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Bachelor of Community Design
Introduction
The School of Planning offers a Bachelor
of Community Design with an Honours
option. In addition, most Community Design courses are available
as electives to the university community. Students in Arts and
Social Sciences may earn a Minor in Community Design. Another option is a double major in Community Design and Environment, Sustainability and Society.
Community design studies the shape, patterns, processes, and
issues in human and natural communities. It explores the world
as a system of interconnected and mutually-embedded communities
linked by cultural and natural processes. Courses examine interventions
by which people can work towards creating and maintaining healthy
and sustainable communities.
The study of community design at Dalhousie is distinguished by:
- An emphasis on design.
The School recognizes the importance of visual and spatial information
and analysis, and introduces design as a method of learning, analysing,
and addressing problems. Design is comprehensive, integrative, context-sensitive,
and synthetic.
- A focus on reasoned, creative, and practical outcomes.
Courses will attract students eager to make changes in the
world they inhabit. They will develop the knowledge and skills
to allow them to analyse community issues, and to propose
and implement appropriate courses of action to achieve desired
outcomes.
The Bachelor of Community Design is a three year general program
for students interested in understanding how communities work
and the principles that designers use in creating communities.
Students wishing to enter the program must have completed grade
12 with a 70% or greater average in five grade 12 subjects including
English, Math, and one Science. Other recommended grade 12 courses
include Biology, and/ or Geography. A background in art or design
is an asset.
We also welcome applications from students with university
background. Based on previous university course work, credit
for some community design requirements may be eligible for transfer.
All students must meet the Dalhousie requirement for a full
course or equivalent in courses with a significant writing requirement,
usually completed in the first year of study. Students must
complete at least a full course or equivalent in a science subject,
and a full course or equivalent in an arts, humanities, or social
sciences to graduate.
You can download the Bachelor
of Community Design brochure as an Adobe Acrobat document.
Students who do well in their studies have the opportunity
to apply for the Honours program,
which offers additional course work and recognition by the
Canadian Institute of Planners. |
