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 Studies Major
- University of Washington, Bothell (WA)
The Environmental Studies major is designed for students who want to act critically and creatively in response to the environmental challenges facing the world today.
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Certificate of Advanced Study in Environment Health
- Syracuse University (NY)
The Certificate of Advanced Study in Environmental Health will provide students interested in careers in environmental health an opportunity to gain formal recognition for an academic specialization in this area ...
- Posted June 13, 2022
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MS Environmental Engineering
- Syracuse University (NY)
The M.S. in environmental engineering is intended for students with undergraduate engineering degrees. Additional coursework may be required for students without a BS in engineering or without adequate preparation ...
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Energy Systems Minor
- Syracuse University (NY)
This minor option will provide students enrolled within the College of Engineering and Computer Science with a grouping of courses/electives that will provide academic depth in the field of ...
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Environment, Sustainability, and Policy Major
- Syracuse University (NY)
Environment, Sustainability, and Policy Major is designed to introduce students to and ground them in the interdisciplinary study of environmental science, sustainability, and policy. These complex issues are shaped by ...
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Masters of Global Affairs - Sustainable Development Concentration
- University of Notre Dame (IN)
The Master of Global Affairs is a two-year professional degree to prepare students for leadership and careers in government, nongovernmental and civil society organizations and the private sector. The Sustainable ...
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PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
- University of Notre Dame (IN)
The doctoral program in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences gives students opportunities to conduct innovative research in these areas while ensuring success for careers in industry, government, and ...
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PhD in Biological Sciences - Ecology and Environmental Biology Area of Research
- University of Notre Dame (IN)
The doctoral program in Biological Sciences encompases the broad scope of biological inquiry, while integrating several specific areas of study in biomedical sciences, global health, and ecology, evolution, and the ...
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Resiliency and Sustainability of Engineering Systems Minor
- University of Notre Dame (IN)
The Resiliency and Sustainability of Engineering Systems minor is designed to prepare students of all disciplines to understand how their design decisions impact built and natural engineering systems. It prepares ...
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Environmental Sciences Major
- University of Notre Dame (IN)
The Environmental Sciences major trains students in a broad range of topics that integrate the physical and biological sciences into their understanding of the natural world. Majors take a variety ...
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Environmental Earth Sciences Major
- University of Notre Dame (IN)
The Environmental Earth Sciences major combines the disciplines of fluid dynamics, hydrology, environmental chemistry, and geochemistry in the context of Earth systems. The program focuses on the geology side of ...
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Environmental Engineering Major
- University of Notre Dame (IN)
The Environmental Engineering major prepares students with the chemistry, fluid flow, and mixing mechanics foundations within the context of the Earth system. The first two years focus on general principles ...
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Masters in Public Health
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
The Masters in Public Health of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito seeks to contribute to improve the health conditions of diverse population groups in the country, through the implementation ...
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Masters in Environmental Management
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
This professional master's degree is based on an integral approach to environmental management, based on four axes: Biophysical Environment, Human Environment, Environmental Management, and Institutional Environment. In this inter ...
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Master in Tropical Ecology and Conservation
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
The objective of this master's degree is to train professionals who contribute to the understanding of the ecological processes that regulate tropical populations, communities and ecosystems in an evolutionary ...
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Specialization in Environmental Law, Sustainability and Natural Resources
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
The sub-specialization in Environmental Law, Sustainability and Natural Resources is intended for law students and those related to environmental issues, providing a broad vision of the regulatory and institutional framework ...
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Graduate Certificate in Education, Equity, & Society
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The EES graduate certificate program is intended for students at the College of Education and other academic units at the University of Washington to receive additional training that prepares certificate ...
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Master of Urban Planning (MUP) - Environmental Planning
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The specialization in Environmental Planning addresses the interactions between urban systems and natural processes. It emphasizes the design and management of urban development patterns that minimize environmental impacts, reduce risks ...
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Nutrition Minor
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The Nutrition minor is offered to University of Washington undergraduate students from all majors and provides students with a foundation of knowledge in nutritional sciences, food studies, food systems, and ...
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Environmental Cultures and Values Minor
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The Environmental Cultures and Values minor explores historical and contemporary understandings of the environment through literature, cinema, the arts, philosophy, history, anthropology, political science and cultural geography. Taking a broad ...
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Ecological Restoration Minor
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The minor in Ecological Restoration (ECORES) seeks to prepare students to address the complex relationships of human communities and ecological sustainability. The minor is a tri-campus initiative between UW Bothell ...
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Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health Major
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The Bachelor of Arts with a major in Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health explores the complex intersections and relationships among food, culture, economics, the environment, justice, labor, policy, and population ...
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Geography BA - Environment, Economy and Sustainability Track
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
Geography is about the relationship between people and the environment. It provides important insights into the spatial transformations associated with globalization, environmental change, migration, health, development, and many other contemporary ...
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Graduate Certificate in Environmental Engineering
- Concordia University (QC)
The Graduate Certificate in Environmental Engineering is designed for practicing engineers who wish to specialize in one or more of the following subdisciplines in Environmental Engineering: Industrial Waste Management, Environmental ...
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Master of Environmental Engineering
- Concordia University (QC)
The MEng in Environmental Engineering focuses on the design and implementation of waste management technologies, including water, wastewater and air treatment processes. Many communities now recognize the importance of sustainable ...
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Geography, Urban and Environmental Studies PhD
- Concordia University (QC)
The PhD in Geography, Urban and Environmental Studies deepens your understanding of how humans interact with the world around them, examining the socio-cultural and environmental dimensions of human settlements as ...
