Energy and Environment – Required Courses 2018
For students entering Fall 2018
First Year
2 units GSD 6121 Environmental Systems 1 (module 1)
2 units GSD 6122 Environmental Systems 2 (module 2)
2 units GSD 6125 Building Simulation (module 1)***
2 units GSD 6126 Materials (module 2)
24 units Electives or Distributional Electives*
Second Year
Three Semester Track:
16 units Electives or Distributional Electives*
Or
Four Semester Thesis Track:
16 units Electives or Distributional Electives*
8 units GSD 9304 Independent Thesis for the Degree Master in Design Studies
*Students are required to take a minimum of 8 units from an approved list of distributional electives.
Distributional Electives
SES-5370 Environment, Economics, Enterprise**
SES-5364 Sustainable Real Estate**
SES-5371 Critical Perspectives in Environmental Planning
SCI-6323 BROWNFIELDS: Remediation and Regeneration Practices
SCI-6333 Water, Land-Water Linkages, and Aquatic Ecology
SCI-6473 Architectural Acoustics (2 units)
SCI-6480 LIT: A Survey and Design Research Seminar of Architectural Lighting (2 units)
SCI-6361 Building Human Interaction (offered Spring 2019)
Recommended Research Methodology Courses
Courses that teach skills of potential relevance to theses projects
SCI-6338 Introduction to Computational Design
SCI-6480 LIT: A Survey and Design Research Seminar of Architectural Lighting (2 units)
MIT 4.432/4.433 Modeling Urban Energy Flows for Resilient Cities and Neighborhoods
Other Recommended Courses
DES-3348 The Idea of Environment
SES-5206 Land Use and Environmental Law
SCI-6338 Introduction to Computational Design
SCI-6477 Nano Micro Macro: Adaptive Material Laboratory
ES-231 or 229 (at SEAS) Energy Technology or Survey of Energy Technology
HLS 2921 Climate Solutions Living Lab at the Harvard Law School, spring 2019
MIT 4.432/4.433 Modeling Urban Energy Flows for Resilient Cities and Neighborhoods
MIT 4.s46 Energy in Buildings – Heating, Cooling and Ventilation Systems for Low-Carbon Buildings
*Please note that this list is subject to change as course offerings for future semesters have not been confirmed. Please note that courses may have enrollment restrictions, i.e. EE students are NOT guaranteed a spot in these courses.
**Note: based on past student feedback, we recommend that students without real-estate/financial background take 5370 prior to 5364 if possible.