History of the Built Environment

University of California, Berkeley

About the Program

Minor

The undergraduate minor in the History of the Built Environment is designed to give students an awareness of the history of the built environment through a series of courses in history, architectural history, and cultural landscape. It is offered to all majors. The college’s purpose in offering minors is twofold: to provide a secondary focus to a student’s degree and to bring these additional courses together into a coherent pattern.

There is no major program; students interested in pursuing this course of study at the major level should consider the BA in Architecture program.

Declaring the Minor

A letter grade of C- or higher in ENV DES 1 is required to declare the minor. To declare, students must submit the CED Minor Declaration Form, available on the CED website. Once this request has been approved, you will see the minor added to your Cal Central student profile. It is your responsibility to track your progress towards minor completion using the Academic Progress Report and CED Advising Services. 

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT FORM: One semester prior to a student's final semester. 

Other Majors and Minors Offered by the Department of Architecture

Architecture (Major only)
Environmental Design and Urbanism in Developing Countries (Minor only)
Social and Cultural Factors in Design (Minor only)
Sustainable Design (Minor only)

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Minor Requirements

Students who have a strong interest in an area of study outside their major often decide to complete a minor program. 

General Guidelines

  1. All minors must be declared no later than one semester before a student's Expected Graduation Term (EGT).
  2. A letter grade of C- or higher in ENV DES 1 is required to declare the minor.o declare, students must submit the CED Minor Declaration Form, available on the CED website. 
    1. DEADLINE TO SUBMIT FORM: One semester prior to a students final semester.
  3. Each course used to fulfill minor requirements must be completed with a letter grade of C- or above.
  4. Students must earn a 2.0 GPA in the upper division requirements for the minor.
  5. Any course used in fulfillment of minor requirements may also be used to fulfill major and upper division CED non-major requirements.
  6. Courses used to fulfill a breadth requirement may also be used to satisfy minor requirements.
  7. Students may apply the non-CED version of a CED cross-listed course towards the minor.
  8. Students may use up to two courses taken abroad to fulfill upper division minor requirements, with faculty approval of the individual courses.

Prerequisites

Lower Division
ENV DES 1Introduction to Environmental Design (A letter grade of C- or higher is required to declare the minor.)3

Upper Division

Five courses

Three of five required Courses
ARCH 170A
An Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism [4]
ARCH 170B
An Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism [4]
Select one upper division, non-CED course with a focus on history and environmental design 1
1

 Approval of faculty advisor required. Please send proposed courses with descriptions to the staff adviser for review.

Select two of the following:
ARCH 179
Special Topics in the History of Architecture [3-4] (various offerings each semester)
HISTART 108
Cities and the Arts [4]
GEOG C160
The American Landscape: Place, Power and Culture [4]
LD ARCH 170
History and Literature of Landscape Architecture [3]
LD ARCH C171
The American Designed Landscape Since 1850 [3]

Courses

History of the Built Environment

Contact Information

Department of Architecture

232 Wurster Hall

Phone: 510-642-4942

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Minor Program Faculty Advisor

Margaret Crawford

480 Bauer Wurster Hall

mcrawford@berkeley.edu

Minor Program Staff Advisor

Mel Barbers

250 Bauer Wurster Hall

mbarbers@berkeley.edu

Department Chair

Lisa Iwamoto

232A Bauer Wurster Hall

liwamoto@berkeley.edu

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies

Kyle Steinfeld

345 Bauer Wurster Hall

ksteinfe@berkeley.edu

Director, Office of Undergraduate Advising

Omar Ramirez

250 Bauer Wurster Hall

oramirez@berkeley.edu

CED Career Services

Dinorah Meyer

http://ced.berkeley.edu/ced/students/career/

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