Sustainability
Sustainability is everybody's business
"The University for the Common Good is a commitment to sustainability by the University of Dayton, reinforced by our involvement with the United Nations Global Compact, the Laudato Si’ Action Platform and other initiatives. A central focus of the Sustainability Program is the 17 Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. The SDGs recognize the inextricably linked nature of economic, environmental and social justice issues. The Sustainability Program and our B.A. and B.S. degrees are therefore an important contribution to the mission of UD, but do not stand alone, as we strive for collaborations with other interdisciplinary programs, centers and initiatives on campus."
Required and elective courses include food justice, nutrition and health, politics of human rights, history of food and writing for grants and nonprofits.
Required and elective courses include cities and energy, applied geographic information systems (GIS), urban sociology and history of American city planning.
Required and elective courses include biology, chemistry, biology, physics, statistics, energy resources and principles of microeconomics.
Required and elective courses include biology, chemistry, geology, physics, biology of rivers and lakes and surface and groundwater hydrology.
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Students earning the Certificate in Sustainability (SUS) take two sustainability courses: Foundations in Sustainability and Applied Sustainability. They also choose six semester hours of coursework from the social sciences, the physical sciences and engineering, allowing them to custom fit the certificate to their personal and professional goals and needs.
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Striving toward the common good
The first group of Sustainability Program majors started in early 2020. This video produced by the University of Dayton illustrates the work and motivation of some of our sustainability students.
Striving toward the common good
The first group of Sustainability Program majors started in early 2020. This video produced by the University of Dayton illustrates the work and motivation of some of our sustainability students.
The 2024 University of Dayton River Stewards are breathing new life into the 2020 River Stewards' book.
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Three University of Dayton students got first-hand experience this summer working as sustainability professionals for the City of Dayton.
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