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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Sustainability Correlate
- Vassar College (NY)
Each 6 unit Correlate in Sustainability is designed in consultation with an advisor from the Environmental Studies Program and the ENST Director. The correlate includes (1) ENST 107 - Global …
- Posted Jan. 14, 2019
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- Vassar College (NY)
Environmental Studies is a multidisciplinary program that involves the natural and social sciences as well as the arts and humanities. It explores the relationships between people and the totality of …
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Environmental Studies Minor
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
The Environmental Studies Minor is an interdisciplinary program which gives an overview of the causes and consequences of our current environmental problems and provides basic tools and understanding that students …
- Posted Jan. 12, 2019
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Management Concentration: Sustainability Track, Business (BA)
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
The Business major at SUNY New Paltz offers a management concentration with a sustainability track. This program consists of an additional 18 credits to the 40 credit business major. It …
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Environmental Concentration, Geography (BA)
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
The Geography major at SUNY New Paltz offers an environmental concentration program which focuses on sustainability. This concentration consists of 45-47 credits and includes courses focused on the social, cultural, …
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Environmental Geochemical Science (BS)
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
The Environmental Geochemical Science major at New Paltz equips students with the scientific background necessary to address a wide variety of environmental issues. With a location near the Hudson River, …
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Wildlife and Fisheries Science Minor
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
The minor consists of 15 hours.
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Watershed Minor
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
Growing awareness of the complexity of water quantity and quality issues related to human activities leads to dealing with those issues on a watershed scale. This minor is for undergraduate …
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Forestry Minor
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
The Forestry minor requires 9 credit hours from Forestry courses or approved Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries courses at the 500-level or above. The student's committee must include a member of …
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Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences Major (PhD)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
A doctorate with a major in plant, soil, and environmental sciences and a concentration in environmental and soil sciences is offered under a multi-departmental doctoral program. Two departments participate – …
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Environmental and Soil Sciences (MS)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
The Environmental & Soil Sciences masters program seeks to give students a firm understanding of both soils and their environmental context, enabling them to make informed decisions about conserving and …
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Natural Resource and Environmental Economics (BS)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
Students majoring in natural resource and environmental economics are prepared for a variety of careers in both the private and public sectors. With increasing competition for limited land, water, and …
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Geographic Information Systems Graduate Certificate
- Saint Louis University (MO)
The post-baccalaureate certificate program in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) focuses on current issues, including environmental quality, climate change, sustainability of natural and nonrenewable resources, and the impact of human activities …
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Urban Planning and Development (MS)
- Saint Louis University (MO)
Saint Louis University's urban planning and development program teaches students the essential knowledge, skills, and values central to the planning and development professions.
SLU’s interdisciplinary urban planning program operates in …
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Global and Local Justice Minor
- Saint Louis University (MO)
Saint Louis University attracts many students who are moved to confront fundamental social problems such as poverty, injustice, or war. In order to address these and other problems meaningfully, you …
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Environmental Science Minor
- Saint Louis University (MO)
Saint Louis University's undergraduate major in environmental science will develop your understanding of Earth's natural systems and their interconnections with human society. The program is designed to help you thoroughly …
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Environmental Science (BA)
- Saint Louis University (MO)
Saint Louis University's undergraduate major in environmental science will develop students understanding of Earth's natural systems and their interconnections with human society. The program is designed to help students thoroughly …
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- Saint Louis University (MO)
Environmental studies focuses on the relationship between the environment and social, economic, political, legal and human aspects of society. As global population and consumption rises, understanding the interplay between environmental …
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Designing Sustainable Systems (PhD)
- Case Western Reserve University (OH)
The PhD track in Management: “Designing Sustainable Systems” program is designed for DM students who want to build on their DM research and produce a doctoral dissertation that meets academic …
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Sustainability and Justice Minor
- California State University, Bakersfield (CA)
Sustainability and Justice is a General Education program pathway that a student can complete to be granted a minor in Sustainability and Justice.
