Minor in Architecture

Note: Applications to the Architecture minor are currently on hold. If you are interested in applying to the minor in the future, please email a staff advisor.

The Department of Architecture offers an undergraduate minor in architecture that is open to students in all majors at UC Berkeley except architecture. The purpose of the minor in architecture is to introduce students to the conceptual, technical, and design aspects of architecture.

Students may also minor in a variety of other environmental design-related fields. Learn more about other undergraduate minors at CED. 

The city planning minor provides students with the knowledge of how cities function, how urban processes might be researched, and how urban environments can be transformed through planning, policy, design, and social action. While the minor cannot convey the full scope of city planning, various combinations of courses in the minor program can, we feel, augment a major program with a particular slant or emphasis on planning issues or processes. Learn More

The minor in History and Theory of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning introduces students to conceptual issues of landscape architecture. Open to all majors at UC Berkeley except landscape architecture. Learn More

The undergraduate minor in Environmental Design and Urbanism in Developing Countries serves students majoring in humanities, social sciences, and a variety of professional fields. The minor is intended to expose students to basic problems, cultural contexts, policy alternatives, and design solutions in the Third World. Students must take five courses in this minor to satisfy the requirements, with a minimum of 16 units. The minor is open to all majors at UC Berkeley. Learn More

The Minor in Geospatial Information Science and Technology is approved in 2 departments at UC Berkeley. Environmental Science, Policy and Management and the Department of City and Regional Planning. This program serves students in multiple disciplines including geography, environmental science, policy and management, city and regional planning, landscape architecture and environmental planning, civil and environmental engineering, public policy, and environmental public health. The Minor is open to all majors at UC Berkeley. Learn More

The undergraduate minor in the History of the Built Environment is designed to give students an awareness of the history of the built environment through a series of courses in history, architectural history, and cultural landscape. It is offered to all majors. The college’s purpose in offering minors is twofold: to provide a secondary focus to a student’s degree and to bring these additional courses together into a coherent pattern. This minor requires consultation with a faculty advisor in order to best meet this end. Learn More

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. It is open to all majors. Learn More

Sustainable design implies making decisions at various scales of the built environment (buildings, communities, land use patterns, urban support systems) in ways that support environmental quality, social equity, and economic vitality. The undergraduate minor in sustainable design is jointly offered by the Department of Architecture and the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, but also includes interdisciplinary courses across campus. The minor is open to all majors at UC Berkeley. Learn More

CED students may pursue minors in any of the other undergraduate schools and colleges at UC Berkeley. Some examples of minors outside CED are Disability Studies in the College of Letters and Science, Energy Engineering and Structural Engineering in the College of Engineering and Global Poverty and Practice in the College of Letters and Science.