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2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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Student Affairs Administration |
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SAA 4530-4549 - Selected Topics (1-3)
When Offered: On Demand
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Supply Chain Management |
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SCM 1530-1549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
When Offered: On Demand
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SCM 2500 - Independent Study (1-4)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
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SCM 2530-2549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
When Offered: On Demand
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SCM 3500 - Independent Study (1-4)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
Prerequisite: 54 earned hours
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SCM 3510 - Junior Honors Thesis (1-3)
When Offered: On Demand
Independent study and research project directed by a departmental faculty advisor on a topic of mutual interest to both student and advisor. The thesis should be completed during the student’s junior and senior years and includes a formal presentation to the college faculty.
May be repeated for a total credit of three semester hours.
Prerequisite: 54 earned hours
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SCM 3520 - Instructional Assistance (1)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
A supervised experience in the instructional process on the university level through direct participation in a classroom situation.
May be repeated for a total credit of three semester hours. Graded on an S/U basis.
Prerequisite: 54 earned hours
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SCM 3530-3549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
When Offered: On Demand
Prerequisite: 54 earned hours
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SCM 3650 - Production and Operations Management (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
An introduction to the basic functions and concepts involved in managing the production and operations function of an organization. Topics in operations system design and analysis at the introductory level are included.
Prerequisite: 45 earned hours.
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SCM 3660 - Principles of Supply Chain Management (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
The objective of the course is to enable students to understand the concept of supply chain management and its importance in both strategic and operational planning. Topics covered include the intra-company relationships between operations and other organizational functions as well as the inter-company relationships among suppliers, products, distributors, retailers and consumers in the supply chain. The course will also discuss the problems and issues confronting supply chain managers, and the concepts, models, and techniques they use to solve those problems.
Prerequisites: 54 earned hours and ECO 2100 or STT 2810 or STT 2820 or permission of the department chair/program director.
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SCM 3670 - Six Sigma and Quality Management (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
This course will cover topics on the quality system, quality conformance, the management system for quality, the Six Sigma system, organizing for Six Sigma, selecting winning Six Sigma projects, leading a Six Sigma project team, and the Six Sigma tool kit. Also, the course will discuss several methods for Six Sigma and quality management including quality assurance, measurement, reliability, process control charts, and sampling techniques. In order to understand the real life applications of quality management, various real-world cases will be discussed.
Prerequisites: 54 earned hours and ECO 2100 or STT 2810 or STT 2820 or permission of the department chair/ program director.
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SCM 3680 - Supply Chain Technologies in a Global Environment (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
This course focuses on the role of technology in optimizing the supply chain flows of information, finances, and products in the global business environment. This includes the basic building blocks that make digital platforms possible and leverage technology for value generation by utilizing the technology for long-term competitive advantage and future trends in global supply chain management.
Prerequisite: 54 earned hours.
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SCM 3690 - Global Supply Chain and Logistics (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
This course incorporates principles and models of logistics in the global supply chain environment. Topics include the structure and dynamics of the global supply chain environment, global sourcing, global facility location, import-export issues, demand management, materials management, warehousing, and performance measurement.
Prerequisite: 54 earned hours and ECO 2100 or STT 2810 or STT 2820 or permission of the department chair/program director.
(Global Learning Opportunity course)
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SCM 3720 - Strategic Procurement and Global Sourcing (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
Strategic procurement and global sourcing focuses on procurement decisions involved in supply chain management. This course introduces students to important supply chain concepts including supplier selection, supplier evaluation, supplier relationships, cost management, sourcing strategy, planning and execution. The objective of the course is to develop procurement and sourcing management skills that students can appreciate and use effectively in their supply chain management careers.
Prerequisites: 54 earned hours Prerequisite or Corequisite: SCM 3660
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SCM 3900 - Internship (3).SS; (6 or 9)
When Offered: Fall; Spring; Summer Session
A full-time work experience in business. Nine semester hours of credit are granted for a normal 600 hour internship, six semester hours of credit are granted for a 400 hour internship, and three semester hours of credit are granted for a 200 hour internship. Students are encouraged to do the internship during the summer between their junior and senior years of study.
Graded on an S/U basis.
Prerequisites: 54 earned hours, admission to the Walker College of Business and permission of the department chair and the internship coordinator.
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SCM 4500 - Independent Study (1-4)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
Prerequisites: 84 earned hours and a minimum grade of “C” (2.0) in any Writing in the Discipline (WID) course.
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SCM 4510 - Senior Honors Thesis (1-3)
When Offered: On Demand
Independent study and research project directed by a departmental faculty advisor on a topic of mutual interest to both student and advisor. The thesis should be completed during the student’s junior and senior years and includes a formal presentation to the college faculty.
May be repeated for a total credit of three semester hours.
Prerequisites: 84 earned hours and a minimum grade of “C” (2.0) in any Writing in the Discipline (WID) course.
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SCM 4530-4549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
When Offered: On Demand
Prerequisites: 84 earned hours and a minimum grade of “C” (2.0) in any Writing in the Discipline (WID) course.
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SCM 4870 - Analytical Models for Supply Chain Management (3)
When Offered: On Demand
Analytical models for supply chain management focuses on the applications and development of modeling tools for the supply chain. This course introduces students to important supply chain problems and solution methodologies including optimization, simulation, and other analytical methods. The objective of the course is to develop valuable modeling skills that students can appreciate and use effectively in their careers.
