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6.00 Credits
Global Environmental Change will enable students to develop a clear understanding of the fundamentals of global environmental science and the factors required to maintain ecological stability and preserve worldwide resources. The course materials are organized and presented from a global perspective.
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6.00 Credits
This course is designed to enhance the student's awareness of global sustainability and of the relationship between sustainability and social justice issues. Students will analyze the principles of sustainability and relate them to their understanding of environmental science and U.S. environmental policy. Biodiversity, population growth, extinction, and resource use are just a few of the topics that students will view in a sustainable and socially equitable context. This course will provide students with the background required for developing strategies for a sustainable and just future.
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3.00 Credits
This TECEP® explores the concept of environmental ethics, a philosophy that extends the ethical concepts traditionally applied to human behavior to address the entire natural world. Topics include: history of environmental ethics, the idea of environmental justice, and how our views about the natural world have changed over time.
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3.00 Credits
Ethics in a Digital Age introduces central ethical issues raised by digital technology, including privacy, freedom of expression, cybercrime, and artificial intelligence. Students will examine major ethical theories and will apply these perspectives to ethical questions related to digital technology. Students will also analyze and discuss their own assumptions and core beliefs as they explore the implications of applying different ethical perspectives to problems that society faces in a digital age.
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3.00 Credits
Successful business practice is firmly grounded in ethics. This course introduces students to foundational principles in ethics for business and life. Students will explore ethics from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Ethics for Managers provides the opportunity for students to critically analyze and evaluate their own views, as well as those of others, in order to develop solid approaches to challenging dilemmas. Significant debates and methodologies in business will be explored.
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3.00 Credits
Successful business practice is firmly grounded in ethics. This course introduces students to foundational principles in ethics for business and life. Students will explore ethics from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Ethics for Managers provides the opportunity for students to critically analyze and evaluate their own views, as well as those of others, in order to develop solid approaches to challenging dilemmas. Significant debates and methodologies in business will be explored.
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3.00 Credits
Gas Combustion provides students with the fundamental concepts of gas combustion. Topics covered include: properties and general characteristics of gases; combustion of gas; design and operation of gas burners; burner orifices; venting; and troubleshooting burner problems.
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3.00 Credits
Gas Distribution provides the students with the basics of the exploration, production, transmission, and delivery of natural gas. Topics include history and scope of the natural gas industry, the construction and maintenance of the delivery system, regulatory requirements and the pressure regulation for transmission, distribution, and commercial and residential systems. Safety for the customer, community, and the infrastructure is stressed.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an understanding of regulatory policies and procedures in the electric and natural gas energy utilities. Electric utility operations consist of producers and delivery organizations responsible for transmission and distribution to customers. Natural gas operations include well drilling, transportation pipelines, storage, and local distribution organizations. Course topic areas will include types of utilities, natural utility monopolies versus deregulation, decisions involving socioeconomic responsibilities and profitability, and the impact of current trends on utilities.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an understanding of the basics of utility regulatory economics, covering topics such as rate structuring; applications of economic principles for regulated and nonregulated utility operations; and economic analysis of financial operations.
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