SLS Affiliated Courses span all six Colleges. These courses teach students about "creating sustainable communities" from the perspective of their specific disciplines or course topics. They align with one or more parts of SLS' approach to creating sustainable communities.

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Transportation and Health

Fall 2021
CEE 4670
Affiliated Courses

In this course, we will focus on the relationship between human health outcomes and the…


Un-Natural Disasters

ENGL 1102 B1, ENGL 1102 G1, ENGL 1102 L
Affiliated Courses

This course will examine how films, novels, and short stories represent the relationship between…


Understanding Markets with Data Science

Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
MGT 8803 , MGT 4803
Affiliated Courses

This course treats community as its central theme, and focuses on the use of data science to…


Urban Algae-fueled Aquaponics: The Food, Energy, Water Nexus in Atlanta

Spring 2017
CEE 4699
Affiliated Courses

The goal of the research is to determine how to make urban aquaponics netzero in terms of water…


Urban and Regional Economics

Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2018
ECON 4421, ECON 6330
Affiliated Courses

In Urban Economics, Atlanta is an interesting city. It is one of the most segregated cities in…


Urban Ecological Design

Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
CP 6836-C, ARCH 6447-PY
Affiliated Courses, Sustainable Cities Minor

Direct design of cities is often regarded as impossible owing to the fluidity, complexity, and…


Urban Forest

EAS 2803 HP, EAS 2803 SLS
Affiliated Courses

Students work with the non-profit organization, Trees Atlanta, as well as multiple neighborhoods…


Urban Policy/Urban Development Policy

Spring 2022
PUBP 4211, PUBP 6606
Affiliated Courses

In this course, students will learn the policy implications of Complex Adaptive Systems, which…


Urban Sociology

Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018
HTS 3012
Affiliated Courses, Innovating for Social Impact (I4SI)

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the field of urban sociology by exploring…


Urban Transportation

Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2018, Fall 2017
CP 4310
Affiliated Courses, Sustainable Cities Minor

This elective course provides an introduction to the field of transportation planning. We will…


User Interface Design

Fall 2018
CS 3750
Affiliated Courses

This project-based course covers the process of designing high-quality user interfaces to…


Vertically Integrated Project: 21st Century Global Atlanta

Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020
VIP 2601 VW6, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 6600, VIP 6601, VIP 6602, VIP 6603
Affiliated Courses, Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)

This VIP course brings together students of diverse backgrounds and disciplines to tell the…


Vertically Integrated Project: Bee Snap

Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
VIP 2601 VV4, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 6600, VIP 6601, VIP 6602, VIP 6603
Innovating for Social Impact (I4SI), Kendeda Building, Sustainable Cities Minor, Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)

This course is part of the Vertically Integrated Projects program, where students get credit for…


Vertically Integrated Project: Building for Equity and Sustainability

Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020
VIP 2601 VWM, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 6600, VIP 6601, VIP 6602, VIP 6603
Innovating for Social Impact (I4SI), Kendeda Building, Sustainable Cities Minor, Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)

This VIP takes as its main focus Georgia Tech’s new Living Building – the…


Vertically Integrated Project: Civic Data and Design

Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
VIP
Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)

The purpose of this course is to research and develop information, communication, and media…


Vertically Integrated Project: Configurable Computing and Embedded Systems

Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
VIP 2601 VPZ, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 6600, VIP 6601, VIP 6602, VIP 6603
Kendeda Building, Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)

This course is part of the Vertically Integrated Projects program, a program where students get…


Vertically Integrated Project: Engineering for Social Innovation

Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
VIP 2601 VV5, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 6600, VIP 6601, VIP 6602, VIP 6603
Innovating for Social Impact (I4SI), Sustainable Cities Minor, Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)

This course is part of the Vertically Integrated Projects program, where students get credit for…


Vertically Integrated Project: GaTech4Wildlife

Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021
VIP 2601VWE, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 6600, VIP 6601, VIP 6602, VIP 6603
Affiliated Courses, Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)

Currently the course works with international leaders in different species conservation and…


Vertically Integrated Project: Global Social Entrepreneurship

Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020
VIP 2601 VWJ, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 6600, VIP 6601, VIP 6602, VIP 6603
Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)

This VIP employs the sidekick model of global social entrepreneurship to leverage market forces…


Vertically Integrated Project: Graphic Medicine

Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023
VIP 2601 VXQ, VIP 3601 VXQ, VIP 3602 VXQ, VIP 4601 VXQ, VIP 4602 VXQ, VIP 4603 VXQ, VIP 4983 VXQ, VIP 6600 VXQ
Affiliated Courses, Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)

Graphic medicine is a growing field that focuses on how visual communication can be used for…


Vertically Integrated Project: Humanitech

Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
VIP 2601 VVS, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 6600, VIP 6601, VIP 6602, VIP 6603
Innovating for Social Impact (I4SI), Sustainable Cities Minor, Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)

GT faculty are working on a range of ongoing and exploratory humanitarian research topics. The…


Vertically Integrated Project: Living Building Science

Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020
VIP 2601 VWK, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 6600, VIP 6601, VIP 6602, VIP 6603
Affiliated Courses, Kendeda Building, Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)

You don't have to be Matt Damon on Mars to realize that now is the time to science the sh** out…


Vertically Integrated Project: Peace Engineering & Sustainable Development Goals (SDG9 & SDG16): Creating Peace & Strong Institutions through Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure

Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021
VIP 2601 VXC, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 6600, VIP 6601, VIP 6602, VIP 6603
Affiliated Courses, Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)

The United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to promote peace, end poverty, and…


Vertically Integrated Project: Solar Decathlon

Spring 2016
ECE2811, ECE 3811, ECE 3812, ECE 4811, ECE 4812-VV7
Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)


Virtually Remaking Cities

Spring 2018
CEE 8813
Affiliated Courses

In addressing their sustainability agenda through design and construction, cities are subject to…