Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 34.80
Liaison Alicia Hodenfield
Submission Date June 27, 2016
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Sonoma State University
AC-3: Undergraduate Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Laura Watt
ENSP Department Chair
ENSP
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Does the institution offer at least one sustainability-focused major, degree program, or the equivalent for undergraduate students?:
Yes

The name of the sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program (1st program):
Environmental Studies and Planning

A brief description of the undergraduate degree program (1st program):

For over forty years, beginning in 1972, ENSP has offered a distinctive undergraduate program of interdisciplinary study aimed at the analysis, management, and solution of environmental problems and issues. Students and faculty work together across disciplines to develop an understanding of environmental sustainability in all its dimensions. Specifically, the program combines a core education in ecology, physical science, social sciences, and the humanities with targeted coursework in an area of expertise, including energy, conservation, water, education, and planning. This involves integrating knowledge from multiple disciplines to understand the functioning of ecological systems and the nature of human impact upon these systems at local, regional, and global scales. The department’s two goals are to prepare students for careers in the environmental professions, graduate studies, and positive action in their own lives, and to broadly promote ecological literacy in order to help maintain and enhance the quality of human and natural environments.


The website URL for the undergraduate degree program (1st program):
The name of the sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program (2nd program):
Geography Concentration:Environment and Society

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

Understand how major social transformations , such as colonization, industrialization and globalization, have influenced our modes of living and our relationship with the environment
Assess the roots of environmental problems and understand how unsustainable resources use reflects political and economic processes, and contributes to social and environmental injustice
Examine past, present and future environmentally-sustainable practices and policies
Develop the skills necessary to work in fields related to sustainable development and resource management


The website URL for the undergraduate degree program (2nd program):
The name of the sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program (3rd program):
not applicable

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

not applicable


The website URL for the undergraduate degree program (3rd program):
The name and website URLs of all other sustainability-focused, undergraduate degree program(s):

not applicable


Does the institution offer one or more sustainability-focused minors, concentrations or certificates for undergraduate students?:
No

The name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (1st program):
http://www.sonoma.edu/ensp/undergrad-degree/conservation.html

A brief description of the undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (1st program):

not applicable


The website URL for the undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (1st program):
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The name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
http://www.sonoma.edu/ensp/undergrad-degree/conservation.html

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

not applicable


The website URL for the undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (2nd program):
The name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
http://www.sonoma.edu/ensp/undergrad-degree/conservation.html

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

not applicable


The website URL for the undergraduate minor, concentration or certificate (3rd program):
The name, brief description and URL of all other undergraduate-level sustainability-focused minors, concentrations and certificates:

not applicable


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