SUSE401
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Remote Northern Sustainable Systems
Subject
SUSE - Sustainable Systems Engineering
Description
Learn key ideas and strategies related to environmentally sustainable community development with a focus on food, water, and energy. Through pattern and data mapping, research and data analysis, and site visits, the course explores community needs and the challenges of environmentally conscious living. The renewable energy systems at the field station will be investigated along with energy usage. Learners delve into the common misconceptions that lead to unsustainable social practices and how to counteract these fallacies through community education and engagement.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Sustainable Systems Engineering 401 and 403 will not be allowed.
Notes: This is a field camp held at the Arctic Institute of North America's Kluane Lake Research Station. Students will be assessed a supplementary fee to cover the costs of the field camp.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Sustainable Systems Engineering 401 and 403 will not be allowed.
Notes: This is a field camp held at the Arctic Institute of North America's Kluane Lake Research Station. Students will be assessed a supplementary fee to cover the costs of the field camp.
Signature Learning
Entrepreneurial Thinking, Research & Creative Scholarship , Work Integrated Learning
Course Attributes
Entrepreneurial Thinking - Related, Fee Rate Group(Domestic) - D, Fee Rate Group(International) -C, GFC Hours (100 HOURS), Research & Creative Scholarship - Related, WIL Field Placement
Courses may consist of a Lecture, Lab, Tutorial, and/or Seminar. Students will be required to register in each component that is required for the course as indicated in the schedule of classes. Practicums, internships or other experiential learning modalities are typically indicated as a Lab component.
Component
LAB
Units
3
Repeat for Credit
No
Subject code
SUSE