Minor in Sustainable Cities

Department website: https://planning.gatech.edu/minor-sustainable-cities

Planning for cities and urban regions brings together concepts that involve almost every major at Georgia Tech. From climate to the economy, from health to social justice, and from infrastructure to technology, a holistic, sustainable approach is needed to solve the complex problems facing cities and regions.

The School of City and Regional Planning offers a minor in Sustainable Cities that emphasizes sustainability in the context of the urban and regional built environment. It provides students with a deep learning experience that incorporates classroom learning and practical knowledge of the ways in which cities and regions can grow and thrive as they become more sustainable, just, and resilient.

Program of Study

The minor includes (1) three credits of required coursework, (2) two additional three-credit elective courses with a CP prefix (3) one additional 3-credit sustainability elective selected from a list of courses offered in related academic disciplines, and (4) one additional 3-credit elective with either a CP prefix or selected from the list of sustainability electives. 

Students enrolled in the BS in Urban Planning and Spatial Analytics degree are not eligible for the Sustainable Cities minor.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
CP 2233	Sustainable Urban Development	3
or CP 2020	Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning
Select six hours from any courses with a CP prefix		6
Select three hours from the following list of courses in related academic disciplines (sustainability elective): 1		3
MGT 4803	Special Topics in Management (Business Decisions for Shared Value)
MGT 4803	Special Topics in Management (Social Impact: In-depth Exploration and Design)
BIOS 2300	Ecology
BIOS 2301	Ecology Laboratory
PUBP 3315	Environmental Policy and Politics
PUBP 3350	Energy Policy
PUBP 3320	Climate Policy
HTS 2803	Special Topics (Semester in the City)
HTS 3012	Urban Sociology
HTS 3011	The City in American History
HTS 3005	American Environmental History
LMC 2350	Introduction to Social Justice
LMC 3308	Environmentalism and Ecocriticism
CS/INTA 4745	Information and Communication Technologies and Global Development
CS/INTA 6745	Information and Communication Technologies and Global Development
CEE 4610	Multimodal Transportation Planning, Design, and Operations
CEE 4803	Special Topics (Smart and Sustainable Cities)
ISYE 4501	Energy, Efficiency, and Sustainability
ARCH 4151	History of Urban Form
ARCH 4227	Architecture and Ecology
INTA 2050	Intro to Global Development
INTA 3040	Energy, Environment, and Policy
INTA 4744	Global Development Capstone
Modern Languages courses 2
VIP courses 3
Study Abroad options 4
Select one additional three credit elective with either a CP prefix or from sustainability electives list		3
Total Credit Hours		15

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The lists of courses shown above are not exhaustive. With permission of the Chair of the School of City and Regional Planning students may substitute one course with substantial Sustainable Cities content that is not on the above lists. All courses previously approved by the Chair will be included on an updated list of Chair Approved Courses available from the website of the School of City and Regional Planning.

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See list of approved Modern Languages courses posted on the School of City and Regional Planning minor website.

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VIP 2601, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 4983-VIP Proj Team SO I

VIP 2601, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 4983-VV5 Engineering for Social Innovation

VIP 2601, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 4983-VVS HumaniTech

VIP 2601, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 4983-VZ2 - NO-HEAT

VIP 2601, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 4983-VYG – GROWER (Grid Resilience, Outage, Weather, Emergency Response)

VIP 2601, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 4983-VYT - Africa: Serve, Learn, Sustain

VIP 2601, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 4983-VZ4 - Coastal Georgia Climate Solutions

VIP 2601, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 4983-VY8 - Innovation-Led Economic Development

VIP 2601, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 4983-VVC - Smart City Infrastructure

VIP 2601, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 4983-VYH - Surrogate Models for Urban Regeneration

VIP 2601, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 4983-VWZ - SDGs: Resilient Infrastructures and Sustainable Innovation

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Study Abroad in Japan: Summer Program in Sustainable Development or Study Abroad in Italy: Sustainable Development & Climate Change (courses may also be taken on campus in Atlanta)