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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Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Environmental Management and Sustainability
- Murdoch University (Western Australia)
In this program, students learn to link management decisions with local, regional and global sustainability initiatives. They are equipped to develop clear alternatives for professional organisations to secure a sustainable …
- Posted Oct. 31, 2016
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Certificate of Specialization in Energy and Clean Technology Law
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
JD and LLM (traditional track) students are eligible to earn this certificate, which encourages students to develop a broad background in fundamental areas of the law while receiving advanced training …
- Posted Oct. 31, 2016
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Certificate of Specialization in Environmental Law
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
JD and LLM (traditional track) students are eligible to earn this certificate, which provides a specialized curricular program to ensures that students develop a broad background in fundamental areas of …
- Posted Oct. 31, 2016
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Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science
- University of Houston - Clear Lake (TX)
This program uses an interdisciplinary approach to prepare students for opportunities in the private sector and in governmental agencies where environmental issues are being addressed. Graduates of the plan will …
- Posted Oct. 31, 2016
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Bachelor of Science (BS) in Environmental Management
- University of Houston - Clear Lake (TX)
The Bachelor of Science (BS) in Environmental Management is designed as a flexible curriculum that meets the needs of full-time students and practicing professionals. By selecting approved electives in fields …
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Master of Science in Environmental Science
- University of Houston - Clear Lake (TX)
This program is available in face to face format or online. Students in the face-to-face program must choose one of the five specializations when they apply:
- Environmental Biology
- Environmental Geology …
- Posted Oct. 31, 2016
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Master of Science in Environmental Management
- University of Houston - Clear Lake (TX)
This program is designed to meet the needs of full-time students as well as practicing professionals. Students are able to tailor their degree to their professional needs by selecting approved …
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Environmental Management Certificate
- University of Houston - Clear Lake (TX)
The Certificate in Environmental Management is designed for professionals in the environmental management field who wish to update their skills without going for another master's degree. Certificates can be earned …
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Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Geography and Environmental Management
- University of Waterloo (ON)
Students in this program explore the world and the people, places, and cultures that make it such a diverse place. They learn about climate change, landforms, natural hazards, global population …
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Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Environment, Resources and Sustainability
- University of Waterloo (ON)
Students in this program will use insights from the natural, physical, and social sciences to help solve some of the world’s biggest environmental challenges, from water and food, to energy …
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Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Environment and Business
- University of Waterloo (ON)
In this program, students gain a background in ecology, environmental economics, and environmental decision-making while developing expertise in finance, project management, accounting, marketing, and law. The program integrates environmental and …
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PhD in Social and Ecological Sustainability
- University of Waterloo (ON)
The PhD program in School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability (SERS) is devoted to understanding and pursuing sustainability in a dynamic and complex world, and to considering and integrating understanding …
- Posted Oct. 31, 2016
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Master of Environmental Studies in Sustainability Management (MES)
- University of Waterloo (ON)
The Sustainability Management graduate program is committed to providing future environmental leaders with the research skills, management tools, strategies and processes required to realize sustainable outcomes within business, government and …
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Master of Environmental Studies in Environment, Resources and Sustainability (MES)
- University of Waterloo (ON)
The Masters program in Environment, Resources and Sustainability provides a mix of transdisciplinary understanding and problem-solving combined with the ability to focus on a narrower problem or issue.
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Master of Environment and Business
- University of Waterloo (ON)
The Master of Environment and Business (MEB) is a program aimed at meeting the growing need for business sustainability professionals as a distinct group of knowledgeable, skilled, confident and motivated …
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Master of Climate Change
- University of Waterloo (ON)
The University of Waterloo’s Master of Climate Change (MCC) program focuses on the multiple ways climate change interacts with society and the environment. The MCC program provides a unique educational …
- Posted Oct. 31, 2016
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- Ferrum College (VA)
The Environmental Studies program prepares graduates for a career and for graduate study in the broad field of environmental studies and sustainable development. The program uses a multidisciplinary systems approach …
- Posted Oct. 31, 2016
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Graduate Certificate of Education for Sustainability
- James Cook University (Queensland)
This qualification develops skills and knowledge in sustainability and enables students to communicate these skills in educational settings. This course is relevant to teachers, trainers, school leaders, administrators, and others …
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Graduate Certificate of Science in Sustainability
- James Cook University (Queensland)
This program requires 4 courses related to sustainability science.
