ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

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The course discusses the most relevant issues related to the goals, principles, and practical applications of sustainability from the perspectives of science and engineering, businesses, and their policies. INTD 3706. TECHNOLOGY, WELLBEING AND JUSTICE. Three credit hours. One and a half hours of lecture and one and a half hours of discussion per week. The course examines practices of technology innovation and design, and conceptions of human progress. The development of skills in critical scientific and philosophical reasoning to critique contemporary technological cultures. Compare alternative technological options oriented towards achieving sustainability and fostering human wellbeing in communities.