Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	50.32
Liaison	Kirk Hemphill
Submission Date	April 24, 2020

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Florida Institute of Technology
AC-3: Undergraduate Program

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.00 / 3.00	Ken Lindeman Professor, Sustainability Studies Ocean Engineering & Marine Sciences

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Does the institution offer at least one sustainability-focused major, degree, or certificate program for undergraduate students?:

Yes

Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate degree program:

Sustainability Studies, B.S.

A brief description of the undergraduate degree program:

Sustainability professionals use combinations of interdisciplinary skills to create and manage complex social, environmental, and economic systems within a wide array of occupations. The program curricula expands on Florida Tech’s well-known science and technology strengths and adds a unique combination of business and social science courses to produce unusually well rounded graduates that can operate across multiple disciplines in the 21st century workforce. Four concentrations are offered: Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, Environmental Sciences, and Social Sciences.
The program emphasizes advanced educational experiences, hands-on projects (individually and in teams), opportunities for research on campus or internships in the community, and the training of graduates who will excel either in the changing job market or interdisciplinary graduate schools. Final capstone projects use a campus classroom model: students address real-world sustainability challenges to generate explicit products and build applied skills.

Website URL for the undergraduate degree program:

http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2851&hl=%227039%22&returnto=search

Name of the sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program (2nd program):

Marine Conservation, B.S.

A brief description of the undergraduate degree program (2nd program):

Students build a strong foundation in biology and a well-rounded background in conservation science and ecological principles. With an emphasis on marine systems, students in the program learn how to conserve biological diversity, and protect rare, threatened, and endangered marine life.

Website URL for the undergraduate degree program (2nd program):

http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2912&hl=%227285%22&returnto=search

Name of the sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program (3rd program):

Business and Environmental Studies, B.S.

A brief description of the undergraduate degree program (3rd program):

In this novel program, we combine a traditional business core with 40-plus hours of environmental studies electives ensuring students understand the triple bottom line of people – planet – profits. The business and environmental studies degree is suited for students who want a well-rounded business experience complemented with rigorous environmental thought. Graduates seek business careers that sustain the natural environment and value social, environmental and cultural diversity. In this novel program, we combine a traditional business core with 40-plus hours of environmental studies electives ensuring students understand the triple bottom line of people – planet – profits. The business and environmental studies degree is suited for students who want a well-rounded business experience complemented with rigorous environmental thought. Graduates seek business careers that sustain the natural environment and value social, environmental and cultural diversity.

Website URL for the undergraduate degree program (3rd program):

http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2672&hl=%227167%22&returnto=search

The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program(s):

Does the institution offer one or more sustainability-focused minors or concentrations for undergraduate students?:

Yes

Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration:

Sustainability, Minor

A brief description of the undergraduate minor or concentration:

Florida Tech’s Minor in Sustainability is available to undergraduates from any of the colleges on campus. Since 2010, students from 25 majors from all five colleges have completed this program. The minor consists of 7 courses (3 required, 4 elective) that total 19 credits. The required courses are: Introduction to Sustainability (ISC 1500, 3 credits), Sustainability Project Design (ISC 3999, 1 credit), Applied Sustainability (ISC 4000, 3 credits) For the remaining 4 elective courses, students take 1 course within each of these 4 topic areas: Environmental Sciences, Business, Technology, and Social Sciences/Humanities. FIT has over 80 eligible courses among these four sustainability topic areas.

Website URL for the undergraduate minor or concentration:

http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2853&hl=%226040%22&returnto=search

Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration (2nd program):

Aviation Environmental Science, Minor

A brief description of the undergraduate minor or concentration (2nd program):

College of Aviation students have a new Aviation Environmental Science Minor option. The four required courses are: AVM 1000 Introduction to Aviation or AVT 1001 Aeronautics 1, AVM 3201 Aviation Planning, AVS 2402 Introduction to Aviation Environmental Science, AVS 4402 Aviation Sustainability. Electives involve taking two courses of these options: AVM 3202 Airport Design, AVS 1201 Aviation Meteorology, ENS 3101 Atmospheric Environments, ENS 4300 Renewable Energy and the Environment.

Website URL for the undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):

http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2641&hl=%226118%22&returnto=search

Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration (3rd program):

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data from Melbourne campus only, not Online or Extended Studies. Data sourced from the Florida Institute of Technology catalog using the website and support from the Office of Institutional Research.

Data source(s) and notes about the submission

Data from Melbourne campus only, not Online or Extended Studies. Data sourced from the Florida Institute of Technology catalog using the website and support from the Office of Institutional Research.

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Florida Institute of Technology AC-3: Undergraduate Program

Florida Institute of Technology
AC-3: Undergraduate Program