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Bachelor of Environmental Practice
- James Cook University (Queensland)
This program is designed to empower students to solve sustainability challenges. It provides a broad understanding of the operative and management interactions between the biological, physical, social, economic and political …
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Master of Education in Sustainability
- James Cook University (Queensland)
The Sustainability major in the Master of Education program develops enables students to communicate and innovate sustainability education programs in formal and informal education. This program is relevant to teachers, …
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An international Master's program in green ICT as a contribution to sustainable development
Various principles of sustainable development are currently being integrated into national policies and programs. Such principles relate to a range of aspects of human activities requiring urgent attention, including heating, …
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Making the invisible visible: how students make use of carbon footprint calculator in environmental education
- University of Gothenburg
Problems concerning carbon dioxide emissions and other climate change-related issues are on the global political agenda and constantly debated in media. Such issues are important for individuals to enable active …
- Posted Oct. 28, 2016
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Development of a hands-on toolkit to support integration of ecodesign in engineering programmes
In recent years, the integration of sustainable development in higher education has received a growing amount of attention. During the last decade, initiatives have aimed at integrating sustainable development at …
- Posted Oct. 28, 2016
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Prophetic Nomadism: An Art School Sustainability-Oriented Educational Aim?
This discursive article proposes that the learning and teaching regimes provided within art school are uniquely placed within higher education to foster nomads. It suggests, however, that nomadism is not …
- Posted Oct. 25, 2016
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UTRGV Students on campus going to class
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
UTRGV students represent a broad spectrum of individuals interested in different aspects of sustainable development in a variety of fields. The University has active student organizations that work to make …
- Posted Oct. 21, 2016
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Teaching Climate Change in the Humanities
Climate change is an enormous and increasingly urgent issue. This important book highlights how humanities disciplines can mobilize the creative and critical power of students, teachers, and communities to confront …
- Posted Oct. 20, 2016
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Global Studies BA
- University of South Carolina (SC)
The Global Studies major is a flexible, interdisciplinary degree that familiarizes students with the complex historical and contemporary relationships and processes that link together people and places. By focusing on …
- Posted Oct. 20, 2016
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The Master of Sustainability Leadership Program at ASU
- Arizona State University (AZ)
The Master of Sustainability Leadership (MSL) degree at Arizona State University will prepare professionals to advance social and environmental responsibility. The program teaches organizational leadership skills through the lens of …
- Posted Oct. 13, 2016
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Sustainability and Built Environment: The role of Higher Education in Architecture and Building Engineering
The sustainability paradigm implies a cultural shift in order to really change the world and society. Education, and specifically higher education, plays the crucial role of preparing students to be …
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A Guide for Applied Sustainability Learning Projects: Advancing sustainability outcomes on campus and in the community
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Portland State University (OR)
- AASHE (MA)
This guide provides a step-by-step framework for how a new or existing applied learning for sustainability program can be systematically designed, built and scaled around two interconnected goals:
- Providing students …
- Posted Oct. 8, 2016
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Learning and Skills for Sustainable Development: Developing a sustainability literate society
The purpose of this publication is to help higher education institutions to integrate sustainability literacy into the curriculum of their learning programmes.The approach and tools suggested in this guide have …
- Posted Oct. 6, 2016
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Employer attitudes towards, and skills for, sustainable development
- National Union of Students
- Higher Education Academy (York)
This report describes the results of an online survey of employers in the U.K. about sustainable development. Overall, employers believed the range of skills for sustainability to be important when …
- Posted Oct. 6, 2016
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Leadership Skills for a Sustainable Economy
Based on a survey of sustainability staff at member companies of The Prince of Wales’s Mayday Network on Climate Change and also member companies of Business in the Community, this …
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Cultivating an Academy We Can Live With: The Humanities and Education for Sustainability
- Wake Forest University (NC)
