Certificate in Gateway to Architecture and Construction BCERTU.GWC

Required Courses

This certificate provides a jumpstart for South Dakota high school students with a career interest in architecture and construction. Students will explore careers in designing, planning, managing, building, and maintaining the built environment. Students will also take foundational courses in communication and mathematics which are critical skills in these fields. Courses taken in the certificate will be stackable into academic degrees in related fields including architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, construction management, and construction technology.

*courses from other SD BOR schools

• DSGN 100 - Survery of the Built Environment* - 3 semester hours

   

  Choose one art or design course from the following:
  GDES 101 - Computer Graphics*

• ART 111 - Drawing I 3 semester hours
• ARTH 100 - Art Appreciation 3 semester hours
• ARTH 211 - History of World Art I 3 semester hours

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  Choose one math course from the following:

• MATH 114 - College Algebra 3 semester hours
• MATH 120 - Trigonometry 3 semester hours

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  Choose one communication course from the following:

• ENGL 101 - Composition I 3 semester hours
• CMST 101 - Foundations of Communication 3 semester hours

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  *Courses from other SD BOR schools