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SYNOPSIS technopreneurship, environment, sustainability and
A series of technical talks will be organised and the safety aspects. Reflection of the seminar will be
attendance is compulsory. The technical talks will discussed in a forum and short report will be
dwell on engineering profession that relates to the produced by the students.
technology advancement, economy issues,

YEAR 4 COURSES - PROGRAMME CORE

BMCG 4812 SUSTAINABILITY AND are highlighted. Assessment tools such as Life Cycle
ENVIRONMENT Assessment, Carbon Footprint and Cleaner
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Production abide with the latest guideline, policies,
At the end of the course, students should be able to: laws and regulation. The application of engineering
LO1 Explain the impact of pollution and climate design, manufacturing and technologies towards
changes towards the environment. sustainability and environment will be discussed.
LO2 Apply the concept of sustainable REFERENCES
development in engineering design, a. Robertson, M., 2014, Sustainability Principles
manufacturing and technologies abide with and Practice, Routledge.
the current national laws, regulations and b. De Vries, B.J.M., 2012, Sustainability Science.
policies. Cambridge University Press.
LO3 Analyse using sustainability assessment tools c. Davis, M.L., and Masten, S.J., 2014, Principle
in engineering design, manufacturing and of Environmental Engineering and Science. New
technologies. York: McGraw-Hill.
SYPNOPSIS: d. Snedden, R., 2014, Environmental Engineering
This course is an introductory course on sustainability and the Science of Sustainability. New York:
and environment. It focuses on five main elements for Crabtree Publishing.
sustainability; Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture
and Biodiversity. Sustainable development and its
application in Malaysia in relation to the National
Environmental Policy and Green Technology Policy

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