Academic Programs

Introduction

AASHE’s academic programs listing is among the largest and most comprehensive public databases of academic programs in sustainability and related fields. It includes everything from professional certificates to doctoral degrees.

At a Glance

4086
Total Resources
756
Organizations
31
Countries
51
U.S. States & Territories
11
Canadian Provinces

Bars in graphs can be clicked to view resources that align with a particular category. Because a resource may be listed under multiple topics and disciplines, graph data may include higher total counts than what is indicated in total resources above.

4086 resources

Water Resources (MS)

  • University of Idaho (ID)

Students will learn to collaborate effectively with peers in other fields and with key stakeholders and professionals to define, research, and achieve creative and sustainable solutions to contemporary water problems ...

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Water Resources (PhD)

  • University of Idaho (ID)

Students will learn to collaborate effectively with peers in other fields and with key stakeholders and professionals to define, research, and achieve creative and sustainable solutions to contemporary water problems ...

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Fish and Wildlife Science (MS)

  • University of Idaho (ID)

The M.S. degree with major study in either fishery resources or wildlife resources is awarded when a student has met the requirements listed below. A formal graduate program of ...

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Sustainable Food Systems (BS/BA)

  • Prescott College (AZ)

This degree explores food systems from agricultural processes, to marketplace dynamics, to the issues of food justice. Students engage in interdisciplinary study and practice, drawing on history, environmental studies and ...

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Sustainability Management (BA)

  • Prescott College (AZ)

The Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability Management is designed to give students a home for their personal vision of how to design and implement measures that facilitate business goals and ...

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Resilient and Sustainable Communities (MS)

  • Prescott College (AZ)

The Master of Science degree in Resilient and Sustainable Communities (MRSC) uses a bioregional approach to distance learning, in which students apply what they learn in each course to their ...

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Environmental Studies and Conservation Biology

  • Prescott College (AZ)

Conservation Biology is an interdisciplinary field that has developed rapidly to respond to a global crisis confronting biological diversity and the cultural diversity that depends upon it. Practitioners of Conservation ...

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Sustainability Leadership (MBA)

  • Prescott College (AZ)

Graduates lead the way in integrating environmental, social, and governance actions into entrepreneurial ventures, sustainable businesses, nonprofits, and government.

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Sustainable Food Systems (MS)

  • Prescott College (AZ)

This degree supports the strengthening of communities and their members by helping people re(build) healthy, just and sustainable food systems. In today’s world of complex food, nutrition, and ...

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Sustainable Food Systems (MBA-MSFS)

  • Prescott College (AZ)

Designed for students interested in transforming food systems. Students gain sustainable leadership skills and tools with the knowledge of systems science needed to build and change businesses that contribute to ...

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Community Planning (MCP)

  • Auburn University (AL)

The community planning program is concerned with the use of land, protection of the environment, public welfare, the design of public spaces and infrastructure, and the economy.

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Landscape Architecture (MA)

  • Auburn University (AL)

The Auburn Master's in Landscape Architecure involves three areas of inquiry, which guide and regulate its teaching and learning strategies. These are ecological urbanism, environmental justice and global challenges ...

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Earth System Science (PhD)

  • Auburn University (AL)

Is based on the integration of scientific disciplines from five participating colleges and 10 academic departments at Auburn University, providing for a curriculum of unusual richness and breadth. The earth ...

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Applied Economics, Agriculture (PhD)

  • Auburn University (AL)

Focuses on the applications of economic theory and econometrics to resolve problems concerning agricultural endeavors.

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International Studies, Global Health and Environment (BA)

  • University of Dayton (OH)

Environmental issues such as climate change, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity are inherently global. International studies majors in the global environmental sustainability concentration are able to combine ...

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Sustainability Studies (BA, BS)

  • University of Dayton (OH)

Provides students an understanding and appreciation of the interdisciplinary aspects of sustainability, energy and the environment. The goal of the program and the Hanley Sustainability Institute is to equip students ...

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Human Rights Studies (BA)

  • University of Dayton (OH)

Intended to produce intellectually adept students capable of performing rigorous research and conducting high quality analysis of critical questions in the area of human rights. It is equally intended to ...

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Human Rights Studies (Minor)

  • University of Dayton (OH)

Provides students an opportunity to address issues related to human rights from various disciplinary approaches. The universal nature of human rights issues may directly relate to a major, while in ...

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Renewable & Clean Energy (MS)

  • University of Dayton (OH)

Students will take in-depth courses in solar engineering, geothermal engineering, wind engineering, biofuels, building and industrial energy efficiency develop, and energy data analytics. Project-based experiences linked to industrial and governmental ...

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Sustainability Leadership (Minor)

  • University of Minnesota, Morris (MN)

The minor provides an opportunity for students in any academic major to develop key competencies that will be the foundation for their growth as sustainability leaders in their civic and ...

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Environmental Science (BS)

  • University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)

Students majoring in Environmental Science prepare for a variety of careers in the private and public sector. Environmental scientists perform environmental impact analyses, water/soil pollution assessment and remediation, water ...

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Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Major (BS)

  • University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)

For students interested in meteorology, weather forecasting, climatology and air pollution, and fulfills the education requirements for federally employed meteorologists. Students in this program conduct forecasting of weather, extreme events ...

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Environmental Studies (MS)

  • University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)

Program provides an opportunity for students to enhance their knowledge, skills, and career through innovation and research. This post-graduate program offered on a full time basis has a well-designed curriculum ...

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Environmental Atmospheric Science (Graduated Certificate)

  • University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)

Designed for students who have an interest in the environmental aspects of the Atmospheric Sciences. The intended audience is practitioners in the environmental field who want to broaden their expertise ...

