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Need an CAS 300-level elective? Try EDNS 315 MWF 10-10:50am
Department / Organization: EDS
Take Engineering for Social and Environmental Responsibility this Spring: meet a grad req and explore responsible engineering
This course grounds students in where we are as a global society - and how we got here - in terms of social and economic equity and ecological sustainability, from perspectives including cosmology, history, anthropology, evolution, economic and political development, philosophy, and more. It goes on to explore several competing ethical frameworks, which are then applied to specific case studies in contemporary topics related to engineering for social and environmental responsibility, while also exposing students to several different design concepts that provide examples of how to be ever more responsible in our engineering.
Case studies and design concepts are identified and selected by the students in the class each term. Previous examples include - but are not limited to - case studies on carbon capture & sequestration, biotechnology & genetic engineering, nanotechnology, bioethics, air pollution & environmental justice, and artificial intelligence; and design concepts such as life cycle assessment, regenerative development, urban design, net zero design, universal design, design for zero waste, biomimicry, conservation ecology, medical device design, and more. Leading experts in the identified fields are brought to class as guest speakers to deliver this critical information directly.
