Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.65
Liaison Melissa Cadwell
Submission Date June 15, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Syracuse University
EN-12: Continuing Education

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.20 / 5.00 Rachel May
Retired -Coordinator of Sustainability Education
Sustainability Management
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Part 1  

Does the institution offer continuing education courses that address sustainability?:
Yes

None
Total number of continuing education courses offered:
41

None
Number of continuing education courses offered that address sustainability:
3

Percentage of continuing education courses that address sustainability:
7.32

Course Inventory 

A copy of the list and brief description of the continuing education courses that address sustainability:
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A list and brief description of the continuing education courses that address sustainability:
(Note - this list is from 2018, but it is little changed from 2014) 1. GEO 103 - Environment and Society Relationship between society and the environment. Natural resource use, climate change politics, food and agriculture, energy, water, and sustainability. 2. GEO 155 The Natural Environment Patterns of the physical phenomena at and near the surface of the earth. Surface configuration, climate, vegetation, and soil and their areal interrelationships. 3. GEO 171 Human Geographies An integrative overview to human geography. Topics include human-environmental relations, demographic change, cultural landscape; urban and agricultural land use and economic restructuring. (Note - this list is from 2018. There were different courses offered in 2013-14, but probably a similar percentage.)

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

Part 2 

Does the institution have at least one sustainability-themed certificate program through its continuing education or extension department?:
Yes

A brief description of the certificate program(s), including the year the program was created:
The Certificate of Advanced Study in Public Infrastructure Management and Leadership (offered through the Maxwell School Executive Education Program) is geared toward mid-career professionals who are interested in building upon their body of experience and expanding his or her skills and knowledge in infrastructure planning, engineering, management and administration through relevant course work. Students will develop skills and knowledge that will assure awareness and competency for functional, financial, environmental and social sustainability concerns of public infrastructure. It addresses the planning, design, construction, maintenance, security, capital and operating budgets, environmental and social sustainability impacts and public policy considerations of public infrastructure. Created 2013.

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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