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Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies (Graduate Certificate)

  • University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)

The certificate will be particularly valuable for: 1.Those who have encountered conflict in their personal and/or professional lives. 2.People working in very diverse fields, such as human ...

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Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Graduate Certificate)

  • University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)

The Sustainable Infrastructure for Developing Nations certificate program courses are designed to include this specialized knowledge while also meeting the requirements for domestic employment. Courses for the certificate are specifically ...

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Interior Architecture (MFA)

  • University of North Carolina, Greensboro (NC)

Offers students a venue for advanced investigations of the built environment in close collaboration with faculty mentors. Particular strengths in historic preservation, interior product design, community-engaged design, acoustics, and human-environment ...

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Energy Engineering (Minor)

  • Lehigh University (PA)

The mechanical engineering curriculum provides the fundamental knowledge in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and other related areas leading up to the courses for the energy engineering minor. The courses offer a ...

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Earth and Environmental Sciences (Minor)

  • Lehigh University (PA)

Exposes students to the fundamentals in environmental science, geology, and ecology, all in the context of a modern earth-systems-science approach.

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Leadership for Sustainable Communities (BA)

  • Saint Joseph's College - ME (ME)

Students learn to solve real-world problems, and prepare for a lifetime of community leadership. The program goes far beyond traditional academic barriers to dig into real-world challenges — preparing students to ...

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Environmental Science (BS)

  • Saint Joseph's College - ME (ME)

An important focus of Saint Joseph’s environmental program is on aquatic ecosystems such as Sebago Lake and the nearby Gulf of Maine. A majority of the courses required for ...

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Marine Science (BS)

  • Saint Joseph's College - ME (ME)

Program allows students work covers cataloging the diversity of Gulf of Maine waters, to studying the causes and effects of red tide outbreaks, or researching how the chemical environments affects ...

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Remote Sensing of Environmental Change (Minor)

  • University of Maryland, College Park (MD)

The minor will provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills to apply the latest geographic science concepts and techniques in exploring, planning for, and responding to environmental events. These ...

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Global Poverty (Minor)

  • University of Maryland, College Park (MD)

The minor develops an awareness and understanding of the dimensions of global poverty, its causes and consequences, and the scope of policies aimed at poverty alleviation. Students will discover how ...

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Environmental Science (BS)

  • University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)

The major specializes primarily on the following areas of study: Climate and climate change: Earth's past, present and future climate Global biogeochemical cycles: Cycles of water, carbon, nitrogen, sulfur ...

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Agroecology (BA)

  • University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)

provides ecological concepts that can be applied to the development of sustainable agricultural systems

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Sustainability Studies (Minor)

  • University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)

designed for students who want to work in the sustainability field, pursue green entrepreneurship and startups, and become agents of the change needed to protect the environment in an equitable ...

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Coastal Science and Policy (MS)

  • University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)

The program focuses on practical training to provide integrated solutions to social and ecological challenges via four interconnected nodes that leverage UCSC’s existing leadership in coastal sustainability: Conserving biodiversity ...

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Earth Systems Science Program (BS)

  • University of California, Merced (CA)

Prepares students to understand and solve critical challenges facing our environment, such as climate change, pollution, conservation and resource management.

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Environmental Science and Sustainability (Minor)

  • University of California, Merced (CA)

Focuses on application of concepts and methods from the physical, chemical, biological and social sciences to the study of the natural environment and seeks solutions to environmental problems. Sustainability science ...

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Master of Environmental Science (M.En.)

  • Miami University (OH)

Professional degree program that emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to environmental problem solving and sustainable practices. Students choose an area of concentration in either applied ecology and conservation, land and water ...

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Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology (PhD)

  • Miami University (OH)

Program focuses on the application of ecological and evolutionary principles to environmental issues.

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Wind Energy (Minor)

  • Texas Tech University (TX)

The Wind Energy Minor requires 18 credit hours of undergraduate wind energy courses, nine of which must be completed at either the Junior or Senior level. Prepares students for a ...

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Sustainability (BA)

  • University of Hawaii at Manoa (HI)

Through this program, students will develop skills to understand social and environmental implications of sustainability in the context of contemporary local, regional, and global challenges.

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Certificate in Sustainability

  • University of Hawaii at Manoa (HI)

Within this certificate, students will develop: 1) an understanding of the interconnectivity of human and natural systems; 2) evidence-based reasoning on the implications of sustainability problems and/or proposed solutions ...

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Renewable Energy and Island Sustainability Graduate Certificate

  • University of Hawaii at Manoa (HI)

Provides students with an opportunity to get both breadth and depth in energy and sustainability curriculum. Students will take classes in different colleges to get a broad perspective on energy ...

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Sustainable Business Management (SBM) (Certificate)

  • Oklahoma State University (OK)

This certificate program requires a fulfillment of 24-credit hours. There are four core courses and a required selection of four out of 13 courses. Examples of courses: Management of Sustainable ...

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Sustainability (Minor)

  • University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (WI)

Encourages students to become aware of how intersecting economic, social, and environmental problems affect the global, regional, and local communities and the necessary pathways to address those problems.

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Sustainability Academic Subject (Minor)

  • University of Hawaii Hawaii Community College-Hilo (HI)

This Certificate encompasses Hawaiʻiʻs geography and traditional sustainable practices, climate change and mitigation science, aloha ʻāina, and more. Students pursuing a Sustainability Certificate engage with a wide variety of subjects ...

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Hawaiian Studies (Bachelors)

  • University of Hawaii Windward Community College (HI)

Students in with this degree learn about Native Hawaiian Land Management systems, the value of water, the devastating ecological effects of the continued American occupation, the ties between language to ...

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