The Sustainable Design Certificate at Pratt Institute in New York City combines practical and theoretical skills to teach sustainable design principles.

School: Pratt Institute, School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Course: Sustainable Design Foundation
Location: New York City, USA and hybrid
Course dates: September 2024 to May 2025
Application deadline: registration is open

Make a real-world impact. Focus through a wide-whole systems thinking lens that prioritises people and the natural environment.

Leverage sustainable design theory, practice, processes, and materials across disciplines to build an interdisciplinary portfolio.

This program features small, interactive classes, real-time instruction (either in-person or on Zoom), free access to software for remote use and free access to designated campus labs.

Students will earn a certificate upon successful completion of all required courses.

The required classes for the certificate are Introduction to Sustainable Design: Processes and Materials, BioDesign and Biomimicry, Sustainable Design Theory and Practice and one elective.

Sustainable Design classes also fulfil elective requirements of the following programs: Creative Careers, Digital Design, Fashion New Media, Graphic Design, and Web Design.

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Top image: biofabrication method experimentation by student Julia Briere.

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