Prerequisites: 84 earned hours, a minimum grade of “C” (2.0) in any Writing in the Discipline (WID) course, and ECO 2100 or STT 2810 or STT 2820 or permission of the department chair/program director.
[Dual-listed with MBA 5870.] Dual-listed courses require senior standing.
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SD 2400 - Principles of Sustainable Development (3) [GenEd: SS]
When Offered: Fall; Spring
GEN ED: Social Science Designation; Integrative Learning Experience (Theme: “Sustainability and Global Resources”)
This course examines the concept and principles of sustainable development. We explore how economic development can be re-envisioned to ensure social and environmental justice, cultural integrity, and ecological resilience, including a livable climate and ecologically diverse landscapes and seascapes. We examine questions related to wealth, poverty, education, gender equality, health, and food security with an emphasis on economic, environmental, and social justice across local to global scales.
(Global Learning Opportunity course)
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SD 2500 - Independent Study (1-4)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
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SD 2530-2549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
When Offered: On Demand
An opportunity to study a special topic or a combination of topics not otherwise provided for in the sustainable development curriculum.
May be repeated for credit when content does not duplicate.
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SD 2610 - Science for Sustainability (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
Conventional development approaches are not sustainable because they degrade natural systems that are essential to planetary well-being, justice, and equity. An understanding of natural systems, including climate, biosphere, watersheds, and more, is thus necessary to shift interactions between nature and society toward more sustainable trajectories. This course is a survey of the natural sciences that support sustainable development.
Prerequisite: Demonstrated Readiness for College-level Math.
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SD 2700 - Development Theory and Practice (3)
When Offered: Fall
This course provides an overview of major contemporary perspectives on development and underdevelopment, examined through the critical lens of sustainability. Applications to particular topics and alternative models are considered in terms of their effects on people and environment.
(Global Learning Opportunity course)
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SD 2750 - Environmental Humanities for Social Change (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
This course examines how humanistic approaches to the study of sustainable development, including the arts of imagination, perception, reflection, storytelling, and persuasion, allow us to re-envision the relationship between humans and the natural world across diverse cultural imaginaries of development. We explore the roles that the humanities, arts, and interpretive social sciences play in understanding the roots of our ecological crises and how humanistic knowledges and skills could be mobilized to ensure sustainable, just, and equitable futures.
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SD 2800 - Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development (3) [GenEd: SS]
When Offered: Fall; Spring
GEN ED: Social Science Designation; Liberal Studies Experience
This course introduces students to environmental justice as a field of transdisciplinary and community-engaged research, long-standing social movement, and site for anti-racist collaboration that is foundational for sustainable development in the United States and globally. We examine the intersections between civil rights, settler colonialism, and human and ecological well-being; we analyze how power and inequity are constructed along differences of race, ethnicity, gender, class, location, age, and ability; and we study community-led strategies for achieving justice. Students assess environmental injustices such as those related to contamination, extraction, conservation, and climate change and identify key leverage points for enacting change.
(Global Learning Opportunity course)
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SD 3100 - Principles of Agroecology (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
This course explores agriculture from a social and ecological perspective. Students examine basic ecological principles (nutrient cycling, biodiversity, energy flows, water movement, climate change, soil health, resilience, and community dynamics) as they apply to agriculture. Students also address agroecological principles in the context of farming systems, including conservation and regenerative agriculture, agroforestry, sustainable livestock production, and traditional low-carbon systems. This course focuses on how agricultural transformations can contribute to creating just and sustainable food systems and how those transformations can respond to the climate crisis.
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SD 3125 - Applied Farm Operations I (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
This course is a field experience based on the Sustainable Development Teaching and Research farm. Students will be actively engaged in many aspects of a small, diversified farm operation from production through harvesting and marketing of vegetables, field crops, fruits and livestock, as well as maintenance and upkeep of farm infrastructure in order to learn the art and science of small scale sustainable, ecological agriculture. Open to Sustainable Development majors only.
Prerequisite or corequisite: SD 3100 .
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SD 3155 - Soil and Soil Fertility Management (3)
When Offered: Fall
In sustainable agriculture, soil health and quality are recognized as key to producing bountiful and nutritious food. A thorough understanding of the nature, properties, and ecology of soil are therefore necessary to the design and management of agroecosystems in which the long-term fertility and productive capacity of the soil is maintained, or even improved. This understanding begins with knowledge of how soil is formed and includes integration of all biological, chemical and physical factors, as well as components that determine soil quality and contribute to the structure and function of the entire soil ecosystem. From this foundation, students will then study how to assess soil quality and how to develop appropriate soil and soil fertility management plans using organic production methods.
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SD 3170 - Permaculture Design (3)
When Offered: On Demand
Permaculture is a design science using ethical and biophysical principles combined with scientific methods of observation of nature to create systems that sustainably meet human needs while supporting relevant social, ecological, and economic infrastructures. In this course, students will explore permaculture philosophy and its relevance to the modern world system, while providing students with practical skills and tools to assess specific sites and create holistic designs suited to the objectives and needs of stakeholders. Lecture two hours, laboratory three hours.
Prerequisite: SD 3100 or permission of the instructor.
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SD 3200 - Agroforestry and Farm Forestry Systems (3)
When Offered: On Demand
Agroforestry has been defined by the World Agroforestry Center (2000) as “a dynamic, ecologically based management practice that integrates trees and other tall woody plants in the agricultural landscape to diversify production for increased social, economic and environmental benefits.” This course will focus on how the principles, complexity and diversity of agroforestry systems enhance land productivity and sustainability. The social and economic benefits of such systems for farmers, communities and society will also be discussed. Emphasis will be on temperate zone agroforestry systems, in particular those suitable for, or having potential for, northwest North Carolina. As these systems are much more extensive in (sub)tropical areas, agroforestry systems in those areas will also be briefly reviewed. The main emphasis of the course will be plant (crop) and soil aspects and component interactions, both above and below ground and from spatial and temporal perspectives.
