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Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering (2014/02/09)
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This course will produce well-balanced fully aware sustainability management and development practitio-

ners who are able to analyse and assess the essence of sustainability issues and to formulate the required stra-

tegy to implement practical sustainable development solutions in business and society.

Business is seeking a practical framework to meet the challenge of achieving sustainable development. This

course aims to provide that framework by:

• providing an overview of methodology, technology and management tools that could be used to narrow
the 'sustainable gap'

• developing an overall awareness of the real causes of environmental degradation

• developing the awareness of the relevant scientific and engineering principles fundamental to the unders-

tanding of the problem and solution to this environmental degradation.

3.6.1.2. Programme content

The MSc course is offered on a full-time basis over one year and part-time over two years. The course will:

1. Introduce, develop and reinforce a working knowledge of the relevant science and technology within
a holistic framework (Environmental Science and Engineering, Energy, Recycling, Sustainability Ma-

nagement, Environmental Economics).

2. Foster an awareness of the context and of the ’behind the scenes’ framework within which the envi-
ronmental degradation and sustainability problem and solution are enacted.

3. Break down the barriers between and within disciplines and to promote the required synergy and mu-

tual understanding between the various braches of learning so that a holistic view of problems and so-
lutions can be developed.

To introduce, develop and explore a Total Sustainable Management programme methodology, which can be

practically applied within a business framework.

Core courses

• Foundations of Energy

• Process Engineering 1

• Environmental Foundation Science

• Economics of Renewable Energy

• Principles of Recycling

• Environmental Impact Assessment

• Sustainable Processing

• Critical Analysis and Research Preparation

• Sustainability Dissertation

3.7. Illinois: Civil and Env Eng Dept - Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Systems

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