Goal 1: Students will understand how social, …
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Environmental Studies Minor
- Case Western Reserve University (OH)
Environmental studies is a multidisciplinary program that introduces students to the study of human interactions with the non-human world. The program emphasizes the moral, cultural, and political dimensions of environmental …
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- Case Western Reserve University (OH)
Environmental studies is a multidisciplinary program that introduces students to the study of human interactions with the non-human world. The program emphasizes the moral, cultural, and political dimensions of environmental …
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Geotourism Minor
- Missouri State University (MO)
With this minor, students will learn how to lead in the sustainable tourism movement, improving how tourist attractions are taken care of and making them more appealing for visitors. Students …
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Environmental Education Certficate
- Missouri State University (MO)
This certificate is jointly offered by Department of Biology and Department of Geography, Geology and Planning and provides coursework to improve or broaden the student’s background knowledge of environmental related …
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Wind Power Engineering Graduate Certificate/Concentration
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
The Graduate Certificate/Concentration in Wind Power Engineering is the first ever wind energy certificate/concentration program in the U.S. This 15 credit program offers a unique opportunity for students or professionals …
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Environmental Health (PhD)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
The PhD Program in the Department of Environmental Health prepares a student with highly specialized and applied research skills that seek to better understand the links between environmental exposures and …
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Geography (MS)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
The University of Massachusetts Amherst offer an MS degree in Geography for those who wish to study human geography, environmental geography, or Geographic Information Science and Technologies (GIST). This program …
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Environmental Conservation (PhD)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Recognizing the growing complexity of environmental conservation, this program has evolved into a broad, multi-faceted degree program, with diverse opportunities for emphasizing 1) wildlife, fish and conservation biology, 2) forest …
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Environmental Conservation (MS)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Recognizing the growing complexity of environmental conservation, this program has evolved into a broad, multi-faceted degree program, with diverse opportunities for emphasizing 1) wildlife, fish and conservation biology, 2) forest …
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Assessing Air Quality through a Sustainable Educational Model
- San Diego State University (CA)
The purpose of this paper is to describe the application of a sustainable learning framework through a community-based project in the Southern California region. The Sage Project is a partnership …
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Sustainability Knowledge Assessment at a Large, Regional, Minority-Serving Institution
- California State University, Northridge (CA)
- City of Thousand Oaks (CA)
To assess the sustainability literacy of students at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), we administered a modified version of the Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge (ASK) to 2,993 students in 60 …
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Can relational values be developed and changed? Investigating relational values in the environmental education literature
- University of Vermont (VT)
- York University
The possible dynamism of relational values is of extreme interest to sustainability scholars and practitioners, yet the fledging field of relational values has seen few research on whether interventions of …
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Managing in turbulent times: The impact of sustainability in management education on current and future business leaders
- University of Calgary (AB)
- University of Surrey
During modern times of economic and political turmoil, we ask how we should be educating current and future business leaders to navigate periods of global turbulence. The paper suggests that …
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Teaching the health impacts of climate change in many American higher education programs
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
Climate change is the greatest threat to global health today and it challenges professionals in many disciplines. Most American university programs lack courses covering the rising deaths and illnesses from …
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Twenty-First Century Learning as a Radical Re-Thinking of Education in the Service of Life
- Cape Breton University (NS)
The education reforms called for in 21st century education initiatives have been characterized as radical. International efforts to reformulate education for 21st century teaching and learning are well-funded initiatives by …
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Green sprouts: Transformative learning in learning through participation (LTP)
- Macquarie University (NSW)
This article explores the transformative learning effects of university courses that integrate academic learning with practical experience, highlighting in particular the tripartite learning that may occur where students are encouraged …
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Embedding Higher Education into a Real-World Lab: A Process-Oriented Analysis of Six Transdisciplinary Project Courses
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Since the early days of the emerging research format of Real-world Labs (RwLs), higher education plays a vital role in them. Examples have been presented on teaching activities in RwLs, …
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Assessing Graduate Sustainability Attributes Using a Vignette/Scenario Approach
- RMIT University
Equipping professionals with skills to make decisions in line with sustainability principles is essential for transitioning our societies towards sustainable development. Higher education is at the forefront of generating professionals …
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Holistic Approaches to Develop Sustainability and Research Competencies in Pre-Service Teacher Training
- Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Since the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) came into effect, both UNESCO and other international organisations recommend empowering youth to implement the SDGs in universities. Getting started with the SDGs at …
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Integrating environmental sustainability in undergraduate mechanical engineering courses using guided discovery instruction
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
- Purdue University (IN)
- Aarhus University
In this paper we discuss a guided discovery instruction approach for integrating environmental sustainability in undergraduate mechanical engineering courses. To validate the proposed approach, we conducted two studies with students …
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Education for Sustainability Policies: Ramifications for Practice
- Monash University (VIC)
- Deakin University
While it is well understood there is an urgent need to address global environmental problems, there is less understanding around how these problems can be addressed. At each level of …
- Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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A Case Study: Focusing on Sustainability Themes and Ecocomposition through Student Blogs in a Professional and Technical Writing Course
- Southeastern Oklahoma State University (OK)
Tackling environmental and sustainability issues has grown in popularity in writing courses. Yet, for teachers designing professional and technical writing classes, what are the benefits and drawbacks in asking students …
- Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Strengthening sustainability leadership competencies through university internships
- University of Calgary (AB)
- Beyond Chacay Foundation
- Asociacion Humboldt
This paper aims to determine whether high school students can become agents of change in their local communities by participating in a formal internship program implemented through a partnership between …
- Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Sustainable Business Certificate
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Isenberg’s Sustainable Business Practice Certificate will give students the knowledge to be able to help companies implement socially, environmentally and economically responsible business practices that are also strategic, savvy, innovative …
- Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Natural Resources Conservation Minor
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Conserving Earth’s biological diversity and safeguarding the benefits or “ecosystem services” that functioning ecosystems provide to humans are two major objectives of natural resources conservation. In this minor, students learn …
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Environmental Science Minor
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Environmental Science employs an interdisciplinary approach, teaching students how to meet the challenges of creating a safe and healthy environment and how to recognize and control the effects of pollution …
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Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (BA)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
The Environmental and Natural Resource Economics option prepares students to assist in public and private decisions about environmental and natural resource issues. Population and income growth are increasing the pressure …
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Landscape Architecture (BS)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
The Bachelor of Science Program in Landscape Architecture at the University of Massachusetts is strongly influenced by its unique New England setting. Massachusetts is now the fifth fastest growing state …
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Environmental Science (BS)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
The Environmental Science Program is the only academic unit in the UMass system providing a B.S. degree in Environmental Science. Affiliated faculty teach a series of courses with the ENVIRSCI …
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Earth Systems (BS)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Global environmental changes require a comprehensive understanding of the earth’s major systems, and of the important ways in which these systems are linked. The major systems are the geosphere—processes of …
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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.