Health Systems & Design Certificate
The Health Systems and Design Certificate promotes research, innovation, and communication focusing on health facility planning and design.
Students with the certificate have worked in:
- Health facility management
- Healthcare facility design
- Healthcare planning
The Health Systems and Design Certificate is supported by the Center for Health Systems & Design. The certificate is open to all College of Architecture graduate students.
Certificate Spotlights
Chanam Lee
Chanam Lee was one of the first seven students to receive the certificate. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Washington and is now a faculty member in the College of Architecture and a faculty fellow in the center.
Tiffany Robinson Long
Tiffany Robinson Long is a licensed architect who graduated with a certificate in Health Systems and Design. She’s now a partner at an architecture firm in San Antonio and often works in medical design and hospital project management.
Brian Briscoe
Brian Briscoe is a healthcare architect with a certificate in Health Systems and Design. He serves as the vice president of HKS, Inc.
Curriculum
Required Courses
| Listing | Class | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ARCH 675 | Health Design and Research | 3 |
| ARCH 681 | Seminar | 1 |
Select from of the following courses (6 credits total):
| Listing | Class | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ARCH 605 | Architectural Design I | 6 |
| ARCH 606 | Architectural Design II | 6 |
| ARCH 607 | Architectural Design III | 6 |
| ARCH 608 | Architectural Design IV | 6 |
| ARCH 660 | Design Programming | 3 |
| ARCH 693 | Professional Study | 1–23 |
| COSC 670 | Facilities Asset Management | 3 |
| COSC 693 | Professional Study | 1–6 |
| LAND 693 | Professional Study | 1–23 |
| LDEV 687 & LDEV 688 | Development Feasibility and Design & Development Feasibility and Design II | 3 each (6 total) |
| LDEV 693 | Professional Study | 1–6 |
| PLAN 631 | Health Systems Planning and Policy | 3 |
| PLAN 693 | Professional Study | 1–6 |
Select two of the following elective courses (6 credits total):
| Listing | Class | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ARCH 624 | Theory of Placemaking | 3 |
| ARCH 674 | Typologies of Contemporary Hospital Design | 3 |
| ARCH 676 | Survey of Human Behavior and Design | 3 |
| ARCH 678 | Foundations of Healthcare Design | 3 |
| ARCH 689 | Special Topics in… (Facilitation for Planners and Designers) | 1–6 |
| CARC 601 | Foundations of Research in Planning and Design | 3 |
| CARC 602 | Research Methods in Planning and Design | 3 |
| EPSY 647 | Lifespan Development | 3 |
| HLTH 334 | Women’s Health | 3 |
| HLTH 353 | Drugs and Society | 3 |
| HLTH 631 | Community and Public Health | 3 |
| HLTH 660 | Health Issues in Aging, Dying and Death | 3 |
| LAND 640 | Research Methods in Landscape Architecture | 3 |
| LDEV 661 | Development and the Environment | 3 |
| LDEV 671 | Sustainable Development | 3 |
| PHPM 601 | Foundations of Population and Public Health | 3 |
| PHPM 605 | Introduction to Health Policy and Management | 3 |
| PLAN 633 | Planning for Healthy Communities | 3 |
| PLAN 634 | Environmental Health Policy and Planning | 3 |
| PBSI 607 | Experimental Psychology | 3 |
| PBSI 610 | Organizational Psychology | 3 |
| PBSI 615/NRSC 615 | Perceptual Processes | 3 |
The Health Systems and Design Certificate includes at least 16 hours of coursework.
Contact
Please email chsd@arch.tamu.edu with any questions.