Energy, the Environment and Society
Course Code:
SET101
Department:
Sustainable Energy Technology
Lecture Hours:
3
Lab Hours:
0
Total Credits:
3 Description:
Provides an overview of the ways modern society utilizes and converts energy in its quest for technological and economic advancement. The course covers important topics such as energy and its impact on the global environment. An overview of the current unsustainable (such as coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear) as well as sustainable technologies (such as solar, wind, wave, biomass, geothermal, tidal and hydropower) is provided. In addition, the student is made aware of the important role energy conversion and utilization by industrialized and industrializing countries presently plays in global climate change. The course forms a foundation to a student’s understanding of how important affordable and available energy is to economic prosperity in society.
Term(s) Offered:
Fall