ENVENG 3600
Transcript Abbreviation:
Tech Innov Sustain
Course Description:
Society faces many challenges in terms of improving its environmental challenges. This course is designed to expose you to many of these challenges and the different technical and non-technical perspectives that will be necessary to understand and create solutions and a more sustainable future.
Course Levels:
Undergraduate (1000-5000 level)
Designation:
General Education Course
General Education Course:
Thematic Pathways
Sustainability
Cross-Listings
(N/A)
Credit Hours (Minimum if “Range”selected):
4.00
Max Credit Hours
(N/A)
Select if Repeatable:
Off
Maximum Repeatable Credits
(N/A)
Total Completions Allowed
(N/A)
Allow Multiple Enrollments in Term:
No
Course Length:
14 weeks (autumn or spring)
Off Campus:
Never
Campus Location:
Columbus
Instruction Modes:
In Person (75-100% campus; 0-24% online)
Prerequisites and Co-requisites:
None
Electronically Enforced:
Yes
Exclusions
(N/A)
Course Goals / Objectives:
Students will understand theories of sustainability that are commonly used in the engineering profession.
Students will understand lean launchpad approaches to characterizing and describing business models and value propositions of technologies.
Students will know how to calculate and evaluate sustainability metrics to evaluate interventions to improve the sustainability of engineered systems.
Students will be able to perform, document, and interpret customer discovery interviews.
Students will know how to use customer discovery tools to create and test business models
and value propositions.
and value propositions.
Check if concurrence sought:
Yes
Contact Hours:
| Topic | LEC | REC | LAB | LAB Inst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humans, Technology, and the Environment | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Challenges in Sustainability | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| The Triple-Bottom Line & Life-Cycle Thinking | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Class Project Sustainability Challenge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| The Business Model Canvas (BMC) and the Value Proposition Diagram (VPD) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Completing the VPD; Developing Hypotheses | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Developing Interview Protocols; Understanding the Business Ecosystem | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Customer Discovery Interviews (CDIs) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sustainability Metrics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carbon Footprinting; Uncertainty Assessment | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Analyzing CDIs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| From Idea-to-Market | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 39 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Grading Plan:
Letter Grade
Course Components:
Lecture
Grade Roster Component:
Lecture
Credit by Exam (EM):
No
Grades Breakdown:
| Aspect | Percent |
|---|---|
| In-Class Engagement | 10% |
| Weekly Quizzes | 20% |
| Module Reflections | 15% |
| Project | 55% |
Representative Textbooks and Other Course Materials:
| Title | Author | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Design (2nd ed.). | Striebig, B.A.; Papadakis, M.; Heine, L.G.; Ogundipe, A.A. | 2023 |
| Business model generation : a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. | Osterwalder, A. | 2010 |
| Talking to Humans | Constable, G. | 2014 |
| Testing with Humans | Constable, G. | 2018 |
ABET-CAC Criterion 3 Outcomes
(N/A)
ABET-ETAC Criterion 3 Outcomes
(N/A)
ABET-EAC Criterion 3 Outcomes:
| Outcome | Contribution | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Significant contribution (7+ hours) | an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors |
| 3 | Substantial contribution (3-6 hours) | an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences - pre-2019 EAC SLO (g) |
| 4 | Significant contribution (7+ hours) | an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts |
| 5 | Some contribution (1-2 hours) | an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives |
| 7 | Some contribution (1-2 hours) | an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies |
Embedded Literacies Info:
Advanced Writing
2.1 Use credible and relevant sources of information, evaluate assumptions, and consider alternative viewpoints or hypotheses to express ideas and develop arguments2.3 Develop scholarly, creative or professional products that are meaningful to them and their audience
Data Analysis - Qualitative
1.1B Explain the utility of different approaches to qualitative data analysis1.2B Apply key methods and tools in qualitative data analysis1.3B Interpret the results of qualitative data analysis to answer research questions1.4B Evaluate the social and ethical implications of data collection and analysis, especially in relation to human subjects
Technology
1.1 Critically describe the relationships between technology and society in historical and cultural context1.2 Recognize how technologies emerge and change1.3 Evaluate the social and ethical implications of technology
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Additional Notes or Comments
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