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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Public and International Affairs with a focus on Science, Technology and Environmental Policy (PhD)
- Princeton University (NJ)
The program focuses on applications of natural and social science methodology to policy issues with a heavy scientific or technological component.
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Technology and Society, Energy Track Certificate
- Princeton University (NJ)
This cross-disciplinary certificate program is offered in partnership between the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment and the Keller Center. It is targeted to students, both engineers/scientists and humanists/social-scientists, …
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Sustainable Energy Certficate
- Princeton University (NJ)
The Program in Sustainable Energy is designed for Princeton undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing careers or graduate education in the area of sustainable energy science and technology to …
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Environmental Studies Certificate
- Princeton University (NJ)
The Environmental Studies Program, offered by the Princeton Environmental Institute, emphasizes experiential learning through courses and related fieldwork, offers a robust program of summer internships, and provides support for field …
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Environmental and Ecological Science (BS)
- Elon University (NC)
The B.S. degree in Environmental and Ecological Science includes advanced study of ecological processes for those students who are specifically interested in environmental science careers in ecosystem management, wildlife ecology, …
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Environmental Education Minor
- Northland College (WI)
The field and practice of environmental education refers to both formal and non-formal efforts to teach about how natural environments function, how human behaviors shape and influence those natural functions, …
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Natural Resources (BS)
- Northland College (WI)
Students will be working closely with faculty who will immerse you in the wildlife, fisheries, forests, wetlands, streams, and lakes of this northern ecosystem. They'll acquire the knowledge and skills …
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Sustainable Entrepreneurship (BS)
- Northland College (WI)
Consumers are increasingly wanting to take responsibility for their health and for society. In this major, students will build on the basics of entrepreneurship and ecological and social concerns through …
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Water Resource Management Certificate
- Green Mountain College (VT)
The Eco League Water Resources Management Certificate program trains students to meet the water crisis head on through an integrated, solution-oriented, hands-on program that takes advantage of regional perspectives and …
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Ethics and Social Sustainability Certificate
- Green Mountain College (VT)
The Ethics and Social Sustainability (ESS) certificate will add value to any major. It complements Green Mountain College’s sustainability-focused liberal arts mission and curriculum. The ESS certificate may be of …
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Environmental Education Minor
- Green Mountain College (VT)
Green Mountain College education students will receive close one-to-one mentoring from expert faculty and find many opportunities to practice your teaching and leadership skills before they graduate.
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Environmental Policy Minor
- Green Mountain College (VT)
The environmental policy minor is house under the environmental studies program, and provides students with the skills, knowledge, and experience that they will need to address complex environmental and social …
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Environmental Studies Minor
- Green Mountain College (VT)
The environmental studies program provides students with the skills, knowledge, and experience that they will need to address complex environmental and social problems. By helping students become critical thinkers and …
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Resilient and Sustainable Communities Minor
- Green Mountain College (VT)
Global ecological and social changes resulting from climate disruption, human population growth, and recourse depletion create unprecedented challenges for communities around the world. Understanding how communities can adapt to these …
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Applied Environmental Science (BS)
- Green Mountain College (VT)
Green Mountain College’s Applied Environmental Science (AES) major combines GMC’s strong science program with the College’s sustainability mission to create a rigorous, academic program grounded in real-world experience.
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Wildlife and Forestry Conservation (BS)
- Green Mountain College (VT)
Green Mountain College offers an integrated degree in Wildlife and Forestry Conservation. This degree is designed to prepare students for the challenging responsibilities required of land managers in public agencies, …
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Sustainable Business (BS)
- Green Mountain College (VT)
Green Mountain College’s sustainable business program will teach students how businesses, both for profit and non-profit, succeed financially while also contributing to the environment and social justice. It’s often called …
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Sustainable Landscapes Graduate Certificate
- George Washington University (DC)
The field of landscape design is growing as people call for beauty that can both point to the future and call us back to our natural element. As the demand …
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International Affairs - International Environmental Studies Concentration (BA)
- George Washington University (DC)
This concentration in the Elliott School of International Affairs offers a multidisciplinary exploration of international environmental challenges by examining such issues as sustainable development in relation to the environment, climate …
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Civil Engineering - Environmental Engineering Concentration (BS)
- George Washington University (DC)
Civil and environmental engineering encompass the branches of engineering most closely related to the control and improvement of human environment and conditions of life. Civil and environmental engineering students usually …
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EPA’s new ENERGY STAR College Course
- Murray State University (KY)
- AASHE (MA)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)
ENERGY STAR now offers an updated curriculum on commercial building efficiency. The three-unit, college-level curriculum is more focused and interactive, and can be integrated as a module into existing courses …
- Posted Oct. 11, 2018
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Environmental Studies Minor
- Knox College (IL)
The program in environmental studies is designed to allow students with an interest in environmental issues to pursue the study of the complex relationship between human beings and the natural …
- Posted Oct. 10, 2018
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- Knox College (IL)
The program in environmental studies is designed to allow students with an interest in environmental issues to pursue the study of the complex relationship between human beings and the natural …
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Environmental Policy Minor
- Creighton University (NE)
The Environmental Policy minor focuses on the ethical, cultural, political, economic, and scientific factors that facilitate or impede environmental problem-solving. The minor provides students with a grasp of national and …
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Environmental Science Minor
- Creighton University (NE)
The Environmental Science minor explores a wide range of scientific inquiry associated with the physical and social sciences. Students may choose to construct a broad-based minor with course work from …
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Environmental Science (BS)
- Creighton University (NE)
