Course Overview

Climate change increasingly affects engineering systems, infrastructure, and long-term decision-making. This professional development course provides engineers with a clear, technically grounded overview of climate change, focused on relevance to engineering practice rather than advocacy.

The course emphasizes risk, uncertainty, projections, and professional responsibility, helping engineers understand how climate considerations intersect with design, operations, and resilience planning.

What You Will Learn

• The distinction between climate and weather
• Fundamentals of Earth’s energy balance and the greenhouse effect
• Major greenhouse gases and their relative impacts
• Observed climate trends versus natural variability
• Climate models, uncertainty, and validation
• Emissions scenarios and climate projections
• Regional versus global climate impacts
• Climate change as a risk multiplier
• Implications for engineering practice and resilience

Who This Course Is For

• Licensed Professional Engineers
• Engineers seeking PDHs for license renewal
• Engineers in industry, consulting, or public agencies
• Engineers involved in infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, or environmental systems
• Professionals seeking a technical, non-political treatment of climate change

Course Format

• Self-paced, online delivery
• Earn 1 PDH
• Includes a knowledge check
• Certificate of completion provided

Instructor Credentials

This course is developed and taught by a licensed Professional Engineer with industry experience and an academic background in engineering and sustainability. Course content emphasizes technical accuracy, professional responsibility, and practical relevance.

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https://issep-education.thinkific.com/products/courses/mastering-climate-change

ISSEP 103 is an online PDH course for engineers covering climate science fundamentals, risk, projections, and engineering implications.