Online Courses Offered Every Semester
December 16, 2016
Are you interested in:
- Renewable Energy - Food Sustainability - Water Sustainability
- Renewable Resources - Renewable Materials - Recycling
Want to complete liberal education credits completely online?
The University of Minnesota’s Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering offers 8 online courses, taught by outstanding faculty.
Click here to learn how to register.
For more information, contact Marlee Mollet at mmollet@umn.edu.
- BBE 1002 - Biorenewable Resources
- Meets Technology & Society CLE Theme
- Fall / Spring
- Environmental, technological, social, and economic implications of the use of biorenewable, wood and agriculture-based biomass resources and products.
- BBE 2201- Renewable Energy and the Environment
- Meets Technology & Society CLE Theme
- Fall / Spring / Summer
- Cover elements of renewable energy technologies and policies; the social, environmental, and economic effects of using renewable & non-renewable sources.
- http://bbe2201.cfans.umn.edu
- BBE 3201- Sustainability of Food Systems: A Life Cycle Perspective
- Meets Global Perspective CLE Theme
- Fall / Spring / Summer
- Reviews the consequences and diversity of global food system; current topics in food sustainability.
- BBE 4001- Chemistry of Biomass and Biomass Conversion to Fuel and Products
- Meets Environment CLE Theme
- Fall
- Application of chemical principles to sustainable utilization of biomass for renewable materials, chemicals, plastics, energy and other products.
- BBE 4305 / 5305 - Pulp and Paper Technology
- Spring
- Pulp and paper manufacturing and applications
- SSM 3301- Global Water Resource Use and Sustainability
- Meets Environment CLE Theme
- Fall / Spring
- Is water a birthright? Explore the many facets of water, Earth’s most abundant resource. Examine the complexities of scarcity, water quality, and protection.
- ESPM 3601- Sustainable Housing: Community, Environment, and Technology
- Meets Technology and Society CLE Theme
- Fall / Spring
- The role of technology, environment and community on sustainable housing.
- ESPM 3605 / 5605 - Recycling: Extending Raw Materials
- Meets Technology and Society CLE Theme
- Spring
- Principles and practice of recycling and the impact of technology, energy and environment for sustainable material utilization.
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