A new agreement with Ball State University provides Ecosa semester students with the option of gaining a semesters credit from the College of Architecture and Planning. For more information on how to enroll to gain this credit please call us at 928 541 1002.
BusinessWeek Magazine Talks About Green Jobs
Many potential students ask what opportunities the Ecosa program can create. A current article in BusinessWeek magazine makes it clear. "The clean energy economy accounted for about 770,000 jobs in 2007, according to a recent study from the Pew Charitable Trusts. But job boards might soon be populated with openings for environmental engineers, construction managers, hydrologists, architects, and interior designers with green building training, as well as for directors of environmentally focused nonprofit groups."
Apply Now for Summer 2010
Ecosa programs are exciting, fun, informative, rich and integrated experiences where learning is based on the concepts underlying nature. As a framework for the Summer of Sustainable Design exploration, two projects will be designed during the semester. One project will be for the Empowerment Society, a non-profit organization working in Liberia. The second project will be in Prescott, Arizona for a proposed redevelopment zone in an industrial area that will include affordable housing. We will use both these projects to explore issues in “sustainability” and how to bring a regenerative approach to human habitats.
As global warming leads to ever more critical environmental conditions, the time has come for designers, architects, and builders to become committed students of sustainability and vigilant stewards of the natural world. Now you can learn how green design is part of the solution. Whether you are looking to explore a new career, study abroad for a term...
"In many ways, what students get in one [ECOSA] semester is a more holistic understanding of sustainability than they could presently get at any traditional design school."
-American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment Report
Student Testimonials
"My experience in the ECOSA semester has surpassed all of my expectations...Through this semester I have been educated about design strategies for community building, ecological design in buildings, permaculture, aquaculture, urban design, aesthetics of and strategies for both technical and free form drawing, graphic design, special relations, and much more. Overall...this semester is unparalleled by any other educational experience I have undertaken, and has been one of the best experiences of my life."
