University of California, Berkeley College of Environmental Design

Infobox_University
name= UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design


endowment= $1.72 millionCal Profiles, "College of Environmental Design": http://calprofiles.vcbf.berkeley.edu/]
dean= Sam Davis, FAIA (interim) [http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/news/ced/sam-davis-appointed-interim-dean]
established= 1959 [The CED traces its history back to architecture instruction by Bernard Maybeck in 1894, landscape architecture instruction in 1913, and city-planning instruction in 1948. However, the CED as a cohesive college was founded in 1959, bringing together all three programs.]
type= Public Professional School
staff= 45 full-time career staffb]
faculty= 100b]
students= 944b]
undergrad= 653b]
postgrad= 291b]
city= Berkeley, California
country= USA
website= [http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/ ced.berkeley.edu]

The College of Environmental Design (CED) of the University of California, Berkeley is located in Wurster Hall [http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/college/wurster/history] on the main UC Berkeley campus. It is composed of three departments: Architecture [http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/] , City and Regional Planning [http://dcrp.ced.berkeley.edu/] , and Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning [http://laep.ced.berkeley.edu/] . It is one of the largest such colleges nationally.

The school was founded in 1959 by Joseph Esherick, William Wurster and Vernon DeMars, to encompass disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, environmental planning and city planning, and has served as a nexus for figures like Christopher Alexander, Catherine Bauer, Galen Cranz, Donlyn Lyndon, Roger Montgomery, and Charles Moore among many others.

Academics

Degrees and Programs

CED awards the following degrees:

Undergraduate

*A.B. Architecture
*A.B. Landscape Architecture
*A.B. Urban Studies
*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

Graduate and Postgraduate

*M.Arch. (master of architecture)
*M.S. in Architecture (master of science in architecture)
*M.L.A. (master of landscape architecture)
*M.C.P. (master of city planning)
*M.U.D. (master of urban design)
*M.A. Design (master of art in design)
*Ph.D. Architecture
*Ph.D. Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
*Ph.D. City and Regional Planning;

One of the CED's early innovations during the 1960s was the development of the "four-plus-two" ("4+2") course of study for architecture students, meaning a four-year non-professional Bachelor of Arts in Architecture degree followed by a two-year professional Master of Architecture (M.Arch) degree. [ACSA Architecture Education brief: https://www.acsa-arch.org/students/education.aspx] The 4+2 program was meant to address the shortfalls of the traditional 5-year professional Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) program, which many architecture educators felt was too rushed and neglected the undergraduate's intellectual development in favor of a strong emphasis on practical design knowledge. The 4+2 program allowed one to receive a broader education including exposure to the liberal arts as an undergraduate and thus a deeper and more thorough education in architectural design as a graduate student.

Admissions

Admission [http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/college/academics/admissions] to the College of Environmental Design is highly competitive. Following are the admissions statistics for fall 2006, According to CED's 2007 Annual Report:

Undergraduate

*A.B. Arch: 340 students accepted out of 1,375 applicants, or 24.7%
*A.B. Landscape Architecture: 15 students accepted out of 103 applicants, or 14.5%
*A.B. Urban Studies: 18 students accepted out of 95 applicants, or 18.9%

Graduate and postgraduate

*M.Arch.: 42 students accepted out of 632 applicants, or 6.6%
*M.S. in Architecture: 8 students accepted out of 42 applicants, or 19.0%
*M.L.A.: 42 students accepted out of 149 applicants, or 28.2%
*M.C.P.: 45 students accepted out of 257 applicants, or 17.5%
*Ph.D. in Architecture: 8 students accepted out of 55 applicants, or 14.5%
*Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture: 1 student accepted out of 12 applicants, or 8.3%
*Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning: 5 students accepted out of 62 applicants, or 8.1%

Facilities and Services

The College of Environmental Design has been housed in Wurster Hall on the UC Berkeley campus since the 1960s. Before that, the department of architecture called North Gate Hall [http://journalism.berkeley.edu/resources/history/] its home.

Environmental Design Library

The CED also has a large and well-respected library. Its collections include 178,000 volumes, 1200 serials, 200,000 slides, 40,000 photographs, and 8,500 digital images. It has a substantial rare book collection and subscribes to numerous indexes and references. ["2004-2005 Bulletin: CED Overview" page 6: http://cougar.ced.berkeley.edu/forms/bulletin.pdf]

Environmental Design Archives

Faculty

There are over 100 faculty members at CED.

Dean

Sam Davis is serving as Interim Dean of the College of Environmental for the 2008-2009 school year. Davis has been a faculty member of the college since 1971 and is an expert on affordable housing, housing for those with special needs, and facilities for the homeless.

Harrison S. Fraker Jr. stepped down in Spring 2008 as the dean of the college after a 12-year term. He plans to return as as a Professor for the 2009-2010 school year after a year-long sabbatical.

The search for a new dean is underway and candidates were interviewed in Spring 2008.

Department of Architecture

Mary Comerio, chair Complete list of architecture faculty [http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/arch]

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

Linda Jewell, chair Complete list of LAEP faculty [http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/laep]

Department of City and Regional Planning

Karen S. Christensen, chair Complete list of DCRP faculty [http://dcrp.ced.berkeley.edu/about/chair]

Visiting Faculty

Complete list [http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/external/visiting-faculty.htm]

External Relations

Frameworks magazine

Frameworks magazine [http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/alumni/publications/frameworks] is published twice a year by the College of Environmental Design. Averaging about 50 pages, each issue centers around an environmental-design related theme and features article written by CED faculty. The color magazine also includes updates from alumni and other college news. It is mailed to 17,500 CED alumni, donors, Bay Area design and planning firms, and all accredited design and planning schools nationwide. Portions of each issue are posted online.

Frameworks staff and production

*Mary Kyle Cocoma, Editor and Director of Alumni and Public Relations, [e-mail]
*Marnette Federis, copy editor (August 2008 - May 2009)
*Design: Ison Design
*Printing: UC Printing

CED e-News

CED e-News [http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/alumni/publications/enews] is the College of Environmental Design's free bi-weekly electronic newsletter. It offers updates on what's happening at the college and in the environmental-design field in general. Sections include "upcoming events," "in the news," "awards" and "job opportunities." CED e-News is e-mailed to over 6,000 recipients about 15 times during the school year in their choice of either HTML or text-only format. Each issue is also posted on CED's Web site.

ee also

*Center for the Built Environment

Notes

External links

* [http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/ Official site]