Curriculum
Introduction
One of the primary functions of colleges and universities is to educate students. By training and educating future leaders, scholars, workers, and professionals; higher education institutions are uniquely positioned to understand and address sustainability challenges. Institutions that offer courses covering sustainability issues help equip their students to lead society to a sustainable future.
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Environmental Management Concentration (MS in Technology)
- Arizona State University (AZ)
Graduates are prepared for work in industrial settings, utilities, environmental regulatory agencies, environmental engineering or industrial hygiene consulting firms, and NGOs or other agencies involved with environmental management. Students can …
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Environmental Planning & Natural Resource Management Specialization (Master of Urban & Regional Planning)
- Florida State University (FL)
The Master's of Science in Planning (MSP) degree is the professional degree of most planners in the United States. The more than 900 MSP graduates from our program since its …
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Environmental Policy & Sustainability Management (MS)
- The New School (NY)
Sustainability Management focuses on assuring an organization's enduring environmental, social, and financial health through comprehensive and balanced attention to its system of resources and stakeholders. A firm's chief sustainability officer …
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Environmental Science (MS)
- Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)
The Environmental Science (MS) program prepares students for a career as an environmental professional or for those wishing to enter a PhD program. The program is designed to meet the …
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Environmental Studies (MA/MS)
- University of Oregon (OR)
The Environmental Studies Program offers a master of science (M.S.) or master of arts (M.A.) degree in Environmental Studies and a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) in Environmental Sciences, Studies, and …
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Environmental Studies (MS)
- College of Charleston (SC)
The MES Program at the College of Charleston has been designed to provide students with an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of environmental problems through graduate level studies of both …
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Executive Master in Sustainability Leadership
- Arizona State University (AZ)
The Executive Master's for Sustainability Leadership at Arizona State University teaches organizational leadership skills through the lens of sustainability. It provides working mid-career professionals with practical, actionable tools to become …
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Executive Master of Natural Resources - Leadership in Sustainability
- Virginia Tech (VA)
Sustainability requires innovation and leadership, on the part of public and private partners working together to solve complex problems at multiple scales. The Executive Master of Natural Resources (XMNR) program …
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Global Green MBA
- University of Haifa
Israel is rated as one of the most advanced countries in the world for the management of water and renewable energy resources, and a leader in developing innovative and sustainable …
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Global Master in Development Practice (MDP)
- Columbia University (NY)
The Global Master's in Development Practice (MDP), an interdisciplinary graduate degree program, prepares students to better identify and address the challenges of sustainable development. MDP programs generally consist of two …
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Green MBA
- San Francisco Institute of Architecture (CA)
There is a vast expansion of the market for environmental management expertise and skills. These skills are needed throughout the business world, including nonprofits and government agencies, the construction and …
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International & Development Economics Joint Degree (MA)
- Yale University (CT)
Natural resources are important to economic development. Basic industries depend on forests, water, minerals, and hydrocarbons. Without careful management, the byproducts of development can despoil local environments, with consequent costs …
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International Master in Environmental Management & Sustainability
- James Madison University (VA)
- University of Malta (Northern Harbor District)
The master's program in Environmental Management and Sustainability is an accelerated, immersion 12-month international dual degree program. Students completing the program receive a Master of Science degree from both James …
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International Master in Environmental Studies & Sustainability Science
- Lund University
Its objective is to prepare students with the knowledge and competencies to actively contribute to long-term ecological and socio-economic sustainability. LUMES is designed to build on the previous knowledge, skills …
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Law & Environmental Science (MSc)
- University of Nottingham
This interdisciplinary programme is designed to provide an opportunity to explore the interplay between scientific knowledge and law. Students may take courses that address the international legal response to the …
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LLM Energy & Environment
- Tulane University (LA)
Since 1979, Tulane has taken a lead role in environmental legal education and the training of well-prepared environmental lawyers. Tulane offers a concentration in environmental law at the JD level, …
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LLM in Energy & Environmental Law
- George Washington University (DC)
A minimum of 16 credit hours from the following courses is required. For U.S. law school graduates this requirement must include 4 credits graded on the basis of research paper. …
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LLM in Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law
- University of Houston (TX)
The UH Law Center's LLM program in Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Law trains lawyers to handle the complex legal and policy issues that surround three areas: energy production, transportation, …
