Cornell Academic Offerings for Sustainability
Explore a list of Sustainability Courses at Cornell
Cornell's goal is to enroll, educate, and graduate the most deserving and promising students at every level, regardless of background and economic circumstance. The university strives to provide students with a distinguished education and extracurricular experience in an integrated living-learning environment, inspiring them to be ethical and purposeful citizens of the world with a lifelong zest for learning.
We have assembled a comprehensive campuswide listing of courses with significant sustainability components (with the help of Professor Al George and Mary Helen Cathles, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and System Engineering). Specific course information is also available through colleges, schools, and departments.
President Skorton met faculty and students at the anniversary of his signing the Presidents Climate Commitment.
Although the Colleges and Schools at Cornell are responsible for developing and administering sustainability courses and curricula, CCSF is committed to including students as researchers in our programs and initiatives. Faculty-developed research projects and activities involve and employ undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral researchers across the campus. We encourage students interested in sustainability research to contact faculty in their departments and colleges for opportunities to participate.
An interdisciplinary graduate program in earth-energy systems was recently launched. Other new sustainability programs are being introduced rapidly. Please check with your department or college representative for up-to-date information. (Units are encouraged to send notices of new offerings to ccsf@cornell.edu)
Students from Engineers for a Sustainable World demonstrate solar ovens in Nicaragua.
A number of student groups are involved in sustainability activities on campus. Many are coordinated by the student-run Sustainability Hub. More information can be found on the central Sustainability Overview Page, and on the Sustainable Campus website. The Cornell 100+ MPG Team is an engineering project group striving to help develop a new form of automobile that will reduce global non-renewable power consumption and harmful emissions. The Cornell Solar Decathlon (CUSD) is an interdisciplinary, student-run project that competes to design and build a house that combines solar energy, energy efficiency, and innovation in home design.
CARES - Engineering Education Resources: a partnership between NSF and NSDL, the Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CARES) provides access to the latest data, models and solutions to accelerate adoption of sustainable solutions.
NOTE: We will be updating our curriculum list over the summer. If you have courses to add, please send specific information to ccsf@cornell.edu.