| Summary: | Sustainability issues will shape what students do in their future careers, especially within built
environment professions. Yet many institutions struggle to adapt programs and coursework to reflect
this. Responding to a need for guidance, this book provides a practical resource to quickly – and
effectively – update curriculum to meet the emergent sustainability context. The authors use their
experiences in engineering education and insights from colleagues and institutions around the world
to provide tools to address common institutional challenges and to make the most of emerging
opportunities.
The book begins by exploring the rationale for action, discussing why curriculum renewal has been
challenging to-date and identifying urgent drivers for change. It then presents a new model for
curriculum renewal to deal with these challenges, from course and program design through to
stakeholder engagement and organisational considerations. The model shows what educational leaders
are beginning to practise: a whole-of-system approach to timely program design and review.
The book uses the model to detail practical ways to move forward, including creating a strategy,
identifying graduate attributes, mapping learning outcomes, auditing the program, updating coursework
and implementing the renewed curriculum. With extensive case study material from around the world,
this resource will assist institutions – from department heads to program convenors – to cost-effectively
align offerings with present and future educational demands.
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