Bachelor of Science in Sustainability and the Built Environment

About the Degree

The BSSBE degree will allow students to focus on creative solutions to the challenges of building in a world with limited supplies of energy, water and land through hands-on sustainable problem solving both inside and outside of the classroom.

Degree Requirements

The degree is a four-year, 120-credit hour program of which 48 hours are required courses including a 6-credit hour capstone course, and 21 hours of approved electives. There are two tracks. The first is a general degree program accessible to students at either the sophomore or junior levels. The second track is for students interested in a combined bachelor’s and master’s degree. The combined degree is structured as a 4+1 program leading to a Master of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning. Additional combined degree programs will soon be available.

Curriculum
Approved Courses in Required Topic Areas

Careers

Graduates will have excellent opportunities for work in various green industries, for governmental agencies involved with regulation and management of the built environment and with non-profit organizations promoting the principles of sustainability. Additionally, students will be prepared to matriculate into combined degree programs offered in association with the degree and to enter graduate school in a wide range of areas including architecture, building construction, interior design, landscape architecture and urban and regional planning.

Admissions

Application deadlines are:
October 15 for Spring admissions
May 15 for Fall admissions

Application Form and Instructions

Advising

Students interested in the BSSBE are encouraged to visit the DCP Advising Center located on the 3rd floor of the Architecture Building in room 331 ARCH. Andrew Wehle is the Director of Student Services for the college. Students may also see Program Assistant David P. Ellis or Peggy Carr, Interim Director, Bachelor of Sustainability and the Built Environment.

Governing Board

All policy and curriculum decisions for the BSSBE are decided by the Governing Board. It is comprised of members throughout the entire campus. The board consists of one member from each DCP school and two UF faculty outside of the college. It is currently comprised of:

• Peggy Carr (Interim Director)
• Andrew Wehle (Director of Student Services)
• Maruja Torres-Antonini (IND)
• Glenn Acomb (LAA)
• Robert Ries (BCN)
• Vandana Baweja (ARC)
• Ruth Steiner (URP)
• Kathryn Frank (URP)
• Les Thiele (Political Science-Director of UF’s Undergraduate Sustainability Minor)
• Mickie Swisher (Family, Youth and Community Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and member of UF Sustainability Committee)