Engineering is socio-technical in nature - a technical process which both exerts and is influenced by social forces. Engineers are agents of social change and a strong understanding and ability to facilitate social considerations within engineering, guided by underlying values of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI), is in greater demand than ever before. The value of these ideals is being quickly recognized within post-secondary institutions, industry and the corporate world, research spaces and the profession’s regulatory bodies, with more institutions and businesses explicitly integrating JEDI considerations into their vision and practices.
All undergraduate Engineering students are eligible to participate in this certificate program. Students who complete the requirements of the Certificate will receive a notation on their transcript upon graduation.
Requirements
Eligible courses for the certificate fall into 3 broad categories: Equity & Justice, Technology & Society, Ethics and/or Broader Considerations. The requirements for the Certificate are the successful completion of 1 course from each category and no more than 2 of the 3 courses can have a non-FASE affiliated course code:
Equity and Justice
- TEP324H1: Engineering and Social Justice (FASE)
- WGS273H1: Gender and Environmental (In)Justice (FAS)
- WGS390H1: Land-ing: Indigenous and Black Futurist Spaces (FAS)
- CSE240H1: Introduction to Critical Equity and Solidarity Studies (FAS/New College)
Technology and Society
- CME259H1: Technology in Society and the Biosphere I (FASE)
- ESC203H1: Engineering and Society (FASE)
- HPS202H1: Technology in the Modern World (FAS)
- HPS205H1: Science, Technology, and Empire (FAS)
- TEP440H1: To Engineer is Human (FASE)
Ethics and Broader Considerations
- TEP447H1: The Art of Ethical & Equitable Decision Making in Engineering (FASE)
- HPS200H1: Science and Values (FAS)
- TEP449H1: Intercultural Communication and Leadership (FASE)
- TEP445H1: The Power of Story: Discovering Your Leadership Narrative (FASE)
The Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS) courses listed above represent courses where we have an agreement to offer reserved spaces for Engineering students. Within FAS there are many other courses that connect to these concepts. If a student is enrolled in a course that they believe is relevant to this topic, they may make a request for that course to count toward the certificate on a case-by-case basis.