BS in Sustainability
Washington University in St. Louis
Description
The Bachelor of Science in Sustainability provides an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and resolving today's most pressing and complex environmental, economic, and social challenges. The program is built on a foundation of Arts & Sciences courses that examine sustainable living from multiple perspectives--scientific, political, economic, social, historical, philosophical, anthropological, and literary. Grounded in this integrative approach and common understanding of the issues, students then choose one of three concentrations for greater in-depth study of sustainability: 1) Sustainable Environment and Science, for primary focus on environmental sciences, natural resources, and energy; 2) Sustainable Management and Organizations, for primary focus on sustainable business strategies and the triple bottom line-economic, social, environmental; and 3) Sustainable Communities and Development, for primary focus on designing and managing sustainable spaces in our cities and communities. The three concentrations include selected courses from Arts & Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Architecture. The overarching goal of the Bachelor of Science in Sustainability is to provide students with knowledge and methods about sustainability, local to global, and to help improve the quality of individual lives, the productivity of institutions, and the security of our planet.