GBCD Course Requirements Worksheet...

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Unique to Green Building and Community Design...

• Innovative construction techniques merged with community design and planning.
• Hands-on experience planning for and working with environmentally friendly materials.
• Holistic approach to design that incorporates functionality as well as landscape features and energy flows.
• Unique partnership with Yestermorrow Design/Build School.

Minor Requirements...

Note: semester designations are only a guide, please confirm the courses are available when you need them on the UVM course directory.

Required Courses (18 credits):

Graphical Communication (choose one course)

• CDAE 001 Drafting and Design Drawing (spring and fall)
• CDAE 101 Computer Aided Drafting and Design (DATACAD or ARCHICAD) (spring and fall)
• CDAE 195/118 Visual Presentation Techniques (spring) (Formally Sketch and Illustration)

Green Buildings (choose three credits)

• CDAE 170 Solar Building Strategies (3 cr.- fall)
• CDAE 131 Light Frame Construction (3 cr.- fall every 2nd year '08, '10, ...)
• CDAE 295 Green Building Certifications (3 cr. spring 2010)
• Summer courses at Yestermorrow:
  • Yestermorrow (YM)/CDAE 095 Home Design/Build (3 cr.)
  • YM/CDAE 095 Home Design (2 cr.)
  • YM/CDAE 095 Earth Structures (2 cr.; 2008 ONLY)
  • YM/CDAE 095 Strawbale Design/Build (2 cr.; 2008 ONLY)
  • YM/CDAE 095 Intro to Cob Building (2 cr.)
  • YM/CDAE/ENVS 095 Solar Design (1 cr.)
  • YM/CDAE 095 Architectural Modelmaking (1 cr.; 2008 ONLY)
  • YM/CDAE/ENVS 095 Innovative Lightweight Structures (1 cr.; 2008 ONLY)
  • YM/CDAE 095 Greenhouse Design/Build (1 cr.)
  • YM/CDAE 095 Deconstruction and Material Re-Use (2 cr.)
  • YM/CDAE 095 Reuse: Recycle (In Architecture) (2 cr.)
  • YM/CDAE 095 Home Design (with Tullio Inglese) (2 cr.)
  • YM/CDAE 095 Green Roof Design and Installation (2 cr.)
  • YM/CDAE 095 Green Building Materials (1 cr.)

Renewable Energy (choose three credits)

• CDAE 006 Energy Alternatives (3 cr.- fall)
• CDAE 106 Renewable Energy Workshop (4 cr.- spring)
• ENSC 285 Renewable Energy Principles and Applications (3 cr.- spring)
• CDAE 295 Renewable Energy On The Farm (3 cr.- summer)
• Summer courses at Yestermorrow:
  • YM/CDAE 095 Biofuels (1 cr.)

Green Communities (choose three credits)

• CDAE 102 Sustainable Community Development (3 cr.- spring)
• CDAE 276 Community Design Studio (fall)
• CDAE 171 Community and International Economic Transformation (3 cr.- spring)
• CDAE 291 Community and International Development (3 cr.- spring)
• CDAE195/295 Community Design Studio (3 cr.- summer)
• CDAE 195 EcoCommunity Planning (2 cr.)
• Summer courses at Yestermorrow:
  • YM/CDAE 195 Community Design/Build (3 cr.)

Green Landscapes (choose one course)

• PSS 137 Landscape Design Fundamentals (fall)
• PSS 238 Ecological Landscape Design (spring)
• ENVS 177 Intro to Landscape Restoration (fall)
• RM 138 Park and Recreation Design (fall)
• PSS 156 Permaculture (spring)
• Summer courses at Yestermorrow:
  • YM/CDAE 095 Constred Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (2 cr.; summer 2009)

Capstone (choose one course)

• NR 288 Ecological Design/ Living Tech (fall)
• NR/CDAE 289 Ecological Design Studio (spring)
• CDAE 273 Project Planning and Development (fall in alternate years '08, '10, ...)
• CDAE 295 Design and Development Issues in Rwanda (spring '09, '10)

Green Building and Community Design Faculty...

• Dan Baker
• Josh Farley
• Charlie Ferreira
• Gary Flomenhoft (primary contact)
• Diane Gayer
• Ted Montgomery
• Jane Petrillo
• External to CDAE, but involved:
  - AJ Rossman