Professional Continuing Education courses provide instruction that meets standards for continuing education units or professional growth for Architects, Landscape Architects, Planners or LEED accredited professionals. 

 PROFESSIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS IN INDIANA 
Architects:

AIA requires: 18 learning unit (LU) hours each year

  • Of the 18 LU ≥8 LU hours must relate to health, safety, and/or welfare (HSW)
  • Of the 8 HSW, ≥4 credits must be in sustainable design (SD) topics.

State of Indiana requires: 24 hours between biennial license renewals

  • Of the 24 hours ≥16 hours must be HSW
  • Of the 24 hours ≥16 hours of which must be acquired in Structured Educational Activities
Landscape Architects: State of Indiana requires: 24 hours between biennial license renewals
  • Of the 24 hours ≥16 hours must be HSW
  • Of the 24 hours ≥16 hours of which must be acquired in Structured Educational Activities
Urban Planners:

AICP requires: 32 certification maintenance (CM) credits within two-year reporting period.

  • Of the 32 ≥1.5 credits must be on the topic of ethics
  • Of the 32 ≥1.5 credits must be on the topic of current planning law
LEED Professionals:

LEED AP: 30 CE hours biennially

  • Of the 30 ≥6 must be LEED-specific hours

LEED Green Associates: 15 CE hours biennially

  • Of the 15 ≥3 must be LEED-specific hours

Examples of Professional Continuing Education Programs

While topics can vary from design theories and techniques to business and financial literacy to legal and ethical frameworks (and everything in between), professional development courses should provide the participant with practical skills that increase their professional capacity.  Possible topics might include:

  • Accessibility/visitability
  • Architectural design
  • Building code
  • Building/site materials
  • Building/site technology
  • Business development/marketing
  • Complete streets 
  • Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED)
  • Development controls/codes
  • Economic development Energy
  • Ethics
  • Fabrication
  • Finance-development
  • Finance-public
  • Grantwriting
  • Green building
  • Green infrastructure
  • Hand graphics
  • Healthcare design
  • Historic preservation
  • Land use 
  • Law
  • Leadership development
  • LEED
  • Mixed-use development
  • Neighborhood development
  • Site design
  • Software programs
  • Sustainable practices
  • Transportation systems & planning