Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 72.62
Liaison Lisa Kilgore
Submission Date March 7, 2014
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Cornell University
ER-8: Sustainability Courses by Department

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.53 / 7.00 Lauren Chambliss
Communications Director
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

The number of departments that offer at least one sustainability-related or -focused course :
74

The total number of departments that offer courses:
104

A list of departments that offer sustainability courses:

Applied Economics and Management (AEM)
Applied and Engineering Physics (AEP)
Agricultural Sciences (AGSCI/ALS)
American Indian Studies (AIS)
American Studies (AMST)
Animal Science (ANSC)
Anthropology (ANTHR)
Architecture (ARCH)
Archaeology (ARKEO)
Art History (ARTH)
Africana Studies and Research Center (ASRC)
Astronomy (ASTRO)
Biological and Environmental Engineering (BEE)
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (BIOEE/EEB)
Microbiology (BIOMI)
Plant Biology (BIOPL)
Shoals Marine Lab (BIOSM)
Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Biology and Society (BSOC)
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CHEME/CBE)
Cognitive Science (COGST)
Comparative Literature (COML)
Communication (COMM)
City and Regional Planning (CRP)
Computer Science (CS)
Crop and Soil Sciences (CSS)
Design and Environmental Analysis (DEA)
Development Sociology (DSOC)
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
Economics (ECON)
English (ENGL)
Engineering Common Courses (ENGRD/ENGRG/ENGRI)
Entomology (ENTOM)
Food Science (FDSC/FS)
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (FGSS)
Fiber Science and Apparel Design (FSAD)
Government (GOVT)
School of Hotel Administration (HADM)
History (HIST)
Horticulture (HORT)
International Agriculture and Rural Development (IARD)
International and Comparative Labor (ILRIC)
Labor Economics (ILRLE)
Organizational Behavior (ILROB)
Information Science (INFO)
Landscape Architecture (LA / LANAR)
Latin American Studies (LATA)
Law School (LAW)
Latino Studies Program (LSP)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
Business Administration (NBA)
Nutritional Sciences (NS)
Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE)
Natural Resources (NTRES)
Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE)
Policy Analysis and Management (PAM)
Philosophy (PHIL)
Plant Breeding (PLBR)
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology (PLPA)
Performing and Media Arts (PMA)
Psychology (PSYCH)
Society for the Humanities (SHUM)
Science of Natural and Environmental Systems (SNES)
Sociology (SOC)
Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Systems Engineering (SYSEN)
Toxicology (TOX)
Clinical Sciences (VETCS)
Viticulture and Enology (VIEN)
Visual Studies (VISST)
Veterinary Medicine Interdisciplinary (VTMED)


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:

74 out of 104 Cornell departments listed at least one sustainability-focused or sustainability-related course in the 2013-14 catalog. Courses that were cross-listed in multiple departments counted for each department under which the course was listed.


74 out of 104 Cornell departments listed at least one sustainability-focused or sustainability-related course in the 2013-14 catalog. Courses that were cross-listed in multiple departments counted for each department under which the course was listed.

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