Sustainability Dual Major
University of New Hampshire
Year Founded: Jan. 1, 2016
Date Posted: June 13, 2018
Submitted by: Jade Chalkley
Sustainability Topic:
Curriculum
Content Type:
Academic Programs
Discipline:
Sustainability Studies & Science
Tags:
Program Type: Joint Degree
Description
The new undergraduate Sustainability Dual Major, launched in spring 2016, provides an innovative pathway for emerging leaders to gain the skills and knowledge needed to be agents of change in a complex, ever-changing global environment. Students from any UNH college or major can pair the Sustainability Dual Major with the first major. This makes the UNH Sustainability Dual Major inherently (and intentionally) cross-disciplinary field in terms of study and practice. The goal is to help students make connections across issues of science and ethics, policy and technology, and culture and history to better understand and take action on pressing issues of our time. Also, to do the following: