International computing issues as a freshman seminar
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Integrating sustainability into undergraduate computing education
Proceedings of the 41st ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
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Sustainable development is one of the most important aspects of successful growing and prosperity of the world community. The United Nations established a special Decade for Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) to encourage educational institutions participates in this processes. In this paper we discuss and propose a course on Sustainable Development Analysis at the undergraduate level offered at a small private university. In our course we concentrate on computational aspects of sustainable development using simulation models and appropriate software packages. According to the goals of the course, we present case studies and encourage students to conduct small independent research projects. Within the student's research projects certain air pollution concentrations are calculated using US Environmental Protection Agency software. These calculations with some extended information are considered as elements of sustainable development analysis at a regional level.