SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
Interdisciplinary survey of energy research topics. Understand how sustainable energy challenges are being studied and solved by different disciplines, from science and engineering to social sciences and humanities. Analyze energy sustainability using a multi-disciplinary, systems-based approach.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in the Certificate in Engineering for Energy Sustainability or Engineering: Sustainable Systems Engineering, MEng Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of affordable and clean energy Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe the technical, social, economic, and environmental dimensions of affordable and clean energy and identify potential trade-offs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of affordable and clean energy Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe the technical, social, economic, and environmental dimensions of affordable and clean energy and identify potential trade-offs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027