Princeton University
ER-9: Sustainability Learning Outcomes

Students majoring in any academic discipline may earn a Certificate in Environmental Studies by pursuing a prescribed combination of core and upper level courses as well as preparing a senior thesis that includes an environmental dimension. In the senior year, students pursuing the ENV Certificate participate in an interdisciplinary colloquium experience. Students with a background in engineering and science may earn a Certificate in Sustainable Energy by completing a prescribed combination of core and upper level courses as well as preparing a senior thesis that is relevant to the program. Undergraduate students from any discipline may apply for one of more than 90 environmental/sustainability-related PEI/Grand Challenges summer internships comprising research apprenticeships with Princeton faculty or other select mentored positions. Students may also seek funding for self-initiated projects with environmental and sustainability learning outcomes. Over 100 summer internships are competitively awarded annually. Undergraduates from any discipline may apply for funding to support sustainability and environmentally related field research. Awarded students receive support for travel, research equipment and supplies, and other expenses necessary to complete field research associated with their environmental/sustainability focused senior thesis.

-Approximately 22 percent of undergraduate students in the class 2011 (265 students) were covered by sustainability learning outcomes including those earning a Certificate in Environmental Studies and/or a Certificate in Sustainable Energy; and/or completing an environmentally themed senior thesis project or internship; and/or students who successfully completed one of two designated foundational Environmental Studies courses (ENV 201/202) during their 4 years at Princeton. -The total number of graduates reflects 1219 undergraduates and 815 graduate students. -Over 200 undergraduate students receive support for senior thesis field research or internship projects on environment and sustainability related topics annually. -For information on Princeton’s environment/sustainability Internship Program, see: http://www.princeton.edu/pei/undergrads/internships/ -For an archive of Princeton undergraduate environmental/sustainability internship projects, see: http://www.princeton.edu/pei/undergrads/internships/meet-our-interns/ -For information on Princeton’s support for environment/sustainability senior thesis research, see: http://www.princeton.edu/pei/undergrads/funding/ -For an archive of environmental/sustainability Senior Thesis projects, see: http://www.princeton.edu/pei/undergrads/funding/former-projects/