Undergraduate Majors

CED offers the four-year bachelor of arts (A.B.) degree in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban studies. The A.B. degree is a nonprofessional degree. It provides:

• A basic education in the skills, professional knowledge, and values common to the several branches of the field.
• An opportunity to develop a broad understanding of the cultural, social, and technological contexts of the field.
• The chance for students to formulate a particular role for themselves: practitioners, researchers, and specialists equipped with specialized though pre-professional command of one sub-field such as architecture or landscape architecture.
• An education sufficiently sound in its general outlines to provide a basis for work in another field such as construction, business, law, or government.
   

Undergraduate Minors

Minors allow students enrolled in undergraduate programs at UC Berkeley the opportunity for specialization in a particular sub-field of their subject major. CED offers minors in architecture, city planning, ecological design, environmental design in developing countries, history and theory of landscape architecture and environmental planning, history of the built environment, and social and cultural factors in environmental design.

Master's Degrees

CED offers professional degrees in architecture (the Master of Architecture), landscape architecture (the Master of Landscape Architecture, which includes an environmental planning option), and city and regional planning (the Master of City Planning). In each field the curricula seek to impart a high degree of professional skill, to develop attitudes of responsibility for leadership in society, and to develop a capacity for decision-making under conditions of uncertainty. Joint degree programs are available across departments in the college and with other programs on the UC Berkeley campus.

CED also offers a Master of Science in Architecture degree for those wishing to pursue advanced research in the field, a Master of Urban Design degree for exceptionally qualified students who already have professional work experience, and a Master of Arts in Design degree that focuses on selected aspects of visual design.

Ph.D. Degrees 

Doctoral degrees are offered in architecture, city and regional planning, and landscape architecture and environmental planning for those who have the interest and ability to engage in creative research and teaching.

Continuing Education in Environmental Design

UC Berkeley Extension offers certificate and professional programs in the fields of:

• Garden Design
• Interior Design and Interior Architecture
• Land Use Planning
• Landscape Architecture
• Sustainable Design
• Sustainable Environmental Design and Stewardship
   

UC Berkeley Extension courses are open to all interested adults. It is not necessary to enroll in a certificate program to take a course.