Engineering and Public Policy Minor

Required Courses (21 credits)

Course ID Course Title Course Description Credit Hours University Catalog
CE35500 Eng Env Sustainability (EEE 35500) An introduction to the examination of global-scale resource utilization, food, energy and commodity production, population dynamics, and their ecosystem impacts. 3 Learn More
ME49200 Technology And Values The impact of science and technology on personal and societal value systems. The special responsibility of engineers. Practical methods for using human values to guide future technological developments. Societal problems considered: warfare, energy, overpopulation, resource depletion, and environmental degradation. Interdisciplinary approaches stressed. Offered in alternate years. 3 Learn More
PHIL27000 Biomed Ethics An examination of the moral problems raised by developments in medicine and the biomedical sciences. Topics include abortion, reproductive technologies, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, experiments involving human subjects, and health care delivery. 3 Learn More
POL12000 Intr Pub Pol-Pub Admin An introduction to the fields of public policy and public administration. Processes of policy formation and administration are examined. Different approaches to evaluating and improving public policies are discussed. 3 Learn More
POL22300 Intr Environmental Pol (FNR 22310) Study of decision making as modern societies attempt to cope with environmental and natural resources problems. Focuses on the American political system, with some attention to the international dimension. Current policies and issues will be examined. 3 Learn More

 

Public Policy Credit Hours University Catalog
Public Policy Course 3 Learn More

 

Technical Credit Hours University Catalog
Technical Course 3 Learn More