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LLM in Environmental & Natural Resources Law
- University of Oregon (OR)
The University of Oregon offers a select group of students the opportunity to earn an LLM in Environmental and Natural Resources Law. The Oregon LLM combines :a small class size, …
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LLM in Environmental & Natural Resources Law & Policy
- University of Denver (CO)
Our program is unique in terms of the number and variety of domestic and international course offerings. The curriculum emphasizes both theoretical and experiential knowledge and students can explore practical …
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LLM in Environmental & Resources Law
- University of Utah (UT)
The LLM program is a full-time one-year program providing advanced training in environmental and natural resources law. Each year 6 to 12 students enroll in the program, hailing from various …
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LLM in Environmental Law
- Pace University (NY)
Pace’s LLM in environmental law prepares lawyers to address the scientific, economic and political forces that shape the environment and to work for outcomes that protect our natural surroundings and …
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LLM in Environmental Law
- Golden Gate University (CA)
The LLM (Legum Magister - Master of Laws) in Environmental Law Program serves law graduates and attorneys from the US and abroad. This program provides a unique opportunity to combine …
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LLM in Environmental Law
- De Montfort University
The LLM in Environmental Law and Practice builds on the considerable expertise of the Law School in this specialist area, and is open to law and non-law graduates or professionals …
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LLM in Environmental Law & Human Rights
- Aberystwyth University
The Aberystwyth LLM course in Environmental and Human Rights Law is your opportunity to engage with two of the most dominant current global concerns – the environment and human rights. …
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LLM in Environmental Law & Management
- Aberystwyth University
The Environmental Law and Management LLM will suit students that wish to: study an area of law with urgent contemporary significance and practical relevance; develop a critical appreciation of legal …
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LLM in Environmental Law & Natural Resources Law
- Lewis & Clark College (OR)
Lewis & Clark's overall environmental law program was founded in 1970 and is consistently ranked as one of the best in the United States by U.S. News and World Report. …
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LLM in Environmental Law & Policy
- University College London (London)
All LLM Law students can choose modules from this area of specialism. If students choose to study Environmental Law and Policy as a specialist degree, they should choose modules. To …
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LLM in Environmental Law & Policy
- University of Kent
The LLM in Environmental Law and Policy provides detailed knowledge of the role of legal instruments as a means of giving effect to environmental policy at national, European Community and …
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LLM in Environmental Law & Sustainable Development
- University of Dundee
The programme aims to give law graduates and others a conceptual understanding of the main legal issues related to environmental regulation as well as knowledge of the subject sufficient to …
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LLM in Environmental Regulation & Sustainable Development
- The University of Newcastle (NSW)
The Masters programme in Environmental Regulation and Sustainable Development is aimed at students with an interest in environmental law and regulation and is designed to allow students to specialise in …
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LLM in Human Rights
- St. Thomas University (FL)
The Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intercultural Human Rights started in August 2001, with only the LL.M. Program; joined in 2005 by the J.S.D. Program. Today, it has expanded into …
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LLM in Natural Resources Law & International Environmental Law
- University of Iceland
The LLM in Natural Resources Law and International Environmental Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland is inspired by Iceland's unique natural setting and legal history within the …
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LLM in Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law
- University of Calgary (AB)
Since 1988, students studying natural resources, energy and environmental law from around the world have come to the University of Calgary to pursue their thesis-based LLM degrees. In September 2007 …
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LLM in Sustainable International Development
- University of Washington, Bothell (WA)
The Sustainable International Development LLM program is the first graduate program at a U.S. law school to focus on international development law. A law degree that emphasizes Sustainable International Development …
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MS in Environmental Studies, Advocacy for Social Justice & Sustainability
- Antioch University, New England (NH)
Students can prepare for careers as environmental activists with Antioch University New England's Master of Science in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Advocacy for Social Justice and Sustainability. The …
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MA in Asian Sustainable Development
- Murdoch University (Western Australia)
With this course you'll explore aspects of government, the economic and civil society within the context of sustainability. Focusing on case studies from the Asian region, you will investigate how …
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MA in Cultural Sustainability
- Goucher College (MD)
Goucher's Master of Arts in Cultural Sustainability is a completely unique new program. The program teaches students how to work closely with individuals and communities to identify, protect, and enhance …
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MA in Design for Sustainability
- Savannah College of Art & Design (GA)
