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Description
In this module, students will be exposed to the broader context of several major components within the area of environmental engineering by integrating humanities into the environmental engineering classroom. This module includes lecture content pertaining to the areas of (1) solid and hazardous waste management and (2) management of air pollution. This module will help provide students with a background of these subject areas by: introducing students to the history of waste management practices and regulations in the United States and exposing students to various major air pollution episodes throughout history and the implications air pollution has on human and environmental health. This module is best used prior to lecture content regarding the engineering principles and technologies associated with these areas of environmental engineering. Through various lecture content included in this module, students will be exposed to the cultural, ideological, political and historical context in which environmental problems occur. This material was created as part of an upper-level introductory course in an undergraduate environmental engineering curriculum.
Publication Date
9-9-2019
Subject
Air—Pollution; Refuse and refuse disposal; Environmental policy-History;
Document Type
Curricular Materials
Disciplines
Environmental Engineering
DOI
10.31986/issn.2689-0690_rdw.oer.1010
Recommended Citation
Bauer, Sarah, "Integrating Humanities into Environmental Engineering Classrooms" (2019). Open Educational Resources. 12.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/oer/12
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Comments
This learning module was developed as part of a 2018-2019 NEH Human Connections grant to Rowan University faculty titled Cultivating the Environmental Humanities. This content is copyright 2019 by the author and must be properly attributed (see Recommended Citation). Contact the author for reuse permission.