Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 51.51
Liaison Kirk Hemphill
Submission Date Feb. 12, 2024

STARS v2.2

Florida Institute of Technology
AC-4: Graduate Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Ken Lindeman
Professor, Sustainability Studies
Ocean Engineering & Marine Sciences
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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:
Environmental Science, M.S.

A brief description of the graduate-level degree program:
The master's in environmental science at Florida Tech prepares graduates for career opportunities and advanced academic studies in the use, control and preservation of environmental resources. This master's help highly skilled scientists to develop data and information to help decision makers craft policies on the use and protection of our natural environment.

Website URL for the graduate-level degree program:
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2769&hl=%228128%22&returnto=search

Additional degree programs (optional) 

Name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (2nd program):
Conservation Technology, M.S.

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A brief description of the graduate degree program (2nd program):
This interdisciplinary field examines genetics, geographic information systems and ecological modeling so students develop the expertise they need to create solutions for today's most challenging conservation issues – such as climate change analysis, water quality and diseases among oceanic plants and animals. Conservation scientists and ecologists also manage, improve and protect the country's natural resources.

Website URL for the graduate degree program (2nd program):
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2837&hl=%228026%22&returnto=search

Name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (3rd program):
Environmental Resource Management, M.S.

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A brief description of the graduate degree program (3rd program):
In addition to learning the fundamentals of biological and chemical environmental processes in Environmental Resource Management program , students are knowledgeable in local and global cause and effect relationships of human activities among the development and use of environmental resources. Students learn how to analyze and manage natural environments for human benefit while maintaining ecosystem health.

Website URL for the graduate degree program (3rd program):
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2768&hl=%228135%22&returnto=search

The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused graduate-level degree programs:
Masters
Conservation Technology http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2837&hl=%228026%22&returnto=search
Biochemistry http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2844&hl=%228032%22&returnto=search
Interdisciplinary Science http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2859&hl=%228035%22&returnto=search
Civil Engineering http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2737&hl=%228045%22&returnto=search
Biomedical Engineering http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2730&hl=%228058%22&returnto=search
Ocean Engineering
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2771&hl=%228084%22&returnto=search
Oceanography http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2772&hl=%228093%22&returnto=search
Environmental and Informal Science Education http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=3141&hl=%228113%22&returnto=search
STEM Education http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=3140&hl=%228114%22&returnto=search
Master of Education http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2855&hl=%228116%22&returnto=search
Environmental Science http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2769&hl=%228128%22&returnto=search
Mechanical Engineering http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2783&hl=%228131%22&returnto=search
Aerospace Engineering http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2781&hl=%228134%22&returnto=search
Environmental Resource Management http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2768&hl=%228135%22&returnto=search
Space Systems http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2717&hl=%228137%22&returnto=search
Commercial Enterprise in Space http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2701&hl=%228138%22&returnto=search

Global Strategic Communication
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2800&hl=%228181%22&returnto=search
Airport Development and Management
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2646&hl=%228214%22&returnto=search
Meteorology
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2770&hl=%228223%22&returnto=search
Biotechnology
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2833&hl=%228280%22&returnto=search
Aviation Management http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2648&hl=%228232%22&returnto=search
Healthcare Management
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2910&hl=%228346%22&returnto=search
Accounting and Financial Forensics
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2914&hl=%228351%22&returnto=search
Technology Management
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2723&hl=%228354%22&returnto=search
Management http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2706&hl=%228381%22&returnto=search
Management – Acquisition and Contract Management http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2707&hl=%228403%22&returnto=search
Management – Human Resource Management http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2708&hl=%228405%22&returnto=search
Management – Information Systems http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2709&hl=%228406%22&returnto=search
Management – Logistic Management http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2710&hl=%228407%22&returnto=search
Management – Transportation Management
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2711&hl=%228408%22&returnto=search
Logistic management – Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Logistics http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2705&hl=%228410%22&returnto=search

Information Technology
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2680&hl=%228420%22&returnto=search
Information Technology – Cybersecurity
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2681&hl=%228421%22&returnto=search
Information Technology – Database Administration
http://catalog.fit.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=2682&hl=%228422%22&returnto=search

Minors, concentrations and certificates 

Does the institution offer one or more graduate-level sustainability-focused minors, concentrations or certificates?:
No

Name of the graduate-level sustainability-focused minor, concentration or certificate:
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A brief description of the graduate minor, concentration or certificate:
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Website URL for the graduate minor, concentration or certificate:
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Additional minors, concentrations and certificate programs (optional) 

Name of the graduate-level sustainability-focused minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
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None
A brief description of the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
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Website URL for the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
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Name of the graduate-level sustainability-focused minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
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None
A brief description of the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
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Website URL for the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
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The name and website URLs of all other graduate-level, sustainability-focused minors, concentrations and certificates:
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Optional Fields 

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data from AY 22-23 for Melbourne campus, not Online or Extended Studies. Data sourced from the Florida Institute of Technology website by the Academic Sustainability Program.

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