Proposed SEDE Teaching Model
An idealized sustainable environmental design curriculum considers the benefits of fewer, more comprehensive courses of a longer time duration (i.e., favoring semesters over quarters and several integrated courses over many isolated short courses). Students in this scenario should be able to spend time integrating meaningful content rather than learning many more facts than they can effectively use at this stage of their development. As in any professional program, "Design Courses" are the central focus. They are coupled with "Core Courses" that cover professional practice, environmental issues, as well as history and theory, and, "Support Courses" that are pre-requisites, general education courses, and interdisciplinary electives that are needed as a foundation for breadth and depth in sustainable design.
