Dec 08, 2024  
USC Catalogue 2024-2025 
    
USC Catalogue 2024-2025

Building Science Certificate


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Building science at USC recognizes that exemplary architecture requires a creative response to natural forces, based on informed good judgment in the areas of architectural technology. The Certificate in Building Science is intended as a supplement for students enrolled in graduate course work in architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, urban planning or related disciplines.

Course Requirements

Completion of the certificate requires a minimum of 14 units. Students must take three core courses. Electives in building science may be taken to complete the program requirements.

Sample Electives


(or as approved by the program faculty adviser or director)

Note:


Courses for this certificate cannot also be required courses in the student’s major in the School of Architecture.

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