Applied Sustainability for Technical Managers Specialization
The “Applied Sustainability Principles for Technical Managers” Specialization, developed in collaboration with Siemens Digital Industries Software, is intended for working professionals seeking to incorporate sustainable business practices into their current responsibilities and develop the knowledge necessary to become sustainability leaders within their organization.
Learners work on projects throughout the specialization to apply the concepts covered in the courses. These include analyzing a specific UN Sustainable Development Goal of interest, performing a personal plastic packaging inventory, calculating their residential and transportation carbon footprints, and presenting a new sustainability initiative.
You will learn how to:
- Describe the sustainability imperative and how businesses can be part of the solution.
- Calculate the environmental impacts of various product and packaging designs.
- Calculate one’s energy and lifestyle carbon footprint using the latest tools and techniques.
- Analyze and employ tools to create a more sustainable culture within your organization.
Courses
- Sustainability and the Circular Economy
- Applied Sustainability Engineering
- Leading the Circular and Sustainable Business
This specialization can be taken for academic credit as part of CU Boulder’s ME in Engineering Management, MS in Data Science or MS in Artificial Intelligence degrees offered on the Coursera platform. Learn more: ME in Engineering Management, MS in Data Science and MS in Artificial Intelligence.