The course is designed to introduce students to fundamental principles needed to address air pollution engineering.
Note: ALL Summer 2020 courses are offered as virtual courses.
SLS Affiliated Courses span all six Colleges. These courses teach students about "creating sustainable communities" from the perspective of their specific disciplines or course topics. They align with one or more parts of SLS' approach to creating sustainable communities. Faculty: Request Course Affiliation To Search By Faculty Member: Type in the faculty member's name in the search bar at the top right-hand corner of this page to see their courses and their involvement with SLS. Interested in taking a course in the new Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design? Select that as a search criteria in the drop-down menu under Program. Linked Courses Programs 2019-2020: Equitable & Sustainable Development (Summer 2019); Green Infrastructure (Fall 2019)
Air Pollution Control Engineering
Fall 2020, Fall 2019
CEE 4330
Affiliated Courses
1809
Built Environment and Public Health
Fall 2020, Fall 2019
CP 6850
Affiliated Courses, Sustainable Cities Minor
This interdisciplinary course, examines how cities and neighborhoods can have both positive and adverse effects on human health, and produces recommendations to improve these outcomes.
1986
Business Communication
Fall 2020, Spring 2020
LMC 3403
Affiliated Courses, Kendeda Building
LMC 3403 Bussiness Communication is a course dedicated to finding innovative and synergistic approaches to the community through a multiplicity of communicative practices.
1961
Capstone Design
Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
CEE 4090A
Affiliated Courses
Capstone Design is an interdisciplinary civil and environmental design experience. Students form teams of 3 – 5 people, and these teams function as “companies” that provide consulting services to a selected sponsor on a specific design project.
72
Chemical Principles II
Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016
CHEM 1212K HP
Affiliated Courses
This Honors Program section of Chemical Principles II differs from traditional large lectures in two key areas: First, core chemical concepts are introduced by considering "big questions" in chemistry, typically pertaining to the challenge of powering the planet with clean energy.
540
Class, Power, and Inequality
Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2017
HTS 3008
Affiliated Courses
In Class, Power, and Inequality, students will explore the causes and consequences of economic inequality in the United States and abroad.
617
Climate and Global Change
Fall 2020
EAS 4410
Affiliated Courses
Climate change is among the greatest challenges facing humanity today. The course breaks down the scientific underpinnings of how increasing atmospheric greenhouse gases affect the global climate.
2186
Construction Management
Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020
BC 6025
Affiliated Courses
BC6025 Construction Management is a required course for all Building Construction master students in the Program management and construction management track, and also one of the required electives for students in the facility management track.
2016
Data Science in Conservation
Fall 2020
BIOL 8802 MGU
Affiliated Courses
Conservation approaches have now entered the age of databases, remotely sensed data, computational modeling, and datasets based on long term monitoring.
2184
Development Economics
Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
ECON 8803
Affiliated Courses
This is a graduate course on development economics. The course will cover a wide range of topics including how communities differ in terms of: economic growth, poverty, inequality, and human development.
595
Earth Processes
Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020
EAS 2600
Affiliated Courses, Kendeda Building
NOTE: The Summer 2020 course will be offered online only.
2031
Ecology
Fall 2020
BIOS 2300
Affiliated Courses
Ecology is a flipped course where students work on applied problems, including those associated with climate change, invasive species, overexploitation etc.
2151
Ecology Lab
Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016
BIOS 2301
Affiliated Courses, Sustainable Cities Minor, Kendeda Building
Ecology Lab covers basic ecological phenomenon using urban ecological settings as the backdrop. As a class, we visit areas in the metro-Atlanta community to understand human-environment interactions within our ecosystem.
544
Energy, Environment, and Policy
Fall 2020, Summer 2020
INTA 3040
Affiliated Courses
This course explores the interplay between energy security, environmental stewardship, and society acceptance.
2142
Environmental Policy and Politics
Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016
PUBP 3315
Affiliated Courses, Sustainable Cities Minor
The course will focus on what constitutes effective environmental policy. First, we will analyze the evolution of environmental policy and actors in the environmental arena.
137
Field Work Abroad (Local Sustainability Practices)
Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2019
FREN 3500
Affiliated Courses
NOTE: This course is taught at Georgia Tech Lorraine (GTL) in Metz, France.
1372
Field Work Abroad (Local Sustainability Practices)
Fall 2020, Fall 2019
FREN 3500
Affiliated Courses, Sustainable Cities Minor
NOTE: This course is taught at Georgia Tech Lorraine (GTL) in Metz, France.
1846
France Today I (Sustainable Communities in France)
Fall 2020, Fall 2019
FREN 3011
Affiliated Courses, Sustainable Cities Minor
NOTE: This course is taught at Georgia Tech Lorraine (GTL) in Metz, France.
1847
French Culture II
Fall 2020, Summer 2020
FREN 2002
Affiliated Courses
Proficiency-based introduction to selected socio-cultural aspects of France with a focus on sustainability-related issues and initiatives in France and the francophone world (green transportation, renewable sources of energy, ecovillages, zero plastic initiatives, social entrepreneurship etc.); i
2148
Freshman Seminar - Climate Change Focus
Fall 2020
GT 1000 D04
Affiliated Courses
The Freshman Seminar course is designed to help students prepare for success in college and reflect on their values, academic plan, and career.
1470
Fundamentals of GIS
Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019
CP 4510
Affiliated Courses, Sustainable Cities Minor
Fundmentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a course designed to introduce students to the powerful world of geospatial information and technologies.
1918
Government and Housing Markets
Fall 2020, Fall 2019
CP 6630
Affiliated Courses, Sustainable Cities Minor
Why are we in an affordable housing crisis? What can city planners do to help households at various income levels obtain safe, affordable housing?
1938
Happiness
Fall 2020, Fall 2019
BMED 2803 HP
Affiliated Courses
This course introduces students to the study and pursuit of happiness, integrating research findings from numerous disciplines including psychology, sociology, and economics. In addition to being a scientific topic, happiness is central to political philosophy, ethics, religion, and philosophy.
1844
Information and Communication Technologies and Development
Fall 2020, Fall 2019
INTA 4745, INTA 6745, CS 4745, CS 6745
Affiliated Courses, Sustainable Cities Minor
This course focuses on information and communication technology (ICT) design, adoption, and use as seen through the lens of global development.
1888
Introduction to Land Use Planning
Fall 2020, Fall 2019
CP 6112
Affiliated Courses, Sustainable Cities Minor
Land use planning touches upon all the core areas of sustainable planning practice, from community development, environmental planning, and economic development, to transportation/mobility and climate change.
1908
