Biomimicry

Description
The emerging discipline of biomimicry draws lessons from biological stratgies and emulates these for sustainable design. Pair your passion for biomimicry with your major field of interest, and become an empowered change agent for a better world.

The concentration in biomimicry concentration is designed to address the growing interest in biomimicry knowledge and training, and students who complete the concentration will be enabled to integrate biomimicry principles and tools into their prospective career.

The knowledge, competencies and skills students have upon completion of this program include the ability to:

• apply Life's Principles to specific needs within one's discipline
• facilitate the integration of biology into design within one's discipline using biomimicry thinking
• guide processes in one's discipline toward sustainability from a biomimetic perspective
• integrate biomimicry thinking into a discipline-specific opportunity resulting in biomimetic outcomes
• interpret observations in nature with a functional lens for design applications

The biomimicry concentration consists of four core classes, one elective course within the student's discipline, and a practicum capstone course offered through either the student's discipline or BMY 430 Biomimicry Practicum.

Requirements

• Students complete a minimum of 18 credit hours including 12 of upper division (300-400 level) hours for this concentration. It takes a minimum of four semesters to complete, due to course sequencing.
• Students must earn a grade of "B" or better in all biomimicry concentration courses. Students who earn a "B-" or lower in a certificate course must repeat the course to earn a "B" or better.
• Students should complete SOS 110 prior to enrolling in the certificate or in the first semester of enrollment.
• Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements for this concentration.

Core Courses - 12 credit hours

BMY 230: How Nature Works (3) or BIO 230: How Nature Works (3)

BMY 302 Principles of Life (3) **Notes: BMY 302 is typically only offered in spring semester.

BMY 304 The Practice of Biomimicry (3) **Notes: BMY 304 is typically only offered in fall semester.

SOS 110 Sustainable World (3)

Upper Division Elective - 3 credit hours

Upper Division Elective (3) Notes: Students must complete BMY 230, BMY 302 and BMY 304 prior to the upper division elective. The elective must be biomimicry related and ideally makes a connection between student's major and the concentration. Students are responsible for identifying elective options and submitting a proposal prior to taking the course. Students must be prepared to present a course syllabus and explain how they will apply biomimicry directly to course assignments. The course will not be moved into DARS audit to show completion of the requirement until after the student has completed and submitted the form, which will be provided to them upon approval of the elective. Email cgfadvising@asu.edu with questions about upper division electives.

Capstone - 3 credit hours

Upper Division Capstone course is required. Notes: Students must select either BMY 430, or a biomimicry-focused capstone in their corresponding major, or BMY 499 Independent Study (if options 1 and 2 are unavailable). Students must complete BMY 230, BMY 302, and BMY 304 prior to the capstone. With the exception of BMY 403, students are responsible for identifying capstone options and submitting a proposal prior to taking the course. Students must be prepared to provide a course syllabus and explain how they will apply biomimicry directly to course assignments. After completing the course, students must complete and submit a one-page form that guides them to reflect on their goals for applying biomimicry to the course, whether and how they succeeded, and what they learned in the process. The course will not be moved in the DARS audit to show completion of the requirement until after the student has completed and submitted the form, which will be provided to them upon approval of the capstone. Email cgfadvising@asu.edu with questions about the capstone.

Notes: Students may take a biomimicry-focused capstone in their corresponding concentration upon approval from the School of Sustainability and The Biomimicry Center.