Sustainability is alive in many academic programs at OSU. Many classes and fields of study contain elements of a more sustainable model, while other programs hold sustainability as a central tenet. These links offer a way to increase the prominence of sustainability in your academic life.
The Austin Entrepreneurship Program at Weatherford Residential College is a unique living-learning environment for undergraduates offering entrepreneurship courses, hands-on experience, and the opportunity to explore business ideas. One of the four key initiatives is: Responsible, Sustainable Business Practices, exemplifying the importance of sustainability in the business plan of today's entrepreneurs.
The College of Business provides a distinctive educational and research program focused on sustainability so that students entering the business world understand that a sustainable business meets economic, social and environmental needs.
Launched as the first undergraduate degree program of its kind, the ecological engineering degree is offered through OSU’s Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering. Ecological engineers combine basic and applied science from engineering, ecology, economics, and natural sciences to design sustainable systems that will integrate human activities with the natural environment to the benefit of both.
This 18-credit online certificate is designed for all students, especially company, industry, or agency employees who desire more training in assessing and solving complex sustainability problems. Students will receive graduate-level university credits and a graduate certificate upon successful completion of the program. With approval, credits may be transferred to other graduate degree programs at OSU, and may be applied to the Professional Science Master's (PSM) in Environmental Sciences.
