Special Studies

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

CD ARCH 1604403 Sustainable by Design: The course will focus on energy and sustainable strategies, exploring their integration into the design process by examining historical developments, global energy challenges, and sustainable principles across various contexts. Discussions will center on climate and energy issues, including passive and active design strategies and how these relate to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and local initiatives in Copenhagen and beyond. CD SUS 1704526 Sustainable Development in Northern Europe: This course takes a non-colonial approach to sustainability and the climate crisis, emphasizing post-growth economics to examine Western ideas of economic growth through a socio-ecological lens. It will explore key concepts such as climate justice, decentralization, resilience, and utopian thinking, focusing on understanding the root causes of environmental degradation and potential systemic solutions from cultural, social, and historical perspectives. CD SUS 1704758 Getting There: Transportation in Urban Europe: Moving people around within cities - getting them to and from work, school, and play - is a complex problem. In this course we will experience urban mobility from a multitude of angles: we will consider how the urban form of a city structures, facilitates, and restricts movement and social interaction.