Minor in Sustainable Cities

Students on a tour of the Beltline as part of the Sustainability Studio.

The minor in Sustainable Cities emphasizes sustainability, community engagement, and social justice. It provides students with a deep learning experience that integrates classroom learning and real-world, community-based project experience in creating sustainable communities, with a focus on the built urban environment. The minor is affiliated with Serve-Learn-Sustain (SLS).

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Adding the Minor

The minor in Sustainable Cities consists of five courses and fifteen credit hours. It includes:

six credits of required coursework (CP 2233: Sustainable Urban Development and CP 4052: Sustainable Cities Studio)
one additional 3-credit elective from a list of courses offered by the School of City and Regional Planning
one additional 3-credit elective selected from a list of courses offered in related academic disciplines
one additional 3-credit elective drawn from the courses on either list.

The lists of courses shown below 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 below lists. All courses previously approved by the Chair will be included on an updated list below.

A maximum of 3 credit hours of transfer credit may be used to satisfy the course requirements for a minor. This includes courses taken at another institution or credit earned through the AP or IB program, assuming the scores meet Georgia Tech minimum standards.

All courses counting toward the minor must be taken on a letter-grade basis and must be completed with a grade of C (2.00) or better.

It is the responsibility of the student and major advisor to verify that any courses a student wishes to count toward both a major and a minor meet all the Georgia Tech and major School requirements. For Georgia Tech minor requirements see the Catalog entry describing requirements for any minor.

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Required Courses

These courses are required for successful completion of the minor.

Code	Title	Credit Hours
CP 2233	Sustainable Urban Development	3
CP 4052	Sustainable Cities Studio (with prerequisite of CP 2233)	3

City Planning Course List

Select three hours from the following list of City Planning courses. Undergraduates with senior standing (by credit) are eligible to register for 6000-level courses. They must first see their academic advisor for permission to take a graduate class, then request a level permit by contacting the Registrar’s Office.

Code	Title	Credit Hours
CP 4010	Foundation of Urban & Region Development	3
CP 4020	Introduction to Urban & Region Planning	3
CP 4105	Land Conservation	3
CP 4190	Introduction to Climate Change Planning	3
CP 4210	Environmental Planning & Impact Assessment	3
CP 4310	Urban Transportation	3
CP 4510	Geographic Information Systems	3
CP 6112	Land Use Planning	3
CP 6223	Policy Tools for Environmental Management	3
CP 6243	Health Impact Assessment	3
CP 6442	Equity, Justice & Economic Development	3
CP 6612	Community Development	3
CP 6630	Government & Housing Markets	3
CP 6680	Citizen Participation	3
CP 6836	Urban Ecological Design	3
CP 6850	Public Health and Built Environment	2

Select three hours from the following list of courses in related academic disciplines.

Code	Title	Credit Hours
SLS 3120	Foundations of Sustainable Systems	3
SLS 3110	Technology and Sustainable Community Development	3
MGT 4803	Social Impact: In-depth Exploration and Design	3
BIOS 2300	General Ecology Lecture	3
BIOS 2301	General Ecology Lab	1
EAS 4803	Extreme Atlanta: Climate Change in Urban Spaces	3
PUBP 3315	Environmental Policy and Markets	3
PUBP 3350	Energy Policy and Markets	3
HTS 2086	Semester in the City: Engaging Communities	3
HTS 3012	Urban Sociology	3
HTS 3011	The City in U.S. History	3
HTS 3005	American Environmental History	3
LMC 2350	Introduction to Social Justice	3
LMC 3308	Environmentalism and Ecocriticism	3
CS/INTA 4745	Information and Communication Technologies and Global Development	3
CS/INTA 6745	Information and Communication Technologies and Global Development	3
CEE 4610	Multimodal Transportation	3
CEE 4160	Smart and Sustainable Cities	3
ISYE 4501	Energy, Efficiency, and Sustainability	3
ARCH 4151	History of Urban Form	3
ARCH 4227	Architecture and Ecology	3
ARCH 4515	Collaborative Design Workshop	3
VIP 2601/3601/3602/4601/4602/4603/4983/6601/6602/6603	VV4 Bee Snap	See note
VIP 2601/3601/3602/4601/4602/4603/4983/6601/6602/6603	VV5 Engineering for Social Innovation	See note
VIP 2601/3601/3602/4601/4602/4603/4983/6601/6602/6603	VVS HumaniTech	See note
SPAN 4693	Sustainability in Spain (LBAT)	3
FREN 3011	France Today (taught only at GTL)	3
FREN 3500	Field Work Abroad	1-3
FREN 3694	LBAT French Semester Abroad (LBAT)	3
GRMN 3030	Crossing Borders	3
GRMN 3696	Current Issues (LBAT)	3
SPAN 3200	Globalization in Latin America	3
SPAN 4150	Spanish Service Learning	3
SPAN 4156	Spanish Service Learning Abroad I	3
SPAN 4157	Spanish Service Learning Abroad II	3
SPAN 4251	Hispanic Community Internship	3
SPAN 4350	Iberoamerican Cities	3
Study Abroad in Japan: Summer Program in Sustainable Development (Courses may also be taken on campus in Atlanta):
INTA 2050	Introduction to Global Development	3
INTA 3232	Sustainable Megaregions	3
INTA 3040	Energy, Environment and Policy	3
INTA 4744	Global Development Capstone	3
Study Abroad in Italy: Sustainable Development and Climate Change (Courses may also be taken on campus in Atlanta):
MGT 3770	Business Decisions for Sustainability and Shared Value	3
PUBP 3320	Climate Policy	3
PUBP 3600	Sustainability, Technology and Policy	3
Serve-Learn-Sustain in Spain (Courses may also be taken on campus in Atlanta)
SPAN 3151	Conversation Practicum	3
SPAN 4156	Spanish Service-Learning Abroad I	3
SPAN 4157	Spanish Service-Learning Abroad II	3
SPAN 4158	Social, Cultural, and Linguistic Diversity in Spain	3
SPAN 4693	Economic and Environmental Sustainability in Spain	3

Note regarding VIP credits: 1 per semester for sophomores; 1 or 2 per semester for juniors; 1, 2, or 3 per semester for seniors; and 1, 2, or 3 per semester for graduate students. Please talk with your academic adviser about how VIP credits work in your department and count toward your degree. They may count as disciplinary electives, capstone credits, undergraduate research credits, etc.

Chair-Approved Course List

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 are included on an updated list below.

Code	Title	Credit Hours
CP 4813	Sustainable Food Systems	3
CP 8881 CP 4811	ABCD Short Course	1
VIP 2601 VIP 3601 VIP 3602 VIP 4601 VIP 4602 VIP 4603 VIP 4983 VWM	Vertically Integrated Project: Building for Equity and Sustainability	1

Code

Title

Credit Hours

CP 4813

Sustainable Food Systems

3

CP 8881

CP 4811

ABCD Short Course

1

VIP 2601

VIP 3601