Design-Build Certificate

In architectural education, Design-Build is a pedagogical studio teaching model where students are given the opportunity to learn through full-scale design. The Undergraduate Certificate in Design-Build provides students with a unique interdisciplinary educational experience focused on Design-Build topics with a special emphasis on entrepreneurship and integrated project delivery.

Centered on the studio learning environment, students will work in transdisciplinary teams on applied learning opportunities that range from building science and digital fabrication research to community-engaged design and construction challenges across the Commonwealth. Students will select from a series of courses in architecture, engineering, and business to customize their Design-Build certificate. The teams will have the opportunity to access expertise from across the university and the building profession to generate innovative and humane solutions to design problems.  The certificate will give students a concentration and credential in an area that is growing professionally.

Admission

Students apply to the program during the first semester of their sophomore year. The application process includes an online form and a written statement explaining their interest and career goals and an interview with members of the faculty of record. In order for students to be admitted, they must have at least a 3.3 GPA from their undergraduate degree or consent of the Certificate Director.