Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	76.41
Liaison	Krista Bailey
Submission Date	Dec. 12, 2023

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Pennsylvania State University
AC-3: Undergraduate Program

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.00 / 3.00	Krista Bailey Sustainable Campus Strategist Sustainability Institute

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Does the institution offer at least one sustainability-focused major, degree, or certificate program for undergraduate students?:

Yes

Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate degree program:

Community, Environment, and Development

A brief description of the undergraduate degree program:

The Community, Environment, and Development major focuses on the fields of community and economic development, environment and natural resources, and the critically important interactions between these fields, both locally and globally.

Website URL for the undergraduate degree program:

https://bulletins.psu.edu/university-course-descriptions/undergraduate/ced/

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

Energy and Sustainability Policy

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

The Energy and Sustainability Policy degree program, offered online through Penn State's World Campus, is designed to provide a unique, interdisciplinary curriculum that integrates areas of study in energy security, sustainability management, foreign and domestic energy and sustainability policy analysis.

Website URL for the undergraduate degree program (2nd program):

http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/degrees-and-certificates/energy-and-sustainability-policy-bachelors/overview

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

International Politics

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

The program combines economics, history, and political science to examine topics such as human rights, ethnic conflict, terrorism, economic and political development and globalization, the environment, foreign and economic policy making, and national security.

Website URL for the undergraduate degree program (3rd program):

https://polisci.la.psu.edu/undergraduate/majors-and-minors/international-politics/

The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program(s):

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

Yes

Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration:

Sustainability Leadership Minor

A brief description of the undergraduate minor or concentration:

The Intercollege Minor in Sustainability Leadership allows students in any major to incorporate sustainability as a significant theme in their undergraduate degree program. Through a combination of coursework and immersive experiences in sustainability, students develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to become sustainability leaders in their respective fields. Students choose one of four thematic tracks: Design for Sustainable Communities, Educating for Sustainability, Humanistic Understanding of Sustainability, and Sustainability and Food Systems.

Website URL for the undergraduate minor or concentration:

http://sustainability.psu.edu/sustainabilityminor

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

Environmental and Renewable Resource Economics Minor

A brief description of the undergraduate minor or concentration (2nd program):

This minor introduces students to how fundamental economic principles can be used to explain and seek solutions for problems related to the degradation of the environment and unsustainable use of natural resources.

Website URL for the undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):

https://agsci.psu.edu/academics/undergraduate/minors/environmental-and-renewable-resource-economics

Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration (3rd program):

Earth Sustainability Certificate

A brief description of the undergraduate minor or concentration (3rd program):

This online undergraduate certificate aims to provide people from many backgrounds with information to make environmentally sustainable decisions. The four courses that comprise the certificate are Earth in the Future: Predicting Climate Change and Its Impacts over the Next Century; Climate, Energy and Our Future; Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society; and Water: Science and Society.

Website URL for the undergraduate minor or concentration (3rd program):

http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/degrees-and-certificates/penn-state-online-earth-sustainability-certificate/overview

The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused undergraduate minors and concentrations:

Additional documentation to support the submission:

SF_undergrad_degree_programs_STARS_2023.xlsx

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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Pennsylvania State University AC-3: Undergraduate Program

Pennsylvania State University
AC-3: Undergraduate Program