Prerequisite or corequisite: SD 3100 .
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SD 3250 - Livestock Production and Management (3)
When Offered: Fall
This course is a survey of the livestock industry, the supply of animal products, and their uses. A special emphasis is placed on the origin, characteristics, adaptation and contributions of farm animals to sustainable agriculture, managing productivity, and minimizing ecological impact of agricultural systems.
Prerequisite or corequisite: SD 3100 .
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SD 3300 - Farm Business Management (3)
When Offered: Spring
This course introduces students to the principles and tools of managerial analysis and decision-making for the profitable operations of farms and farm-related businesses. Emphasis is given to planning, implementing, directing, organizing and controlling a farm business. Topics include financial statements; business analysis; budgeting; acquisition; organization and management of capital, labor, land, buildings and machinery; investment analysis of business-related improvements; and tax implications for management. Through case studies and real-world examples, students will learn to apply micro-economic and agricultural production theories, optimize allocation of resources and products, analyze resource shifts in agricultural production, as well as understand pricing and marketing issues of farm products. Economic concepts useful for management decisions will be reviewed and applied.
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SD 3350 - Contemporary Issues in Agriculture and Food (3)
When Offered: On Demand
This course will analyze, reflect on, and evaluate current agricultural issues. Examples of probable issues include the industrialization of the agriculture/food system, water rights, sustainable/local/organic agriculture, world hunger and food aid, saving the family farm, food safety, foreign agricultural assistance, the future of farming and food systems, genetic engineering, and others. Alternative perspectives on the issues and policy implications will be discussed.
Barring duplication of content, a student may repeat the course for a total of six credit hours.
(Global Learning Opportunity course)
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SD 3360 - Agricultural Humanities and Agrarian Futures (3)
When Offered: On Demand
This course addresses transformational agricultural practices and agrarian development from the vantage point of the agricultural humanities, a place-based pedagogical framework rooted in humanistic inquiry of agroecologicial production and sustainable economies; rural livelihoods and food systems; food justice, security, and sovereignty; soil, biodiversity, and seed conservation; and cultural foodways, with a particular emphasis on how local, community-based knowledge shapes sustainable approaches to agroecological practices and agrarian development and creates opportunities for imagining and implementing resilient communities.
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SD 3365 - Conservation and Development (3)
When Offered: On Demand
This course takes up the concerns about the urgent need to protect “biodiversity” (the variety of life and the processes that sustain it), recent years have witnessed an impressive expansion of protected areas globally. Yet by many standards, conservation is failing: extinctions escalate, habitats dwindle, and ecosystem functions degrade. Moreover, some conservation efforts create and/or exacerbate poverty while those who consume most of the planet’s resources are not the same ones who suffer. This course will also take up other concerns through an in-depth assessment of the human dimensions of conservation. We focus on the following questions: How and why do many conservation initiatives fail to alleviate poverty and increase human well-being? How can this situation be reversed? Why should it be? This course will prepare students to address conservation and development challenges with improved understandings of the complexities involved and increased capacity to contribute to positive social and environmental change.
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SD 3375 - Sustainable Economics and Community Development (3)
When Offered: Spring
What does it mean for economies or development initiatives to be just and sustainable? How are communities around the world mobilizing to advance their own visions of just and sustainable economic development? And what are the prospects for creating alternative economies in today’s world? This course provides the theoretical and practical tools needed to explore economic issues from the perspective of sustainable development. Students will examine multiple perspectives on sustainable development, engage critiques of development and sustainability, and analyze case studies of sustainable economic initiatives, alternate economies, and community development.
Prerequisite: SD 2700 .
(Global Learning Opportunity course)
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SD 3420 - Agroecology for Climate Action (3) [WID]
When Offered: On Demand
GEN ED: Junior Writing in the Discipline (WID)
The climate crisis threatens the wellbeing of all life on earth for generations to come. Modern, high-input agriculture has increased greenhouse gas emissions, reduced the resilience of ecosystems, and resulted in uneven development. This course takes as a given that transformational change to our agricultural systems must play a role in securing a just and livable climate future. Students examine how agroecological transformations can provide equitable strategies for climate adaptation and just transitions. Students also synthesize evidence for the effectiveness, adoption, and equity of different agroecology for climate action strategies, and they engage in writing for research, policy, and advocacy.
Prerequisite: RC 2001 or its equivalent
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SD 3460 - Labor, Social Justice, and Sustainable Development (3)
When Offered: On Demand
This course is an examination of the idea and practice of work from a cultural studies perspective with particular emphases on cultural meanings and values of work and their impact on labor and social justice. Students will study work experiences and their changing characteristics and how cultural expressions of work function within the context of sustainable development.
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SD 3475 - Gender, Inequality, and Sustainable Development (3) [WID]
When Offered: On Demand
GEN ED: Junior Writing in the Discipline (WID)
This course will examine evolving relationships between gender-based discriminations, growing social inequalities, and the theory and practice of sustainable development. Students will be exposed to key concepts and analytical tools in current debates on inequalities, diversities, and social changes, drawing on empirical examples from around the world.
