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  "college": "el-camino-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "code": "SUST",
  "name": "Sustainable Design",
  "sourceUrl": "http://catalog.elcamino.edu/index.php?catoid=13",
  "courses": [
    {
      "code": "SUST 100",
      "subject": "SUST",
      "number": "100",
      "title": "Sustainability in the Building Sector",
      "units": "1",
      "hours": "1 hour lecture",
      "advisory": "Eligibility for English 1A",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "This launch course introduces students to the influence that the built-environment has in achieving sustainable outcomes that protect ecological systems, manage natural resources, and create healthy places. Students will learn about the various roles that the government, the advocates, and the building professions play in advancing such efforts. The course will include an exploration of the multiple educational and real-world career paths available.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 0,
          "url": "/c/el-camino-college/schedule/fall-2026/sust/#sust-100",
          "subject": "SUST",
          "listedAs": "SUST-100"
        },
        {
          "term": "winter-2027",
          "name": "Winter 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/el-camino-college/schedule/winter-2027/sust/#sust-100",
          "subject": "SUST",
          "listedAs": "SUST-100"
        },
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/el-camino-college/schedule/spring-2027/sust/#sust-100",
          "subject": "SUST",
          "listedAs": "SUST-100"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SUST 111",
      "subject": "SUST",
      "number": "111",
      "title": "California Planning Practices",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "This course will introduce theory, history, and practice of community planning in California. Through case studies, the course will guide students through the complexities that regulate land use and resource conservation at the intersection of socio-economics and public policy. Course content will highlight urban patterns of land use and infrastructure with implications for long-term livability and sustainability. Students will gain knowledge in the application of planning fundamentals and principles to facilitate land development and city-making.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/el-camino-college/schedule/fall-2026/sust/#sust-111",
          "subject": "SUST",
          "listedAs": "SUST-111"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SUST 181",
      "subject": "SUST",
      "number": "181",
      "title": "Urban Plant Ecology",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "advisory": "English 1A/English C1000",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "This course introduces principles that define the planning, design, construction, and management of the urban landscape. Topics for the course include the study of California plant communities and identification, ecological systems, urban landscape ecology, natural resource conservation, sustainable horticulture, lifecycle assessment, and urban systems design. Students will learn about the materials and processes that shape the urban landscape and reconnect it to the natural systems beyond.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/el-camino-college/schedule/fall-2026/sust/#sust-181",
          "subject": "SUST",
          "listedAs": "SUST-181"
        },
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/el-camino-college/schedule/spring-2027/sust/#sust-181",
          "subject": "SUST",
          "listedAs": "SUST-181"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SUST 201",
      "subject": "SUST",
      "number": "201",
      "title": "Theory of Environmental Stewardship",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "advisory": "Eligibility for English 1A",
      "formerly": "ET 101",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU"
      ],
      "description": "This introductory course explores topics of sustainability. The topics range from a historical framework of environmentalism to urban ecology, the theories of regenerative landscape, landscape urbanism and deconstructivism in a post-industrial economy. Class discussion will include the role of commerce and governmental regulation and how it affects the emerging green economy. Additional topics include a 21st century view of how we interpret opportunities for revitalization and renovation of our urban spaces.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "SUST 202",
      "subject": "SUST",
      "number": "202",
      "title": "Global Sustainability & Integration",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "prerequisite": "Sustainable Design 201 with a minimum grade of C.",
      "advisory": "Eligibility for English 1A",
      "formerly": "ET 102",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU"
      ],
      "description": "This course is designed to prepare students to survey and evaluate systems of sustainable and conventional energy creation, energy distribution and energy management. The course introduces the developing rating systems that are quantifying and measuring green building and environmental system efficiency performance. \"Green Regenerative\" sciences and technologies will be emphasized. Areas of concentration will include: green building design and site selection, energy efficient designs and construction techniques, photovoltaic (PV) systems, solar thermal systems, wind energy, fuel cells, solid waste management, water conservation, and building energy rating systems.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "SUST 203",
      "subject": "SUST",
      "number": "203",
      "title": "Places, People, and the Politics of Sustainability",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "prerequisite": "English 1A/C1000 with a minimum grade of C",
      "advisory": "Sustainable Design 201 and Sustainable Design 202",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "This course will focus on the context, stakeholders and policy proposals that attempt to address the process and challenges of adopting sustainable measures. Students will learn about the factors and stakeholders who influence policy that support more sustainable and healthy communities. The goal is to understand how the processes of technology, industry, government, and citizen engagement influence policymaking. Students will learn how political institutions, market-driven activities, and information data often clash in the jockeying for natural and societal resources.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "SUST 209",
