ABE 498 AW3 - Special Topics - Int'l Interventions

Campus: Urbana-Champaign

Description:

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in agricultural and biological engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. Course Information: 1 to 4 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary to a maximum of 16 hours.

Special Instructions:

Contextual Engineering: A Nigerian Case Study. This course will explore the progress and pitfalls of a real-life engineering project in Nigeria to make the case for Contextual Engineering, which evaluates non-technical influences to determine the likelihood that an infrastructure intervention will work for a particular international community. While engineering principles will be included in this course, non-engineers are encouraged to enroll and learn about the relationship between technical and social sciences when working on an international project.

Option 1

Course Level: Graduate

Credit: 0

Term(s): Fall