Sustainable Urban Environments, BS
Curriculum - Sustainable Urban Environments, BS
The Sustainable Urban Environments curriculum combines liberal arts, science, and technology courses to produce versatile students who are fluent in both the technical and social aspects of the sustainability issues facing our cities.
Former mayor of Toronto and former head of the C40 cities David Miller (foreground), who is a global Future Cities Fellow at NYU-Poly, met with SUE students at the Queens Museum of Art to discuss the status of Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Architect and architecture professor Henry Grossman and Professor Rich Wener are co-teaching the course with Miller. As their senior capstone project in the Spring 2012, SUE students are conducting group projects to address environmental sustainability and planning issues in the park.
NYU-Poly's Sustainable Urban Environments program gives students a core competency in urban environmental history, policy, and technology. Students use experiences in New York City to learn firsthand about the environment and history of the modern city ... and the possibilities for redesigning it to meed the challenges of the 21st century.
Students complete 120 credits to earn a Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Urban Environments (SUE) degree at NYU-Poly. The credits fall into 3 sets of required courses described in greater detail below:
A Minor in Sustainable Urban Environments is also offered.
General Education Requirements
Humanities and Social Sciences General Education Requirements (24 Credits)
EW 1013 Please Refer to Catalog
EW 1023 Please Refer to Catalog
6 Humanities and Social Sciences Courses, Credits: 18.00 total (at least 1 Level 3 course)
General Requirements (20 credits)
General Technical Elective, Credits: 4.00
General Math Elective, Credits: 4.00
2 General Science Electives, Credits: 8.00 total
EG 1003 Introduction to Engineering and Design, Credits: 3.00
EG 1001 Engineering and Technology Forum, Credits: 1.00
Sustainable Urban Environments Requirements (SUE)
Core (20 credits)
CE 1002 Introduction to Civil Engineering, Credits: 2.00
CE 4043 Sustainable Cities, Credits: 3.00
HI 2053W Introduction to Urban Policy, Credits: 3.00
HI 2313W History of NY's Urban Infrastructure, Credits: 3.00
URB 2023W Design of Cities, Credits: 3.00
URB 2043 Methods For Studying Urban Environments, Credits: 3.00
One of the following:
- CE 2323 Traffic Engineering I, Credits: 3.00
- CE 3313 Introduction to Transportation Systems, Credits: 3.00
- CE 4033 Introduction to Urban Infrastructure Systems Management, Credits: 3.00
Concentration (18 credits)
Select at least 1 course from each group in this Human and Social Systems in the Urban Context concentration:
History Group
CE 3353 History of New York City Transit System, Credits: 3.00 or HI 2353 History of NYC Transit System, Credits: 3.00
HI 2303W Introduction to New York City History, Credits: 3.00
HI 2713 Urban Environmental History, Credits: 3.00
HI 3313W History and Literature of New York City in the 20th Century, Credits: 3.00
HI 3403 History of Political Technology, Credits: 3.00
HI 4333W Sem in Urban Infrastructure History, Credits: 3.00
Behavioral Science Group
PS 2323W Environmental Psychology, Credits: 3.00
PS 2723 Human Factors in Engineering Design, Credits: 3.00
PS 3743 Psychology of Transportation, Credits: 3.00
PS 3753 Psych of Living in Extreme Environments, Credits: 3.00
URB 2033 Humans in the Urban Environment, Credits: 3.00
URB 3353 Urban Impact Assessment, Credits: 3.00
Environmental Group
PL 2243W Thinking About the Environment, Credits: 3.00
SEG 2183W Beyond Oil: Fueling Tomorrow's Vehicles, Credits: 3.00
SEG 2193W Writing About Nature & the Environment, Credits: 3.00
SEG 291x Special Topics in Society, Environment and Globalization, Credits: 3.00
SEG 391x Special Topics in Society, Environment and Globalization, Credits: 3.00
SEG 3213W Sustainable Systems and the Natural History of Whaling, Credits: 3.00
URB 2223 Natural Environment of New York City, Credits: 3.00
URB 2233 Natural Environmental Catastrophes & Cities, Credits: 3.00
URB 3033 Evidence-Based Design, Credits: 3.00
URB 3113 Case Studies in Sustainability(Ancient Egypt & Mesoamerica), Credits: 3.00
URB 3313 Hist & Design of Urban Parks, Credits: 3.00
Project Courses (7 credits)
URB 4033 Internship, Credits: 3.00
URB 4024 Capstone Project, Credits: 4.00
Electives Requirements
Technical Electives (13 credits)
Courses that advance the student's knowledge of, or skills in, applied science, engineering, or computer science.
Free Electives (18 credits)
Choose 6 courses of free electives drawn from any department.
Minor in Sustainable Urban Environments (SUE)
This minor is open to all majors. You may earn it by completing 15 credits, consisting of 2 courses from the SUE Core and 3 courses from any of those offered in the SUE Concentration (listed above).