Development of an introductory course on 'sustainability' as part of core curriculum

Anoop Desai, Jean Claude Thomassian

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Abstract

This paper presents an educational effort to develop an introductory course on Sustainability, environment and technology at a university in the southeast United States. The course development was the direct outcome of an internal 'College of Sustainability Grant' awarded to the author. The course content includes diverse multidisciplinary factors that relate directly to sustainability such as Environment conscious manufacturing, economics of sustainability, soil geology etc. The newly developed course also takes advantage of audio-visual media to facilitate instruction. The novel aspect of this course is that students from across campus are involved in mini-design projects to make some aspect of any chosen system more sustainable. The principal constraint in this case is cost. The course seeks to expose students from different educational backgrounds to the common concept of sustainability.

Original languageEnglish
JournalASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition - Austin, TX, United States
Duration: Jun 14 2009Jun 17 2009

Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Engineering

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