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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BS Environmental Engineering
- Missouri University of Science and Technology (MO)
The Environmental Engineering Program will prepare students for a career in the global, interdisciplinary field of environmental engineering and for life-long development in the profession. The program's fundamental base ...
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BS Environmental Engineering
- University of Connecticut (CT)
The interdisciplinary Environmental Engineering Program within the School of Engineering offers a BS degree in Environmental Engineering. The program trains professionals who can address cross-disciplinary environmental problems. The complex nature ...
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BS Environmental Engineering
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
The Rensselaer bachelor's program in environmental engineering builds upon a broad base of studies in chemistry, life sciences, and engineering sciences culminating in a uniquely structured course sequence. This ...
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BS Environmental Geology
- University of Mary Washington (VA)
Geology is the science devoted to the study of the Earth, including its origin and evolution, the processes that shape itssurface, and the dynamic events such as earthquakes, floods, and ...
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BS Environmental Science
- University of Mary Washington (VA)
Environmental Science is concerned with the relationships among humans and the natural environment. Both of our Environmental Science majors, Natural Science and Social Science (links at left) are highly interdisciplinary ...
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BS Environmental Sustainability, Health & Safety
- Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
The BS degree in environmental sustainability, health, and safety is focused on social responsibility. The program prepares students to work as environmental sustainability, health, and safety professionals in both industry ...
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BS in Adventure-Based Environmental Education
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
The B.S. in Adventure-Based Environmental Education at Unity College prepares students to make a real impact in education and the environment through hands-on, experiential learning. Alongside technical knowledge, students ...
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BS in Agriculture with Emphasis in Sustainable Agriculture
- University of Missouri (MO)
Increasingly, farmers are looking for creative ways to increase and diversify farm income, while consumers are seeking sustainably raised food produced close to home. Sustainable agriculture meets the needs of ...
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BS in Agroecology
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
AgroEcology is an interdisciplinary major shared between Penn State's Departments of Crop and Soil Sciences, Entomology and Plant Pathology. While our majors are rooted in the plant sciences, they ...
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BS in Architecture & Sustainability
- Ferris State University (MI)
Sustainability is transforming the architectural profession. The term has become ubiquitous; not only is it associated with design and construction of "green" buildings, but it is also attached to economic ...
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BS in Atmospheric Science
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Atmospheric Science includes the physics of climate variability and climate change, changes in stratospheric ozone, coupling of atmospheric chemistry and climate, changes in the oxidation capacity of the troposphere, smog ...
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BS in Chemical Biology
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Biology is for students who are interested in careers in biochemistry, the biological sciences, medicine, pharmacology, and bioengineering.
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BS in Civil & Environmental Engineering
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
In CEE, students pursue a well-rounded education designed to prepare them for a career in civil and environmental engineering or for advanced study in this or related fields. Students will ...
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BS in Civil & Environmental Engineering
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers an undergraduate option in environmental engineering. Students taking the environmental engineering option will earn an ABET-accredited BS degree in civil engineering. The ...
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BS in Earth & Environmental Engineering
- Columbia University (NY)
All undergraduates are offered a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth and Environmental Engineering (B.S. EEE), which prepares students for a wide range of careers that value the Earth ...
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BS in Energy Engineering
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Energy Engineering is part of the multi-departmental and interdisciplinary Engineering Science Program. This undergraduate program encompasses a variety of closely-related areas of the physical sciences, mathematics, and engineering. It is ...
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BS in Energy Engineering
- Indiana Institute of Technology (IN)
Indiana Tech's College of Engineering is committed to providing students with a student-centered, hands-on educational experience. With our career-focused degrees you can have confidence in knowing that there is ...
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BS in Environmental & Ecological Engineering (BS EEE)
- Purdue University (IN)
The Environmental and Ecological Engineering degree program embraces a unique new approach to environmental engineering that considers such core approaches as control, treatment, and mitigation, but also seeks to address ...
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BS in Environmental & Resource Economics
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
Environmental and resource economics focuses on the application of economic theory to specific environmental and resource problems to include; land, marine, water, agricultural, forestry, fisheries or marine resource economics. Students ...
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BS in Environmental & Sustainability Sciences
- Cornell University (NY)
The curriculum in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, also known as ESS, seeks to advance students’ ability to understand and address real-world environmental problems, manage social-ecological systems in a sustainable manner ...
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BS in Environmental & Sustainability Studies
- Tennessee Technological University (TN)
A Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental and Sustainability Studies from Tennessee Tech prepares students to lead and succeed in a fast-growing career field through solid scientific foundations and broad ...
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BS in Environmental & Water Resource Economics
- University of Arizona (AZ)
A degree in Environmental Water Resource and Economics (EWRE) prepares students to assume responsible positions in the management of the world's natural and human resources. Students develop skills through ...
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BS in Environmental Earth Science
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The Environmental Earth Science major 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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BS in Environmental Economics & Management
- Michigan State University (MI)
Environmental Economics and Management prepares students for a career that requires balancing environmental sustainability and economic development goals. The major is a broad, integrated study of environmental economics, public finance ...
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BS in Environmental Economics & Management
- University of Rhode Island (RI)
Undergraduate students who have a strong interest in natural resource sciences, and in how the environment affects the economy, will find this to be a challenging and rewarding major. The ...
