BDS Sustainable Building Technology Curriculum
BDS Sustainable Building Technology Curriculum
As a Sustainable Building Technology student, you’ll learn how to help the design and construction industry deliver more efficient buildings that consume less of the earth's resources.
Through an interdisciplinary and holistic approach, you’ll learn about green buildings, design resilience, natural resource conservation, and sustainable design and building practices to prepare you with the practical skills you need to succeed in your career.
Curriculum
Segment I
Semester 1
- Liberal Studies or History Theory Elective
Semester 2
Segment II
Semester 3
Semester 4
- Directed Studio Option
Semester 5
- Directed Studio Option
- MNS Mathematics and Natural Sciences Elective
Semester 6
- HTC History Theory Elective
Segment III
Semester 7
- DST1101 Design Studies Degree Project 1
- Technology Systems & Management OR Sustainable Design Elective
- SSH Social Science and Humanities Elective
- ART Arts Elective
- Open Elective
Semester 8
- Technology Systems & Management OR Sustainable Design Elective
- Open Elective
- Open Elective
Design Practicum
The BDS Practicum challenges students to critically examine their experience so they understand the knowledge they have acquired from that experience.
In Practicum Seminar 1, students evaluate the four types of knowledge we acquire - factual, conceptual, procedural and metacognitive. They create a "knowledge portfolio" that articulates what they have learned from their experiences.
In Practicum Seminar 2, students are expected to practice and refine the understanding and mastery of their own learning model. They begin to use their skill to direct their career trajectory and support their growth as design thinkers in the classroom and in the workplace.