2024-25 Pomona College Catalog 
    
    Nov 23, 2024  
2024-25 Pomona College Catalog

Sustainability and the Built Environment


The Sustainability and the Built Environment Concentration (SBE) focuses on urban planning, design and architecture.


The SBE course plan interrogates the built environment, whether urban, suburban, or rural (and every place in between). It is designed for students seeking a comprehensive curriculum that is focused on how to plan, design, construct and manage communities from a more sustainable perspective. Learn about the latest planning approaches and policy/regulatory requirement; green architecture, sustainable site design and landscapes; renewable energy and energy efficiency; sustainable water resources management; and green infrastructure. Acquire the skills necessary to integrate sustainable design principles into long-range visions and the day-to-day development and management of the built environment.

Faculty Advisor:

G. Douglass-Jaimes (Environmental Analysis)

C. Miller (History)

Affiliated Faculty:

G. Gorse (Art History)

L. Neckar (Environmental Analysis, Pitzer)

Course Requirements (11 Courses):

Students must complete the core courses, EA 010 PO  or EA 010 PZ EA 020 PO , and EA 030 PO  or EA 030E PO  and one senior capstone course (EA 190 PO  or EA 191 PO ). The elective classes in SBE should be selected in close consultation with the concentration advisor.

  • At least one course in Representation
    • Studio art, photography, design, or production-based media studies courses
    • GIS or similar spatial-analysis training
  • At least one class in Design Studio/Labs
  • Five electives from the following or similar options, generally no more than two from a group
    • Urban history, geography, theory and ecology
    • Design and Planning
    • Environmental Justice/Policy/Economics/Sociology

Sample electives: