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EPU-106
Site Planning (5 units)
Prerequisites: EPU-103 (Computed Aided Design
(CAD) Technique),
EPU-104 (Geographic Information System)
The course provides the skills and techniques on arranging
land uses and estimating land space requirements for
residential, commercial, industrial and even mix-use type of
development. Students acquire knowledge on the standards
and requirements of government on open space, utilities and
infrastructures, and environmental considerations. Given the
formulated physical plan, students also learn to estimate cost
and project financial profitability of the planned development.
EPU-107
Utilities and Infrastructure Planning
(3 units)
Prerequisites: EPU-103 (Computed Aided Design
(CAD) Technique),
EPU-104 (Geographic Information System),
EPU-105 (Land Use and Settlement Planning)
The course enables the students to learn the methods and
techniques for determining capacity requirements for utilities
and infrastructures, e.g. water, power, sewerage and drainage,
road system, etc. They also learn to undertake preliminary
engineering design of utilities and infrastructures needed for
township development.
EPU-108
Green Architecture Aesthetics
and Design Techniques (5 units)
Prerequisites: EPU-103, (Computed Aided Design
(CAD) Technique),
EPU-106 (Site Planning)
The course enables the students to learn and understand
the philosophy, concepts, principles, and practicality
of green architecture and aesthetics. The students also
learn the techniques for designing green or sustainable
building facilities.
EPU-109
Special Problem on Urban Planning
and Green Architecture 1 (3 units)
Prerequisites: EPM-129 (Environment Research Methods),
EPM-131 (Socioeconomic Planning
and Governance),
EPU-102 (Urban and Regional Planning)
The course enables students to learn how to conceptualize
and develop planning and design proposals to address
environmental problems, specifically in towns and cities.
The proposal includes the conduct of systematic research
work using tools and techniques on urban planning as well as
concepts and principles of green architecture. The student is
expected to carry out said proposal during the second phase
of the thesis work.
EPU-110
Prerequisite:
Special Problem on Urban Planning
and Green Architecture 2 (3 units)
EPU-109 (Special Problem on Urban Planning
and Green Architecture 1)
The course involves conducting actual field investigation
and research work guided by the conceptual and analytical
framework developed and approved by a panel of experts
on the field of specialization during the first phase of the
thesis work. At the end of the course, students present and
defend their research and planning works that include their
recommended planning and architectural solutions to urban
and/or environmental problems.
EPC-101
Energy Security and Sustainable
Development (3 units)
Prerequisites: EPM-124 (Alternative Theories and Concepts
of Sustainable Development),
EPM-125 (Fundamentals of Environmental Science)
This course discusses the current and potential future
energy systems relevant to developing countries, in
general and the Philippines, in particular. It examines the
various conventional energy systems such as fossil and
nuclear‐fuelled energy systems that supply most of the
country’s and also the world’s commercial energy needs,
including the sustainability problems related to their
use. It then investigates renewable energy systems such
as solar thermal energy, solar photovoltaics, bio-energy,
hydroelectricity, wind power, geothermal energy and ocean
thermal energy conversion.
The course explains the physical and technological
principles associated with each energy system and the
economic and environmental impacts of each energy
system. The sustainable energy future is examined based
on the challenges posed by climate change and low carbon
objectives. Policies and technologies which could be adopted
to create more sustainable energy systems in the Philippines
and the world in the twenty-first century are discussed.
EPC-102
Prerequisite:
Environmental Standards
and Pollution Analysis (5 units)
S-101 LEC/LAB (General Chemistry Lecture/
Laboratory
The course introduces the students to the various
technologies and methods for water, air and noise pollution
analysis. It enables the students to learn how to collect and
analyze environmental pollution data using analytical
equipment and following environmental standards
of government.
EPC-103
Prerequisite:
Air Pollution and Water Residual
Management (5 units)
EPC-102 (Environmental Standards and
Pollution Analysis)
The course introduces the technologies and processes for
mitigating air and water pollution. It also provides knowledge
and understanding of the various compliance requirements
and industry norms for air and water residual management.
The students learn how to plan and implement air and water
residual management programs.
EPC-104
Practice in Environmental Impact
Assessment (5 units)
Prerequisites: EPM-127 (Introduction to Geo-hazard
Assessment and the EIA Process),
EPC-101 (Energy Security and
Sustainable Development),
EPC-103 (Air Pollution and
Water Residual Management)
The students undergo the actual conduct of environmental
impact assessment (EIA) of an environmentally risky project
in an environmentally critical area following the EIPSS
procedures. On the basis of the EIA, they lean to formulate
an environmental management plan. In conducting an
EIA, students experience how to prepare and package EIA
documents required in applying for an Environmental
Compliance Certificate (ECC) with the DENR.
EPC-105 ISO
Prerequisites:
Registration and Environmental
Audit Requirements and Procedure
(3 units)
EPM-127 (Introduction to Geo-hazard
Assessment and the EIA Process),
EPC-103 (Air Pollution and Water Residual
Management)
The students acquire knowledge of international standards
on product quality and environmental management. They
get oriented on the requirements and procedures for the
registration of business companies with the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO). The students also
learn the principles of and guidelines on environmental audit
for ISO registered firms.
EPC-106
Production and Operations Management
(3 units)
Prerequisites: M-101 (College Algebra),
M-102(Elementary Statistics),
EPM-132 (Feasibility Study and Project Management)
The course introduces the students to operations management
that considers environmental sustainability which will
contribute to the survival and success of a business firm.
Students gain knowledge of effective environmental
business re-engineering and value adding processes that will
strategically allow business firms to emerge successfully in an
environment quality-based competitive position.
The course provides students with a comprehensive view
of the nature and context of operations management, methods
in product design and business processes, selection design of
production facilities and management of the supply chain that
consider environmental integrity as a primordial concern.
EPC-107
Special Problem on Corporate
Environmental Management 1 (3 units)
Prerequisites: EPM-127 ( Introduction to Geo-hazard Assessment
and the EIA Process),
EPM-129 (Environmental Research Methods),
EPM-130 (Environmental Cost Management)
The course enables students to learn how to conceptualize
and develop research and planning proposals directed to
providing solutions to identified corporate environmental
problems, e.g. waste disposal, energy cost, etc., that impact
on the financial profitability and/or operating expense
requirements of institutions, e.g. business firms, local
government units, etc. The proposal includes the conduct
of systematic research work using tools and techniques
on production and operations management as well as
environmental cost accounting.
The student is expected to carry out said proposal during
the second phase of the thesis work.
EPC-108
Prerequisite:
Special Problem on Corporate
Environmental Management 2 (3 units)
EPC-107 (Special Problem on Corporate
Environmental Management 1)
The course involves conducting actual field investigation
and research work guided by the conceptual and analytical
framework developed and approved by a panel of experts
on the field of specialization during the first phase of the
thesis work. At the end of the course, students present and
defend their research output and recommended solutions to
corporate environmental problems.
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