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Sustainability in the Classroom: a cooperative EMS program

Sustainability in the Classroom: a cooperative EMS program. Harvey Smith Social Science Research Institute Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL hsmith@niu.edu. NIU Undergrad minor in EMS. At least 3 basic science & policy courses

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Sustainability in the Classroom: a cooperative EMS program

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  1. Sustainability in the Classroom: a cooperative EMS program Harvey Smith Social Science Research Institute Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL hsmith@niu.edu

  2. NIU Undergrad minor in EMS • At least 3 basic science & policy courses • 4 advanced courses from the three perspectives outside student’s major: Business, Engineering, Policy, Science • Two capstone courses: • Strategies for EMS • Internship/Project • Total: 18 credit hours

  3. IIT M.S. In Environmental Management • 13 required core courses (science, law, math, RA, Ecology, Regs, H&S, IT, Finance, Management) • 1 of 4 electives in Management • 2 capstone courses: • Issues in Global Sustainability • Strategies for the Sustainable Enterprise • 16 required in all

  4. NIU-IIT Articulation • Students with NIU minor in EMS receive 3 course reduction at IIT • M.S. in Environmental Management in one year • Curricular integration of topics & contents

  5. EMS Education Project • N. Illinois University faculty collaborative team (10 profs.) • NSF interdisciplinary curriculum grant to support developing curricular materials (NSF-DUE Grant #0088903) • External Advisory Group to review and provide feedback (industry, Gov.. agencies, academics)

  6. INDUSTRY Akzo Nobel, Waukegan IL Ford Motor Corp., Dearborn MI International Truck & Engine, Melrose Park IL Motorola Corp., Schaumburg IL NTN Bearing Corp. Elgin IL SWD Inc., Addison IL Wisconsin Energy, Milwaukee WI ACADEMIA Illinois Institute of Technology Loyola U. of Chicago Wilbur Wright CC of Chicago Anonymous Reviewers GOV/NGOs Illinois EPA Kestrel Management External Advisory Group

  7. Advisory Group Activities • Three AG workshops • Scope and focus of EMS education, May 2000 • Preliminary Review of sample EMS curricular materials (capstone course), April 2001 • Summative Evaluation of EMS curricular materials, June 2002

  8. NIU-IIT Cooperative Program • Curricular initiative • Assessment instrument – 30 items on key topics of EMS & Envir. Science • IIT - Envir. Law and EMS Design (EM 502), Winter quarter 2002-03 • NIU EMS Capstone Course (IDSP 441), Spring semester 2003

  9. NIU IDSP 441 EMS overview LCA & Engineering Ecology/Science EMS design Public Health Business/sustainability EMS implementation IIT EM 502 EMS & stewardship EMS design Regulatory Framework EMS incentives EMS auditing EMS implementation Course “Contents” Class EMS projects/ISO 14000 focus

  10. TA DAH! IIT Results (n=16)

  11. TA DAH! NIU Results(n=15)

  12. How do we look? Post Results

  13. Good News: Lessons Gleaned • ‘Tunnel vision’ aka ‘specialization’ vs. interdisciplinary vision • Technical training vs. environmental stewardship • Integrative theme: More Sustainability • Integrate class projects into assessment: 93.6% score on EMS project assessment

  14. Next Steps • Instructional materials on the Web • Expand interest and partnerships • More curricular coordination for students’ sake! • Link ISO 14000 to sustainability strategies

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