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The Department of Architecture offers four minors, which are open to all UC Berkeley students. See below for descriptions and requirements. The deadline to declare a minor is one semester prior to your final semester.

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Minor in Sustainable Design

Discover how decisions made at various scales of the built environment (buildings, communities, land use patterns, urban support systems) can support environmental quality, social equity, and economic vitality. Offered jointly by the Department of Architecture and the Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, the minor includes courses taken in other departments across campus.

Requirements

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Spacing: large

Minor in the History of the Built Environment

The undergraduate minor in the History of the Built Environment is designed to give you an awareness of the history of the built environment through a series of courses in history, architectural history, and cultural landscape. This minor requires consultation with a faculty advisor.

Requirements

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Spacing: large

Minor in Environmental Design and Urbanism in Developing Countries

The minor in Environmental Design and Urbanism in Developing Countries exposes you to basic problems, cultural contexts, policy alternatives, and design solutions in the Third World. It serves students majoring in humanities, social sciences, and a variety of professional fields. You must take five courses in this minor to satisfy the requirements, with a minimum of 16 units.

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Spacing: large

Minor in Social and Cultural Factors in Environmental Design

The Social and Cultural Factors in Environmental Design minor emphasizes the political, cultural, social, and economic issues of concern to architects, landscape architects, and city planners.

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Request to Declare Minor

The deadline to submit this declaration form is one semester prior to a your final semester.

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