Certificate programs are a way in which students in the College of Architecture and Planning can choose to enhance their education while focusing on an area that deepens their training and professional readiness. While our Design Build Certificate and Classical Studies Certificate are only open to select students in our Master of Architecture program, our other certificate programs are open to degree-seeking and non-degree-seeking students.
Are you a non-degree-seeking student who is interested in earning one of our certificates? If so, you must apply to CU Denver as a non-degree-seeking student and submit an application to your certificate program of interest. Apply Now >>
A four-course certificate program
The colleges of Architecture and Planning, Engineering and Applied Science, and the Business School at the University of Colorado Denver have formed a partnership to create an innovative and interdisciplinary leadership program. The Integrated Construction, Management and Leadership (ICML) Certificate is a four-course certificate designed to launch designers, architects, engineers, and business entrepreneurs into the world of construction or rapidly update an existing skill-set.
The classes will be held at CU Denver. At times, some classes maybe online. Please check the CU Denver catalog for current academic year offerings.
An 18-credit certificate program
An 18-credit certificate program
An 15-credit certificate program
An 15-credit certificate program
In collaboration with the Institute for Classical Architecture and Arts (ICAA), the College of Architecture and Planning offers graduate certificate in classical studies.
The Classical Studies Certificate offers a sequence of elective courses founded on the Beaux Arts paradigm. Upon successful completion of this optional sequence, students qualify for a Classical Studies Certificate and may apply for a Certificate of Classical Design from the Institute for Classical Architecture and Arts. Students interested in the classical traditions in architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, and allied arts graduate with a distinct, highly valued skillset.
Classical Studies will provide students with the intellectual and practical skills necessary to position themselves as discerning practitioners and critical thinkers in a particular sector of architectural practice, as well as within allied fields such as traditional urban design, historic preservation, the building arts, interior, and landscape architecture. The course content will merge theoretical inquiry with skill-based learning to provide a solid foundation for a successful professional career.
An 18-credit certificate program
The certificate in Landscape Architecture provides an overview, foundational knowledge, and skills for students and professionals who want to engage landscape practices without a full Masters degree. The certificate will provide the foundation to understand and design landscape as a tool for meaningful cultural, social, and environmental change and to communicate with the people and communities that are inhabiting it. Upon successful completion of the course sequence students will graduate with a highly valuable skillset and knowledge.
The Certificate in Landscape Architecture will provide students and professionals with the intellectual and practical skills necessary to bring critical landscape practice to a broad range of fields from design fields to geography, engineering, and the humanities among others. The course content will merge theoretical inquiry with skill-based learning to provide a solid foundation.