Sustainability Course Repository

In Protest, Policing, and the First Amendment, you will examine constitutional principles in the context of police-involved killings and the social unrest that unfolded in Ferguson, Missouri, Baltimore Maryland, and Charlottesville Virginia, and 2016 Presidential campaign rallies. Freedom of speech, hate speech, incitement, freedom of assembly and association, and the right to petition, as well as qualified immunity doctrine will be explored through Supreme Court cases. As part of this course, y...

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Focus on tools for effective decision making, and concepts of, and practice in, group dynamics. A retreat component and service project individual growth, team building and group decision making. Draws on research from economics to inform decision making skill development. Lays a foundation for ethical decision making throughout the MBA program.

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Focus on tools for developing effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including employees, customers, regulatory entities, etc. Covers organizational behavior topics (motivation, organization justice, feedback, goal setting).

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This course focuses on how firms create value by paying attentionto the critical interaction between marketing and operations decisions. Emphasis on business strategy, targeting, position, value proposition, and strategic operations decisions (cost, quality, sustainability, etc.)

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This course is a survey of professional identity, ethical standards, and moral dilemmas in spiritually integrated couples and family therapy. Students will gain knowledge of professional roles including being therapists for families, individuals, and groups within various milieus (e.g., community agencies, places of worship, and private practice). The course will cover ethical codes from American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Students will study current Washington Administr...

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Thermal properties of ideal and real gases, liquids, vapors and mixtures. Conservation of mass and energy. Second law. Energy conversion. Power, efficiency, coefficient of performance. Gas cycles, vapor power cycles, refrigeration cycles, and air-conditioning. Environmental aspects. Four lecture hours and one laboratory per week.

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Three heat transfer modes: conduction, convection and radiation. Conduction in one and two dimensions, steady state and transient. Forced and natural convection. Radiation between two or three black and gray bodies. Heat exchangers. Including design problems.  Four lecture hours  per week.

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Atomic structure. Metallic bond. Structure of metals and non-metals. Equilibrium diagrams. Time-dependent transformations. Relation of structure to properties. Elastic and plastic deformation. Four lecture hours and one laboratory per week.

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Psychometrics; space heating and cooling loads; air conditioning; fans and ducts; heat exchangers; solar systems; refrigeration.

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This course focuses on the technology, operation and analysis of thermal power, fuel cell, renewable, combined heat and power systems, and energy storage, with focus on environmental and societal awareness. Topics include: first and second law analysis, exergy, (electro) chemistry, plant subsystems and integration, environmental impacts, life-cycle assessment.

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