Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings
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08 - Architecture, engineering, and related trades

04. - Architecture and related services

This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals for professional practice in the various architecture-related fields and focus on the study of related aesthetic and socioeconomic aspects of the built environment.

04.04 - Environmental design/architecture

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 04.0401 to 04.0499.

04.0401 - Environmental design/architecture, general

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to design public and private spaces, indoor and outdoor, for leisure, recreational, commercial, and living purposes, and for professional practice as environmental designers and architects. These programs include courses in the design and planning of public and private open spaces and their relationship to buildings and other aspects of the built environment; facilities management; related aspects of interior design and architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning; and professional responsibilities and standards.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • environmental architecture
    • environmental design
    • environmental design studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • architectural drafting(15.1303)
    • housing and human environments(19.0601)
    • industrial design(50.0404)
    • interior decorating(19.0605)
    • interior design(50.0408)
    • landscape design(01.0605)
    • sustainable architecture(04.0403)
    • sustainable design(04.0403)
    • urban forestry(03.0508)
04.0402 - Healthcare environment design/architecture

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design and performance of healthcare environments to optimize healing. These programs include courses in interior design, architecture, healing sciences, healthcare environments, human-centred design, and healthcare delivery.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • architecture of healthcare environments
    • design of healthcare environments
    • healthcare environment architecture
    • healthcare environment design

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • design for human health(30.3701)
04.0403 - Sustainable design/architecture

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of biological, physical, and social science in the design of sustainable cities and metropolitan regions. These programs include courses in community revitalization, community economic development, construction technology, design innovation, environmental economics, ethics, justice and politics, sustainable materials, sustainability theory, structural materials, and urbanism.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • sustainable architectural design
    • sustainable architecture
    • sustainable building design
    • sustainable design

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • architectural design(04.0202)
    • environmental architecture(04.0401)
    • environmental design(04.0401)
04.0499 - Environmental design/architecture, other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Environmental design or environmental architecture.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • other environmental architecture
    • other environmental design

    All examples

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