Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.41
Liaison Deborah Steinberg
Submission Date Feb. 18, 2013
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Carnegie Mellon University
ER-8: Sustainability Courses by Department

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.74 / 7.00 David Dzombak
Hamerschlag University Professor and Department Head
CEE: Civil & Environmental Engineering
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The number of departments that offer at least one sustainability-related or -focused course :
26

The total number of departments that offer courses:
54

A list of departments that offer sustainability courses:

Chemical Engineering (Carnegie Institute of Technology)
CIT Interdisciplinary (Carnegie Institute of Technology)
Civil & Environmental Engineering (Carnegie Institute of Technology)
Electrical and Computer Engineering (Carnegie Institute of Technology)
Engineering & Public Policy (Carnegie Institute of Technology)
Materials Science & Engineering (Carnegie Institute of Technology)
Mechanical Engineering (Carnegie Institute of Technology)
Architecture (College of Fine Arts)
Art (College of Fine Arts)
Biological Sciences (Mellon College of Science)
Undergraduate Business Administration (Tepper School)
Carnegie Mellon University Wide Studies (99-)
Chemistry (Mellon College of Science)
Computer Science (School of Computer Science)
Undergraduate Economics (Tepper School)
English (Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Science)
School of Public Policy & Management (Heinz College)
History (Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Science)
Philosophy (Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Science)
Social & Decision Sciences (Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Science)
STUCO (Student Led Courses 98-)
Information Systems (Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Science)
Public Policy & Management (MSPPM)(Heinz College)
Public Management (MPM)(Heinz College)
Arts Management (MAM)( Heinz College)
Biotechnology & Management (MSBTM)( Heinz College)


The website URL where the publicly available sustainability course inventory that includes a list of departments that offer sustainability courses is available:
A copy of the sustainability course inventory :
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

It should be noted that all sustainability courses, when spaces are permitted, are offered as an elective to all students of the campus regardless of their affiliated departments and majors / degrees. There are also university-wide offered courses such as "Environment Today" offered each semester. An inventory of courses related to and focused on sustainability and environment can be found at the Carnegie Mellon University's “Environment at CMU” website. The course lists are updated each semester (in time for registration) to assist students who are seeking courses in environment and sustainability.


It should be noted that all sustainability courses, when spaces are permitted, are offered as an elective to all students of the campus regardless of their affiliated departments and majors / degrees. There are also university-wide offered courses such as "Environment Today" offered each semester. An inventory of courses related to and focused on sustainability and environment can be found at the Carnegie Mellon University's “Environment at CMU” website. The course lists are updated each semester (in time for registration) to assist students who are seeking courses in environment and sustainability.

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