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The Center for Sustainable Urban Engineering (SUE) at the University of Cincinnati (UC) is pleased to announce the formation of a trans-disciplinary Minor in Sustainable Urban Engineering.

Background.

Sustainable Urban Engineering seeks to understand how urban infrastructure and environmental policies affect the long-term health and wealth of cities, and to apply this understanding for practical aims through the development of theoretical and analytical frameworks. Such theoretical and analytical frameworks do not exist, and will only be discovered and tested through sustained multi-disciplinary research and education collaborations fostered by administrative support at all levels of the University.

Justification.

In September, 2007 an email survey was distributed to approximately 35,000 students at the University of Cincinnati. Approximately 1,500 students responded to the survey, and more than 250 respondents self-identified as enrolled in the College of Engineering. Approximately 89% of the total respondents indicated that they wanted to participate in formal education about sustainability with a minor/certificate selected as the most favored option. Thus, a large pool of interested students has been identified.

Summary.

With leadership from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, a multi-disciplinary minor in Sustainable Urban Engineering has been organized. Consisting of thirty credit hours, the objective of this minor is to provide students with seven learning opportunities, namely: 1) a shared experience in core courses; 2) technical depth in engineering and health; breadth in 3) planning, 4) management, 5) economics, and 6) policy; 7) with a culminating capstone experience. Recommended courses were selected with the objective that students could simultaneously complete the requirements for General Education (i.e., Breadth of Knowledge electives) and the minor in Sustainable Urban Engineering. Students are allowed to petition to substitute other courses to complete the minor.

The Minor in Sustainable Urban Engineering consists of a total of 30 credit hours which must be achieved in the following FOUR CATEGORIES:

1. Required Basic Courses (Student must take both courses):

  • CEE398: Readings in Sustainable Urban Engineering (3 credit hours)
  • CEE649: Introduction to Sustainable Urban Engineering (3)

(These courses will be double listed as Social and Ethical issues (SE) and Technology Innovations (TI). They also do not require any pre-requisites. This will enable any student within the University to take these courses.)

2. Technical Electives Courses (Students to select at least TWO courses):

  • 20CEE204 Introduction to Environmental Assessment and Remediation (3)
  • 20CEE472 Practical Aspects of Building Energy Audits (3)
  • 20CEE600/601 Millennium Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability (3)
  • 20CEE605/23PLAN659 Travel Demand Forecasting I (3)
  • 20CEE644 Environmentally Conscious Engineering (3)
  • 20CEE 664 Air Quality Management (3)
  • 20CEE 6XX Green Buildings and Construction (3)
  • 26OCCM786 Basics of Occupational Medicine (3)
  • 26OCCM987 Basics of Environmental Medicine (3)
  • 26EIH707 Principles of Occupational Exposure Assessment (3)

3. Breadth of Knowledge Electives Courses (Students to select at least ONE course from each of the following FOUR sub-categories):

a. Planning (Students must select ONE course)

  • 15GEO323 Urban Geography (3)
  • 15GEO522 Urban Problems (3)
  • 23PLAN 351 Understanding the Urban Environment (3)
  • 23PLAN606 Environmental Processes and Programs (3)
  • 23PLAN 609 Environmental Policy and Planning (3)
  • 23PLAN 621 Sustainable Development in the City (3)

b. Management (Students must select ONE course)

  • 20CEE614 Solid Waste management (3)
  • 20CEE657 Basic Principles of Environmental Law (3)
  • 20CEE679 Construction Project Management (3)
  • 20CEE680 Construction Planning (3)
  • 20CEE696 Watersheds: Theory and Management (3)
  • 20MINE640 Management of Professionals (3)
  • 22IS555 Information System Project Management (3)

c. Economics (Students must select ONE course)

  • 15ECON575 Economic Development (3)
  • 20CEE677 Engineering Economics (3)

d. Policy (Students must select ONE course)

  • 15POL231 Government and Public Policy (3)
  • 15POL420 Public Opinion (3)
  • 15 POL534 Emergency Management Policy and Administration (3)
  • 15POL536 Security and Intergovernmental Relations (3)
  • 23PLAN 609 Environmental Policy and Planning (3)
  • 23PLAN679 International Development o f Planning Policies (3)

4. Required Capstone Course (Students must select ONE course/experience). A capstone course/experience for Integrated Sustainable Development with multi-disciplinary teams of students across the University – Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Political Science, Health, Economics, Planning, and Management

  • 15EVST501, 502 Senior Capstone Design
  • 20CEE504, 505, 506 Integrated Design Sequence
  • Planning and construction of Habitat for Humanity House (course credit provided through independent study)
  • Implementation of Project for Engineers Without Borders (course credit provided through independent study in CEE400, CEE401, and CEE402)

Students interested in completing the Minor in Sustainable Urban Engineering, should contact us at sue@uc.edu.

Questions? Contact Center for Sustainable Urban Engineering.
Room 765 Baldwin Hall; P.O. Box 210071
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0071, USA
(513) 556-3685; (513) 556-2599 (fax)

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