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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Technical Communication: Water, Water Everywhere

Spring 2018
LMC 3403-A, LMC 3403-B, LMC 3403-G
Affiliated Courses

Students will be learning about effectively engaging with information using strategies and…


Technologies of Representation

LMC 3314
Affiliated Courses

This is a course about why people keep things, how people keep things, and the things that, try…


Technology and Poverty

Fall 2018, Fall 2017
CS 4745, CS 6745
Affiliated Courses

This course encourages students to think about how they might design technologies with a focus…


Technology and Poverty: ICTs and International Development

Spring 2017
CS 8803 TD, CS 4803 TD, INTA 8803
Affiliated Courses

My course encourages students to think about how they might design technologies with a focus on…


Technology and Society

Spring 2018
HTS 2084
Affiliated Courses

Technology and Society examines connections between the history of technology and other aspects…


Technology and Sustainable Community Development (Tech and Sustainable Communities)

Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
SLS 3110
Affiliated Courses, Innovating for Social Impact (I4SI), Sustainable Cities Minor

When does technology improve communities? When doesn’t it, and why? How can you improve your…


Technology and Sustainable Community Development (Tech and Sustainable Communities)

Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
SLS 3110
Affiliated Courses, Innovating for Social Impact (I4SI), Sustainable Cities Minor

When does technology improve communities? When doesn’t it, and why? How can you improve your…


Technology, Representation and Design ("Data Walks")

Fall 2017
LMC 6312
Affiliated Courses

Today, data on communities in Atlanta are more accessible than ever. Micro and macro changes in…


The Building Blocks of ABCD - SHORT COURSE

Spring 2021
CP 8881 (C1), CP 4811 (C1)
Affiliated Courses


The City in U.S. History

Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
HTS 3011
Affiliated Courses, Sustainable Cities Minor

This course surveys the development of cities in the territory that became the United States –…


The Connell Workshop: The Art of Drawing

Spring 2019
ARCH 4833, ARCH 8833
Affiliated Courses

The workshop explores a wide range of issues in hand drawing - tone, line, contour, gesture,…


The Cultural History of Trees and the Tech Tower White Oak

Spring 2022
LMC 2050
Affiliated Courses

In a recent episode of the television series Ted Lasso, Beard (Ted’s assistant coach) name-drops…


The End is Nigh, Eventually: Global and Local Approaches to the Pre-Apocalypse

Summer 2022
ENGL 1102 SF5
Affiliated Courses

Apocalypse (noun): From the Greek apokálypsis, 'Uncovering' The end of the world.…


The History and Rhetoric of Science Writing for Children

Fall 2018, Spring 2018
ENGL 1102
Affiliated Courses

Books for children, both fiction and non-fiction, can address scientific principles in creative…


The Outbreak Narrative

Fall 2019, Spring 2019
ENGL 1102
Affiliated Courses

In "The Outbreak Narrative" will explore communication via our class topic: narratives of…


The Poetics of Sustainability: Race and the Environment

Summer 2019
ENGL 1102
Affiliated Courses

Utilizing our WOVEN curriculum, this course will explore the intersections of race and the…


The Poetics of Sustainability: Race and the Environment

Summer 2020
ENGL 1102
Affiliated Courses

Utilizing our WOVEN curriculum, this Serve-Learn-Sustain affiliated course will explore the…


The Power of Truthiness: Thinking and Writing Empirically in a Post-Fact World

ENGL 1101

In nearly every hour of every day, we are bombarded with arguments and statements meant to…


The Rhetorics and Poetics of Dirt

Spring 2018
ENGL 1102
Affiliated Courses

This course asks students to examine what we talk about when we talk about “dirt,” and how do…


The Shape of the City: Gentrification and Culture in Atlanta and America

Fall 2019
ENGL 1102
Affiliated Courses

Gentrification—the economic and cultural “revitalization” of American cities--has been, for…


The Smart Workplace: Promoting Health and Sustainability in Small to Medium Sized Buildings Through IT-Enabled Hybrid Ventilation

Spring 2017
Affiliated Courses

Previous studies continue to demonstrate the impact of indoor built environment conditions on…


Thermodynamics

Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017
ME 3322
Affiliated Courses

Thermodynamics plays a critical role in the development of new systems which provide energy,…


Think Global, Act Local to Advance the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

Spring 2021
GT 4803
Affiliated Courses
Interested in the SDGs? Want to learn more about them? Want to help Georgia Tech develop a…


This is Fine - Humor, Media, and Climate Change

Fall 2020, Summer 2020
ENGL 1101
Affiliated Courses

Recent IPCC predictions argue that the world has ten years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by…


Tokyo Smart City Studio Project

Spring 2017
CP 6052-PY, ARCH 6072-PY
Affiliated Courses

The urban design studio provides learning opportunities of students from city planning,…