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Developing Communities Concentration (15 credits)

Consider unique engineering challenges that span cultural, social, economic, political, and technical spheres.

Consider immediate issues such as health, security and equity
Understand factors for long-term system resilience

Developing Communities

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Curriculum

Course offerings change rapidly and most are offered intermittently.

Some courses may have prerequisites that do not count towards this concentration.

Choose One of the Following Development Courses
Course names	Course codes	Credits
Introduction to Global Engineering: Special Topics	CVEN 2837	3 credits
Culture and Power	ANTH 1200	3 credits
Geographies of Global Change	GEOG 1962	3 credits
Environment and Society Geography	GEOG 1972	3 credits
Human Geographies	GEOG 1992	3 credits
Advanced Introduction to Human Geography	GEOG 2092	3 credits
Environment and Society	SOCY 2077	3 credits
Poverty, Power, and Patriotism: Issues of Global Justice	PHIL 1250	3 credits
A Global State of Mind: Special Topics	HUEN 2843	3 credits

Choose 11 or More Credits
Course names	Course codes	Credits	Notes
Cross-cultural aspects of Socioeconomic Development	ANTH 4500	3 credits
A Systems Approach to Global Engineering	CVEN 4837, CVEN 5837	3 credits
Sustainable Community Development 1	CVEN 5919	3 credits	CVEN 5919 is a Graduate level course. You will need a petition to take it as an undergraduate.
Economic Development	ECON 4784	3 credits
Engineering and Entrepreneurship for the Developing World	EMEN 4200	3 credits
Introduction to Global Engineering: Special Topics	EVEN 4830	3 credits
Migration, Immigrant Adaptation, and Development	GEOG 4292	3 credits
Development Geography	GEOG 4632	3 credits
Global Development	PSCI 4012	3 credits
International Migration and Policy	PSCI 4283	3 credits
Risk and Resilience in Society	SOCY 4063	3 credits
Designing Social Innovations	SOCY 4160	3 credits
Women and Development	WGST 3012	3 credits
CVEN or MCEN Independent Study focused on Engineering in Developing Communities		1-3 credits	Independent Study topic and instructor must be approved by your IDE advisor prior to taking the course. Some potential instructors are Mike Hannigan (MCEN), Evan Thomas (CEAE), Bernard Amadei (CEAE), and Karl Linden (CEAE).

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