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Northern Illinois University

Industrial & Systems Engineering

Minor in Sustainable Engineering

Approved for Catalog year 2011-2012

Sustainable engineering is concerned with the integration of social, environmental, and economic considerations into product, process and energy systems design methods. The objective is to minimize the total of the negative environmental impacts across the entire lifecycle and maximizing the positive social and economic impacts. Also, sustainable engineering encourages the consideration of the complete product and process lifecycle during the design cycle. 

This minor will equip graduating engineers and scientists with the tools they need to meet the challenges associated with delivering goods, energy and services through sustainable means.

Core Courses (9)

  • ISYE 420- Introduction to Energy Management Systems (3)
  • ISYE 421- Introduction to Green Engineering (3)
  • ISYE 453- Integrated Product and Process Design (3)

Technical Elective Courses  (5 or 6)

            Select  2 courses

  • ISYE 100- Fundamental of Manufacturing Systems (3)
  • ISYE 250- Introduction to Lean Systems Engineering (2)
  • ISYE 439- Six Sigma Performance Excellence and Modern Problem Solving (3)
  • ISYE 490-Systems Engineering Management (3)
  • MEE 101- Energy and the Environment (3)
  • TECH 245- Pollution, Pestilence, Prevention, and the cost of doing business (3)
  • TECH 484- Energy Management (3)

Interdisciplinary Elective Courses (6)

            Select 2 courses         

  • ENVS 301- Environmental Science I: Physical Systems (3)                              
  • ENVS 302- Environmental Science II: Biological Systems (3)              
  • ENVS 303- Environment in the Social Sciences and Humanities (3)      
  • ENVS 304- Environmental Law, Policy and Economics (3)
  • POLS 324-Environmental Law and Policy (3)