and landscape architecture across the spectrum of faculty research expertise.

The Doctor of Design is a thesis-based degree for mid-career architects, landscape architects, planners, and other creative professionals and educators with significant practice-based experience, who want to explore a focused area of applied creative design practice-based research.

The ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ offers an interdisciplinary embedded Certificate in Sustainability Studies which can be taken in conjunction with most undergraduate degree programs¹. Any undergraduate student, in good academic standing, is eligible for admission to the certificate in Sustainability Studies. Undergraduate students must successfully complete their degree, and all other requirements for graduation, in order to receive their embedded certificate in Sustainability Studies.

¹Certain programs may not be eligible to take the certificate, and some may require additional time and courses in order to complete. Programs not eligible for the certificate include Law, Nursing, Undergraduate Medical Education (UME), Social Work, and Veterinary Medicine.

Undergraduate students must successfully complete a minimum of 18 units from the Field of Sustainability Studies while fulfilling the following requirements:

• Core courses: 12 units from Sustainability Studies 201, 401, 403, 501.
• Sustainability electives: An additional 6 units from the Field of Sustainability Studies, of which a minimum of 3 units must be at the 300-level or above. The Academic Co-ordinator of Sustainability Studies must approve elective courses.

Program office: School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (APL), Professional Faculties Building, Room: 2182
Website:
E-mail: sustainability.cert@ucalgary.ca

The courses required for the Minor are equivalent to the courses in the MArch Foundation Year, and constitute the prerequisites for the ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½â€™s two-year MArch degree. Completion of this Minor does not guarantee admission to the MArch or to other degree programs in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, but it may reduce the number of courses that are required for an MArch. Students completing the Minor must apply for admission to the MArch degree.

Students interested in pursuing an MArch at the ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ should note that only those students who have completed a four-year degree are considered for admission. A three-year Bachelor of Communication and Culture coupled with the Minor is not sufficient.

The following 30 units must be completed successfully to achieve the Minor:

• Architectural Studies 423
• Architectural Studies 444
• Architectural Studies 449
• Architectural Studies 451
• Architectural Studies 453
• Architectural Studies 457.01
• Architectural Studies 457.02
• Architectural Studies 484

Optional Electives

The following optional elective courses in Environmental Design are also available to students in the Minor:

• Environmental Design Block 697.33
• Other electives with approval of the Associate Dean (Academic – Architecture)

Undergraduate elective courses, available to all students, that introduce topics in architecture, planning, and landscape architecture include:

• Architectural Studies 201
• Architectural Studies 421
• Architectural Studies 431
• Architectural Studies 441
• Sustainability Studies 201
• Environmental Design 401
• Environmental Design 402
• Environmental Design 502