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 Horticulture: Landscape Design (AS)
- Santa Rosa Junior College (CA)
The Environmental Horticulture: Garden Design major prepares students for occupations within the landscape industry that require garden design skills. The program emphasizes hands-on learning, and most courses incorporate lab activities ...
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Agriculture Plant Science (AS)
- Santa Rosa Junior College (CA)
The Associate in Science for Transfer in Agriculture Plant Science will provide current and relevant knowledge, skills and abilities through education and hands-on training in Agricultural Science, Animal Science and ...
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Agriculture Business (AS)
- Santa Rosa Junior College (CA)
The Associate in Science for Transfer in Agriculture Business will provide current and relevant knowledge, skills and abilities through education and hands-on training in Agriculture Business, Agriculture Studies, AgriBusiness, Ag ...
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Environmental Horticulture: Landscape Construction and Maintenance (AS)
- Santa Rosa Junior College (CA)
The Environmental Horticulture: Landscape Construction and Maintenance major deals with all aspects of plant use in the landscape. People working in the landscape field derive job satisfaction from enhancing the ...
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Biosystems Engineering (BS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Biosystems Engineering major aims to train students apply quantitative skills to create products, processes, and systems that improve human existence. Working at the interface of engineering and biology, biosystems ...
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Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (BS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The undergraduate program in chemical engineering at Michigan State University has a strong focus on the integration of engineering science and process design with complementary areas of study in bioprocess ...
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Crop and Soil Sciences (BS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Crop and Soil Sciences major is designed to train professional crop scientists, soil scientists, turfgrass scientists and environmentalists. It prepares them to apply scientific principles of crop and soil ...
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Environmental Geography (BS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Geography provides comprehensive academic training in the environment and how its many aspects interrelate across the landscape. Environmental geographers describe, analyze, and explain ...
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Geographic Information Science (BS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Bachelor of Science Degree in Geographic Information Science provides a rigorous, in-depth program for students interested in the application of information technology to the spatial dimensions of Earth’s ...
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Agronomic Sciences (BS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
This concentration develops agronomists. These scientists have career opportunities with chemical, seed, and fertilizer companies; as consultants; with governmental agencies such as the departments of agriculture and/or natural resources ...
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Geography Minor
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Minor in Geography provides a fundamental foundation to the breadth of study within the field of geography as well as grounding in general geographic theory. The minor is available ...
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Geographic Information Science Minor
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Geography Minor in Geographic Information Science provides a program for students interested in the application of information technology to the spatial dimensions of Earth’s human and physical systems ...
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Forestry (BS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The undergraduate forestry program integrates ecology, biology, economics and social science to help students find solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges in areas of climate change ...
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Science, Technology, Environment and Public Policy Minor
- Michigan State University (MI)
Students who pursue the STEPPS minor are interested in how science and politics relate to one another. It is designed for both science and non-science majors, and allows students to ...
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Fisheries and Wildlife (BS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Fisheries and Wildlife undergraduate program provides a strong base in the foundational and applied sciences of natural resource management. The program is designed to develop understanding of the cultural ...
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Sustainable Tourism and Protected Area Management (MS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The STPAM graduate program is designed for students interested in issues of sustainable tourism and/or protected area management in either a domestic or international context. Students in this graduate ...
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Sustainable Tourism and Protected Area Management (PhD)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Doctor of Philosophy degree in Sustainable Tourism and Protected Area Management is designed to enable students to generate new knowledge in the complementary fields of tourism and protected area ...
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Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (MA)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Department of Community Sustainability offers a Master of Arts (MA) Degree as a way for individuals to advance professional knowledge through education in the context of agriculture, food and ...
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Community Sustainability (MS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The CSUS graduate program is designed for students interested in issues of community sustainability in either a domestic or international context. Broadly speaking, faculty, academic staff, and graduate students working ...
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Community Sustainability (PhD)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The CSUS graduate program is designed for students interested in issues of community sustainability in either a domestic or international context. Broadly speaking, faculty, academic staff, and graduate students working ...
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Environmental Toxicology Graduate Specialization
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Environmental Toxicology Graduate Specialization is a multidisciplinary dual-PhD program in Environmental and Integrative Toxicological Sciences (EITS) that provides students an advanced toxicology graduate education and research opportunities related to ...
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Ecological Food and Farming Systems Graduate Specialization
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Ecological Food and Farming Systems (EFFS) graduate specialization is designed to foster understanding of biogeochemical, socioeconomic, and policy concepts critical to sustainable agriculture and food systems. The program provides ...
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Forest Carbon Science, Policy and Management Graduate Certificate
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Graduate Certificate in Forest Carbon Science, Policy and Management provides students with interdisciplinary training necessary to plan, manage, monitor and evaluate climate change mitigation projects that seek to retain ...
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Crop and Soil Sciences (MS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences requires all graduate students to participate in a meaningful teaching or extension experience and to exhibit proficiency in both writing and general ...
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Crop and Soil Sciences (PhD)
- Michigan State University (MI)
All doctoral programs in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences must include course work, a teaching/extension experience and general presentation skills requirement, written research proposal, research and ...