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BS in Environmental Economics & Policy
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the College of Letters and Science jointly offer the undergraduate major in Environmental Economics and Policy (EEP). This major offers an opportunity ...
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BS in Environmental Economics, Policy & Management
- Oregon State University (OR)
Students majoring in Environmental Economics and Policy must choose one of three options: The Environmental Economics Option focuses on development of strong economic and statistical skills and their use in ...
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BS in Environmental Engineering
- Michigan State University (MI)
Deals with the control of air, water, and land pollution to protect public health and enhance environmental quality by providing safe water supplies, treatment and disposal of waste water, and ...
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BS in Environmental Engineering
- Florida State University (FL)
Environmental Engineering focuses primarily on environmental engineering, hydraulics, hydrology, water resources, and the management of all waste streams. Environmental engineers help prevent and solve environmental problems and may be involved ...
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BS in Environmental Engineering
- Louisiana State University (LA)
Environmental engineering is a separate and distinct baccalaureate degree program within the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. As a discipline, environmental engineering is defined as "the application of engineering ...
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BS in Environmental Engineering
- Utah State University (UT)
Environmental engineering majors at USU gain experience in water/wastewater engineering, air quality management, public health/industrial hygiene, solid and hazardous waste management, and water quality management. Students in the ...
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BS in Environmental Engineering
- Yale University (CT)
Students who graduate with a Yale degree in Environmental Engineering will be ready for leadership positions in industry and government agencies, as well as for graduate study in engineering, science ...
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BS in Environmental Engineering
- University at Buffalo (NY)
The accredited curricula in civil and environmental engineering leave ample opportunities for personal and professional growth. Through the Career Development Curriculum, students track their progress to a satisfying career or ...
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BS in Environmental Engineering
- Southern Methodist University (TX)
The civil engineering and environmental engineering programs focus on planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and managing the nation's physical infrastructure such as buildings, bridges, power plants, water and wastewater systems ...
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BS in Environmental Engineering
- University of Miami (FL)
The objectives of the Environmental Engineering Program are to have graduates who within the first several years following graduation are eitherWorking as a professional in an area closely related to ...
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BS in Environmental Engineering
- Washington State University, Pullman (WA)
Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Course offerings have been developed to give the student an excellent foundation in this diverse field. The student has the opportunity to gain an understanding in air ...
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BS in Environmental Management
- Royal Roads University (BC)
The BSc in Environmental Management is an integrated, interdisciplinary program that provides the skills, knowledge and tools to identify and assess the qualitative, scientific, and technical components of environmental issues ...
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BS in Environmental Practice
- Royal Roads University (BC)
The Environmental Practice programs are 30-credit, online programs offered as either a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science (BAEP/BScEP) degree. These are degree-completion programs, which means that ...
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BS in Environmental Science
- Winthrop University (SC)
The BS degree in Environmental Sciences will educate students in the scientific, social, political, ethical, and policy aspects of environmental issues in preparation for scientific careers in industry, government, and ...
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BS in Environmental Science
- Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
The practice of environmental science demands that students be well-rounded specialists. To accomplish this, each student is required to select an aspect of environmental science as a specialization. Students in ...
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BS in Environmental Science & Resource Management
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The School offers two undergraduate majors leading to the Bachelor of Science in Forest Resources degree, Environmental Science and Resource Management and Bioresource Science and Engineering. Scholarship support is widely ...
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BS in Environmental Sciences
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
Students completing the Environmental Science degree have a firm background in physical and life sciences, and a basic understanding of: Existing environmental policies and regulation and the legislative process of ...
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BS in Environmental Sustainability
- Philadelphia University (PA)
The Environmental Sustainability program prepares you for a career as a sustainability professional, a strategic leader of environmental initiatives for companies, communities, and organizations. Designing a sustainable operation, whether at ...
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BS in Environmental Sustainability
- Eastern Mennonite University (VA)
Environmental sustainability majors learn to truly grasp the nature of environmental research and issues by taking courses in a variety of disciplines. Biology, sociology and peacebuilding professors work closely together ...
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BS in Green Process Engineering
- Western University (ON)
This program integrates the fundamental principles of chemical engineering to the design of commercial products and processes that are safe, economical and environmentally friendly. The program also explores alternative sources ...
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BS in Horticultural Science
- University of Florida (FL)
The Horticultural Sciences Department offers four undergraduate curriculum options: Horticultural Sciences - This is a flexible curriculum covering growth and development of horticultural crops and is tailored to individual students’ interest ...
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BA/BS in Natural Resources & Environmental Management
- Ball State University (IN)
NREM at Ball State University strives for that ideal balance between the needs of humanity and the needs of natural systems. On the beautiful Ball State University campus in Muncie ...
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BS in Plant Science
- University of Florida (FL)
Plant Science is a diverse major offered by the departments of Agronomy and Plant Pathology. Various specializations are available. Agronomy administers two of four options in the undergraduate Plant Science ...
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BS in Renewable Energy
- Vermont Technical College (VT)
The Renewable Energy degree integrates the study of engineering, technology, science, and business to prepare graduates to design, implement, and manage renewable energy systems and similar technologies. Students learn to ...
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BS in Soils & Sustainable Crop Systems
- Clemson University (SC)
Soils and Sustainable Crop Systems (SSCS) is a multi-disciplinary degree program in agriculture designed to provide students with expertise in soils, crop sciences, or applied agricultural biotechnology. SSCS offers students ...
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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.