Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 70.87
Liaison Daimon Eklund
Submission Date Dec. 23, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Washington, Seattle
AC-4: Graduate Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00
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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:
Master of Public Administration (MPA) - Environmental Policy

A brief description of the graduate-level degree program:

The Environmental Policy program option provides MPA students the opportunity to acquire the tools, methodologies, interdisciplinary perspectives, and substantive topic knowledge necessary to be successful analysts, managers, and leaders in public, nonprofit, and private organizations that cover a broad spectrum of environmental and natural resource issues.


Website URL for the graduate-level degree program:
Name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (2nd program):
Master of Urban Planning (MUP) - Environmental Planning

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

The specialization in Environmental Planning addresses the interactions between urban systems and natural processes. It emphasizes the design and management of urban development patterns that minimize environmental impacts, reduce risks from natural hazards, and improve the quality of life of human populations. The specialization provides the theoretical, methodological, and legal background necessary for planners to play an effective role in integrating scientific knowledge of environmental systems into environmental decision-making and planning.


Website URL for the graduate degree program (2nd program):
Name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (3rd program):
Master of Sustainable Transportation (MST)

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

As urban populations have grown dramatically in recent decades, the need for sustainable transportation systems is increasingly crucial. Communities must now account for a range of complex factors in their transportation and land-use planning, including mass transit, economic development, livable communities, population density, climate change, alternative energies and more.

The online UW Master of Sustainable Transportation readies you to take on these challenges through interdisciplinary study of key topics in transportation planning, policy and analysis. This degree is offered by the UW Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.


Website URL for the graduate degree program (3rd program):
The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused graduate-level degree programs:

There are many other graduate programs at UW that include a sustainability focus. A few are included here:

Many graduate programs through the UW College of the Environment are sustainability-focused: https://environment.uw.edu/students/degrees-programs-and-courses/graduate-degrees/

Civil & Environment Engineering - MS in Civil Engineering (Energy Infrastructure)
The country’s existing energy systems are transforming at a rapid pace, driven by technological advances and factors such as the transition from fossil fuels to renewables. The online Master of Science in Civil Engineering: Energy Infrastructure program, offered by the University of Washington, prepares you for the growing opportunities in this field.

UW Law Sustainable International Development Graduate Program (LLM)
The UW Law Sustainable Development Program trains lawyers to be active problem solvers and leaders. Graduates will leave here prepared to help the world recover from the global pandemic, which threatens the stability of economies worldwide and livelihoods of people across the planet. The program focuses on key subjects in the area of law and policy that will help the private sector, government institutions and civil society, to achieve responsible sustainable growth in the face of challenges to global health, food security, the environment and global trade and supply chain.
https://www.law.uw.edu/academics/llm/sustainable-development


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:
Climate Science Graduate Certificate

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

Combines interdisciplinary courses, specifically designed to address the cross-linkages in the earth system not found in disciplinary curricula, with a capstone in climate science communication.


Website URL for the graduate minor, concentration or certificate:
Name of the graduate-level sustainability-focused minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
Education, Equity, & Society

A brief description of the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):

The EES graduate certificate program is intended for students at the College of Education and other academic units at the University of Washington to receive additional training that prepares certificate recipients for civic engagement or employment in positions seeking, in part or in whole, to advance equity in education and society at large. Taken together, the proposed requirements of the EES certificate provide students with the academic training to understand that educational equity can be theorized, researched, and applied differently across multiple educational disciplines and contexts. It is by committing to ongoing learning and bringing these different strands of equity work together, that our students will be best equipped to advance educational justice upon completion of our certificate program.


Website URL for the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
Name of the graduate-level sustainability-focused minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
One Health

A brief description of the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):

The One Health curriculum emphasizes the linkages and integration between human, animal, and environmental health. Specific areas of emphasis include zoonotic diseases, the human animal bond, integrated approaches to human, animal, and environmental risk and outcome data, and human animal medicine (including clinical comparative medicine). The Graduate Certificate in One Health is intended to enhance the education of matriculated UW graduate students and professional students beyond their regular course of study.


Website URL for the graduate minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
The name and website URLs of all other graduate-level, sustainability-focused minors, concentrations and certificates:
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Interdisciplinary Master and PhD programs are available that allow students to focus their studies and degree on sustainability-related topics.
http://www.grad.washington.edu/students/interdisciplinary/

Many schools and colleges offer concurrent degrees that also allow students to focus on sustainability-related topics.


Interdisciplinary Master and PhD programs are available that allow students to focus their studies and degree on sustainability-related topics.
http://www.grad.washington.edu/students/interdisciplinary/

Many schools and colleges offer concurrent degrees that also allow students to focus on sustainability-related topics.

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