Courses

Education is key in creating a sustainable future for K-State and the world. This list includes courses that have some focus on sustainability issues.

  • Automated Manufacturing System

    A general survey of the various components and operations in an automated manufacturing system including material handling, robotics, tooling, inspection and quality control, CAD, CNC, ...

  • Biological Systems Engineering Senior Design

    Team-oriented design laboratory, with projects selected to address design of equipment or systems to produce or process food, fiber, and energy, or to preserve environmental ...

  • Case Studies in Green Chemistry

    This is an interdisciplinary course that looks at concepts and issues in green chemistry by examining case studies in which polluting processes have been transformed ...

  • Crop Growth and Development

    Comparative growth and development of warm- and cool-season monocot and dicot crops. Environmental influences on growth and development processes and management techniques to minimize stresses.

  • Cropping Systems

    Principles for developing and managing cropping systems in the Great Plains for the efficient use of natural resources, primarily water. Emphasis on dryland cropping systems, ...

  • Ecology of Environmental Problems

    Principles of ecology and their application to such problems as pollution, human population growth, and land-use planning. Requisites Pr.: Two courses in natural science.

  • Electric Power and Devices

    Industrial applications of direct and alternating power, devices, and systems. Topics include electrical and electronic power devices, controllers, servomechanisms, and actuators; DC and AC motors ...

  • Environmental Communication

    Combines theoretical discussions with practical experience regarding communication about environmental issues and provides introduction to natural and applied science topics related to the communications plan.

  • Environmental Quality

    An examination and survey of topics in environmental quality. Includes classification of soil, air, and water pollutants and their interaction with the environment, including the ...

  • Environmental Systems in Architecture I

    Instruction in bioclimatic and ecological design principles as a basis for architectural and landscape design. Emphasis on passive solar heating and cooling and daylighting.