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Plant Pathology (MS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The MS and PhD programs in Plant Pathology are designed to facilitate the development of graduate student’s ability to conduct original research and to provide the basic background for ...
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Plant Pathology (PhD)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The MS and PhD programs in Plant Pathology are designed to facilitate the development of graduate student’s ability to conduct original research and to provide the basic background for ...
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Biosystems Engineering (MS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
Biosystems Engineering (BE) faculty and graduate students are engaged in research in four areas: 1) Food - food safety and quality; 2) Environment - sustainable ecosystems and resource conservation; 3) Energy - bioenergy ...
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Biosystems Engineering (PhD)
- Michigan State University (MI)
Biosystems Engineering (BE) faculty and graduate students are engaged in research in four areas: 1) Food - food safety and quality; 2) Environment - sustainable ecosystems and resource conservation; 3) Energy - bioenergy ...
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Fisheries and Wildlife (MS)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife offers a thesis or non-thesis Master of Science (M.S.) degree and a Doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in Fisheries and Wildlife. Graduate degree specializations ...
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Fisheries and Wildlife (PhD)
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife offers a thesis or non-thesis Master of Science (M.S.) degree and a Doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in Fisheries and Wildlife. Graduate degree specializations ...
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Spatial Ecology Graduate Certificate
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Graduate Certificate in Spatial Ecology provides interdisciplinary training necessary to develop inference about ecological phenomena using appropriate spatial theory, statistics, modeling approaches and data management tools. Students gain the ...
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Environmental and Social Systems Modeling Graduate Certificate
- Michigan State University (MI)
The Environment and Science Policy Program (ESPP) at Michigan State University (MSU) informs students of modeling techniques for addressing socio-environmental issues in complex systems. This module of courses exposes students ...
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Environmental Science (BS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
Environmental Science at ESF is an interdisciplinary degree program that offers students a variety of courses and faculty members to choose from as well as several research and field study ...
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Bioprocess Engineering (BS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The bioprocess engineering program prepares students for work in the emerging bioprocessing and biofuels industry to produce energy and related chemical products from renewable resources. Students in this program master ...
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Environmental Education and Interpretation (BS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
Environmental Education teaches people of all ages about the natural environment, so that they can make informed decisions on how to care for it. Interpretation is a communications process that ...
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Forest Resources Management (BS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
Forest resources management is an integration of forest ecology and biology, forest measurements, forest policy and administration, and courses to predict and evaluate the effects of manipulation. Timber, water, soils ...
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Natural Resources Management (BS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The Natural Resources Management (NRM) program is structured to introduce students to a wide range of renewable natural resources (soils, water, vegetation, wildlife, recreation), while maintaining substantial flexibility for student-centered ...
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Landscape Architecture (BLA)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The Landscape Architecture program combines the issues of nature, craft, art, technology, science, and professionalism into a program that is designed to help prepare students for a career in the ...
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Environmental Biology Minor
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
This minor provides students the opportunity to explore fundamentals of molecular, cellular and organismal biology and ecology and to develop laboratory and field proficiencies in the discipline. The minor is ...
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Environmental Health Minor
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The Environmental Health minor will introduce students to environmental health with a core context of epidemiology and toxicology; the minor requires 15-17 credit hours. The Environmental Health minor will be ...
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Environmental Policy and Communication Minor
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The minor in Environmental Policy and Communication is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to navigate the environmental policy process, to effectively communicate with diverse stakeholders in ...
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Environmental Writing and Rhetoric Minor
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
Writing, reading, and presentation skills are essential to students' success during college and beyond. The EWR minor encourages students to develop fluency and expertise in these skills and other 21st ...
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Recreation Resource and Protected Area Management Minor
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
This minor provides students with the opportunity to combine visitor management with protected area management. Understanding the need to balance the opportunity for visitor experiences with protecting and stewarding protected ...
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Urban Environmental Science Minor
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
Students with an interest in the urban environment will find a wealth of opportunities and courses at ESF to prepare them for rewarding careers in understanding, developing and managing urban ...
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Forestry Minor
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The minor in forestry draws from the biological, physical, social, and managerial sciences. The curriculum aids in understanding the biological complexities of the forest and the interactions between the forest ...
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Urban Forestry Minor
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The Urban Forestry minor will provide students with the opportunity to better understand complex human-dominated ecosystems where trees and people coexist in close proximity. Understanding and attempting to manage this ...
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Environmental and Forest Biology (MS, MPS)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The graduate program in environmental and forest biology is organized in areas of study designed to provide a strong background within specific interest areas. Faculty with nationally and internationally recognized ...
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Environmental and Forest Biology (PhD)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
The graduate program in environmental and forest biology is organized in areas of study designed to provide a strong background within specific interest areas. Faculty with nationally and internationally recognized ...
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Environmental Leadership Certificate
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
Students in the fully online Environmental Leadership certificate program will develop leadership skills in advocating for a values-driven, sustainable culture, staying current with ever-changing, but absolutely critical local, regional, national ...
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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.