SUST915
Sustainable Community Development Studio
The sustainable community development studio provides an opportunity to apply what you’ve learned in all your sustainability courses by developing a sustainability plan and implementation strategy that you will present to your classmates and instructors at the end of the studio.
You’ll hone your collaboration skills by working on a team project that integrates environmental, economic, and social dimensions to create an implementation strategy with a broad sustainability vision as well as courses of action for the short, medium, and long term. We’ll require strategies and approaches to making change happen, as well as management tools to make and monitor mid-course corrections.
Prerequisite(s):
- Cohort status
Related program(s)
This course is available at the following time(s) and location(s):
| Section | Session(s) | Date/time | Campus | Instructor(s) | Cost | Registration* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUST915-VA11442 | 3 | Thursday–Saturday May 22–24, 2014 9 am–5:30 pm |
Sur | Rosemary Cooper, Dagmar Timmer |
$790 | Register |
* This course is available only as part of the Sustainable Community Development Certificate (core course).
What will I learn?
In this course, you’ll do the following:
- Develop a sustainability plan and implementation strategy that integrates both “hard” environmental and economic issues and “soft” social and people issues
- Create strategies to make change happen
- Discuss team leadership and decision-making protocols
- Practice your collaborative team skills and presentation and public speaking skills
- Critically discuss team projects with your fellow cohorts and invited sustainability experts
How will I learn?
- Lectures
- Field trips
- Team discussions
- Group presentations
Who should take this course?
- Planners, architects, and landscape architects
- Engineers, developers, builders, and real-estate professionals
- Elected officials
- Transportation professionals
- Staff of non-profit organizations
- Biologists, agrologists, and other environmental professionals
- Local, provincial, and federal government administrators and project managers
- Lawyers, financiers, and community advocates
- Current and future leaders committed to creating positive change
How will I be evaluated?
Your grade will be based on a team presentation at the end of the studio.
Textbooks and learning materials
We will provide custom course materials.
Professional development credits
- AIBC 21 NCLU
- PIBC and BCSLA can self-report
Partners/Sponsors
SFU Centre for Sustainable Community Development
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* This course is available only as part of the Sustainable Community Development Certificate (core course).