Sustainable Building Systems
Total Semester Hours Required: 36
The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department encourages students pursuing a GIEL certificate along with an MS in Sustainable Building Systems to complete their MS coursework requirements in their first year and their GIEL certificate requirements in their second year. Students who prefer to complete their GIEL certificate requirements in their first year are asked to speak with their MS degree adviser beforehand
Students pursuing the MS in Sustainable Building Systems with Graduate Certificate in Engineering Leadership must complete 16 semester-hours of required GIEL coursework and 20 semester-hours of Sustainable Building Systems coursework.
Please refer to the Sustainable Building Systems homepage for the most up-to-date course requirements and other program information.
Required GIEL Coursework
All students will be required to complete the following 16 semester-hours of Gordon Engineering Leadership coursework. Please visit the curriculum page for complete course descriptions.
| ENLR 5121 | Engineering Leadership 1 | 2 |
| ENLR 5122 | Engineering Leadership 2 | 2 |
| ENLR 5131 | Scientific Principles of Engineering 1 | 2 |
| ENLR 5132 | Scientific Principles of Engineering 2 | 2 |
| ENLR 7440 | Engineering Leadership Challenge Project 1 | 4 |
| ENLR 7442 | Engineering Leadership Challenge Project 2 | 4 |
Sustainable Building Systems Core Coursework
Students may view the full list of restricted elective options on the Sustainable Systems website.
| ARCH 5210 | Environmental Systems | 4 |
| ARCH 5211 | Recitation for ARCH 5210 | 0 |
| SBSY 5100 | Sustainable Design and Technologies in Construction | 4 |
| SBSY 5200 | Sustainable Engineering Systems for Buildings | 4 |
| SBSY 5400 | Sustainable Building Systems Seminar | 0 |
| Elective | Restricted Elective | 8 |
The above plans of study are for current students only. These plans are samples only- actual curriculum sequences may deviate from these samples. Programs of study are the responsibility of the student. The University Catalog provides a listing of degree requirements for each program, and the DARS system provides a degree audit utility for students.