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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Justice, Community & Leadership (BA)
- Saint Mary's College of California (CA)
This rigorous program of interdisciplinary study is designed for students passionate about addressing interconnected systems of injustice and oppression. Guided by our renowned, approachable faculty, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding …
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Environmental Science (Minor)
- Saint Mary's College of California (CA)
You’ll hone your ability to reason through unfamiliar problems, the tools to investigate topics in-depth, and the communication skills needed to share information with others. With our small class sizes …
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Environmental Studies (Minor)
- Saint Mary's College of California (CA)
This minor emphasizes the cultural and ethical elements of environmental work without sacrificing the scientific fundamentals. Our program will provide you with a broad understanding of our changing ecosystems and …
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Leadership - Social Justice (MA)
- Saint Mary's College of California (CA)
The M.A. in Leadership from Saint Mary's is grounded on the values of inclusion, collaboration and service to the larger community that is expected by the citizenry and necessary for …
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Sustainable Community Development (BS)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Create a more sustainable world through planning and design. Sustainable Community Development students love cities and regions and are committed to making them work for everyone as well as for …
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Environmental Planning (Minor)
- State University of New York at Oneonta (NY)
This minor equips students with knowledge and skills to facilitate decision-making through the following required courses: Environmental Sustainability, Environmental Issues, Environmental Monitoring, Physical Geography of Global Environments, Environment Planning, and …
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Biology (MS)
- State University of New York at Oneonta (NY)
The M.S. Biology program focuses on increasing depth of knowledge, engaging in state-of-the-art research techniques, and engaging in applications of content taught at the undergraduate level. Students have the option …
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Environmental Management (Minor)
- The American College of Greece (Aghia Paraskevi)
The interdisciplinary environmental management minor prepares students to apply the principles of environmental science combined with a management perspective to address current environmental and sustainability issues.
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Sustainable Economics and Finance (Minor)
- The American College of Greece (Aghia Paraskevi)
This comprehensive and interdisciplinary academic endeavor includes courses such designed to equip students with a profound understanding of the intricate interplay between economic systems, financial practices, and the imperative of …
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Interdisciplinary Studies - Sustainability Science & Policy- (BS)
- University at Albany (NY)
The Environmental Science department offers a concentration on sustainability science and policy. This involves specific course requirements, electives and internships/field work focused on policy and the science of sustainability.
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Environmental and Sustainable Engineering (MS)
- University at Albany (NY)
You will acquire deep knowledge in one of four concentration areas: water and wastewater, air quality, human health and the environment, and sustainable engineering. Through coursework and research, you will …
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Geography (BA)
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Campus (NJ)
The geography curriculum at Rutgers provides the technical training and theoretical grounding to meet today’s environmental challenges while encouraging students to envision the world of the future in which they …
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Environmental Planning (BS)
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Campus (NJ)
The Environmental Planning curriculum provides a broad educational experience emphasizing an understanding of planning and management of the physical and cultural environments. The program strives to consider our relationship with …
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Sustainable Global Food Systems (Minor)
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Campus (NJ)
The Minor in Sustainable Global Food Systems (18 credits) is designed for students who wish to expand their understanding of issues and challenges facing food systems that bridge the boundaries …
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Coastal Climate Risk & Resilience (Certificate)
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Campus (NJ)
Climate Risk & Resilience certificate is open to professional masters’ students as well as research-based Masters and Ph.D. students. This program focuses on the theories, methods, knowledge, and practical skills …
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- Northeastern University (MA)
The Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies degree is designed to provide a flexible platform for students whose primary interest is in the area of environmental policy. In their first …
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Environmental and Sustainability Sciences (BS)
- Northeastern University (MA)
The Bachelor of Science in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences is designed to provide students comprehensive and transdisciplinary skills needed to tackle the pressing environmental problems we face. Our core curriculum …
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Environmental Engineering and Landscape Architecture (BS) (Combined)
- Northeastern University (MA)
This combined major provides students an opportunity to obtain the fundamental scientific background and practical training to tackle environmental and landscape-related issues. The program seeks to prepare students for advanced …
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Sustainable Energy Systems (Minor)
- Northeastern University (MA)
The sustainable energy systems minor is an interdisciplinary selection of courses designed to offer flexibility and exposure to the principles and applications of sustainable energy systems that are needed to …
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Urban Studies (Minor)
- Northeastern University (MA)
The urban studies minor offers students interested in cities an opportunity to take advantage of the resources of an urban university situated in a major metropolitan area. The minor seeks …
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Food Systems Sustainability, Health, and Equity (Minor)
- Northeastern University (MA)
The minor in food systems sustainability, health, and equity is an interdisciplinary exploration of the contemporary food system, with particular attention to how the system evolved; its diverse societal, health, …
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Sustainable Building Systems (MS)
- Northeastern University (MA)
The graduates of the Master of Science in Sustainable Building Systems program should display a high level of engineering knowledge in a broad range of architectural engineering, civil engineering, and …
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Urban Planning and Policy (MS)
- Northeastern University (MA)
The Master of Science in Urban Planning and Policy (MUPP) program trains leaders interested in building just and sustainable solutions to today’s critical urban problems, including challenges of affordable housing …
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Marine and Environmental Science (PhD)
- Northeastern University (MA)
The PhD in Marine and Environmental Sciences (MES) program provides students with advanced course work and training in the concentration areas of marine sciences, geosciences, sustainability sciences, and ecology and …
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Sustainable Energy Systems (Certificate)
- Northeastern University (MA)
The Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Energy Systems focuses on the integration of energy systems engineering technology with sustainable building systems, including the design and operation of buildings with minimal energy …
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Renewable Energy, (Certificate)
- Northeastern University (MA)
The Graduate Certificate in Renewable Energy focuses on the combination of analysis and integration of energy systems engineering technology with key renewable engineering technology, including solar and wind generation, with …
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Civil Engineering - Water, Environment and Coastal Systems (MS)
- Northeastern University (MA)
This program integrates the study of infrastructure; hydrology; hydraulics; engineering for coastal areas; numerical modeling; remote sensing; spatial and temporal data analysis; and physical, chemical, and biological processes that impact …
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Sustainability (Certificate)
- University of Hawaii Honolulu Community College (HI)
This certificate provides students with an interdisciplinary understanding of core concepts in environmental and sustainability studies. Achieving this certificate connects students with an interest in sustainability to relevant courses, research, …
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Hawaiian Studies (AA)
- University of Hawaii Honolulu Community College (HI)
The Hawaiian Studies program is inherently sustainability focused due to the Hawaiian culture's inherent focus on Mālama 'Āina (to care for the land), which is engrained or underlying in most …
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Marine Option Program Academic Subject (Certificate)
- University of Hawaii Honolulu Community College (HI)
This academic certificate provides students with an understanding of marine life and ocean studies
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Environmental Science (Minor)
- Duquesne University (PA)
The Minor in Environmental Science is perfect for science students looking to tailor their education to current pressing environmental issues. You'll be able to focus on topics that inspire you …
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary major drawing on social and physical science, the humanities, and the arts to provide students a broad understanding of the relationship between humans and the …
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Environmental Science (BS)
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
SUNY New Paltz offers a four-year program leading to a B.S. in Environmental Sciences. This interdisciplinary degree will provide students with a working knowledge of the scientific background required to …
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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 …
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Social Justice Education Studies (MPS)
- State University of New York at New Paltz (NY)
The Social Justice Educational Studies MPS program at SUNY New Paltz prepares professionals in education, activist, and human services fields to be leaders in their workplaces and their communities. Because …
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Cultural Sustainability (Certificate)
- College of Charleston (SC)
The Cultural Sustainability Certificate provides undergraduate students and non-degree-seeking students an opportunity to gain a deep understanding of how culture intersects with conceptualizations of sustainability. Cultural sustainability encompasses three overlapping …
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Urban Studies Program (BA)
- College of Charleston (SC)
Situated in the historic Charleston urban landscape, the Urban Studies Program is a multidisciplinary major designed to provide students with the academic foundation necessary to understand and be sensitive to …
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Sustainability and 21st-Century Business Solutions (Certificate)
- College of Charleston (SC)
The College's Center for Continuing and Professional Education features a certificate program in Sustainability and 21st-Century Business Solutions. The program provides students with skills to lead their business or organization …
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Environmental and Sustainability Studies (Minor)
- College of Charleston (SC)
The mission of the interdisciplinary minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies is to provide students with opportunities to learn more about the natural environment, the ecology of the planet and …
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Business Administration - Leadership for Sustainability (Bachelors)
- College of Charleston (SC)
This Business Administration concentration provides students the opportunity to explore curricular and co-curricular experiences. This program helps students to develop awareness of their leadership potential and enhance their skills in …
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Environmental and Sustainability Studies (MS)
- College of Charleston (SC)
The Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program at the College is designed to provide students with an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of environmental problems through graduate level studies of both …
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Environmental and Sustainability Studies/Public Administration (Masters)
- College of Charleston (SC)
Students in the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program may participate in a concurrent degree program with the Master of Public Administration program, receiving two master's degrees in three years, rather …
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Renewable Energy (BS)
- Texas Tech University (TX)
The Bachelor of Science in Renewable Energy offered through the College of Arts and Sciences, prepares students for a career in many segments of the industry by offering courses on …
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Renewable Energy (Minor)
- Texas Tech University (TX)
This minor consists of 18 hours of undergraduate wind energy courses. A minimum of 9 hours of RE coursework must be taken at the 3000 level or above. All courses …
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Sustainability (Minor)
- Texas Tech University (TX)
Students can choose to complete 18 hours in one of three areas: Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resources, Sustainable Energy & Engineering, Sustainability in Art, Architecture & Society or students can …
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Arid Land Studies (MS)
- Texas Tech University (TX)
The Master of Science in Arid Land Studies (MSALS) is a unique interdisciplinary graduate program designed to prepare students for international, arid lands-oriented careers in natural resources, environmental issues, and …
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Environmental Anaylsis (Bachelor)
- Pitzer College (CA)
Environmental Analysis is an interdisciplinary major focusing on the interaction between human and non-human components of the biosphere. The major applies approaches in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and …
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Environmental Analysis (Minor)
- Pitzer College (CA)
A Minor in Environmental Analysis will be awarded upon completion of a minimum of seven courses, including EA 010 PZ -Introduction to Environmental Analysis, EA 086 PZ -Environmental Justice, and …
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Environment & Sustainability (Minor)
- Catawba College (NC)
The Environment & Sustainability Minor exposes students to lab work, develops best practices in resource management, and cultivates environmental leadership skills. Minors are required to complete a course in environmental …
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Environment & Sustainability - Sustainable Planning & Leadership (Bachelor)
- Catawba College (NC)
The Sustainable Planning and Leadership concentration focuses on community and workplace leadership, driving interdisciplinary learning and application of socio-environmental issues through required coursework like Sustainable Planning and Design and an …
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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.