SDUS is structured to deliver four coherent packages of knowledge and skill, each building on the last, to inculcate in urban planners/designers a robust, useable and updateable base for application in research and professional application. Each package has the following objective:
· beginnings: Orientation in general sustainability issues
· principles: Understanding of the systematic base of environmental sustainability.
· methods: Review of methods for sustainable urban design.
practice: Exploration of techniques for project development, based on emerging best-practice.
The teaching mode of SDUS is intended to stimulate original thought, critical commentary, systematic analysis and research, study collaboration, professional experience and creative project development