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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Sustainably Developing Sustainability Programs and Curriculum
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
- AASHE (MA)
The climate is changing in higher education today with unpredictable state funding, evolving student populations and dialog about sustainability of higher education itself. With the urgency for sustainable solutions to …
- Posted April 4, 2019
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Impact of environmental knowledge and product quality on student attitude toward products with recycled/remanufactured content: Implications for environmental education and green manufacturing
- City University of Hong Kong
- University of Sheffield
- Monash University Malaysia
This study investigates the impact of environmental knowledge and perceived product quality on purchasing intention and purchasing behavior of recycled products: A4 paper, mobile phones and printers. The intent is …
- Posted March 31, 2019
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SEED Center
- National Council for Workforce Education (FL)
The Sustainability Education, and Economic Development (SEED) Center aims to advance sustainability and clean technology education programs at community colleges by sharing innovative practices to help college administrators, faculty, and …
- Posted March 30, 2019
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability (CSRS) Initiatives among European and Asian Business Schools: A Web-based Content Analysis
- GIFT University
- University of Rome Tor Vergata
The purpose of this study is to explore the extent to which MBA programmes offered by top European and Asian B-schools have a corporate social responsibility and sustainability (CSRS) orientation …
- Posted March 30, 2019
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The impact of neoliberalism on higher education tourism programs: Meeting the 2030 sustainable development goals with the next generation
- George Mason University (VA)
Neoliberal influences can change the role of higher education towards training, which reduces their ability to instill the critical thinking skills needed to sustain the Sustainable Development Goals by future …
- Posted March 30, 2019
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Sulitest®: A Mixed-Method, Pilot Study of Assessment Impacts on Undergraduate Sustainability-related Learning and Motivation
- Pittsburg State University (KS)
A United Nations international collaboration between the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) resulted in the creation of Sulitest® (aka Sustainability Literacy Test) …
- Posted March 15, 2019
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A sustainable consumption teaching review: From building competencies to transformative learning
- University of East Anglia
Sustainable consumption (SC) is a growing area of research, practice and policy-making that has been gaining momentum in teaching programs among higher education institutions. Understanding how, in what way, and …
- Posted March 15, 2019
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Cognitive and behavioural environmental concern among university students in a Canadian city: Implications for institutional interventions
- University of Regina (SK)
Informed by Stern and colleagues’ value-belief-norm theory and their earlier empirical work, we examined levels and predictors of cognitive and behavioural environmental concern (EC) of university students in a Canadian …
- Posted March 15, 2019
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University Contributions to the Circular Economy: Professing the Hidden Curriculum
- Cranfield School of Management
In a world dominated by linear economic systems, the road to improving resource use is multi-faceted. Whilst public and private organisations are making progress in introducing sustainable practices, we ask …
- Posted March 15, 2019
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Expanding Student Engagement in Sustainability: Using SDG- and CEL-Focused Inventories to Transform Curriculum at the University of Toronto
- University of Toronto (ON)
- London School of Economics and Political Science
The Expanded Student Engagement Project (ESE) has developed three comprehensive inventories which aim to increase student knowledge of sustainability-related course content and increase student engagement in on- and off-campus, curricular, …
- Posted March 15, 2019
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Connecting Sustainability Competences and Pedagogical Approaches
- AASHE (MA)
- Tecnológico de Monterrey (Nuevo Leon)
Research into and practice of Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) have been increasing during the last two decades. These have focused on providing sustainability education to future generations of …
- Posted March 11, 2019
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Sustainability Education and Organizational Change: A Critical Case Study of Barriers and Change Drivers at a Higher Education Institution
- Kennesaw State University (GA)
Integrating sustainability within institutions of higher education can have a tremendous impact on students, faculty, and the larger community. Sustainability efforts also experience many barriers to implementation within higher education …
- Posted March 6, 2019
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Evaluating a dialogue-based approach to teaching about values and policy in graduate transdisciplinary environmental science programs
- Michigan State University (MI)
- Oregon State University (OR)
- University of Dayton (OH)
This article discusses a formal evaluation of new curricular materials and activities designed to foster understanding of three key issues–expertise, risk, and sociopolitical constraints–related to values and policy in transdisciplinary …
- Posted March 6, 2019
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Educating for self‐interest or ‐transcendence? An empirical approach to investigating the role of moral competencies in opportunity recognition for sustainable development
- Wageningen University
Entrepreneurship education with a focus on sustainable development primarily teaches students to develop a profit‐driven mentality. As sustainable development is a value‐oriented and normative concept, the role of individual ethical …
- Posted March 6, 2019
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Universities responding to the call for sustainability: A typology of sustainability centres
- University of Helsinki
