Incorporation of Sustainability Concepts into a Civil Engineering Curriculum

K. W. Chau
2007 Journal of professional issues in engineering education and practice  
The need arises to equip engineering students with a wider horizon on concepts in terms of environmental, economic and social attributes, for decision making sensitive to sustainability issues. Pedagogic frameworks have to address a multidisciplinary analysis of sustainability. This paper addresses the rationale behind the recent integration of sustainability concepts into an undergraduate civil engineering curriculum in Hong Kong. Incentives and barriers for implementation of the curriculum
more » ... addressed. A team-based design project with problem-based learning approach is highlighted. The initial results of stakeholder evaluations suggested that multidisciplinary skills developed during the learning process might contribute significantly to pertinent knowledge on sustainability.
doi:10.1061/(asce)1052-3928(2007)133:3(188) fatcat:2lrpzpu26jg5richzb2obyugla