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

迪拉德大学的定向灌输项目--跨学科城市环境研究倡议(TIP-IUES)--旨在培养受过良好培训的本科生，他们能够使用多种参照系来探索自然和已建生态系统与推动环境和自然资源变化的人类行为之间的联系。这项倡议将设计和实施一个跨学科的城市环境研究中心，它将跨越四个学科：生物/生物化学、计算机科学、城市研究/政策和应用数学。该项目将支持创建两门课程(一门城市环境研究入门课程和一门应用环境微生物学课程)、学生主导的研究项目和一个供Dillard社区、城市官员和城市规划者以及公众交流的开源平台(Enviro星期四)。该项目的目标是：开发两门课程，引导学生了解当前城市生态系统的趋势，并为他们在环境研究领域的研究生学习做好准备；修改URB335地理信息系统，使学生更好地掌握进行环境科学领域研究的技能；设计一个跨学科的城市环境研究专业，将导致与迪拉德的深南环境司法中心一起获得跨学科认证；以及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.