Essays: Programs that Bring Together Geoscience and Sustainability

Sustainability Program at Elizabeth City State University
Francisco San Juan, Elizabeth City State University
This informational webpage details Elizabeth City State University's Sustainability Program, initiated in spring 2012, outlining its Sustainability Plan, ten focus groups—including Academic & Curriculum—and efforts to integrate sustainability into geology courses, featuring a student project on campus cafeteria sustainability and a downloadable essay by Francisco C. San Juan. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Building a Program in Earth System Science at UC Davis
David Osleger, University of California-Davis
This webpage is an academic essay detailing the development of an interdisciplinary Earth System Science (ESS) major at UC Davis, emphasizing sustainability, curriculum design, student recruitment, career pathways, and challenges such as departmental enrollment concerns and defining the scope of ESS education within geoscience and environmental science contexts. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

A Tour of the Earth Sustainability Liberal Education Program: An experiment in integrative learning
Barbara Bekken, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
This essay page details the Earth Sustainability Liberal Education Program at Virginia Tech, an interdisciplinary, STEM-intensive curriculum designed to advance students' epistemological development and integrative learning through thematic, four-semester courses focused on sustainability, assessing its impact, challenges in institutional support, and implications for career preparation. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Sustainability Across the Curriculum
Darren Leaver, Glendale Community College
An essay page from the InTeGrate initiative detailing Glendale Community College's cross-disciplinary sustainability curriculum integration, faculty collaboration, and program challenges amid funding constraints. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Global Change Minor and Liberal Education at the University of Michigan
Ben van der Pluijm, Henry Ford College
This webpage is an academic essay detailing the development, structure, and impact of the interdisciplinary Global Change Minor at the University of Michigan, emphasizing its team-taught curriculum, integration of natural and social sciences, alignment with liberal education goals, assessment outcomes, student demographics, and institutional support for sustainability-focused undergraduate education. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Nascent BA Program in Environmental Analysis and Sustainability
Doug Yule, California State University-Northridge
This webpage is an informational essay detailing the development of a nascent Bachelor of Arts program in Environmental Analysis and Sustainability at CSU Northridge, emphasizing interdisciplinary curriculum design, institutional challenges, student diversity, and integration of geoscience with societal issues to prepare students for environmental problem-solving careers. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Innovation and Integration in Student Centered Environmental Science
Erin Lane, University of British Columbia
An academic essay page detailing the University of British Columbia's student-centered Environmental Sciences program, emphasizing interdisciplinary curriculum design, skill integration, and pedagogical innovation in sustainability education within higher education. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

The Environmental Studies Program at CU Boulder
Jason Neff, University of Colorado Boulder
This informational page profiles the Environmental Studies (ENVS) program at the University of Colorado Boulder, detailing its interdisciplinary curriculum integrating science, values, and policy in addressing environmental issues, its historical development since 1972, enrollment growth, structural challenges related to faculty and resource limitations, and student engagement, as part of the InTeGrate initiative focused on sustainability education and curricular reform. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Sustainability Education at University of Missouri-Kansas City
Syed Hasan, University of Missouri-Kansas City
This informational page details the sustainability education program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, highlighting its interdisciplinary environmental science curriculum, green-collar career preparation, capstone and internship requirements, urban resource advantages, and challenges like faculty shortages, within the context of a national workshop on geoscience and sustainability. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Environmental Science Degree: Year One
Lynn Dudley, Florida State University
An academic essay page detailing the development and first-year outcomes of a new physical science-based environmental science degree program at Florida State University, created through departmental merger, focusing on curriculum design, student enrollment success, employment concerns, and goals for enhancing diversity and student engagement within geoscience education. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.