Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 54.91
Liaison Andy Mitchell
Submission Date July 17, 2018
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University of Illinois Chicago
AC-4: Graduate Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Cynthia Klein-Banai
Associate Chancellor for Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution offer at least one sustainability-focused major, degree program, or the equivalent for graduate students (I.e. an interdisciplinary academic program that concentrates on sustainability as an integrated concept)?:
Yes

Name of the sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program:
Urban Planning and Policy

A brief description of the graduate-level degree program:

The Urban Planning and Policy (UPP) department is one of the largest graduate planning programs in the nation and the only accredited planning program in the Chicago area. This sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program offers concentrations in Environmental Planning, Economic Development, Community Development, Urban Transportation, Globalization and International Planning, and Physical Planning. The Environmental Planning and Policy concentration provides students with an overview of the theory and methods used to guide urban development and redevelopment in a more sustainable manner, so as to conserve natural resources and enhance ecosystem services while providing for economic development and promoting social equity and civic engagement within the planning process. The concentration introduces students to both regulatory and market-based strategies of environmental management, explores economic and systematic quantitative analyses of environmental policy, and offers electives examining discrete topics of environmental practice.


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Name of the sustainability-focused, graduate-level degree program (2nd program):
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

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

The Master of Science (MS) degree in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences prepares students for research and program management in companies, laboratories, and policy-making organizations. Students will learn how to conduct workplace, community, and environmental assessments; to recognize exposures to environmental stressors; to apply quantitative modeling techniques; to develop control strategies; and to develop and evaluate training programs.


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Does the institution offer one or more graduate-level sustainability-focused minors, concentrations or certificates?:
No

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