Creighton University’s Bachelor of Science in environmental science (BSEVS) program provides multidisciplinary science training to prepare students for employment in an environmental science career or for graduate and professional school. …
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Sustainability Minor
- Creighton University (NE)
Government, nonprofit, corporate and faith leaders – they’re all talking about sustainability. Through a minor in sustainability from Creighton University, students can find their voice in this conversation and help …
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Sustainability (BA)
- Creighton University (NE)
Government, nonprofit, corporate and faith leaders – they’re all talking about sustainability. Through a major sustainability from Creighton University, students can find their voice in this conversation and help make …
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Environmental Sustainability Certificate
- Connecticut College (CT)
The Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment offers a certificate program designed to enhance the undergraduate experience with a strong concentration on environmental issues and sustainability. Available to students in any …
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Social Justice and Sustainability Integrative Pathway
- Connecticut College (CT)
This Pathway brings together social justice and sustainability – approaches that have often been distinct. Social justice is necessary to sustain institutions, societies, and our planet over the long term. …
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Environmental Studies (BA/BS)
- Connecticut College (CT)
Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary program that combines natural science and social science. It examines local, regional, national, and international environmental problems in a holistic manner. There are two tracks …
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Sustainability Certificate
- University of Dayton (OH)
The Sustainability Studies Program (SSP) is a multidisciplinary effort to encourage students to explore complex societal sustainability issues that do not fit easily into one traditional academic discipline. The genesis …
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Sustainable Manufacturing Minor
- University of Dayton (OH)
This minor is open to all majors in the School of Engineering, except Global Manufacturing Systems Engineering Technology (GMT). The program provides a concentration in sustainable manufacturing that will complement …
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Urban Design Certificate
- University of Virginia (VA)
The four graduate departments – Architectural History, Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban + Environmental Planning – each offer unique contributions to the program. The certificate is structured to synthesize concepts, …
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Environmental Sciences (PhD)
- University of Virginia (VA)
The Department of Environmental Sciences (EVSC) is an academic department offering instruction and conducting research in the areas of ecology, geosciences, hydrology, and atmospheric sciences. This unique juxtaposition of several …
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Environmental Sciences (MA/MS)
- University of Virginia (VA)
The Department of Environmental Sciences (EVSC) is an academic department offering instruction and conducting research in the areas of ecology, geosciences, hydrology, and atmospheric sciences. This unique juxtaposition of several …
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Sustainable Business Certificate
- University of Virginia (VA)
The Certificate in Sustainable Business is the McIntire Business Institute's newest offering. Designed in partnership with GreenBlue, an environmental nonprofit organization dedicated to the sustainable use of materials in society, …
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Environmental Thought and Practice (BA)
- University of Virginia (VA)
The Environmental Thought and Practice (ETP) major teaches undergraduates to think about environmental issues within a broadly interdisciplinary framework. Environmental problems concern natural phenomena whose dimensions are appropriately described by …
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Environment, Peace, and Conflict Resolution Graduate Certificate
- American University (DC)
Offered by the School of International Service, this certificate program equips students with the knowledge and skills to address a growing set of challenges at the intersection of environmental change, …
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Environmental Assessment Graduate Certificate
- American University (DC)
This 15-credit program provides all of the core coursework of our MS in Environmental Science program plus additional training in environmental risk assessment. Students will learn the nature and methods …
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Environmental Science (MS)
- American University (DC)
American University's Master of Science in Environmental Science gives students the knowledge and leadership skills to confront pressing environmental challenges facing the world, from climate change to renewable energy to …
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Environmental Sustainability and Global Health Concentration, International Studies
- American University (DC)
The Environmental Sustainability and Global Health Thematic Area introduces students to the socio-political dynamics of global health and environmental affairs. Students explore the multiple causes and consequences of environmental harm …
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Environmental Science Minor
- American University (DC)
This minor is offered by the Department of Environmental Science, College of Arts and Sciences. 21 credit hours required in chemistry, geology, environmental issues, water resources, and mathematics.
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Earth and Environmental Science Minor
- Susquehanna University (PA)
Susquehanna's earth and environmental sciences program links the study of geology, hydrology and meteorology to explore how earth's systems work and how humans impact those systems. Students work in the …
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Environmental Studies Minor
- Susquehanna University (PA)
Making a difference in the environment requires more than just scientific knowledge. Environmental problems involve law, ethics, public policy, communication and business.
At Susquehanna, students will develop a holistic, applied …
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- Susquehanna University (PA)
Making a difference in the environment requires more than just scientific knowledge. Environmental problems involve law, ethics, public policy, communication and business.
At Susquehanna, students develop a holistic, applied approach …
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Urban Resilience Certificate
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
The Certificate in Urban Resilience draws on the resilience expertise within the different departments of the School, is rooted in Ian McHarg’s layered analysis methods of thinking holistically across systems …
- Posted Sept. 27, 2018
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Land Preservation Certificate
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
This certificate is aimed at two types of students: working practitioners needing basic training in land preservation or updating about current practices and graduate students in Penn’s schools interested in …
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Ecological Planning Certificate
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
Interest in Ecological Planning has been increasing in recent years along with the growing awareness of the impacts of climate change on the world’s ecosystems, wildlife, and human settlements. The …
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Ecological Architecture Certificate
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
The Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania offers a certificate program in Ecological Architecture that provides an opportunity for students enrolled in the Masters of Architecture or other …
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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.