The virtual course "Wood Science: beyond construction - Virtual Course - Coursera", is a course with different contents and offers video classes of Approx. 11 hours to complete. Explore its essential features, and click the orange button for detailed information on the Coursera e-Learning platform.
The central question of this course: “why study wood?” If the question is "why study wood", one answer would be that it is the only raw material available to us that is truly renewable in terms of human life. Wood is as important to society today as it ever was, despite the development of many man-made substitute materials, the changing availability of resources, and the changing needs of society. Some items on the list of wood products remain the same (lumber, plywood and veneer for building construction, furniture, pallets and shipping crates and other containers and packaging materials, railroad ties, utility poles, chemical raw materials, etc.), but the list also keeps changing to meet new needs and challenges as the resource changes. In short, wood is a much more diverse, green and renewable resource than you could have imagined. Join us to learn about the important role of wood in human history, civilization, and our future. By the end of the course, students will be able to: - describe wood as a raw material and its critical importance to the global economy and the lives of the people who make that economy work. - identify the projected trend for wood consumption to continue to grow in the coming years, despite the image of wood as a "low technology" material. - identify the ways in which the properties of wood can lead to its efficient and sustainable use. -Identify the positive role of wood in boosting the world economy and the ability to generate unexpected vocations. - describe wood as a raw material and its critical importance to the world economy and the lives of the people who make that economy work. - identify the projected trend for wood consumption to continue to grow in the coming years, despite the image of wood as a "low technology" material. - identify the ways in which the properties of wood can lead to its efficient and sustainable use. -Identify the positive role of wood in boosting the world economy and the ability to generate unexpected vocations. - describe wood as a raw material and its critical importance to the world economy and the lives of the people who make that economy work. - identify the projected trend for wood consumption to continue to grow in the coming years, despite the image of wood as a "low technology" material. - identify the ways in which the properties of wood can lead to its efficient and sustainable use. -Identify the positive role of wood in boosting the world economy and the ability to generate unexpected vocations.
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