Diploma in Sustainable Development

Understand sustainable development principles and their application

Bachelor’s degree from accredited university, acceptable GPA, English proficiency test, one recommendation letter

Courses (18 credit hours)

The program of study is planned with the program director, and should include a minimum of 9 credit hours of core courses and a minimum of 9 credit hours of electives from two of the four sustainable development sub-modules. A maximum of 3 credit hours may be taken as independent study ( GREN 000/5910 – Independent Study in Sustainable Development (3 cr.)) with prior approval of the program director. Students might be asked to take additional non-credit courses from the balance module to qualify them for this program.

I. Core Module- M1 (9 Credit Hours)
All students must take

GREN 5201 and select two more courses out of GREN 5202 ,GREN 5203 ,GREN 5204 and GREN 5205 .
GREN 501/5201 – Global Changes and Sustainable Development (3 cr.)
GREN 502/5202 – Engineering for a Sustainable Environment (3 cr.)
GREN 503/5203 – Core Concepts & Applications for Social & Environmental Policy (3 cr.)
GREN 504/5204 – Entrepreneurship and Innovation (3 cr.)
GREN 505/5205 – Environment and Society (3 cr.)
II. Balance Module- M2 (0 Credit Hours)
Students might be asked to take one or more courses from a list of courses approved by the GREN advisory committee and selected with their advisor to upgrade their knowledge and qualify them for this program.

III. Sustainable Development Module M3- Electives (9 Credit Hours)
Students should take a total of three courses (9 cr.) in the Sustainable Development Module to cover two of the four sub-modules. These courses are to include two courses (6 cr.) from the sub-module the student wants to concentrate in. All students must take at least one course (3 cr.) out of these three courses from the Green Technologies sub-module M3-A. A maximum of three credit hours can be taken as an independent study course or as a 4000-level course of a topic of relevance with prior approval of the program director.

Green Technologies Module (M3-A):
GREN 511/5211 – Water Desalination (3 cr.)
GREN 000/5215 – Sustainability of Thermal Systems (3 cr.)
GREN 513/5213 – Solid and Hazardous Wastes Engineering (3 cr.)
GREN 514/5214 – Green Buildings (3 cr.)
GREN 000/5219 – Selected Topics in Green Technologies (3 cr.)
Entrepreneurship Module (M3-B):
GREN 521/5221 – Marketing Management (3 cr.)
GREN 522/5222 – Strategic Management of Innovation (3 cr.)
GREN 523/5223 – Managing in a Dynamic Environment (3 cr.)
GREN 524/5224 – Financial Management (3 cr.)
Sustainable Cities Module (M3-C):
GREN 531/5231 – Policy for Sustainable Cities (3 cr.)
GREN 532/5232 – Greening the Built Environment (3 cr.)
GREN 533/5233 – Urban Infrastructure Development for Sustainability (3 cr.)
GREN 000/5235 – Corporate Social Responsibility and NGO Partnerships (3 cr.)
Sustainable Communities Module (M3-D):
GREN 544/5244 – Cities: Structure and Dynamics (3 cr.)
GREN 000/5245 – Community Assessment and Program Evaluation (3 cr.)
GREN 000/5246 – Community Psychology and Systems Theory (3 cr.)
GREN 000/5247 – Prevention and Intervention in Communities (3 cr.)
GREN 000/5248 – Consultation to Non-Profit Organizations (3 cr.)