Universities worldwide are experiencing a growing trend to respond to the need for sustainability. Sustainability centres are one key aspect in the sustainability transitions of universities. Until currently, these centres …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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Graduate attribute for minimising environmental harm – Assessing effectiveness in the graduates’ workplaces
- Monash University (VIC)
- RMIT University
Over recent times concern about the physical environment has fluctuated. Even after the coverage of environment and sustainability issues in the education of many professions, a decline of community concern …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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Higher Education for Professional and Civic Values: A Critical Review and Analysis
- University of Otago (Otago)
Education for sustainable development (ESD) is generally thought to involve some degree of education for particular professional and civic values, attitudes and behaviours (leading to, as examples, being environmentally, socially …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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Management Education and Earth System Science: Transformation as if Planetary Boundaries Mattered
- Stockholm University
- Jönköping University
- Berlin School of Creative Leadership
Earth system science (ESS) has identified worrying trends in the human impact on fundamental planetary systems. In this conceptual article, we discuss the implications of this research for business schools …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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How to Measure Procedural Knowledge for Solving Biodiversity and Climate Change Challenges
- University of Göttingen
To cope with biodiversity and climate change challenges, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) needs to emphasize knowledge that considers multiple perspectives. Optimizing teacher education requires knowledge about the prerequisites of …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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Towards a Definition of Environmental Sustainability Evaluation in Higher Education
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Madrid)
- Universidad de Granada
Sustainability is increasing their presence at universities, so it is convenient to reflect on the impact and effectiveness that university sustainability actions are having. Several authors have recognized mature experiences …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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Driving factors for having visibility of sustainability contents in university degree titles
- Universitat de València
Given the increasing concern about sustainability issues in society, graduates and postgraduates going into the labour market benefit from the inclusion of sustainability contents in university studies. Visibility of these …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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Regional Centers of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development
- University of Texas at Arlington (TX)
- University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (TX)
- The University of Texas at Dallas (TX)
- Dallas College (TX)
Why UT Arlington Deserves the Excellence in Sustainability Award
Under the leadership of Office of Sustainability at the University of Texas at Arlington, North Texas was recognized on Feb 7, …
- Posted March 1, 2019
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Changes in Pre-Service Teachers’ Values, Sense of Agency, Motivation and Consumption Practices: A Case Study of an Education for Sustainability Course
- Arizona State University (AZ)
Teacher education has a critical role to play as people around the world strive to reach the Sustainable Development goals. Education for sustainability (EfS) aims to motivate and prepare educators …
- Posted March 1, 2019
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Seeking sustainability competence and capability in the ESD and HESD literature: an international philosophical hermeneutic analysis
- University of Otago (Otago)
- University of Vechta
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Education for sustainable development (ESD) and higher education for sustainable development (HESD) are complex, multidisciplinary fields of enquiry, drawing on concepts and terms from different disciplines and languages. Although the …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2019
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Social Justice (MA)
- Methodist Theological School in Ohio (OH)
A 39-hour professional master’s degree. The Master of Arts in social justice (MASJ) offers an interdisciplinary core curriculum combining ethics, theology, public leadership, sacred texts and spirituality. Students choose many …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2019
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The Challenges of Sustainability Education
- St. Thomas University (FL)
Abstract: Sustainability has become a growing imperative in higher education in the United States of America (Calder & Dautremont-Smith, 2009). This paper examines sustainability education as it continues to emerge …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2019
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Education for Social Justice
- University of San Diego (CA)
Online Flexibility with Real-World Impact
Offered by the Department of Learning and Teaching. Ph.D. graduates of this program emerge with a rich understanding and experience of how to use education …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Sulitest: A collaborative initiative to support and assess sustainability literacy in higher education
- Kingston University London
- KEDGE Business School (Bordeaux)
This paper highlights the contribution of the Sulitest (the Sustainability Literacy Test) to the global agenda of integrating sustainability into higher education. The Sustainability Literacy Test is an open online …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Creating an academic landscape of sustainability science: an analysis of the citation network
- University of Tokyo
Sustainability is an important concept for society, economics, and the environment, with thousands of research papers published on the subject annually. As sustainability science becomes a distinctive research field, it …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Sustainability literacy: the future paradigm for construction education?
