Sustainable Systems Engineering Course Design: Design for Systems and Society

Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI:10.24908/pceea.vi.15972

R. Paul, M. Eggermont

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The new Sustainable Systems Engineering program at the University of Calgary aims to disrupt sustainability education by imbedding a systems approach and regenerative design mindset throughout. This paper provides an overview of a second-year design course, SUSE 301, Design for Systems and Society. The course introduces students to concepts of design for circular economy, regenerative design, and design for justice. Underlying all of these concepts is the idea of transformative learning through a systems thinking approach. Course assignments include chapter studies and discussions, critical reflection through a praxis experiment, and community-engaged design project. Overall, we hope to foster mindsets to develop engineering students who are able to fundamentally shift the discourse on sustainability engineering within industry, and critically reflect on the role of engineering itself. This course aims to provide students with the necessary tools and mindsets to foster real change across engineering industries to better support the interrelated elements of our society and planet.

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可持续系统工程课程设计:系统与社会设计

卡尔加里大学新的可持续系统工程项目旨在通过嵌入系统方法和再生设计思维来颠覆可持续发展教育。本文概述了二年级设计课程suse301, design for Systems and Society。本课程向学生介绍循环经济设计、再生设计和正义设计的概念。所有这些概念的基础是通过系统思维方法进行变革性学习的想法。课程作业包括章节研究和讨论，通过实践实验进行批判性反思，以及社区参与的设计项目。总体而言，我们希望培养能够从根本上改变行业内可持续发展工程话语的工科学生的心态，并批判性地反思工程本身的作用。本课程旨在为学生提供必要的工具和思维方式，以促进工程行业的真正变革，以更好地支持我们社会和地球的相互关联的元素。

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