Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 64.13
Liaison Michael Kensler
Submission Date Feb. 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

Auburn University
AC-4: Graduate Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Sarah Hamilton
Associate Professor and Director
Academic Sustainability Program
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Majors and degree programs 

Does the institution offer at least one sustainability-focused major, degree program, or the equivalent for graduate students?:
Yes

Name of the sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program:
Community Planning (MCP)

A brief description of the graduate-level degree program:
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.

Website URL for the graduate-level degree program:
http://cla.auburn.edu/polisci/graduate-programs/master-of-community-planning/

Additional degree programs (optional) 

Name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (2nd program):
Landscape Architecture (MA)

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A brief description of the graduate degree program (2nd program):
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. Together they make up what we call the critical practice of landscape architecture.

Website URL for the graduate degree program (2nd program):
http://cadc.auburn.edu/architecture/architecture-masters-degrees-programs/landscape-architecture

Name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (3rd program):
Earth System Science

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A brief description of the graduate degree program (3rd program):
The new interdisciplinary graduate PhD degree program in Earth System Science 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 system science involves the linkage of the physical, chemical, and biological, and social sciences to the understanding the interaction of Earth-system processes and humans. Our program offers an effective way to train the next-generation professionals in the areas of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Students will be engaged in all aspects of research and mentored by strong cross-disciplinary faculty group, including new faculty hires from the CHESS (Climate, Human, and Earth System Science) cluster initiatives. Students can choose among various areas of academic specialization (e.g., climate and earth systems, geological sciences and energy, environmental biogeochemistry, water resources and hydrology, coastal processes, ecosystem and food security, coupled natural and human systems, geospatial sciences, big data science, etc.). Laboratory and coursework provide students with a multidisciplinary background that will enable them to conduct state-of-the art research in earth system science. Auburn’s state-of-the-art analytical and computational facilities and labs are available to all students in the PhD program.

Website URL for the graduate degree program (3rd program):
https://www.auburn.edu/cosam/departments/geosciences/academics/slo.htm

The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused graduate-level degree programs:
Agricultural Economics, https://agriculture.auburn.edu/students/academics/graduate-degrees/masters-agriculture-economics/
Applied Economics, Agriculture, https://agriculture.auburn.edu/students/academics/graduate-degrees/phd-applied-economics/
Applied Economics, Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, https://agriculture.auburn.edu/students/academics/graduate-degrees/phd-applied-economics/
Biological Science, https://www.auburn.edu/cosam/departments/biology/grad/index.htm
Biosystems Engineering (MA, PhD), https://agriculture.auburn.edu/students/academics/graduate-degrees/masters-phd-biosystems-engineering/
Crop, Soil, & Environmental Sciences, https://agriculture.auburn.edu/students/academics/graduate-degrees/masters-phd-crop-soil-environmental-sciences/
Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, https://agriculture.auburn.edu/students/academics/graduate-degrees/masters-phd-fisheries-aquaculture-aquatic-sciences/
Forestry, https://sfws.auburn.edu/forestry-graduate-study/
Geography, https://www.auburn.edu/cosam/departments/geosciences/academics/slo.htm
Horticulture, https://agriculture.auburn.edu/students/academics/graduate-degrees/masters-phd-horticulture/
Natural Resources, http://bulletin.auburn.edu/thegraduateschool/graduatedegreesoffered/naturalresourcesmnrms_major/
Rural Sociology, https://agriculture.auburn.edu/students/academics/graduate-degrees/masters-rural-sociology/
Social Work, https://www.cla.auburn.edu/sociology/social-work/master-of-social-work-program/
Wildlife Sciences, http://bulletin.auburn.edu/thegraduateschool/graduatedegreesoffered/wildlifesciencesmsphd_major/

Minors, concentrations and certificates 

Does the institution offer one or more graduate-level sustainability-focused minors, concentrations or certificates?:
Yes

Name of the graduate-level sustainability-focused minor, concentration or certificate:
Architecture, Public Interest Design Option (MS Arch)

A brief description of the graduate minor, concentration or certificate:
This program addresses systemic issues underlying housing affordability in rural Alabama. Through design and innovation in the field of rural housing, this program will cultivate leadership in the realms of public interest, design tectonics, and architectural project documentation and dissemination.

Website URL for the graduate minor, concentration or certificate:
https://cadc.auburn.edu/cadc/academics/graduate-programs/master-of-science-in-architecture-with-option-in-public-interest-design/

Additional minors, concentrations and certificate programs (optional) 

Name of the graduate-level sustainability-focused minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
Applied Economics, Forestry & Wildlife Sciences (PhD)

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A brief description of the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
Areas of concentration include natural resource and environmental economics, applied production economics, international economics and applied market analysis.

Website URL for the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
https://agriculture.auburn.edu/academics/graduate-degrees/applied-economics/

Name of the graduate-level sustainability-focused minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
Applied Economics, Agriculture (PhD)

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A brief description of the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
Courses include applied production economics, demand analysis, international economics, resource and environmental economics, and other electives.

Website URL for the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
https://aers.auburn.edu/graduate-degrees/phd-in-applied-economics/

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The name and website URLs of all other graduate-level, sustainability-focused minors, concentrations and certificates:
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