| Overall Rating | Reporter - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | |
| Liaison | Deborah Steinberg |
| Submission Date | Aug. 1, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Carnegie Mellon University
ER-6: Sustainability-Focused Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
Reporter |
David
Dzombak Hamerschlag University Professor and Department Head CEE: Civil & Environmental Engineering |
The number of sustainability-focused courses offered :
The total number of courses offered :
Number of years covered by the data:
A list of sustainability-focused courses offered:
1 Air Quality Engineering
2 Introduction to Sustainable Engineering
3 China's Environmental Crisis
4 Economics of Global Warming
5 Energy and the Environment
6 Energy, Environment, Globalization in the Americas
7 Environmental Economics
8 History of Sustainable Architecture
9 Materials, Energy and Environment
10 Perspectives on the Urban Environment
11 Processing Design
12 Sustainable Urbanism Studio
13 Life Cycle Assessment
14 Case Studies in Sustainability
15 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering
16 Introduction to Green Chemistry
17 LEED Building and Green Design Concepts
18 The Role of the Environment in the Collapse of Ancient Societies
19 Environmental History and Politics Since Silent Spring
20 The Sustainable Business: Energy and Enviornmental Policies
21 Sustainable Design Synthesis Prep
22 Special Topics: Sustainable Energy Systems Management and Policy
23 Sustainable Engineering Project
24 Sustainable Community Development
25 Environmental Engineering
26 Environment Today: Biodiversity and Environmental Justice
27 Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering Design
28 Special Topics: Environment, Engineering and Society
29 Environment Today: Biodiversity and Environmental Justice
30 Environmental Life Cycle Assessment and Green Design
The website URL where the publicly available sustainability course inventory that includes a list of sustainability-focused courses is available:
A copy of the sustainability course inventory:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Carnegie Mellon University does not deliberately distinguish between courses that focus or concentrate on the concept of sustainability throughout the course and courses that relate to an aspect of sustainability or include sustainability as part of the course in its definition of sustainability in the curriculum. However, the University does offer courses that could be defined as either sustainability-focused or related courses. Each of listed courses reflect such implied sustainability-focused content and curriculum.
The sustainability course inventory can be found at the Carnegie Mellon University's Environmental Education website. It should be noted, however, that the website has not been updated since 2009. Therefore, another course inventory had been separately created in a Microsoft Excel document and attached to reflect the recent changes among the University's course offerings in year 2010 (spring and fall semesters).
Carnegie Mellon University does not deliberately distinguish between courses that focus or concentrate on the concept of sustainability throughout the course and courses that relate to an aspect of sustainability or include sustainability as part of the course in its definition of sustainability in the curriculum. However, the University does offer courses that could be defined as either sustainability-focused or related courses. Each of listed courses reflect such implied sustainability-focused content and curriculum.
The sustainability course inventory can be found at the Carnegie Mellon University's Environmental Education website. It should be noted, however, that the website has not been updated since 2009. Therefore, another course inventory had been separately created in a Microsoft Excel document and attached to reflect the recent changes among the University's course offerings in year 2010 (spring and fall semesters).
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