Prerequisites: RC 2001 or its equivalent, and junior standing or permission of the instructor.
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SD 3500 - Independent Study (1-4)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
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SD 3520 - Instructional Assistance (1)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
A supervised experience in the instructional process on the university level through direct participation in a classroom situation.
May be repeated for a total credit of three semester hours. Graded on an S/U basis.
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.
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SD 3530-3549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
When Offered: On Demand
An opportunity to study a special topic or a combination of topics not otherwise provided for in the sustainable development curriculum.
May be repeated for credit when content does not duplicate.
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SD 3575 - Food Security and Sovereignty (3)
When Offered: On Demand
This course explores the distinctions between food security and food sovereignty, and the approaches to food provisioning and distribution that follow from food security or food sovereignty perspectives. We will explore the relationship between farming and food insecurity. Farmers and farm laborers are among some of the world’s most food insecure. We will examine the role of competition in a world market characterized by unfair trade rules, price volatility, corporate dominance, and speculation; as well as examining a range of strategies intended to improve farmers’ livelihoods, including new agricultural technologies, integration into global value-chains, fair trade, and food sovereignty. The course will explore the relationship between environmental degradation and food insecurity, and also consider how some efforts to improve agricultural productivity have resulted in adverse ecological and social effects. Additionally, we examine the institutions involved in food aid and export-oriented food production, and explore how these institutions address, ignore, or exacerbate inequality in the global food system.
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SD 3580 - Sustainable Development and Health (3)
When Offered: On Demand
Health is integral to sustainable development. Global health threats can undercut equitable and sustainable development, and unsustainable development can, in turn, create local and global health threats, including the climate crisis. But this cycle can also be reversed: sustainable development can provide public and private goods essential for good health, including clean water, sanitation, air quality, access to basic healthcare, and healthy environments. This course examines how such interconnectedness can result in poverty traps and inequality and how strategies for breaking the cycle and using health interventions to support sustainable development can result in positive health outcomes.
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SD 3610 - Issues in Environmental Sustainability (3) [WID]
When Offered: Fall; Spring
GEN ED: Junior Writing in the Discipline (WID)
This course examines humanity’s demands on nature, the status of critical life support functions of natural systems, growing and emerging threats to those systems-particularly climate change and biodiversity loss-and the significance to sustainable development. Through exploration of global scale assessments of natural systems, case studies, and current sustainability science literature on the Anthropocene, planetary boundaries and more, this course deepens student understanding of the natural sciences that inform sustainable development.
Prerequisite: SD 2610 , RC 2001 or its equivalent, and junior standing or permission of the instructor.
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SD 3650 - Methods for Development Research and Action (3)
When Offered: On Demand
This course provides an introduction to research that is tailored to development practice. The course includes an overview of research traditions and ethical considerations, key areas of research in sustainable development, and qualitative and quantitative research methods.
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SD 3675 - Outreach Skills for Sustainability (3)
When Offered: On Demand.
This practicum-style course develops students’ outreach skills to help them contribute more effectively to the transformations that create sustainable communities. We explore approaches to engaging with communities on shared concerns and actions related to addressing climate change and other sustainability challenges. Students practice skills that are essential to outreach, such as program/event planning, crafting outreach messages and pieces, community organizing, working with partner organizations, and media outreach.
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SD 3700 - Environment and Development in the Global South (3)
When Offered: Fall
This course will build an understanding of the connections and tensions between environmental changes and development in the global South, and will examine the ways that grassroots actors have responded to environment and development via social movements. Drawing on the insights of regional political economy and political ecology, this course will build a critical understanding of the connections, contradictions and consequences of development and environmental changes in the global South.
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SD 3710 - Building Resilience in Socio-Ecological Systems (3)
When Offered: On Demand
This course explores the complex and dynamic nature of socio-ecological systems and examines the principles of resilience, adaptation, and transformation, which are essential to sustainable development. Students will analyze interdisciplinary case studies, practice conceptual modeling of components and interactions within socio-ecological systems, and identify and evaluate effective leverage points for building and maintaining resilience as an approach for problem solving transformation.
Prerequisites: SD 2400 , SD 2610 .
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SD 3715 - Literature and the Environment (3) [GenEd: LS]
When Offered: Fall
GEN ED: Literary Studies Designation; Integrative Learning Experience (Theme: “Human-Animal Bond”)
An exploration of literature through the theoretical lens of ecocriticism; students will examine the ways environmental values and practices are expressed in literature. Class readings may be drawn from a particular literary period or national literature, may range across literary periods and national borders, or may be selected thematically.
(Same as ENG 3715 .)
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SD 3750 - Decolonizing Technologies (3) [WID]
When Offered: On Demand
GEN ED: Junior Writing in the Discipline (WID)
This course examines how technological developments in the domains of energy, food and agriculture, security, and resource governance shape and are in turn shaped by environment, politics, and society. We survey a range of controversial modern technologies and ask how, if, and under what conditions they may ameliorate or exacerbate the climate crisis and other socio-ecological crises. We also examine the potential for society-technology interfaces to reproduce or to disrupt patriarchy and settler colonialism and consider the need for decolonizing technologies. Through a pedagogy shaped by feminist and postcolonial methodologies and insights from science and technology studies, this course highlights contributions of Indigenous Peoples, women, and communities of color to the development of science and technology that the dominant scientific paradigm tends to obscure.
Prerequisites: RC 2001 or its equivalent, and junior standing or permission of the instructor.
