Sustainability for Engineering at SISSTEM University of Aruba

Overview

The Sustainability for Engineering at SISSTEM course from University of Aruba is designed for students who have a strong technical background in engineering or in the natural sciences at a BSc or MSc degree level. 

Students with combined educational and professional experience in a single specific exact science domain such as physics, mathematics, data sciences, computer sciences, biology, chemistry or environmental sciences, or who do not have all necessary background knowledge, qualify too, but may need to take up to 30 EC in additional courses from the SISSTEM Bachelor program to complete the degree and demonstrate the conceptual knowledge that is expected of a graduate from this program. 

Students with a vocational bachelor diploma will have to take up the entire 30 EC Integrated Pre-Master Program. The additional courses will not be included in the exam program of the MSc. Diploma, but students can obtain a certificate for every course passed.

Learning outcomes

The program focuses on knowledge of and skills…

• To have thorough understanding of the core sustainable engineering principles and to acquire an engineering attitude within a generic and discipline-specific context: result-oriented attitude, attention for planning and technical, economical and societal boundary conditions like sustainability, risk and feasibility assessment of the proposed approach or solution, focus on results and achievement of effective solutions, innovative and transdisciplinary thinking.

• To have system-oriented and application-oriented knowledge understanding and (engineering) skills at an advanced level within specific fields of application.

• To address a problem within a well-defined framework and to plan and develop a project independently, with attention being paid to the technical and social preconditions and with special attention being paid to the contextual factors of small island states.