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Geography, Urban & Environmental Studies MS
- Concordia University (QC)
The MSc in Geography, Urban and Environmental Studies looks at how today's environment is physically, politically and economically constructed. Human activity has caused unprecedented levels of environmental change in ...
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Environmental Assessment MEnv
- Concordia University (QC)
The MEnv in Environmental Assessment gives you a comprehensive background in scoping, data collection and analysis, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). You will explore all aspects and methodologies of the ...
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Individualized Program (INDI) in Sustainability and Environmental Studies
- Concordia University (QC)
At Concordia University, sustainability is more than just “the capacity to endure.” Sustainability is the study of dynamic social and ecological systems, focused on the intersection of social, economic, and ...
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Individualized Program (INDI) in Environmental Humanities
- Concordia University (QC)
From global climate change and mass extinctions to the pesticides and microplastics in our bodies, the changing environment has become the vital concern of our times. While environmental issues are ...
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Minor in Human Environment
- Concordia University (QC)
Explore how geography influences human behavior and examine the impact of human activity on the environment. As a geographer, your knowledge of this complex relationship will lead you towards creative ...
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Minor in Sustainability Studies
- Concordia University (QC)
Explore the concept and practice of sustainability through a selection of hand-picked courses in the social sciences, sciences, and humanities. As a member of the Loyola College for Diversity and ...
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Human Environment BA
- Concordia University (QC)
Explore how geography influences human behavior and examine the impact of human activity on the environment. As a geographer, your knowledge of this complex relationship will lead you towards creative ...
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BS in Sustainable Environmental Design
- University of California, Davis (CA)
Students in the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems major focus on the social, economic and environmental aspects of agriculture and develop a thorough understanding of our food cycle from farm ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Sustainability in the Built Environment Minor
- University of California, Davis (CA)
This minor provides a guiding framework for educating individuals who will design and maintain our future built environment in the challenges and potential solutions for improved sustainability. The minor is ...
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Energy Efficiency Minor
- University of California, Davis (CA)
Development and implementation of more energy efficient technologies and practices has been identified as the most rapid approach to reduce dependence on foreign oil and fossil fuel resources. Individuals with ...
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Transportation Technology and Policy MS
- University of California, Davis (CA)
The Transportation Technology and Policy (TTP) program provides an opportunity to do interdisciplinary research to address pressing transportation, environmental, economic, policy and social challenges facing California, the U.S., and ...
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Transportation Technology and Policy PhD
- University of California, Davis (CA)
The Transportation Technology and Policy (TTP) program provides an opportunity to do interdisciplinary research to address pressing transportation, environmental, economic, policy and social challenges facing California, the U.S., and ...
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Environmental Policy and Management MS
- University of California, Davis (CA)
The Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Management (EPM) program, housed within the John Muir Institute of the Environment, provides advanced training in applying environmental science to real-world environmental ...
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International Agricultural Development MS
- University of California, Davis (CA)
The UC Davis Masters program in International Agricultural Development (IAD) prepares students for careers in global agricultural and rural development. This interdisciplinary program is designed to provide students with knowledge ...
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Conservation Management Concentration
- University of California, Davis (CA)
The Conservation Management Program promotes four tenets for successful conservation decision making: (1) A basic foundation in ecology is fundamental to developing the management and decision-making skills required to effectively ...
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Climate Change, Water, and Society Certificate
- University of California, Davis (CA)
The certificate program provides students with broad and deep exposure to environmental and natural resources law.
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Anthropology - Climate Change and Human Solutions BA
- University of California, San Diego (CA)
This is an major in climate change solutions that will give students the knowledge and skills needed to help the world meet the challenges of climate change. It combines the ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Public Health Major with Concentration in Climate and Environmental Sciences
- University of California, San Diego (CA)
Climate and Environmental Sciences involves the examination of different factors in our environment and their relation to the health and well-being of individuals and populations. The Concentration in Climate and ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Global Health BA/BS
- University of California, San Diego (CA)
Global health is at once an increasingly popular new field of study, an urgent social concern, and a powerful interdisciplinary intellectual synthesis aimed at understanding and productively intervening in processes ...
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Global Health Minor
- University of California, San Diego (CA)
Global health is at once an increasingly popular new field of study, an urgent social concern, and a powerful interdisciplinary intellectual synthesis aimed at understanding and productively intervening in processes ...
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Mechanical Engineering with a Specialization in Renewable Energy and Environmental Flows
- University of California, San Diego (CA)
The specialization in renewable energy and environmental flows is designed for students who are interested in technologies that enable sustainable growth, in flow and transport in atmosphere, ocean, and groundwater ...
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Climate Change Studies Minor
- University of California, San Diego (CA)
This interdisciplinary minor curriculum highlights UC San Diego’s broad campus expertise in understanding and responding to the challenges of climate change. The minor covers an understanding of the scientific ...
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Environmental Studies BS
- University of Cincinnati (OH)
In the Environmental Studies BS degree program, students are broadly prepared across disciplines, but are also required to focus and specialize through the selection of a minor. The curriculum incorporates ...
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Geography BS (Environmental Emphasis)
- University of Cincinnati (OH)
Students in the environmental BS track will learn to critically analyze and communicate environmental information underlying reports and policy documents, as well as to design and implement scientific experiments addressing ...
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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. Additional content and advanced benchmarking tools will be added to this tab over time.
Programs and Initiatives
The following links connect to specific Content Displays on the STARS website (AASHE membership and log-in required).
- Sustainability course inventories
- Sustainability literacy assessments
- Sustainability-focused immersive educational study programs
- Programs that offer incentives for faculty to develop sustainability courses
Scores
The following link connects to the Score Display on the STARS website (AASHE membership and log-in required).