In 2017, the Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy and the Office of Sustainability proposed the addition of a SUST Class Attribute to the Curriculum Committee who adopted the resolution.
The SUST attribute benefits:
For faculty who are interested in launching a class with a SUST attribute or to modify an existing syllabus to qualify for the SUST attribute, our group of faculty mentors have published this
GUIDE TO THE SUSTAINABILITY ATTRIBUTE
Our Sustainability in the Curriculum Working Group is here ot help you, feel free to contact your school or department's faculty:
School - Dpt | Professor | |
Ecosystem, Science and Policy | Wester, Julia | julia.wester@miami.edu |
Ecosystem, Science and Policy | Pinto, Theresa | theresajpinto@miami.edu |
School of Nursing and Health Studies | Falcon, Ashley L. | afalcon1@miami.edu |
Miami Herbert Business School | Hicks, Daniel | dhicks@miami.edu |
Miami Herbert Business School | Kelly, David L | dkelly@bus.miami.edu |
School of Architecture | Lombard, Joanna L. | jlombard@miami.edu |
School of Architecture | Hector, Denis H | dhector@miami.edu |
School of Architecture | Chao, Sonia Raquel | schao@miami.edu |
Geography | Cardoso da Silva, Jose Maria | jcsilva@miami.edu |
Geography | Roy, Shouraseni Sen | ssr@miami.edu |
Geography | Imelda Moise | moise@miami.edu |
Geography | Stoler, Justin B | stoler@miami.edu |
History | Bachin, Robin Faith | rbachin@miami.edu |
Education and Psychological Studies | Evans, Scotney D. | s.evans4@miami.edu |
Kinesiology and Sport Sciences | McNary, Erin L. | elm134@miami.edu |
School of Communication | Treaster, Joseph | |
Law School | Owley, Jessica | jowley@law.miami.edu |
International Studies | Weisskoff, Richard | rweisskoff@miami.edu |
International Studies | Moulioukova, Dina | d.moulioukova@miami.edu |
Biology | Sealey, Kathleen Sullivan | ksealey@miami.edu |
College of Engineering | Andiroglu, Esber | e.andiroglu@miami.edu |
Env. and Public Health - MSOM | Kumar, Naresh | NKumar@med.miami.edu |
Computer Science College of Engineering | Ramamoorthi, Lokesh Saravanan | lokeshr@umiami.edu |
Syllabi Case Studies
- Business: Law and Business: Beyond Environmental Compliance - Syllabus
- Law: Law and Sustainable Society course - Syllabus
- Nursing: Clinical Nursing, Developing Families - Syllabus
- Public Health: Megacities and Slums: Global Health and Sustainable Development - Syllabus
- Medicine: Sustainability Concepts in Physical Therapy Education and Clinical Care - Syllabus
- Arts and Science: The Past, Present, and Future of Food and Population - Syllabus
For more case studies, visit the Piedmont Project at Emory
More Resources
Become a member of the Sustainability Curriculum COnsortium and get access to even more resources: http://curriculumforsustainability.org/
Sustainability Certificate
AASHE Sustainability in the Curriculum Workshops
AASHE - Center for Sustainability across the Curriculum
Piedmont Project at Emory
Vanderbilt - Tgeaching Sustainability
SDG Academy
For the list of classes included in the UM Sustainability Undergraduate Certificate:
https://www.as.miami.edu/ecs/sustainability-certificate/
To register and for more information, contact greenu@miami.edu
Invite Green U for a 20 min presentation in your class, and get your students involved in the multiple sustainability projects our campus offer: from our sustainable food initiatives, our LEED certified buildings, to our various renewable energy projects, our tree canopy or our waste minimization strategy, our multidisciplinary approach is fit for any class. Contact greenu@miami.edu to schedule a presentation in your class (available on our 3 campuses).
No matter what class you're teaching this semester, our Green U tour will inspire your students. They will have a chance to learn, get involved, and see our campus like never before. You can tailor the tour according to your class need: Start at Stanford Circle in front of our ECO tree, a symbol of students commitment to nature preservation and the environment [...] Stop by the LEED Platinum Frost Building and learn about its green features. Schedule your next tour now with greenu@miami.edu
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Research Guide | Urban Sustainability & Resilience
The knowledge and resources for environment-driven urban and architectural design is at your fingertips. This research guide gathers important resources and information on topics encompassed by sustainable design, resilient design, and climate and the environment Co-curated by Gilda B. Santana, Associate Librarian Professor and Head of the Architecture Research Center, (ARC) University of Miami Libraries and Sonia R. Chao, Co-Director of MPSUSR, Director of the Center for Urban & Community Design (CUCD), and Faculty Lead in climate and environmental issues for the University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas (UMIA). Learn more here.
UM Libraries:
Sustainable Development Goals research guide
The Sustainable Development Goals are diverse and apply to many disciplines. This new SDG resource from UM Libraries is meant to serve faculty and students, and can address specific class assignments. Feel free to give your feedback and ideas by contacting Terri Robar.
Sustainability in the Curriculum workshops |
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How Did I Green My Syllabus? |
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Sustainable Development Panel |
Sustainability in the Curriculum Workshop
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Sustainability course offerings include A) sustainability-focused courses and B) sustainability-inclusive courses:
A. Sustainability-focused courses (a.k.a. “sustainability courses”)
To count as sustainability-focused, the course title or description must indicate a primary and explicit focus on sustainability. This includes:
The course title or description does not have to use the term “sustainability” to count as sustainability- focused if the primary and explicit focus of the course is on the interdependence of ecological and social/economic systems or a major sustainability challenge. If the course title and description do not unequivocally indicate such a focus, but it is evident from the course description or syllabus that the course incorporates sustainability challenges, issues, and concepts in a prominent way, the course may qualify as sustainability-inclusive (see below).
B. Sustainability-inclusive courses (a.k.a. “sustainability-related courses”)
Courses that are not explicitly focused on sustainability may contribute towards scoring if sustainability has clearly been incorporated into course content. To count as sustainability-inclusive, the course description or rationale provided in the course inventory must indicate that the course incorporates a unit or module on sustainability or a sustainability challenge, includes one or more sustainability-focused activities, or integrates sustainability challenges, issues, and concepts throughout the course.
While a foundational course such as chemistry or sociology might provide knowledge that is useful to practitioners of sustainability, it would not be considered “sustainability-inclusive” unless the concept of sustainability or sustainability challenges and issues are specifically integrated into the course. Likewise, although specific tools or practices such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) or engineering can be applied towards sustainability, such courses would not count unless the description or rationale provided in the inventory clearly indicates that sustainability is integrated into the course. Tier