The Fundamentals of Asphalt Mix

Program Overview

Participants will learn about the objectives of mix design, desirable mix properties, and mix types and practical considerations. They will also gain an understanding of performance based specifications, quality assurance, production testing, and interpretation of test results. The course is ideal for engineers and supervisors from consulting firms, local authorities, and technical staff from contracting firms who are involved in the decision making process for mix types vs location and/or laboratory technicians.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The BA in Sustainability Studies focuses on global environmental issues in suburban and urban areas. Specific themes include sustainability management and benchmarking, green entrepreneurialism, suburban and urban environments and ecosystems, international development, and community development and planning. Students can develop unique interdisciplinary curricula by selecting electives based on their own interests, in consultation with their sustainability studies adviser. Students enrolling in this major should meet with the department chair to plan their program of study prior to registering for courses.

• SBLY 002 - (IS) Sustainability Planning and Policy: This course examines the development and implementation of sustainability policies and plans.
• SBLY 105 - Seminar on Sustainability: This seminar explores current issues and challenges in sustainability.
• SBLY 110 - Sustainability Studio: This studio provides students with the opportunity to apply their knowledge of sustainability to real-world projects.
• GEOL 005 - (NS) Environmental Geology: This course examines the geological processes that influence the environment.
• SBLY 180 - Sustainability Internship (minimum of 3 semester hours): This internship provides students with practical experience in the field of sustainability.
• One other 3 s.h.
• SBLY course: Note: SBLY 105 and SBLY 110 make up a capstone course sequence that is taken in the fall and spring of the senior year.
SBLY 105 must be taken prior to enrolling in SBLY 110.

Elective Courses (12 Semester Hours):

Students must select 12 semester hours from the following courses:

• AFST 143 - Economic Development
• ANTH 032 - (BH, CC) Women and Development
• ANTH 107 - (BH, CC) Conservation and Indigenous Peoples
• ANTH 129 - (BH) Urban Places and Policy
• BIOL 142 - Urban Habitats
• ECO 010 - (BH) Economics, Environment and Community
• ECO 111 - Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
• ECO 143 - Economic Development
• ECO 165 - Urban and Regional Economics
• ENTR 115 - Entrepreneurial Mindset
• ENTR 120 - New Business Ventures
• FA 161 - (CP) Sculpture Studio—Sustainability in Art
• FA 167 - (CP) Sculpture Studio—Sustainability in Art II
• GEOG 006 - (BH) Resources and Energy Geography
• GEOG 060 - (NS) Introduction to Digital Mapping
• GEOG 102 - (BH) Population, Resources and Environment
• GEOG 103 - (BH) Cities and Suburbs
• GEOG 160 - Intermediate Geographic Information Systems
• GS 105 - (CC, IS) The Globalization of Food Cultures
• GS 109 - (CC, IS) Globalization and Human Rights
• GS 120 - (IS) Global Transportation and Logistics
• HPR 068 - Environmental Health
• MGT 118 - Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
• MGT 160 - Managing Nonprofit Organizations
• MGT 171 - International Management
• PHI 091 - Technology and Human Values
• PHI 101 - (HP) Ecology and Environmentalism
• PHI 131 - (HP) Ethics and Animals
• PHI 133 - (HP) Ethics and the Natural Environment
• PHI 138 - (HP) Ethics and Sustainability: Personal, Social and Corporate Responsibility
• PSY 040 - Statistics
• SBLY 014F - First-Year Seminar
• SBLY 014S - First-Year Seminar
• SBLY 100 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay
• SBLY 104 A-Z - Special Topics in Sustainability Studies
• SBLY 151 to 154 - Readings in Sustainability Studies
• SOC 018A - Classical Sociological Theory
• SOC 141 - (BH) Urban America
• SOC 142 - (BH) Global Cities: Politics and Social Change in Comparative Perspective
• SOC 149 - (BH) Globalization and Developing Societies
• SOC 153 - (BH) Sociology of Human Rights
• SOC 180 - Statistics in Sociology
• TPP 110 - Energy and Society
• TPP 112 - Technology and Human Values
• TPP 114 - Technology and Urban Problems
• TPP 115 - Environmental Planning

Other:

Students are encouraged to meet with their sustainability studies adviser to develop a course plan prior to taking elective courses. Not all courses are offered every semester.