SSE 4200 - Sustainable Development Strategy

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): CET 3120 with C or better or permission of instructor

Description: In this course, students are introduced to the role of engineering in development, and they examine how actions lead to intended and unintended consequences. Emphasis is placed on sustainability principles with regards to planning and design, and the key components of development economics. Students study development strategy on large, modern world scale and also for communities where the social, political, and economic systems differ from those most commonly experienced by engineers in the developed world. The students are also introduced to a framework and guidelines for conducting both large- and small-scale development projects. The course addresses analysis of communities in medium- to high-risk and low-resilience environments. The framework combines concepts and tools that have been traditionally used by development agencies and other tools more specifically used in engineering project management. Finally, students are introduced to the various leadership skills necessary to make decisions in complex and uncertain environments.