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Course description

Engineers, professionally and as members of society, encounter environmental issues either directly or by way of regulations and workplace practices. They are also at the forefront of designing and implementing many of the changes needed to manage impacts and lead to sustainable development. This course is an introduction to the more significant environmental issues and associated sustainability challenges with a focus on implications for engineers in practice. Topics include: climate change; ecosystems and nutrient cycles, biodiversity, air and water pollution, environmental monitoring, ethics in engineering and principles of sustainable waste management,. Through these topics students are introduced to the assessment of environmental data; and project-based investigation of issues is used to encourage deeper exploration of several topics.

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