Targeted Infusion Project: An Interdisciplinary Urban Environmental Studies Initiative (TIP-IUES)

迪拉德大学的目标灌输项目-跨学科城市环境研究计划(TIP-IUES)-旨在培养在使用多种参考框架方面训练有素的本科生，以探索自然和人造生态系统与驱动环境和自然资源变化的人类行为之间的联系。该计划将设计和实施一个跨学科的城市环境研究集中，它将跨越四个学科：生物学/生物化学、计算机科学、城市研究/政策和应用数学。该项目将支持开设两门课程（城市环境研究入门课程和应用环境微生物学课程）、学生驱动的研究项目和一个开源平台（EnviroThursday），用于迪拉德社区、城市官员和城市规划者以及公众之间的交流。该项目的目标是：开设两门课程，使学生了解城市生态系统的当前趋势，并为环境研究领域的研究生学习做好准备；修订市区城市规划335地理信息系统，使学生具备进行环境科学研究的技能；设计一个跨学科的城市环境研究专业，与迪拉德的深南环境正义中心合作，获得跨学科认证；让本科生参与环境研究。

Dillard University's Targeted Infusion Project entitled - An Interdisciplinary Urban Environmental Studies Initiative (TIP-IUES)- seeks to develop undergraduate students who are well-trained in the use of multiple frames of reference to explore linkages between natural and built ecosystems and the human behaviors that drive environmental and natural resource changes. This initiative will design and implement an interdisciplinary urban environmental studies concentration which will span four disciplines: biology/biochemistry, computer science, urban studies/policies, and applied mathematics. The project will support the creation of two courses (an introductory urban environmental studies course and an applied environmental microbiology course), student-driven research projects, and an open-source platform (EnviroThursday) for exchange between the Dillard community, city officials and city planners, and the public. The objectives of the project are: to develop two courses which will orient students to current trends in urban ecosystems and prepare them for graduate study in the field of environmental studies; to modify URB335 Geographic Information Systems to better equip students with the skill sets to conduct research in the field of environmental science; to design an Interdisciplinary Urban Environmental Studies concentration that will lead to interdisciplinary certification in conjunction with Dillard's Deep South Center for Environmental Justice; and to engage undergraduates in environmental research.