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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Economics with a Concentration in Environmental Policy and Management (BA)
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
The concentration in environmental policy and management examines the relationship between business and the natural environment, including human health and safety as well as addressing a range of policy issues. …
- Posted Sept. 27, 2018
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
The program in Environmental Studies is designed to provide students with the skills to understand and address contemporary environmental issues. The major integrates studies in the natural sciences, humanities, social …
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Earth Science (BS)
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
This major is for students who want an understanding of the various physical, chemical, and geologic processes that work within our planet and on its surface. Students gain the skills …
- Posted Sept. 27, 2018
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Sustainability Studies Theme
- Ohio University (OH)
As a curricular theme, Sustainability Studies invites critical exploration of a multitude of complex issues from the local to the global levels, including resource management and sustainable development; climate change; …
- Posted Sept. 27, 2018
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Environmental and Plant Biology (BS)
- Ohio University (OH)
The Honors Tutorial College program in Environmental and Plant Biology provides students with an opportunity to study Plant Biology, Environmental Biology or Cell and Molecular Biology at an accelerated rate. …
- Posted Sept. 27, 2018
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- Ohio University (OH)
The Honors Tutorial College program in Environmental Studies offers students a unique opportunity to explore nature-society relations in a highly interdisciplinary environment, drawing on faculty perspectives from the humanities, fine …
- Posted Sept. 27, 2018
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Urban Planning and Sustainability (BS)
- Ohio University (OH)
The Urban Planning and Sustainability major provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to envision and craft urban environments that embrace the three key components of sustainability—environment, economy, and …
- Posted Sept. 27, 2018
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147 Practical Tips for Teaching Sustainability: Connecting the Environment, the Economy, and Society 2nd Edition
- Colorado State University (CO)
Forewords by David Orr and by AASHE's inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Dr. Anthony “Tony” Cortese in recognition for his tremendous impact in advancing sustainability in higher education.
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- Posted Sept. 19, 2018
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Education for Sustainable Human and Environmental Systems: From Theory to Practice
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
The goal of Sustainable Human and Environmental Systems (SHES) education is to prepare students to facilitate social learning in communities that builds knowledge of, capacity for, and commitment to sustainability …
- Posted Sept. 19, 2018
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Environmental Communication Pedagogy and Practice
- Dominican University of California (CA)
- New Mexico State University (NM)
- The University of New Mexico (NM)
Given the urgency of environmental problems, how we communicate about our ecological relations is crucial. Environmental Communication Pedagogy and Practice is concerned with ways to help learners effectively navigate and …
- Posted Sept. 19, 2018
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Sustainability Minor
- South Dakota State University (SD)
The minor in Sustainability provides an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability, allowing students to explore the challenges of sustainability and to think about how to develop solutions to pressing issues at …
- Posted Sept. 19, 2018
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Syllabus: ENVI 202: Sustainability and the Campus
- Macalester College (MN)
This interdisciplinary class will make direct connections between global environmental issues, such as climate change, and life on an urban campus. With Macalester College as our case study, we will …
- Posted Sept. 14, 2018
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Syllabus: Psychology 308: Advanced Methods in Community Based Social Marketing
- Oberlin College (OH)
This course will give you training in Community Based Social Marketing (CBSM), an empirically driven approach to changing human behavior. While the techniques of CBSM can be used to change …
- Posted Sept. 14, 2018
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Course Presentation: BSBA 590-033: Carolina Sustainability Consulting
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)
This semester-long course, Carolina Sustainability Consulting, will provide undergraduate students the opportunity to put theory into practice by devising strategies and crafting implementation plans to advance UNC’s sustainability goals. Working …
- Posted Sept. 14, 2018
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Syllabus: BUSI590-033: Carolina Sustainability Consulting
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)
This semester-long course, Carolina Sustainability Consulting, will provide undergraduate students the opportunity to put theory into practice by devising strategies and crafting implementation plans to advance UNC’s sustainability goals. Working …
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M.Ed. in Environmental Education
- Bard College (NY)
The Bard M.Ed. in Environmental Education program prepares educators to create an informed and engaged citizenry supporting progress towards a just, prosperous, and sustainable future. Through intensive academic training, real …
- Posted Sept. 12, 2018
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Sustainability and the Humanities
- Canterbury Christ Church University
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
This book explores the strong links between sustainability and the humanities, which go beyond the inclusion of social sciences in discussions on sustainability, and offers a holistic discussion on the …
- Posted Sept. 7, 2018
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Professional Skills in Sustainability
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- AASHE (MA)
There is often a mismatch between the learning outcomes of higher education programs and the professional skills required for sustainability jobs. This webinar provides an overview of professional skills in …
- Posted Sept. 6, 2018
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Food, Energy, & Water in Society Minor
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
The Food, Energy, and Water in Society (FEWS) minor, will provide integrated, multidisciplinary, learner-centered instruction in science and science-informed decision-making about FEW issues. The FEWS minor is designed to offer …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Energy Sciences Minor
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
The Energy Science minor comprises four introductory core courses that provide a comprehensive overview of energy in society, fundamental energy principles, the economics of energy, and environmental issues related to …
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Society and the Environment Minor
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
The society and the environment minor will prepare students to contribute solutions for current and future local, regional, and global environmental challenges. Stewardship and the efficient, sustainable use of environmental, …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Environmental Education Minor
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
A minor in environmental education is designed to provide additional qualifications for students interested in pursuing a career in the field of environmental and natural resources education. Career options for …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Grassland Ecology & Management (BS)
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
This major focuses on the management of rangeland, the world's most abundant type of land. About 45 percent of the world's land area and half of Nebraska's is classified as …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Fisheries and Wildlife (BA)
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
The fisheries and wildlife major is designed to produce professionals who will manage wild populations of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Fisheries and wildlife management involves management of people, …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Water Science (BS)
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's water science major includes instruction in water science, natural resources, biological and physical sciences and mathematics and statistics, as well as in the humanities, social sciences …
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Applied Climate Science (BS)
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
The applied climate science major provides an interdisciplinary approach with courses in biology, chemistry, soils, water, ecology, mathematics and statistics, and Geographic Information Science (GIScience). These courses provide students with …
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Environmental Restoration Science (BS)
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
Environmental restoration initiates or accelerates the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or contaminated from human activity or natural agents. Students interested in this major will receive …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
UNL’s Environmental Studies Program prepares students to solve current and future local, regional, and global environmental challenges. The program pairs a truly interdisciplinary curriculum with a student-centered approach that emphasizes …
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Sustainability Minor
- Emmanuel College (MA)
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MA)
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MA)
- Simmons University (MA)
- Wentworth Institute of Technology (MA)
The Colleges of the Fenway Minor in Sustainability is embedded in the international recognition that unsustainable pressures resulting from human activity threaten the natural systems on which human existence depends. …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Forestry and Natural Resources Minor
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
A minor in Forestry and Natural Resources is for students who are interested in learning about the conservation and restoration of the earth's natural resources through hands-on study of the …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Sustainable Technology BS
- Appalachian State University (NC)
The Bachelor of Science degree in Sustainable Technology helps students develop the skills needed to design, build and maintain technological systems that will help create a more sustainable world.
