Developing a university-wide course on sustainability: A critical evaluation of planning and implementation

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 216-221

  Aktas, Can B ^a   Whelan, Rosemary ^a   Stoffer, Howard ^a   Todd, Edmund ^a   Kern, Cindy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Common course; Freshmen; Higher education; Multi disciplinary; Sustainable development; Team taught

Indexed keywords

PLANNING; STUDENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING;

COMMON COURSE; FRESHMEN; HIGHER EDUCATION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY; TEAM-TAUGHT;

CURRICULA;

EID: 84938082874     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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