In design for sustainability, individuals learn to transform short-term thinking into long-term design solutions. Professionals design sustainable futures through transdisciplinary approaches to social, cultural, environmental and economic problems. At SCAD, …
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MA in Ecologically Sustainable Development
- Murdoch University (Western Australia)
The Master of Arts in Ecologically Sustainable Development is designed to explore the policies, issues and processes of ecologically sustainable development (ESD). Students are able to study the current status, …
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MA in Education: Natural Science & Environmental Education
- Hamline University (MN)
Among Hamline's education programs is its Master of Arts in Education in Natural Science and Environmental Education, offering individuals the knowledge and experience needed to take leadership roles in their …
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MA in Environment & Community
- Antioch University, Seattle (WA)
The MA in Environment and Community offers you an opportunity to help build a truly sustainable and just society. Working together, students and faculty explore - through permaculture courses, classes …
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MA in Environment & Management
- Royal Roads University (BC)
Our 30 credit totally online Master of Arts in Environmental Practice degree prepares students to advance their career and to contribute positively to finding solutions for environmental problems. The master's …
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MA in Environmental Analysis & Policy
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
The natural environment is both the context within which all human activities take place and a social product of those activities. Environmental planning begins with analysis of the physical, biotic, …
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MA in Environmental Conservation Education
- New York University (NY)
The program's interdisciplinary approach draws on both theory and practice and integrates the natural and social sciences with education and field work to help students gain an understanding of the …
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MA in Environmental Education
- Prescott College (AZ)
Environmental Studies originated from the natural sciences, but has since expanded to include the social sciences, humanities, education, economics, design thinking, ethics, and justice. Through studies in Environmental Studies, students …
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MA in Environmental Education & Communication
- Royal Roads University (BC)
The MA in Environmental Education and Communication is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on developing competency and skill in educators and communicators who present environmental information to audiences. This is …
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MA in Resilient Leadership
- Naropa University (CO)
Students in Naropa’s Resilient Leadership graduate program learn to identify systems that separate us from the world, locking us in destructive cycles. They unravel habits and learn to rebuild and …
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MS in Environmental Science & Policy
- Clark University (MA)
Offered through Clark’s International Development, Community and Environment Department (IDCE), the Master’s in Environmental Science and Policy program bridges environment, technology, society and development. Strengthening these connections meets a pressing …
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MA in Environmental Studies
- Brown University (RI)
Our goal for the Master of Arts Program in Environmental Studies is twofold: to help you understand emerging environmental problems and to strengthen your competence in managing them. In most …
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This tab provides access to data collected through AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ (STARS). STARS is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance. STARS enables meaningful comparisons over time and across institutions using a common set of measurements developed with broad participation from the campus sustainability community.
All responses reference content from reports under the latest version of STARS, version 2.2. AASHE membership and log-in is required.
AC 1: Academic Courses
- Percentage of courses that are sustainability course offerings
- Percentage of academic departments with sustainability course offerings
- Inventory of sustainability course offerings (upload)
- Website URL - Sustainability course offerings
AC 2: Learning Outcomes
- Description of institution level sustainability learning outcomes
- List of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability
- Percentage of students who graduate from programs that require an understanding of sustainability
- Website URL - Sustainability learning outcomes
AC 3: Undergraduate Program
- First sustainability-focused undergraduate degree program
- Second sustainability-focused undergraduate degree program
- Third sustainability-focused undergraduate degree program
- First sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration
- Second sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration
- Third sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration
AC 4: Graduate Program
- First sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program
- Second sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program
- Third sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program
- First sustainability-focused graduate-level minor or concentration
- Second sustainability-focused graduate-level minor or concentration
- Third sustainability-focused graduate-level minor or concentration
AC 5: Immersive Experience
- Description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s)
- Second sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program
- Third sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program
AC 6: Sustainability Literacy Assessment
- Copy of the sustainability literacy assessment (upload)
- Copy of the sustainability literacy assessment (description)
- Website URL - Assessment of sustainability literacy
AC 7: Incentives for Developing Courses
- Description of the course development incentives
- Website URL - Incentives for developing sustainability courses
AC 8: Campus as a Living Laboratory
Additional analysis on scores and quantitative fields can be conducted using the STARS Benchmarking Tool.