Dean’s Message
The world is changing. Technological advancements, climate change, peak oil, demographic shifts, rapid urbanization, globalization, and other major forces assure that good design, planning and preservation practice will be valued commodities far as we are able to see into the future. The College of Environment and Design (CED) at the University of Georgia will lead the way in educating new generations of landscape architects, planners, and historic preservationists well equipped to envision a better tomorrow in the wake of those changes.
Welcome
The College of Environment & Design was formed in 2001 as the first new college at UGA since 1969. The College represents the School of Environmental Design, which had formally operated as a stand-alone school since 1969. Within the College and School exist degree programs in Landscape Architecture and Historic Preservation, as well as a specialized Certificate Program in Environmental Ethics.
About the College
Our overarching mission is to research, teach and communicate new and existing knowledge about the built and natural environment to promote innovative planning, preservation, protection, restoration and responsible development of natural and cultural resources. In keeping to this mission, the College will be constantly exploring the development of new study and degree areas. The immediate future is being contemplated for studies in Environmental Planning, Historic Landscapes and Golf Course Design
