Graduate Sustainability Programs at ASU

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What is the School of Sustainability?

The School of Sustainability was established to educate a new generation of leaders, through collaborative learning, transdisciplinary approaches, and problem-oriented training, to address some of the most pressing environmental, economic, and social challenges of the 21st century.

SOS builds on the extensive urban-environmental research portfolio of the Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS) http://sustainability.asu.edu/, and the vision of the New American University http://newamericanuniversity.asu.edu/, to provide innovative education and research opportunities that will prepare students to find solutions to sustainability challenges relating to:


    * Energy, Materials, & Technology
    * Water Quality & Scarcity
    * Loss of Habitat & Biodiversity
    * Rapid Urbanization
    * International Development
    * Food Systems

 

These challenge areas are part of the focus of the School’s graduate curriculum.

The goals of SOS and GIOS include:

    * Engage future leaders in academic programs that will effect positive change at local to global levels, and that embody the principles of the New American University.
    * Conduct ground-breaking transdisciplinary research, work with stakeholders to exchange knowledge, and develop adaptive solutions to sustainability challenges.
    * Contribute to community understanding and discourse on issues of sustainability and the interrelationships of economy, environment, and human well-being.
    * Provide leadership and service to the ASU community to create a more sustainable campus and an opportunity for all ASU students to understand fundamental sustainability concepts and issues.

 

Graduate Degrees Offered
SOS offers the Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Science (M.S.), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Sustainability.

School of Sustainability
Phone: 480-727-6963
schoolofsustainability@asu.edu
http://schoolofsustainability.asu.edu
Posted: 09/07/2010