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

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4086 resources

Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences (BS)

  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)

Designed for students interested in careers leading the conservation, protection, and management of natural and environmental resources or in pursuing advanced education in one of its many disciplinary areas, the ...

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International Agriculture & Rural Development (BS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The International Agriculture and Rural Development (IARD) major is designed for students who are interested in tackling the unique and interdisciplinary issues associated with food systems and rural development in ...

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Global and Public Health Sciences (BS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

GPHS majors develop a strong background in biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and physiology. These courses provide a foundation with which to understand the biomedical basis of public health ...

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Agricultural Sciences (BS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

Cornell's Agricultural Sciences Major gives students the flexibility to tailor their studies to meet their unique goals with concentrations in Animal Science, Business Management and Policy, Education and Society ...

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Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (BS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

This degree will prepare students to tackle some of the most pressing challenges of our time. Global warming, dwindling energy resources, inadequate water supplies, political strife over strategic minerals, and ...

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Entomology (BS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The Entomology major provides an education in biological and environmental sciences, with a special emphasis on insects. Students in this major are not just fascinated by the most diverse group ...

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Fiber Science and Apparel Design (BS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The multidisciplinary approach of the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design at Cornell University combines design, art, biology, chemistry, engineering and social science concepts and methods. The department faculty ...

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Food Science (BS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The Food Science major prepares students to lead change in the food industry, academia and government. The research programs are designed to expand understanding of the biological/microbiological, chemical, physical ...

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Landscape Architecture (BS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

Landscape Architecture is the design of outdoor areas such as public parks, restored wetlands, urban plazas, historic sites and botanical gardens. Students will learn to collaborate on a wide range ...

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Nutritional Sciences (BS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

Cornell’s Division of Nutritional Sciences is devoted to human nutrition, with current research in the cognitive effects of early exposure to environmental toxins, environmental interventions to prevent obesity, and ...

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Plant Sciences (BS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

While students majoring in Plant Sciences necessarily share a common enthusiasm for plants, the variety of available courses and research opportunities encourages a great diversity of individual interests and career ...

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Urban and Regional Studies (BS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

In the Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Studies (B.S. URS) program, students develop the insights, knowledge, and technical skills needed to understand cities in all their diversity ...

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Developmental Sociology (BS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

Students majoring in Development Sociology gain an understanding in societal development and factors to solve social problems, both local and global. Students are provided close mentorship and opportunities for active ...

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Biological Engineering (BS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

Biological Engineering students learn to combine the power of engineering principles and techniques with the rapidly developing science of biology. By integrating engineering and biology, students can help tackle some ...

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Community Food Systems Minor

  • Cornell University (NY)

The Minor in Community Food Systems (CFS) is a university-wide program enabling undergraduate students to engage with critical contemporary issues relating to food security, food sovereignty, and food justice. In ...

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Soil Science Minor

  • Cornell University (NY)

A minor in Soil Science prepares students for work on agricultural and natural ecosystems by learning to identify, understand and manage soils in agriculture and forestry in an environmentally responsible ...

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Design and Environmental Analysis Minor

  • Cornell University (NY)

D+EA offers an integrative, flexible undergraduate cur­riculum that is student-centric. The program provides a substantive design education and is one of the few comparable programs that is STEM ...

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Horticulture Minor

  • Cornell University (NY)

The Horticulture Minor Program of Study in Horticulture aims to increase students’ knowledge and skills for managing fruits, vegetables and landscape plants for the purpose of improving the quality of ...

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Landscape Studies Minor

  • Cornell University (NY)

Students outside the professional program may choose the undergraduate minor in landscape studies to complement their major (five courses, 15 credits). Landscape is a useful unifying and foundational concept to ...

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Marine Biology Minor

  • Cornell University (NY)

Marine biology draws from a range of disciplines including organismal biology, marine microbiology, ocean biogeochemistry, biological oceanography and marine ecology. These disciplines consider adaptation of marine organisms to their environment ...

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Plant Breeding Minor

  • Cornell University (NY)

The Minor Program of Study in Plant Breeding provides a basic understanding of crop improvement, a historical perspective of the discipline, and a sense of how plant breeding contributes to ...

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Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Minor

  • Cornell University (NY)

This minor will prepare students to tackle some of the most pressing challenges of our time. Global warming, dwindling energy resources, inadequate water supplies, political strife over strategic minerals, and ...

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Urban and Regional Studies Minor

  • Cornell University (NY)

The urban and regional studies (URS) minor has been formulated specifically for out-of-department students who are interested in what shapes cities and metropolitan regions.

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Agriculture and Life Sciences (MPS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The MPS degree program at Cornell CALS is ideal for career-focused students interested in the thorough study of issues and advancements in the fields of life, social, and environmental sciences ...

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Ecology (MS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The program is intended to provide students with broad exposure to concepts and research approaches within ecology and evolution (primarily through seminars and formal course work), as well as in-depth ...

