Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.22
Liaison Mary Ellen Mallia
Submission Date Dec. 21, 2018
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University at Albany
AC-3: Undergraduate Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Mary Ellen Mallia
Director of Environmental Sustainability
Finance and Business
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Majors and Degree Programs

Does the institution offer at least one sustainability-focused major, degree program, or the equivalent for undergraduate students (I.e. an interdisciplinary academic program that concentrates on sustainability as an integrated concept)?:
Yes

Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate degree program:
Environmental Science

A brief description of the undergraduate degree program:
The Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences offers a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science. Graduates with this concentration will be well qualified for a broad range of employment within the highly interdisciplinary field of environmental science. There are four distinct specializations within this major concentration: Ecosystems, Climate Change, Geography, and Sustainability Science and Policy

The website URL for the undergraduate degree program:
https://www.albany.edu/atmos/bachelors-program-environmental-sciences.php

Additional Degree Programs (optional) 

Name of the sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program (2nd program):
Geography

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A brief description of the undergraduate degree program (2nd program):
Geography majors have the opportunity to study the characteristics of space, location and place in the broader context of how people interact with both physical and human environments. Geography can be classified as both a natural science and a social science as it examines people and their environment and serves as a bridge between the physical and cultural worlds. Planning is a discipline and professional practice that deals with the form, organization, and orderly development of cities, suburbs, and rural areas. Teaching and research in the department emphasize urban, social, physical, and cultural geography; city and regional planning; urban design; remote sensing; cartography and geographic information systems; environmental studies; climatology; computer and statistical models; area (regional) studies; urban and regional planning methods; economic development; small town and rural land-use planning.

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The website URL for the undergraduate degree program (2nd program):
https://www.albany.edu/gp/geography_major.php

Name of the sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program (3rd program):
Globalization Studies

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A brief description of the undergraduate degree program (3rd program):
The Globalization Studies major enables students to take a variety of courses focusing on the comprehensive and multidisciplinary analysis of globalization processes. It prepares students to ‘think globally’ by providing them with an undergraduate education that responds effectively to today’s global interconnectedness and fosters a thorough knowledge and a critical understanding of the social, economic, cultural, political, and environmental forces that are reshaping the lives of peoples and nations around the world. At the same time, the major demonstrates that globalization is always implicated and embedded in the cultural and historical context of the ‘local’, which emphasizes the importance of a specific place, a community, or even an individual household.

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The website URL for the undergraduate degree program (3rd program):
http://www.albany.edu/globalization/

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The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program(s):
Atmospheric Science: http://www.albany.edu/atmos/index.php Urban Studies and Planning: https://www.albany.edu/gp/urban_studies_and_planning_major.php

Minors, Concentrations and Certificates

Does the institution offer one or more sustainability-focused minors, concentrations or certificates for undergraduate students?:
Yes

Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate:
Sustainability

A brief description of the undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate:
The minor in sustainability creates a curriculum that will help students understand what sustainability is and how it is perceived within various disciplines. Students take three courses from each of the three categories: natural sciences, social sciences and planning.

The website URL for the undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate:
http://www.albany.edu/gogreen/7.minor.shtml

Additional Minors, Concentrations and Certificates (optional) 

Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
Climate Change concentration

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A brief description of the undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
The Environmental Science department offers a concentration on climate change. This involves specific course requirements, electives and internships/field work focused on climate change. The requirements and pathway can be found at: https://www.albany.edu/advisement/MAPs/ENV_CLIM_2015.pdf

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The website URL for the undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
https://www.albany.edu/atmos/bachelors-program-details-environmental-sciences.php

Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
Sustainability Science & Policy concentration

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A brief description of the undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
The Environmental Science department offers a concentration on sustainability science and policy. This involves specific course requirements, electives and internships/field work focused on policy and the science of sustainability. The requirements and pathway can be found at: https://www.albany.edu/advisement/MAPs/ENV_SSP.pdf

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The website URL for the undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
https://www.albany.edu/atmos/bachelors-program-details-environmental-sciences.php

The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused undergraduate minors, concentrations and certificates:
Ecosystems concentration: Emergency Prepardeness concentration: https://www.albany.edu/undergraduate_bulletin/cehc_bulletin_information.html Geography minor: https://www.albany.edu/gp/minors.php Urban Studies and Planning minor:https://www.albany.edu/gp/minors.php Globalization minor: https://www.albany.edu/gp/minors.php Public Health minor: https://www.albany.edu/sph/undergrad.php

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