Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 76.57
Liaison Katie Koscielak
Submission Date April 11, 2023

STARS v2.2

Cal Poly Humboldt
AC-4: Graduate Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Jennifer Ortega
Sustainability Faculty Fellow
Office of Provost
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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:
Social Science (MA) in Environment & Community

A brief description of the graduate-level degree program:

The graduate program in Environment and Community is a two-year interdisciplinary Master of Arts (M.A.) in Social Sciences. The program focuses on the diverse relationships between environment and community using interdisciplinary perspectives. The program examines just and sustainable solutions to complex social and environmental challenges, grounded in the knowledge that racial justice, settler colonialism, and environmental problems are deeply intertwined. Intersectional and decolonizing understandings of power/privilege and identity in environment and community interrelationships are foregrounded in the program.


Website URL for the graduate-level degree program:
Name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (2nd program):
Environmental Systems (MS)

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

Environmental Systems is an interdisciplinary Masters of Science program that helps students better understand and shape the complex systems that underpin our society. Each of the three focus area options (Energy Technology & Policy, Environmental Resources Engineering, Geology) provide a solid scientific foundation for careers in scholarship or practice and opportunities to work on unique applications of systems thinking with peers and mentors during your graduate education at Cal Poly Humboldt.


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Name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (3rd program):
Business (MBA)

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

The MBA program is designed with a focus in strategic sustainability for the complex integration of interdisciplinary knowledge, preparing our graduates for the successful application of their technical expertise in dynamic organizations. The MBA is designed not only to impart the traditional knowledge of accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing but also to equip graduates with the foundation for effective team building, quantitative and qualitative decision making, and creative problem solving.


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Does the institution offer one or more graduate-level sustainability-focused minors, concentrations or certificates?:
Yes

Name of the graduate-level sustainability-focused minor, concentration or certificate:
Environmental Systems (MS) has three different concentration areas

A brief description of the graduate minor, concentration or certificate:

The Energy Technology & Policy (ETaP) option is an interdisciplinary program for students interested in issues ranging from renewable energy engineering to climate change mitigation and from international development to energy policy in California. The program offers a rigorous curriculum for students who are interested in making a difference in these important areas of work.

The Environmental Resources Engineering (ERE) option of the Environmental Systems Graduate Program emphasizes the application of engineering skills to planning, design, and management problems involving environmental resources. Three general areas of research activity are available in the program, Water Quality, Water Resources and Renewable Energy Resources.

Most graduate students in the Geology option focus on geologic analysis or modeling and measurement of geomorphic processes with particular emphasis on neotectonics, uplift, and seismic hazard or hillslope erosion, sediment transport, and channel stability.


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