      "subject": "SUST",
      "number": "209",
      "title": "Sustainable Building Methods & Materials",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab",
      "advisory": "Sustainable Design 201 and Eligibility for English 1A",
      "formerly": "ET 203",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU"
      ],
      "description": "This course covers the principles of sustainability and fosters an understanding of environmental awareness leading to stewardship. The content presented and demonstrated in the course introduces conventional and alternative building methods and materials and the analyzes the trade-offs that exist in the specification process. The principles of 'cradle to cradle' and carbon reduction practices will be examined and applied, to best illustrate resource allocation and lifecycle.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "SUST 210",
      "subject": "SUST",
      "number": "210",
      "title": "Zoning and Site Planning",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "1.5 hours lecture, 4.5 hours lab",
      "advisory": "Architecture 170",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "This course will introduce physical planning and site design of the land. Using Los Angeles as an urban context, students will learn how to apply planning fundamentals and sustainable strategies that respond to the neighborhood conditions and the broader environment. Site design involves the analysis and pre-development of a particular parcel and defines the first step during the building design process. It involves combining knowledge of local and state regulations, area ecological factors, and client requirements. Through this process, students will demonstrate an understanding for the nexus between development and sustainability.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/el-camino-college/schedule/spring-2027/sust/#sust-210",
          "subject": "SUST",
          "listedAs": "SUST-210"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SUST 221",
      "subject": "SUST",
      "number": "221",
      "title": "Energy and Carbon Reduction in Buildings",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "This course will cover the role of energy consumption in the built environment and introduce concepts that reduce our dependence on energy derived from fossil fuels. From resource extraction and material production to building assembly and systems operation, students will learn how to analyze upfront and operational carbon to develop strategies that achieve carbon neutrality. Through case studies, the course will expose students to the processes of auditing and determining the amount of carbon emissions for the purposes of identifying alternative materials and methods.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "SUST 233",
      "subject": "SUST",
      "number": "233",
      "title": "The Environment, Health and Equity",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "prerequisite": "English 1A/C1000 and Sustainable Design 201 with a minimum grade of C",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "This course will explore the intersectionality of the environment, health and equity through the lens of the built context. Students will learn how environmental factors influence health outcomes and develop skills to advocate for and draft policy that support more sustainable and healthy solutions. Using the Los Angeles Region as the focus, students will identify existing environmental challenges and explore opportunities for more economically vibrant and healthy communities.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/el-camino-college/schedule/spring-2027/sust/#sust-233",
          "subject": "SUST",
          "listedAs": "SUST-233"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SUST 249",
      "subject": "SUST",
      "number": "249",
      "title": "Studio 3 - Sustainable Design and Ecology",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab",
      "prerequisite": "Architecture 199 with a minimum grade of C",
      "formerly": "ET 249",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU"
      ],
      "description": "As the third course in a four architectural design studio series, this course explores sustainable and ecological practices for site planning and building performance. Whereas the emphasis of earlier design studios is on artistic expression of building design, this studio will focus on the technological side of architecture. It will cover the adaptation with natural systems, synthesis of regulatory frameworks, ecological enhancements and regional design. Topics such as passive energy design, natural daylighting, solar and wind capture, stormwater retention systems as well as other ecologically supportive methodologies.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 0,
          "url": "/c/el-camino-college/schedule/fall-2026/sust/#sust-249",
          "subject": "SUST",
          "listedAs": "SUST-249"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SUST 289",
      "subject": "SUST",
      "number": "289",
      "title": "Landscape and Urban Design Principles",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "2 hours lecture/4 hours lab",
      "prerequisite": "Sustainable Design 181 and Sustainable Design 249 with a minimum grade of C",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "This course introduces principles and the application of landscape architecture and urban design in the context of Southern California. With a focus on sustainable design strategies, students will learn about spatial design and sequencing, site preparation and planting design, and place-making. Students will also explore the role ecological factors have in shaping our built and natural environments. Topics such as resiliency, regeneration, habitat restoration, and place-making will engage students in the practice of site analysis, mapping, diagramming, and master planning to represent design solutions that address some of the most pressing ecological challenges we face today.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable"
      ],
      "offered": []
    }
  ]
}