Courses List

Sustainability Courses 2009

Professional Education, Distance Learning, Certificate Programs

Office of Environmental Stewardship

Marcia Kinstler

phone: 404.894.9289
Sustainability@Georgia Tech

Contacts:

Brenda Morris
College of Architecture
Building Construction
phone: 404.385.7479
Contact Brenda Morris

Ron Broglio
Literature, Communications, & Culture
phone: 404.894.1159
Contact Ron Broglio

Hugh Crawford
Literature, Communications, & Culture
phone: 404.894.8009
Contact Hugh Crawford

Terry Blum
College of Management
Instiute for Leadership & Entrepreneurship
phone: 404.894.4924
Contact Terry Blum

Beril Toktay
College of Management
phone: 404.385.0104
Contact Beril Toktay

Doug Noonan
School of Public Policy
phone: 404.385.4257
Contact Doug Noonan

Bryan Norton
School of Public Policy
phone: 404.894.6511
Contact Bryan Norton

Marilyn Brown
School of Public Policy
phone: 404.385.0303
Contact Marilyn Brown

Robert Kirkman
School of Public Policy
phone: 404.358.4258
Contact Robert Kirkman

Christopher Weible
School of Public Policy
Contact Christopher Weible

Mary George
Civil & Environmental Engineering
phone: 404.894.2293
Contact Mary George

Dana Hartley
Undergraduate Research
phone: 404.385.4026
Contact Dana Hartley

Sarah Mallory
GreenBuzz, Communications & Mkt
GreenBuzz

Degrees with Sustainability Focus

Georgia Tech has a goal that every student will take at least one course in sustainability. We have more than 260 courses with an emphasis in sustainability spanning every college at Georgia Tech. Varied and numerous in nature, the educational aspects of Georgia Tech's commitment to environmental sustainability reflect our promise to produce the technological leaders of the future.

College of Architecture

Graduate and Undergraduate Program in Architecture

Offering several studios and degree concentrations with a green focus, including high-performance building and design for alternative energy

Graduate and Undergraduate Program in Industrial Design

Offering studio projects and classes focused on sustainable product design

Graduate Program in City and Regional Planning

Offering several dual degree programs with Architecture/Urban Design; Transportation Engineering; Water Resources

Graduate and Undergraduate Program in Building Construction

Offering classes and projects with a green focus

College of Sciences

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Graduate and Undergraduate programs in Meteorology , Earth Science , and Environmental Science

College of Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Graduate Program in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources

  • Sediment transport and bridge foundation scour
  • Beach erosion
  • Environmentally-friendly hydropower Installations
  • Cohesive sediment resuspension
  • Wastewater dispersion in coastal waters
  • Graduate and Undergraduate Program in Environmental Engineering

  • Water and wastewater treatment
  • Chemical and environmental multiphase transport processes
  • Multimedia (air, water/groundwater) environmental simulations
  • Environmental biotechnology for bioremediation of contaminated soil, sediments & waters
  • Green chemistry and biochemistry
  • Sustainable technology and development
  • Physical, chemical, and biological processes influencing subsurface fate and transport of contaminants
  • Hazardous substances in sediments, soils, waters and residues
  • Air pollution: formation, transport, and disposition of aerosols
  • Characterization of ambient air quality and air pollutant source emissions
  • Atmospheric dynamics of air and contaminant dispersion
  • Atmospheric and oceanic dynamics
  • Nanotechnology in the environment
  • Carbon sequestration
  • Graduate Program in Structural Materials, Mechanics and Engineering

  • Risk and Reliability
  • Seismic Hazard Mitigation
  • Earthquake Engineering
  • Smart Materials and Structures
  • Graduate Program in Transportation Systems Engineering
  • Estimating mobile emissions
  • Sustainable development and transportation
  • Milton H. Stewart School of Industrial Systems Engineering

    Graduate and Undergraduate Program in industrial and systems engineering

    Offering classes and research project advisement with a green focus

    College of Management

    Graduate and Undergraduate course offerings with an emphasis in sustainability

  • Business and the Environment
  • Ethics of Sustainability
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

    Literature, Communication, & Culture

  • Numerous course offerings
  • Studies in Ecology and Ecocriticism
  • Research opportunities on the relationship between art, literature, philosophy and environmentalism.
  • Dwelling and the cultural and philosophical history of wood.
  • School of Public Policy

  • Doctoral Program in Public Policy (PhD)
  • Specialization in Environmental Policy
  • Specialization in Energy Policy
  • Graduate Program in Public Policy (MSPP)

  • Concentration in Environmental Policy
  • Undergraduate Program in Public Policy (BSPP)

  • Requiring coursework on sustainability
  • Graduate and Undergraduate Program offering courses on:
  • Sustainable technology and policy
  • Environmental Policy
  • Environmental Economics
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Environmental Values and Policy Goals
  • Earth systems
  • Environmental Issues Seminar
  • Policy Tools for Managing the Environment
  • Sustainable Systems
  • Sustainability and Environmental Policy
  • Environmental Policy and Implementation
  • Environmental Law
  • Environmental and Technological Risk Management