Low Carbon Technology Management

(2 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The whole world is currently committed to adaptation against climate change, extreme disasters, environmental pollution and exhausting fossil energy by means of establishment of a low-carbon society. Such transmission is certainly necessitated not only in China but also worldwide. Development of low-carbon technologies management system will be the key approach. This course is aimed to train the undergraduate students with variable background for both technological and management knowledge. It is thus a cross-disciplinary course that encourages students to learn independently and collaboratively with the purpose of addressing complicated issues in energy, resource, environmental, economy and policy areas under the globalization circumstance. This course is not merely lecture and also includes quite a number of curriculum projects that require students to learn more after class and collaborate with team members. In course of the project design, students will be enhanced of abilities including but not limited to scientific writing, public speaking, literature hunting, and communication skills. This course will be delivered in a pure English environment. Furthermore, the students will be fortunate to stay with world-famous experts in low-carbon fields and experience the cutting-edge research. Low-carbon technology and management is a fast-developing field with frequently updated knowledge and information. This course extremely encourages students to challenge the conventional viewpoints and existing database of knowledge. The lecturer has the responsibility to lead students to think and behave in such creative and originative ways.