First Year Seminar 191SBS15 - FYS-Dynamics/Built Environment

What shapes the built environment of cities and towns we inhabit? Have you considered a career in the stewardship of the built environment? By exploring perspectives within sustainability, planning, and urban design, we can learn to better understand the cities we live in and why they function the way they do. Through sustainability tools and techniques, students will learn to engage with their surroundings while understanding the importance of creating an inclusive, equitable, and resilient built environment that moves beyond economic benefits to consider social and environmental impacts. The course is designed to acclimate our newer students to develop personal and academic skills using available campus resources. It offers them the chance to explore potential career paths within the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, like landscape architecture, regional planning, and sustainable community development.

First year (Fr or Soph)