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SD 3800 - Voices in Sustainable Development (3) [WID]
When Offered: On Demand
GEN ED: Junior Writing in the Discipline (WID)
This course examines landmark texts and traditions of thought in the field of sustainable development. Students examine how authors take up and interweave central threads of thinking and action in the fields of development and environmental protection. We pay special attention to the lived experiences of people who struggle for self-determination and justice across multiple scales of socio-ecological life. Selected texts highlight the influence of diverse voices in discourses of sustainable development as they explore concepts such as identity and belonging, the good life, writing as a form of political engagement, and the role of language and culture in shaping habits of mind.
Prerequisites: RC 2001 or its equivalent and junior standing or permission of the instructor.
(Global Learning Opportunity course)
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SD 3850 - Forest Restoration, Resistance, and Resilience (3)
When Offered: On Demand
Our survival is dependent upon restoring and protecting forest biodiversity, culture, productivity, and resilience in Appalachia and across the globe. An exploration of the social, human, and ecological dimensions of forest stewardship in theory and practice, this course prepares students to contribute to ecological, sustainable, and just stewardship of forests, both individually and collectively, by examining and understanding ecological processes and work in different forests; applying appropriate ecologically-based techniques for forest restoration; assessing stakeholder and community needs and perspectives on forests; and reflecting on and strengthening our own relationships with forests. This course includes a field-based component on campus, at Appalachian’s Blackburn-Vannoy Forest, and around the region.
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SD 3900 - Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture (3)
When Offered: Summer Session
This is a hands-on course focusing on the practice of sustainable agriculture. Students will engage agricultural systems from an ecological perspective, explore the biodiverse system of a natural working farm, and understand how such systems contribute to a more sustainable society. We will explore basic ecological concepts (i.e., biological, chemical, and physical factors and their interactions with plants and animals) and their application to agricultural systems, as well as the production and consumption aspects of food systems. Specific topics covered during group meeting sessions will include organic soil health, organic fertilization methods, animal husbandry, pest and disease management, methods to increase biodiversity in the agroecosystem, season extension, cover cropping, composting methods, and agroforestry, as well as marketing and community involvement. Independent work time at the Sustainable Development Teaching and Research Farm is integral to this course.
Prerequisite: SD 3100 .
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SD 4100 - Agroecology Practices, Systems, and Philosophies (3)
When Offered: Spring
This course will provide an in-depth exploration of (1) the ethical and philosophical roots of conventional and alternative agriculture; and (2) the biological, economic and social aspects of different agricultural systems and practices developed in response to perceived shortcomings of conventional modern agriculture. Alternative practices and systems to be compared and contrasted in this course include nature farming, permaculture, biodynamic agriculture, biointensive gardening, and agroforestry (additional systems and practices may be added or substituted based on class interest and consensus).
Prerequisite: SD 3100 .
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SD 4120 - Community Forestry and The Commons (3)
When Offered: On Demand
This course explores the relationship between communities and forests and the practice of community forestry in sustainable development. Students will examine the literature on critical social theories, economic systems, and community forestry in order to develop theoretical knowledge on the commons and commoning. Students will analyze strategies for community resilience and practice skills related to the applications of community forestry in sustainable development.
Prerequisite: SD 2400 .
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SD 4125 - Applied Farm Operations II (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
This is the second required course in the Applied Farm Operations sequence. This course is an advanced field experience at the Sustainable Development Teaching and Research Farm. Students will work as crew leaders on the farm, assisting with skills training and facilitating farm activities while increasing their knowledge of the art, science and management aspects of small scale sustainable, ecological agriculture. Open to Sustainable Development majors in the Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture concentration only.
Prerequisites: SD 3100 and SD 3125 . Prerequisite or corequisite: SD 3250 .
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SD 4150 - Disaster and Development (3) [WID]
When Offered: Fall
GEN ED: Junior Writing in the Discipline (WID)
An exploration of the relationship between disaster and development through critical social theories, economic systems, and the literature on community resilience. This course will explore how disaster risks are assessed and incorporated in sustainable development programs. Pre-disaster preparedness, post-disaster reconstruction, and long term resilience are the main components of the course.
Prerequisites: RC 2001 or its equivalent, and junior standing or permission of the instructor.
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SD 4205 - Ecologically-based Pest Management (3)
When Offered: Summer Session
Applied principles of ecologically-based Integrated Pest Management in agricultural, landscape and other environments. Cultural, biological, mechanical/physical, preventive, and organically approved chemical control methods will be featured, with an emphasis on practical ecosystem-based strategies that feature biologically-based controls as the cornerstone of ecological pest management.
Prerequisite: SD 3100 .
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SD 4300 - The Politics of Sustainable Development (3)
When Offered: On Demand
This course provides a critical approach to the study of sustainable development policy, politics, and practice. We will examine several of the recurring political controversies that surround issues concerning sustainable development, as well as the main political, legal, analytical, and ethical approaches used to craft policy responses to environmental and developmental problems. In particular, we will focus on global institutions and organizations at the heart of these controversies. This course covers the following themes: global environmental governance and the commons; climate change, energy politics and risk; international economic institutions and global development; institutions governing food, agriculture, and plants; and institutional reform, revolution, and social change. The course is intended to provide a deeper understanding of the power struggles and competing interests that define sustainable development policy and practice.
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SD 4401 - Applications in Sustainable Development (3)
When Offered: On Demand
An intensive study of special problems, topics, or issues related to the implementation of sustainable development, with emphasis on the evaluation of real-world case studies. The subject matter of this course will vary and barring duplication of subject matter, a student may repeat the course for credit.
