Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.15
Liaison Laura Young
Submission Date April 14, 2011
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Michigan State University
ER-10: Undergraduate Program in Sustainability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00 Geoff Habron
Former Associate Professor - left MSU
Fisheries & Wildlife
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Does the institution offer an undergraduate degree program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

The name of the sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program (1st program):
Specialization in Sustainability

The website URL for the program (1st program):
The name of the sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program (2nd program):
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

The website URL for the program (2nd program):
The name of the sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program (3rd program):
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The website URL for the program (3rd program):
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The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program(s):

Environmental Studies Specialization - http://www.socialscience.msu.edu/undergrad/Environmental_Studies.html

Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment (RISE) - http://naturalscience.msu.edu/students/rise/

Science, Technology, Environment and Public Policy Specialization - http://jmc.msu.edu/specialization/stepp//


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

# MSU’s Sustainability Specialization teaches how sustainability affects people, economics, business, and the environment.
# The Environmental Studies Specialization examines physical and biological dimensions of the environment and sociopolitical interactions.
# The Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment is a living-learning program for students interested in stewardship of the environment.
# The Science, Technology, Environment, and Public Policy Specialization prepares students in public policy that relates to science.
# The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism trains students and professional journalists who report on environmental issues.


# MSU’s Sustainability Specialization teaches how sustainability affects people, economics, business, and the environment.
# The Environmental Studies Specialization examines physical and biological dimensions of the environment and sociopolitical interactions.
# The Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment is a living-learning program for students interested in stewardship of the environment.
# The Science, Technology, Environment, and Public Policy Specialization prepares students in public policy that relates to science.
# The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism trains students and professional journalists who report on environmental issues.

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