ENVDES 142
Sustainable Environmental Design Colloquium
This colloquium brings together a diverse group of professionals who are shaping the future of sustainable environmental design across sectors. Through weekly guest talks, students will engage with interdisciplinary perspectives that span data analytics, community development, policy innovation, design thinking, and corporate sustainability. Each speaker highlights how their discipline contributes to addressing complex urban and environmental challenges, offering students a real-world understanding of how collaboration across fields drives measurable impact in communities and organizations.
Topics
- By the end of this course, you will be able to: ● Identify the range of disciplines and professional roles that contribute to sustainable environmental design. ● Analyze how data, policy, design, and community engagement intersect to address complex environmental and social challenges. ● Evaluate real-world case studies and guest presentations to understand different approaches to advancing sustainability and equity. ● Synthesize insights from diverse speakers to form a holistic understanding of how interdisciplinary collaboration drives community impact. ● Reflect on your own professional and academic interests in relation to the evolving fields of sustainability, design, and social innovation.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027