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New Program Proposal Phd In Environmental Design And Planning

CAAL

2/10/2005

Agenda Item 2h.

New Program Proposal

Ph.D. in Environmental Design and Planning

Clemson University

Summary

Clemson University requests approval to offer a program leading to the

Doctor of Philosophy degree in Environmental Design and Planning, to be

implemented in Fall 2005.

The proposal was approved by the Clemson University Board of Trustees

on October 25, 2002, and submitted for Commission review on November 15,

2004. The proposal was reviewed without substantive comment and voted upon

favorably by the Advisory Committee on Academic Programs at its meeting on

January 20, 2005.

The purpose of the program is to prepare a new generation of academics

and professionals to deal with the diverse and complex issues related to human

settlement patterns and the built environment.

The program reflects

recommendations emerging from several national reports and post-secondary

education advocacy organizations, emphasizing the need for interdisciplinary

graduate training that fosters the connection between academe and the workforce.

Thus, a primary goal of the program is to provide a holistic education that draws in

an interdisciplinary fashion from the fields of architecture, landscape architecture,

Due to the program’s

city and regional planning, and construction.

interdisciplinary approach, graduates can expect to secure employment in

academia, private industry, and state and local governments. Favorable supply-

and-demand conditions in the construction industry also present employment

opportunities in urban design, and the program’s emphasis on research skills will

prepare graduates as research analysts assessing sustainable building practices,

urban development patterns, building technologies, and landscape ecology.

Nationally, comparable programs may be found at Arizona State

University, the University of Colorado, the University of Maryland, and Virginia

Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Within South Carolina, Clemson

University is the only institution offering programs in the related fields of

architecture, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, and construction.

The College of Charleston offers two undergraduate degree programs in urban

studies and historic preservation.

New Program Proposal Phd In Environmental Design And Planning