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Ecology (PhD)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The program is intended to provide students with broad exposure to concepts and research approaches within ecology and evolution (primarily through seminars and formal course work), as well as in-depth ...

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Evolutionary Biology (MS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The program is intended to provide students with broad exposure to concepts and research approaches within ecology and evolution (primarily through seminars and formal course work), as well as in-depth ...

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Evolutionary Biology (PhD)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The program is intended to provide students with broad exposure to concepts and research approaches within ecology and evolution (primarily through seminars and formal course work), as well as in-depth ...

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City and Regional Planning (MRP)

  • Cornell University (NY)

Students learn to design, evaluate, and implement policies and programs that affect the social, economic, and physical development of urban and regional areas, including those in the Developing World. The ...

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Human-Environment Relations (MS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The Field of Design and Environmental Analysis brings together experts in interior design, human factors and ergonomics, facility planning and management, and environmental psychology into a single field and department ...

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Entomology (MS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The Entomology Masters Program provides an education with several concentration options in insect pathology, insect behavior, integrated pest management, and more. Students in this program are not just fascinated by ...

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Entomology (PhD)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The Entomology Doctoral Program provides an education with several concentration options in insect pathology, insect behavior, integrated pest management, and more. Students in this program are not just fascinated by ...

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Human Ecology (MPS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The common focus of the field is the study of fibrous materials and their use as apparel, as engineering structures (such as composite materials), in biomedical applications, and in home ...

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Food Science and Technology (MS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

Candidates for the M.S. degree select one major in the field and one minor outside the field. There are no general course credit requirements for the M.S. or ...

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Food Science and Technology (PhD)

  • Cornell University (NY)

Candidates for the Ph.D. degree select one major in the field and two minors outside the field. There are no general course credit requirements for the M.S. or ...

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Horticultural Biology (MS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

Although emphasis is on horticultural plants and systems commonly found in areas of temperate climate, graduate study on species and cropping systems of tropical areas is also possible by use ...

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Horticultural Biology (PhD)

  • Cornell University (NY)

Although emphasis is on horticultural plants and systems commonly found in areas of temperate climate, graduate study on species and cropping systems of tropical areas is also possible by use ...

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Landscape Architecture (MRP/MLA)

  • Cornell University (NY)

Landscape architecture (LA) students interested in the social, political, and economic context in which design occurs, or planning students who want to establish a deeper concentration in physical design and ...

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Natural Resources (MS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The Field of Natural Resources provides freedom to design a graduate program that addresses the individual interests of students. Excellent laboratory and field facilities are available. Many graduate students in ...

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Natural Resources (PhD)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The M.S. and Ph.D. programs are research oriented, and each requires a thesis or dissertation. Students are normally expected to obtain the M.S. or equivalent degree before ...

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Plant Breeding (MS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The field of plant breeding encourages applications from students interested in crop improvement in the context of global agriculture. The applied breeding program deals with development of plant materials for ...

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Plant Breeding (PhD)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The field of plant breeding encourages applications from students interested in crop improvement in the context of global agriculture. The applied breeding program deals with development of plant materials for ...

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Plant Biology (PhD)

  • Cornell University (NY)

In addition to studying a major subject in the Field of Plant Biology, students also take course work in two other minor subjects of their choice, either in or outside ...

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Soil and Crop Sciences (MS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The Field of Soil and Crop Sciences occupies a modern and diversified agronomic research facility. Field Crop Science covers a wide spectrum, from field-scale applied projects to cell physiology and ...

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Soil and Crop Sciences (PhD)

  • Cornell University (NY)

The Field of Soil and Crop Sciences occupies a modern and diversified agronomic research facility. Field Crop Science covers a wide spectrum, from field-scale applied projects to cell physiology and ...

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Plant Pathology (MS)

  • Cornell University (NY)

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology are the study of plant diseases and the biology of plant-microbe interactions at the molecular to ecosystem levels of organization. The Field of Plant Pathology ...

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Plant Pathology (PhD)

  • Cornell University (NY)

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology are the study of plant diseases and the biology of plant-microbe interactions at the molecular to ecosystem levels of organization. The Field of Plant Pathology ...

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Urban Studies Graduate Minor

  • Cornell University (NY)

Urban studies is an interdisciplinary minor field intended to complement basic studies in such Fields as City and Regional Planning, Economics, Government, History, Human Development, Management, and Sociology, as well ...

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American Indian and Indigenous Graduate Minor

  • Cornell University (NY)

The American Indian Program offers American Indian Studies as a minor field in graduate studies. Graduate students select a faculty member from the field of American Indian Studies to serve ...

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Environmental Quality Graduate Minor

  • Cornell University (NY)

This minor field offers qualified engineers and scientists an opportunity to broaden their knowledge in physical, chemical, and biological areas related to environmental-quality problems and their control. It is intended ...

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