CORE COMPETENCIES OF SUSTAINABILITY
Introduces real-world pragmatic skills and applications in sustainability competencies. Content reaches across engineering expertise, from chemical engineering to buildings to product design and energy. Modules cover ecological footprinting, lifecycle assessment, resource use and integrated engineering practice.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Calculate and analyze carbon and ecological footprints Audience: Graduate 2. Compare and evaluate different sustainability frameworks Audience: Graduate 3. Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach, utilizing life-cycle thinking and assessment Audience: Graduate 4. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge of resource consumption, and how sustainable development can fuel innovation Audience: Graduate 5. Characterize sustainability as a global challenge associated with social inequity and requiring engineering/science leadership, multiple perspectives and solutions Audience: Graduate 6. Synthesize course lessons as they relate to engineering applications and decision making Audience: Graduate 7. Assess the relevant professional competencies and how sustainability could affect those choices Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Calculate and analyze carbon and ecological footprints Audience: Graduate 2. Compare and evaluate different sustainability frameworks Audience: Graduate 3. Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach, utilizing life-cycle thinking and assessment Audience: Graduate 4. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge of resource consumption, and how sustainable development can fuel innovation Audience: Graduate 5. Characterize sustainability as a global challenge associated with social inequity and requiring engineering/science leadership, multiple perspectives and solutions Audience: Graduate 6. Synthesize course lessons as they relate to engineering applications and decision making Audience: Graduate 7. Assess the relevant professional competencies and how sustainability could affect those choices Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027