IE585 SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
| Course Code: | 5680585 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ÖZGEN KARAER |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this class, the students are expected to
- Be aware of the natural drivers of the sustainability efforts,
- Be familiar with related standards (e.g. ISO 14000, ISO 26000), important concepts/keywords (e.g. tragedy of commons, 3BL, LCA, carbon equivalent, take-back legislation, regulatory compliance, greenwashing, and etc.)
- Be aware of the most recent modeling and research efforts in sustainable operations management,
- Learn tools and techniques required to analyze and design sustainable systems (mainly around supply chains)
Course Content
The course dwells on the fundamental forces that are expected to shape the industrial engineering in the near future. It is a mostly qualitative umbrella course that combines many diverse topics within a framework of industrial and systems engineering. Brief history of sustainability. Principles of sustainability. Industrial, economic, environmental, agricultural and urban sustainability. Sustainable development. Environmental ethics. Systems view of sustainability. Techniques for modelling complex systems. Criticism and the more negative connotations of sustainability. Globalization and issues of the post-globalized world.
Course Learning Outcomes
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | No | Yes | ||
| 1 | Specialize with advanced knowledge in selected areas of Industrial Engineering; such as Production and Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Analytics and Information Systems, Decision Sciences and Operational Research, Quality Management, Human Factors and Ergonomics, and Strategy and Industrial Economics. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Have advanced ability to formulate and solve industrial engineering problems. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Be able to systematically acquire new scientific knowledge to design and improve socio-technical systems. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Be able to conduct scientific research in industrial engineering. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Be able to apply critical reasoning in their professional careers. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Appreciate the academics ethics. | ✔ | |||