Prerequisite: SD 2400 or SD 2700 or permission of instructor.
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SD 4402 - Applications in Environmental Justice (3)
When Offered: On Demand
This course offers advanced training in the applications of environmental justice (EJ). Through readings, discussions, and direct communication with EJ advocates and frontline communities, students will learn diverse approaches to EJ theory and practice, as well as transdisciplinary methods for assessing environmental racism, sexism, classism, and/or other forms of discrimination. Students will also develop strategies for communicating social and environmental harms, for combating injustice, and for advancing justice and sustainable development. The course includes community engagement and will require students to develop ethical protocols for knowledge co-production. The result will be a deep examination of what environmental justice means and what it takes to achieve it.
[Dual listed with SD 5402]. Dual listed courses require senior standing; juniors may enroll with permission of the department.
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SD 4510 - Honors Thesis/Project (1-3)
When Offered: On Demand
Independent study and research for a sustainable development honors thesis or project. Directed and graded by a faculty member in the Sustainable Development Department. Enrollment is by invitation from a Sustainable Development faculty member or application by the student to their advisor.
Prerequisite: student must get approval from an advisor of the Sustainable Development department prior to enrolling.
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SD 4515 - Honors Seminar in Sustainable Development (3)
When Offered: On Demand
An opportunity for students to rigorously pursue study of variable topics in sustainable development in a seminar format. This seminar is open to honors and non-honors students but will be taught at an honors level. Barring duplication of content, a student may repeat the course for a total credit of nine semester hours.
Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission of the instructor.
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SD 4530-4549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
When Offered: On Demand
An opportunity to study a special topic or a combination of topics not otherwise provided for in the sustainable development curriculum.
May be repeated for credit when content does not duplicate.
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SD 4550 - Senior Seminar (3) [CAP]
When Offered: Fall; Spring
GEN ED: Capstone Experience
Review, synthesis, reflection, and elaboration on aspects of sustainable development. Designed as a final on-campus opportunity for students to synthesize and integrate the theories and practices that inform sustainable development, to test their ideas in conversation, to connect their individual work with the work and ideas of others, and to examine career opportunities related to sustainability. Variable content. Ideally should be taken during the final semester of on-campus study.
Prerequisite: Sustainable Development major with senior standing or permission of the instructor.
Required for majors.
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SD 4600 - Land, Livelihoods, and Agrarian Development (3)
When Offered: On Demand
This course introduces students to key concepts and debates in critical agrarian and peasant studies and deepens students’ understanding of the connections between land rights and governance, sustainable livelihoods, and rural development. It examines the power relationships and North-South inequalities that are reproduced or challenged in policy discourses of agrarian development. The course provides students with historical and analytical frameworks to examine different trajectories of agrarian change within the broader contexts of colonialism, political economy, and the international system of sovereign nation-states.
Prerequisites: SD 2700 ; or permission of the instructor.
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SD 4900 - Internship/Practicum (1-9)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
Supervised work in an appropriate field experience. A critical means to apply theoretical constructs, methods and techniques learned in the classroom to real-world settings. The practicum offers ways of acquiring practical work experience and it provides opportunities to engage in community organizations, non-governmental and governmental organizations, and businesses that seek to advance sustainability in specific ways. The internship/practicum may occur at the local, regional, state, national or international levels. The practicum is an important part of the program’s commitment to sustainable development in the wider world.
Graded on an S/U basis.
Prerequisite: student must get approval from an advisor of the Sustainable Development department prior to enrolling.
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SD 4910 - Advanced Internship in Agroecology (3)
When Offered: On Demand
An internship in a commercial setting, research laboratory, or research facility; or in a federal, state, or local government or nongovernment agency. Students will be expected to complete a significant project developed in conjunction with the cooperating outside facility or agency, will keep a daily journal of their internship experience, and will report the results of their internship in a public seminar as well as a written report.
Graded on an S/U basis.
Prerequisites: SD 3900 and approval of the Sustainable Development advisor.
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TEC 2024 - Introduction to Electronics (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
An introduction to electrical and electronic circuits. Topics included are Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s laws, power, DC circuits, network theorems, and an introduction to AC circuits and commonly used electronic components. Theory is reinforced by experiments employing power supplies, circuit components, digital meters, and the oscilloscope. Lecture two hours, laboratory two hours.
Prerequisites: MAT 1020 or higher, PHY 1104 , and BSC 1110 .
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TEC 2029 - Society and Technology (3) [GenEd: SS]
When Offered: Fall; Spring
GEN ED: Social Science Designation; Integrative Learning Experience (Theme: “Sustainability and Global Resources”)
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the symbiotic relationship between technology and society. Examples of these relationships will be taken from historical accounts and from analyses of contemporary societies both in industrialized and nonindustrialized countries. Lecture three hours.
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TEC 2108 - Introduction to Power and Energy Technology (3)
When Offered: On Demand
An introduction to the study of sources, conversion, controlling, transmitting, and using power and energy. Emphasis will be placed on external, internal and electrical power and energy converters. Lecture two hours, laboratory two hours.
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TEC 2500 - Independent Study (1-4)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
Approved contract is required.
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TEC 2530-2549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
When Offered: On Demand
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TEC 2601 - Energy Issues and Technology (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
GEN ED: Liberal Studies Experience
This course will explore the various forms of energy and will examine the complete range of energy conversion systems existing in the world today. Students will examine energy resources, their economic and environmental impacts, and technologies used to exploit them. The course consists of three major sections: principles of power and energy, conventional energy resources, and renewable energy resources. Lecture three hours.
