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Education & Training |
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IGERT Students are
encouraged to take coursework outside of their home
disciplines. These courses help enhance the students
knowledge based and their understanding of the
Sustainable Futures Model.
COURSES
For this IGERT, Michigan Technological University
and Southern University, Baton Rouge have developed
two courses and adopted an existing colloquium class
to better meet the needs of the Community of
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ENG
5510, Sustainable Futures 1 |
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Covers introductory and
intermediate concepts of Sustainable Development.
Explores methods/tools for assessing sustainability
from economic, environmental, societal perspectives
for current and emerging industrial technologies.
Life cycle assessment is the major tool for
evaluating sustainability. Explores applications of
LCA in the public policy arena and also in the
private sector. Industrial applications of
sustainable development is further explored through
case studies and guest lectures.
This course is taught at
Michigan Tech and transmitted to SUBR via distance
learning technology. |
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ENG
5520, Sustainable Futures 2 |
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Covers sustainability in
developed and developing countries. Topics include
policy analysis, regulatory impact & cost benefit
analyses, trade & markets, laws & regulations,
international disasters, GIS applications, green
manufacturing, and evolution of environmental policy
in U.S. and other countries.
This course is taught at
SUBR and transmitted to Michigan Tech via distance
learning technology. |
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ENG
5530 - Graduate Colloquium in Sustainability
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Introduces students to
general and specific issues related to
sustainability. Topics include review and discussion
of historical readings that define the movement
towards sustainability, international issues related
to sustainable development, corporate leadership,
consumption, and societal issues.
This course is taught at
Michigan Tech and transmitted to SUBR via distance
learning technology. |
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Graduate Certificate in Sustainability |
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The
Graduate Certificate in Sustainability formally
recognizes curricular breadth in the following
areas: i) policy, societal, and economic systems,
ii) environmental systems, and iii) industrial
systems. The student has the opportunity to achieve
specialized education in engineering, forestry,
science, social sciences, humanities, business, and
economics.
This Certificate requires a total of 15 credits.
Students must take Sustainable Futures I
(ENG5510/SS5510) and Sustainable Futures II
(ENG5520/SS5520) and a minimum of one class from
each of the three other categories and obtain a
grade of B or higher in each of the courses. At
least 9 of the total certificate credits (course and
research credits) must be at the 5000-level or
higher. This Certificate is only open to students
enrolled in a graduate program. The current list of
courses can be found
here.
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