Many facets of the university system in North America are fundamentally unsustainable, developing and perpetuating knowledge practices that not only do not sustain the biospheric conditions in which our species …
- Posted Oct. 6, 2016
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Dissonance in students' perceptions of sustainable development and sustainability: Implications for curriculum change
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
Purpose – An online questionnaire survey was conducted to explore University of Plymouth students' perceptions and understandings of, and attitudes towards, sustainable development and related concepts and issues. In general, …
- Posted Oct. 3, 2016
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Student Perceptions of Sustainability Education in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
For sustainable engineering to contribute to sustainability, curricular reforms are needed to train sustainability-conscious engineers. Examining student perceptions of sustainability education can provide insights for benchmarking the current quality of …
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Sustainability Studies BA in Liberal Arts
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Sustainability Studies B.A. in Liberal Arts is designed to provide a rigorous and focused study of sustainability methods and content and simultaneously allow a student to complete all degree …
- Posted Sept. 29, 2016
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Hands-On LEED: Guiding College Student Engagement
- U.S. Green Building Council (DC)
As college and university leaders from across the United States work to green their campuses, students can and should play a critical role. Hands-On LEED: Guiding College Student Engagement explains …
- Posted Sept. 26, 2016
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Professional Master’s Degree in Energy & Environment
- Boston University (MA)
The professional master’s degree in Energy & Environment provides a professional training degree for the student with an undergraduate degree in the natural sciences, the social sciences, the humanities, or …
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MSc in Environmental Psychology
- University of Surrey
The MSc in Environmental Psychology programme helps students gain advanced knowledge and understanding of theory and practice in environmental psychology. Students will also acquire a range of research skills to …
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Paul Quinn College Transforms Football Field to Organic Farm, Shifting Value to Students
- Paul Quinn College (TX)
At Paul Quinn College, where 83 percent of students are Pell Grant eligible (2016), students obtain both a liberal arts education and real-world work experience. This video showcases the historically …
- Posted Sept. 20, 2016
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Study Abroad Initiatives at Oregon State University
- Oregon State University (OR)
Grace Burleson teaches a group of people in Uganda during her internship. Kendra Sharp uses some locally made tools in Chennai, India.
- Posted Sept. 16, 2016
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The Ohio State University
- The Ohio State University (OH)
The Ohio State University selected three Discovery Theme programs that are working to promote the research, teaching and engagement surrounding sustainability issues and focus on critical societal needs. The three …
- Posted Sept. 15, 2016
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UConn Reserach Gathers Critical Information Needed in Fight to Save Wildlife
- University of Connecticut (CT)
An international group of top biologists led by UConn ecologist Mark Urban is calling for a coordinated effort to gather important species information that is urgently needed to improve predictions …
- Posted Sept. 14, 2016
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Furnace Brook Center Smart Home Laboratory
- Onondaga Community College (NY)
Onondaga Community College has created a smart home laboratory at the College's Furnace Brook Center with the help of a $2.5 million grant from the Department of Energy. The building …
- Posted Sept. 14, 2016
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Environmental Science
- Stetson University (FL)
Students graduating from Stetson University with a B.S. degree in Environmental Science will work within solid ethical and scientific frameworks to make well-supported decisions to protect natural resources, develop innovative …
- Posted Sept. 13, 2016
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Environmental Studies
- Stetson University (FL)
Students graduating from Stetson University with a B.A. degree in Environmental Studies will work within solid ethical and scientific frameworks to make well-supported decisions to protect natural resources, develop innovative …
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Boreas Leadership Program - University of Minnesota
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Boreas offers University of Minnesota graduate and professional students and post-doctoral fellows free co-curricular leadership development opportunities that build on the strengths of graduate education to create effective change agents. …
- Posted Sept. 13, 2016
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Columbia University: Tree-Ring Extraction
- Columbia University (NY)
Williams and the others set to work extracting tree rings, by which they can gauge how various species have reacted to past swings in precipitation and temperature. The basic tool …
- Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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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.