Available at: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/3203
Date of Award
12-2025
Degree Name
MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department/Program
Civil and Environmental Engineering
College
College of Engineering
Advisor
Rebekah Oulton
Advisor Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Advisor College
College of Engineering
Abstract
This thesis proposes a framework to assist in developing educational activities targeting the longitudinal growth of sustainability skills, knowledge, and attitudes (cumulatively known as competencies), contextualized in a Toolkit for engineering educators. This framework is applied to three civil engineering classes in a teaching-oriented university to demonstrate potential applications and limitations. Sustainability integration in higher education institutions has been recognized as increasingly important as complex sustainability challenges continue to develop and arise. Sustainable education, a pedagogical framework and collection of educational methods, has been shown to produce students with the key sustainability competencies needed to address sustainability challenges and promote sustainable development. Engineers are uniquely suited to addressing sustainability challenges due to their role in developing critical technologies that underpin the functionality of our society. Literature regarding sustainable education methods and integration into higher education institutions was reviewed and consolidated, forming a Toolkit to assist educators to develop classroom materials, activities, and assessments