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TEC 3500 - Independent Study (1-4)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
Approved contract is required.
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TEC 3520 - Instructional Assistance (1)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
A supervised experience in the instructional process on the university level through direct participation in a classroom situation.
May be repeated for a total credit of three semester hours. Graded on an S/U basis.
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.
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TEC 3530-3549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
When Offered: On Demand
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TEC 3604 - Sustainable Transportation (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
This course will introduce students to emerging technologies and strategies for creating sustainable transportation systems. Specific topics may include: public transportation strategies, bicycle technologies, electric vehicles, energy efficient transportation options, and alternative fuels such as biodiesel, alcohol, natural gas, and hydrogen. The environmental, social, economic, and technological aspects of these options will be explored. Students will complete a significant independent project. Lecture three hours.
Prerequisites: TEC 2029 and TEC 2601 .
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TEC 3605 - Sustainable Resource Management (3)
When Offered: Fall
This course will introduce students to material efficiency strategies, recycling, composting, and the concept of life cycle design. A range of resource management philosophies, technologies and techniques will be discussed and analyzed. Students will complete a significant independent project.
Prerequisite: TEC 2029 and TEC 2601 .
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TEC 3606 - Sustainable Water and Wastewater Technology (3)
When Offered: Spring
This course will introduce students to both traditional and alternative water and wastewater treatment methods and technologies. Students will study how to analyze the water cycle and how to develop water management strategies which are both economically and environmentally sustainable. Topics may include water availability, water quality and purification techniques, water quality assessment, water pumping, efficiency, grey water, composting toilets, “living machines”, and water policy. Students will complete a significant independent project.
Prerequisite: TEC 2029 and TEC 2601 .
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TEC 3609 - Introduction to PV Technology (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
This course will introduce students to the basic concepts, tools, techniques and materials needed to design and construct photovoltaic (PV) systems. Students will assess the available solar resource and properly size and design direct grid-tied PV systems. The course will include the construction of a residential-scale PV system as well as site visits. Contemporary trends, products, economics, and policies will be emphasized. Lecture two hours, laboratory two hours.
Prerequisites: BSC 1210 , TEC 2029 , TEC 2601 , and BSC 1410 , and MAT 1020 or higher with a minimum grade of “C” (2.0).
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TEC 3610 - Computer Applications for Renewable Energy Systems (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
This course will introduce students to a variety of software packages and will help develop proficiency in their use. Software packages may include Excel, SAM, HOMER, WindCAD, and RETScreen. Successful students will learn how to calculate the performance of a variety of solar heating technologies, photovoltaics, wind turbines, and solar house designs. The economics and environmental benefits of renewable energy systems will also be analyzed. Data analysis techniques will be introduced. File formats and memory allocation schemes, as they relate to understanding data storage, will be discussed. Quantitative problem solving skills will be emphasized throughout the course.
Prerequisites: MAT 1020 or higher with minimum grade of “C” (2.0), TEC 2029 and TEC 2601 .
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TEC 3612 - Instrumentation for Renewable Energy Systems (3)
When Offered: Fall
This course will introduce students to the theory, tools, and techniques of electrical measurements and data logging. Basic circuits will be reviewed and analyzed. Transducers relevant to renewable energy systems, and several data logging hardware and software platforms, will be employed to measure physical properties. Data logging systems will be designed based on a review of specifications. Data analysis techniques will be introduced. Lecture two hours, laboratory two hours.
Prerequisite: TEC 2024 .
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TEC 3638 - Foundations of Sustainable Technology (3) [WID]
When Offered: Fall; Spring
GEN ED: Junior Writing in the Discipline (WID)
This course will explore, through writing, current topics in the sustainable technology field. Assignments will involve writing with feedback. Topics for writing assignments may include technical reports, white papers, system documentation, opinion pieces, summaries, literature reviews, experimental methods, and data analyses. The APA format will be stressed. Lecture three hours.
Prerequisites:MAT 1020 or higher with minimum grade of “C” (2.0), TEC 2029 with minimum grade of “C” (2.0), TEC 2601 with minimum grade of “C” (2.0), and RC 2001 or its equivalent.
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TEC 3704 - E-bike Technology (3)
When Offered: On Demand.
This course introduces students to the concepts, tools, techniques, and materials to design and construct the systems of light-weight electric vehicles using the electric bicycle as the platform. This course includes LEVA (light-weight electric vehicle association) training modules that include battery training. Topics include: evaluating electric drive components (motors, controllers, energy storage, charging systems, and data loggers), trouble-shooting EV drives, and using diagnostics to properly test EV related equipment. Lecture two hours, laboratory two hours.
Prerequisites: TEC 2024 and TEC 3604 .
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TEC 3900 - Internship: Field Experience (3)
When Offered: On Demand
Supervised experience in a professional setting which provides an opportunity for students to observe, practice, and develop skills related to work in building science and/or sustainable technology fields.
Graded on an S/U basis.
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TEC 4103 - Leadership in Technical Settings (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
This course provides an introduction to the nature of leadership in technical settings. Special emphasis is on behavior of individuals and groups in organizations. Students will begin to develop their own views of leadership based on theory, research, and experience. Lecture three hours.
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TEC 4509 - Honors Thesis Preparation (1)
When Offered: On Demand
Preparation for taking TEC 4510 Senior Honors Thesis.