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
Purpose This paper seeks to analyse the hypothesis that sustainability is destined to become the operating paradigm for construction education in the UK.
Design/methodology/approach An international literature review is used …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Buddhist Economics
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Clair Brown, an economist at UC Berkeley and a practicing Buddhist, has developed a holistic economic approach, where the economy delivers a high quality of life in a sustainable world. …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Experiential approaches to sustainability education: towards learning landscapes
- Cardiff University
- KU Leuven
Purpose This paper aims to critically reflect the current specialist discourse on experiential approaches to higher education for sustainable development (HESD). Limitations to the current discourse are identified, and as …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Sustainability Studies (Minor)
- Muhlenberg College (PA)
The field of Sustainability Studies explores and critiques ways to do this in the context of maintaining ecological and environmental health while generating economic welfare and ensuring social justice. The …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Environmental Science (ASENVS)
- Washtenaw Community College (MI)
This program is designed to prepare students to deal with environmental issues and concerns from a global point of view. Students will select from two tracks, one focusing on physical …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Bachelor of Natural Resource Science (BNRS)
- Thompson Rivers University (BC)
This program consists of 120 credits which can be completed in four or five-years on a full-time basis, or up to seven- years on a part-time basis once admitted to …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Geography and Environmental Studies Major (BA)
- Thompson Rivers University (BC)
The Geography and Environmental Studies program at TRU has strong teaching and research expertise in sustainable urban and rural landscapes, Japan, environmental geography, economic geography, hydrology, climatology, geomorphology and emerging …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Social Movement (MS)
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
Sociologists study social movements to understand how collective action can transform social order, cultural values and ideologies, economic relations, and hierarchies. Professional sociologists study strategies used to establish connections among …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Social Inequality (MS)
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
Social inequality focuses on the structural sources and individual consequences of racism, sexism and economic exploitation in society, as well as the social processes sustaining these inequities. Professional sociologists use …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Environmental Sociology (MA)
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
Environmental sociology is the study of the relationship and interactions between societies and the environment. Professional environmental sociologists research a wide range of topics including agrifood systems, social perceptions of …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Business Sustainability Concentration (MBA)
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
In addition to the MBA core required classes, students must complete the following courses to receive the business sustainability concentration.
Required Core Courses (6 hours) * MGMT 5023 Sustainable Enterprises …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Natural Resource Ecology and Management (PhD)
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
Graduate programs in the Department offer PhD degrees in Natural Resource Ecology and Management with specializations in Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology, Forest Resources, Rangeland Ecology and Management, and Wildlife Ecology …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Natural Resource Ecology and Management (MS)
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
Graduate programs in the Department offer the MS in Natural Resource Ecology and Management with specializations in Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology, Forest Resources, Rangeland Ecology and Management, and Wildlife Ecology …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Environmental Science (BSAG)
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
Environmental science is the study of the natural environment and its processes and interactions, including how humans impact and interact within the environment. The objective is to improve the current …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Business Sustainability Minor
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
This minor prepares students with extra classwork in business ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainable business practices.
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Environmental Economics & Policy Minor
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
Understanding and tackling environmental problems involves an understanding of multiple disciplines in both the physical and social sciences. The Environmental Economics and Policy minor is intended to provide students with …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Biosystems Engineering (BSBE)
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
The study of biosystems engineering merges engineering and agricultural science to improve our quality of life while maintaining the environment and preserving our natural resources.
Biosystems engineers work at the …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Environmental Engineering (BS)
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to improve the environment (air, water, and/or land resources), to provide healthy water, air, and land for human habitation and …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Natural Resource Ecology and Management (BS)
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
The mission of the Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM )program is to increase public awareness and understanding, through teaching, research and Extension, of the ecology, management and sustainable use …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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KEEP Energy Education Certificate
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
The Energy Education Certificate is available to practicing K-12 teachers only and is tied to graduate level courses. The certificate reflects comprehensive professional development and experiences in energy content and …
- Posted Feb. 13, 2019
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Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems (MS)
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
Learn online and earn your Master of Science (M.S.) in Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Gain expertise in sustainable food systems and innovative community …
- Posted Feb. 13, 2019
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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.