Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 58.37
Liaison Sohair Fahmy
Submission Date Sept. 10, 2024

STARS v2.2

Cairo University
AC-5: Immersive Experience

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Sohair Fahmy
Sustainability office coordinator
Faculty of science
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Does the institution offer at least one immersive, sustainability-focused educational study program that is one week or more in length?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s) offered by the institution:
Undergraduate Environmental Sciences Internships:
Cairo University offers undergraduate students majoring or minoring in Environmental Sciences (ENVS) the opportunity to receive academic credit for off campus internships in environmental or climate-based realms. The students of the fourth year in the Department of Environmental Sciences, in partnership with the students of the Department of Geology. This course meets approximately every two week during the fall semester.Grading is based on class readings, assignments, and participation in class discussion - which allow each class member to process their summer internship experience, then further develop networking skillsز
This course is largely field-based, and students visit a variety of landscapes to learn about the environment, habitats and species of the region. The course adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to studying ecology so the learners engage with all aspects of how these ecosystems are created and maintained through natural processes and anthropogenic activity. It covers conservation and
sustainability issues and how a sound understanding of these ecological

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