Sustainability in General Education Courses

ENT 141: Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 1

The course introduces the design thinking principles and idea evaluation processes. By the end of this course, the student will understand the main concepts of innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability, specifically the sustainability framework (economy, society, and environment). The learning content ranges from exploring numerous innovative and sustainable ideas using contemporary tools for ideation.

Course Sustainability Highlights:

• CLO1: Explain the basic concepts of innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability, and their value to the society and economy.
• CLO 4: Identify key elements of the sustainability framework in the proposed innovative opportunities.

ENT 142: Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2

Based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs), the learner will apply design thinking methods to solve real-life social issues through social innovation. The student will focus on their own enterprising journey throughout their program of study using reflective practices.

Course Sustainability Highlights:

• CLO1: Explain the process of innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability.
• CLO3: Analyze the impact of innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability on society and the economy.

Optional Courses

GED 125: Ecosystem and Human Health

This course introduces the key concepts of human health, emphasizing how they are related and the implications of this relationship to human wellbeing. Topics related to the definition of health, healthy behavior, stress, nutrition, physical activity, addiction, infectious and non-infectious disease, and environmental health will be covered in this course.

Course Sustainability Highlights:

• CLO 1: Define the comprehensive ecological model of health and the different aspects related to healthy behavior.
• CLO 4: Recognize different infectious and non-infectious diseases.
• CLO 5: Discuss the pros and cons of a healthcare system.

GED 132: Science and Technology in Society

This course examines the aims, methods and consequences of scientific enquiry in human history, including the impact of scientific and technological advances on societies, cultures and political systems. The course also discusses some of the philosophical disputes prompted by those advances and the political and their ethical implications on societies.

Course Sustainability Highlights:

• CLO 2: Explain how society, scientific and technological discoveries influence each other.
• CLO 3: Discuss the benefits and disadvantages of scientific and technological discoveries.

GED 150: Foundations for Community Engagement and Social Work

This course is designed to develop practice knowledge and skills necessary to begin professional social work practice, while introducing you to the values, philosophies and knowledge base integrated into social work practice. The course will assist you in the early development of skills such as: self-awareness, personal values, professional values, communication, observation, building professional relationships, and identification and analyses of ethical dilemmas. Specific emphasis will be given to developing a sense of professional identity, responsibility and basic practice skills with individuals, families and communities.

Course Sustainability Highlights:

• CLO 1: Understand the role of social workers in a social service or community agency, as well as their relationship to other professionals in these settings.
• CLO 2: Develop basic practice skills with individuals, groups, and communities in the helping process.
• CLO 3: Appraise people’s presenting problems through good communication (oral and written) skills, critical thinking, and cultural sensitivity.

GED 205: Psychology in Everyday Life

An introduction to concepts and principles of selected areas of psychology and their applications to daily living. The aim is to foster students’ understanding of the self and its interactions with the environment. Topics include: research in psychology, basic neuro-psychology, theories of learning, memory, motivation, development, intelligence, health, and social psychology.

Course Sustainability Highlights:

• CLO 2: Describe and discuss the purpose of psychological research in the advancement of science.
• CLO 3: Define and explain selected concepts and principles of psychology.

GED 324: Ethical Reasoning for Today’s World

This course includes two aspects: On the one side, it examines the theories, skills and applications of moral philosophy, including a description and a discussion of the three influential approaches to morality, namely: character ethics, consequences-based ethics, and principle based ethics. Some topics are: an introduction to ethics and morality, consequentialist and non-consequentialist ethics, character/ virtue ethics, models of justice, and being a good citizen. On the other hand, the course is devoted to developing abilities to practice ethical reasoning. The focus is set on the American Counseling Association Code of ethics, which includes explicit references to possible ethical dilemmas, and suggests, in its preamble that counsellors reflect on the process of solving such dilemmas.

Course Sustainability Highlights:

• CLO 1: Compare the major ethical models, i.e., character, virtue, consequence and non-consequentialist models.
• CLO 2: Identify the principles of ethical model, as implemented in a well-known Code of Ethics, such as the one of the American Counseling Association (ACA) through in-depth reading.
• CLO 3: Apply a well-known ethical model articulating the moral framework to the current social, personal and professional issues.
• CLO 4: Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of ethical principles in professional counseling practices.