Graded on S/U basis.
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TEC 4510 - Senior Honors Thesis (1-3)
When Offered: On Demand
Independent study and research. Honors thesis directed by a member of the Department of Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment.
Prerequisites: TEC 4509 and permission of the departmental honors coordinator. Corequisite or prerequisite: completion of 6 semester hours of departmental honors work.
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TEC 4515 - PV Operations and Maintenance (3)
When Offered: Spring
This course will introduce students to concepts, tools, techniques, and materials needed to perform operations and maintenance (O&M) including inspections, commissioning, performance verification, and troubleshooting for grid-direct PV systems. The course emphasizes how to safely and effectively utilize essential O&M tools, such as I-V curve tracing, thermal imaging, and electroluminescence imaging. Data analysis technique will be introduced. PV reliability issues including system level, module level, and cell level will also be studied. Contemporary trends, products, economics, and policies will be emphasized. Lecture two hours, laboratory two hours.
Prerequisite: TEC 3609 , TEC 3610 .
[Dual listed with TEC 5515]. Dual-listed courses require senior standing.
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TEC 4520 - PV Business (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
This course focuses on important technical considerations for PV sales professionals, including financial analysis and system financing. Through insightful presentations and instruction from experts working in the field, the course covers technical details needed to assess potential residential PV sites and to create and present accurate sales proposals. Concepts discussed in detail include: site safety, customer qualification, solar site analysis, creating conceptual design proposals, performance modeling, system costing, incentives and rebates, financial-benefit analyses, financing options, and the non-financial benefits of photovoltaic systems. This course is geared toward students who are interested in or who already are working in the business or sales side of the residential/commercial PV industry and are looking to improve their knowledge and sales techniques or are working towards the NABCEP PV Technical Sales Certification. Lecture two hours, laboratory two hours.
Prerequisite: TEC 3609 and TEC 3610 .
[Dual listed with TEC 5520]. Dual-listed courses require senior standing.
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TEC 4523 - Energy Policy (3)
When Offered: On Demand
Energy policy plays an increasingly important role in shaping the way societies transition to clean energy. This course will provide an introductory yet in-depth overview of the where, how, and why energy policies are made. Implications of energy policy specific to renewable energy and energy efficiency investments and developments will be examined. Additionally, this course will review key state and federal energy policies and policy models, as well as explore energy markets, regulatory structures, and utility business models.
[Dual-listed with TEC 5523.] Dual-listed courses require senior standing; juniors may enroll with permission of the department.
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TEC 4530-4549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
When Offered: On Demand
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TEC 4607 - Wind and Hydro Power Technology (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
This course will introduce students to the basic concepts, tools, techniques and materials needed to design and construct systems that convert wind and hydro resources into electricity. Students will study how to measure these renewable resources and to estimate the power that could be produced from them. They will also have the opportunity to learn how to design and construct complete renewable electricity systems and become familiar with many contemporary products used in renewable electricity systems. The course will include classroom and “hands-on” design, construction and possibly some field trip experiences outside of class. Lecture two hours, laboratory two hours.
Prerequisites: BSC 1210 , BSC 1410 , and TEC 3638 .
[Dual-listed with TEC 5607.] Dual-listed courses require senior standing.
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TEC 4613 - EV Design (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring.
This course focuses on electric vehicle design and the function of all the systems within the vehicle. Topics will include current and historical electric vehicle design, electronics, electric vehicle propulsion technology, and electric vehicle safety. The class will use project based experiences as well as lecture style teaching. Engineering problem solving methods will be used to define a problem in a transportation system, develop a solution to the problem and fabricate a final product. Lecture two hours, laboratory two hours.
Prerequisites: TEC 2024 and TEC 3604 .
[Dual-listed with TEC 5613.] Dual-listed courses require senior standing.
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TEC 4615 - Renewable Energy Project Development (3)
When Offered: On Demand
This course will explore the policy, market, and economic context for the development of energy projects with a focus on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and emerging technology trends. Specific topics may include regulatory oversight roles, energy and related environmental attribute markets, power purchase agreements, tax‐based and other incentives, and implications of emerging technologies and business models on power markets. Emphasis will be placed on students achieving a fundamental understanding of the regulatory and market context for energy projects and the practical application of this knowledge.
Prerequisites: TEC 3610 and TEC 3638 .
[Dual listed with TEC 5615.] Dual listed courses require senior standing.
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TEC 4616 - Solar Vehicle Design (3)
When Offered: On Demand.
Solar Vehicle Design focuses on designing, implementing, optimizing, and testing components of a solar race car to push the limits of sustainable transportation. The course is designed to help students develop an understanding of solar vehicle design and the function of all the systems within the vehicle. Emphasis is placed upon inquiry and project based learning opportunities. Lecture two hours, laboratory two hours.
Prerequisites: TEC 3609 , TEC 4613 .
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TEC 4628 - Solar Thermal Energy Technology (3)
When Offered: Fall; Spring
This course will focus on concepts, tools, materials, and techniques needed to convert solar energy into useful heat in a variety of applications. Specific technologies to be studied may include passive solar design, solar greenhouses, solar water heating and hydronic systems, PV-direct water heating, thermal energy storage, and concentrating solar. Cost comparisons will be included in assessments of these technologies. The course will include traditional classroom as well as design, modeling, construction and testing activities. Lecture two hours, laboratory two hours.
Prerequisites: TEC 3609 and TEC 3638 .
[Dual-listed with TEC 5628.] Dual listed courses require senior standing.
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