You can study sustainable communities in Bonn, Germany!
Summer I, All Majors Welcome
About
Sustainability is not just a one-time expense for construction, but represents a change of lifestyle and an on-going commitment to living more lightly on the earth. This program will focus on existing sustainable places in communities, including town centers, office buildings, housing developments, parks, and reclaimed industrial sites. City and regional recycling programs, transit systems and how communities create sustainable infrastructure are explored. We ask questions from people who are making sustainability actually happen for energy production, resource conservation and mobility.
Highlights
Students will understand how engineering design practices are not only reoriented through sustainable communities, but the living standards for citizens and expectations for their commitment to sustainable levels of consumptions changed. Both courses will provide a foundation of theory and application through active learning. Classes will be conducted four days a week with three-day weekends for personal travel. Suggested weekend travel destinations will be provided or students can launch out on their own. Students are further immersed into German culture by living with an English-speaking host family while in Bonn.
Courses Offered
CARC 311: Field Studies in Design Communication (3 Hours, satisfies requirements of International and Cultural Diversity )
URSC 460: Sustainable Communities (3 Hours, speak with your advisor about the requirements this course fulfills)
LAND 485/685: Directed Studies (3 Hours, speak with your advisor about the requirements this course fulfills)
Dates
May 22-June 23, 2012
Summer I
Apply Now: Deadline is April 1, 2012
Apply online at http://studyabroad.tamu.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10892
Contact Information
Advisor: Mara Iverson miverson@tamu.edu
Faculty/Program Leader: Bruce Dvorak bdvorak@arch.tamu.edu