In …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Environmental Earth Science Minor
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The Environmental Earth Science minor focuses broadly on the natural sciences, using earth science as a base to expand outward. Interrelationships are key to this course of study and the …
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Minor in Sustainable Technology
- Appalachian State University (NC)
Sustainable Technology reflects an approach to technological development, characterized by creative and sound engineering, that recognizes the social, environmental, political, economic, and technical aspects of a proposed technological solution to …
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Environmental Engineering Minor
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The Environmental Engineering Science (EES) minor is an interdisciplinary program pairing engineering fundamentals with courses in the environmental and natural sciences. The EES curriculum provides a broader foundation in the …
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Sustainable Building Systems Concentration (Building Sciences BS)
- Appalachian State University (NC)
Energy efficiency matters. As state and federal agencies prioritize energy efficiency, they need leaders who understand how buildings work and how to find ways to make them work better.
Appalachian …
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Environmental Economics & Policy Minor
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Students may pursue a minor in Environmental Economics and Policy as an adjunct to their chosen major field. This program offers interested students an opportunity to explore aspects of economic …
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Indigenous Nations and Native American Studies BA/BS
- Portland State University (OR)
The major focuses on critical studies and practices of Tribal race theory, decolonizing methodologies, traditional and cultural ecological knowledge, and contemporary themes, such as community health, food sovereignty, Indigenous land/resource …
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Conservation and Resource Studies Minor
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Conservation and Resource Studies is an interdisciplinary program designed for those who are interested in environmental issues and areas of interaction among natural resources, population, energy, technology, societal institutions, and …
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Sustainable Design Minor
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Sustainable design implies making decisions at various scales of the built environment (buildings, communities, land use patterns, urban support systems) in ways that support environmental quality, social equity, and economic …
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Sustainable Environmental Design (BA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The sustainable environmental design major recognizes that the emergent, multidisciplinary field of sustainability science is growing rapidly. As the world population urbanizes, the planning and design of resilient, resource-efficient, healthy …
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Sustainability Professional Studies Certificate
- Boston College (MA)
With a six-course curriculum offered entirely online, this program comprises courses such as Sustainability Science, Energy in the 21st Century, Water Resources, and Building Green Buildings. Students are exposed to …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Geophysics (MS)
- Boston College (MA)
The Geophysics program stresses a strong background in the earth sciences, as well as the ability to carry out research. It prepares students for successful careers as geoscientists in the …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Geology (MS)
- Boston College (MA)
The Geology (MS) program stresses a strong background in the earth sciences, as well as the ability to carry out research. It prepares students for successful careers as geoscientists in …
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Faith, Peace and Justice minor
- Boston College (MA)
The Faith, Peace and Justice minor offers students the opportunity to explore, in an interdisciplinary manner, how their own serious questions about faith, peace and justice are related to concrete …
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Managing for Social Impact and the Public Good Minor
- Boston College (MA)
The interdisciplinary minor in Managing for Social Impact and the Public Good seeks to provide Boston College undergraduate students with a well-defined, interdisciplinary program of study focused on analyzing the …
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Environmental Geoscience (BS)
- Boston College (MA)
The field of Environmental Geoscience is interdisciplinary and evolving. This bachelor of science program serves as an excellent major for students who wish to concentrate in the scientific aspects of …
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New designation accelerates development of UH sustainability curriculum
- University of Hawaii - West Oahu (HI)
- AASHE (MA)
The University of Hawaiʻi Office of Sustainability has been designated by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) as one of only 13 Centers for Sustainability …
- Posted Aug. 29, 2018
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Meeting the food waste challenge in higher education
- Montana State University (MT)
Purpose: Food waste represents a major sustainability challenge with environmental, economic, social and health implications. Institutions of higher education contribute to generating food waste while serving as models in championing …
- Posted Aug. 10, 2018
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GIS Certicate
- Stockton University (NJ)
The program objective is to certify a student's satisfactory completion of a series of courses designed for professional GIS training and education at Stockton University. GIS is becoming increasingly important …
- Posted Aug. 6, 2018
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Marine Science (BA/BS)
- Stockton University (NJ)
Stockton's Marine Science (MARS) program encompasses two general areas of study: Marine Biology and Oceanography. The program is interdisciplinary and requires student competence in several areas of science. A number …
- Posted Aug. 6, 2018
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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.