IGERT: Sustainable Urban Infrastructure -- University of Colorado Denver

Course Work

Integrated Core courses

Four semester-long core courses will first introduce vocabulary and then provide training in methods pertaining to sustainability across the disciplines of Science & Engineering, Architecture & Planning, Public Affairs, and Health & Behavioral Sciences.

1. Semester 1—Sustainable Urban Infrastructure and Development: A foundation course introducing students to key vocabulary and concepts in resource-efficient technologies, urban planning, public administration, health and human behavior.
2. Semester 2—Defining and Measuring Sustainability: A methodology course on techniques to measure physical (environmental and ecosystem) and social-cultural aspects of sustainability.
3. Semester 3—Planning and Policy for Sustainability: Urban infrastructure planning methods are discussed followed by principles of governance for sustainability.
4. Semester 4—Integrated Infrastructure Design Seminar: A collaborative, problem-based, capston design seminar, organized around buildings and neighborhood design. Expected to incorporate an independent study element, leading to MS and PhD theses proposal formulations.

Infrastructure Electives

MS and PhD students are expected to couple the core courses listed above with electives that span at least two related infrastructure sectors, for example, water and health, energy and transport, or energy and buildings, etc.

ENGR = Engineering
CAP = College of Architecture & Planning
SPA = School of Public Affairs
HBS = Health and Behavioral Sciences

Built Environment	ENGR: Structural Analysis, Structural Steel Design, Concrete Design CAP: Building Construction & Technology, Sustainable Land Use Planning, Urban Design, LEED
Transportation	ENGR: Transportation Systems, Urban Transportation, Traffic Impact Assessment CAP: Transportation Planning
Water/Waste	ENGR: Water and Wastewater Systems, Water Resources Management, Water Quality Engineering, Sustainable Water and Renewable Energy Systems, Western Water Rights CAP: Landscape Ecology
Energy	ENGR: Renewable Energy Systems, Energy Conversion, Power Systems,  Sustainable water and renewable energy systems
Health	SPA: Health Policy, Health Care Ethics, Health Care Economics HBS: Cooperative Health Systems, Biocultural Health, Human Ecology and Environmental Adaptation,  Global Health Studies, Natural Resource/ Environ Health Law
General	SPA: Disaster and Emergency Management Policies, Environmental Politics and Policy, Environmental Management, Natural Resource and Environmental Health Law

Disciplinary Requirements:

PhD students in each of the disciplines should consult their home departments on additional core requirements within the department/discipline.

 

IGERT: Sustainable Urban Infrastructure University of Colorado Denver
Director: Professor Anu Ramaswami (Anu.Ramaswami@ucdenver.edu)
Program Coordinator: Luann Rudolph (Luann.Rudolph@ucdenver.edu)
1201 5th Street, Room AD 240, Campus Box 152UCD, P.O. Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-3364
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