Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Reference Hub2
Sustainability: The New 21st Century General Education Requirement for Engineers

Sustainability: The New 21st Century General Education Requirement for Engineers

Ken D. Thomas, Helen E. Muga
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781466609518|ISBN10: 1466609516|EISBN13: 9781466609525
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0951-8.ch015
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Thomas, Ken D., and Helen E. Muga. "Sustainability: The New 21st Century General Education Requirement for Engineers." Developments in Engineering Education Standards: Advanced Curriculum Innovations, edited by Mohammad Rasul, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 263-284. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0951-8.ch015

APA

Thomas, K. D. & Muga, H. E. (2012). Sustainability: The New 21st Century General Education Requirement for Engineers. In M. Rasul (Ed.), Developments in Engineering Education Standards: Advanced Curriculum Innovations (pp. 263-284). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0951-8.ch015

Chicago

Thomas, Ken D., and Helen E. Muga. "Sustainability: The New 21st Century General Education Requirement for Engineers." In Developments in Engineering Education Standards: Advanced Curriculum Innovations, edited by Mohammad Rasul, 263-284. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0951-8.ch015

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

The relation of sustainability to science and engineering will be delved into so as to validate the need for its inclusion in current engineering curricula. The chapter will highlight key elements of sustainability that need to be incorporated into a General Education requirement (i.e. lower level undergraduate) course as well as some options for elective (i.e. upper level undergraduate) or postgraduate courses. The chapter will act as a “how to” curriculum development guide to give ideas for the quick development of sustainability courses. It also highlights how engineering students can become engaged in service learning (something that is at the fore of importance for most engineering departments in the US) through their student organizations and associated academic staff advisors with sustainability at the core.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.