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 Department:    ENVS

 Course #:    314

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    261301

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2019

 Course Description  

Investigate how environmental problems have arisen due to human activities (global warming, air pollution, waste disposal) and their impact on corporate practices, including the corporate mission, competitive strategy, technology choices, production development decisions, production processes, and corporate responsibilities. Regulations and permits will be reviewed from the perspective of local planning departments along with sustainability and changes to the environment by using resources at rates that exceed the system's ability to replenish them.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: Admission to BASAM program and BASAM Director permission.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Natural Sciences  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Articulate the scope of environmental problems affecting businesses.
2. Recognize and articulate the impact of environmental pressures on the corporate mission.
3. Determine the appropriate permits required for establishing and on the ground projects.
4. Review business models in target industries to identify solutions to sustainability and environmental issues and to assess related solutions.
5. Critique environmental issues that have arisen due to human activities.
6. Synthesize and apply knowledge, metrics, and skills to promote sustainability systems.
7. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Demonstrate an understanding of management roles, leadership, and cultural norms and expectations of leadership, including identification and description of human behavior in an organizational setting, with attention to the dynamics of po
8. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Use written & spoken skills & tools, concepts, & models of management applicable to the professional-technical discipline to communicate clearly & create an effective message, while demonstrating a professional presence.
9. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Demonstrate ability to assimilate, evaluate, & synthesize information from varying media & formats, including the ability to assess qualitative & quantitative data & to apply critical thinking & knowledge in an industry & managerial funct
10. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Explore, appreciate, and define the opportunities, challenges, and nuances of operating in an increasingly diverse, interconnected, and complex global community.
11. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Recognize and challenge culture-bound assumptions.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. The scope of environmental problems affecting businesses.
2. The impact of environmental pressures on the corporate mission.
3. The appropriate permits required for establishing on the ground projects.
4. Business models in target industries to identify solutions to sustainability and environmental issues and to assess related solutions.
5. Environmental issues that have arisen due to human activities.
6. Knowledge, metrics, and skills to promote sustainability systems.