Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	75.93
Liaison	Merry Rankin
Submission Date	Aug. 30, 2013
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v1.2

Iowa State University
ER-11: Graduate Program in Sustainability

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	4.00 / 4.00	Merry Rankin ISU Director of Sustainability Facilities Planning & Management

Criteria

Institution offers at least one sustainability-focused degree program or equivalent for graduate students.

The degree program does not have to include sustainability in its name to count for this credit. Environmental Studies programs, for example, count for this credit as long as the program covers the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability. A program that focuses exclusively on environmental or social issues, however, would not be sufficient to earn this credit.

Concentrations within a degree program (e.g. a concentration on sustainable business within an MBA program) do not count for this credit.

Applicability

This credit applies to all institutions that offer at least 25 distinct graduate programs. Institutions that offer fewer than 25 distinct graduate programs have a choice of either seeking or omitting this credit.

Scoring

Institutions earn 4 points for having at least one program that meets the criteria outlined above. Partial points are not available for this credit.

Measurement

Timeframe

Report on current program status and offerings. Planned degree programs or degree programs that have been canceled do not count for this credit.

Sampling and Data Standards

Not applicable

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