Sustainability Capstone

A capstone course where students conduct research and collaborate on a team project to integrate transdisciplinary research addressing real-world sustainability problems in diverse systems.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Kim Wahl3.7/5

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and define contemporary sustainability issues and be able to articulate the importance of sustainability globally and locally.

  • Define and utilize systems thinking to support more sustainable systems.

  • Explain and be able to implement sustainable development goals and strategies to support best practices in sustainability initiatives.

  • Examine real-world situations to analyze, synthesize, and propose solutions to sustainability problems that connect to social, environmental, and economic systems.

  • Collaborate effectively and efficiently on multidisciplinary teams.

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Declared in Sustainability Graduate/Professional Certificate

  • Declared in Sustainability Graduate/Professional Certificate
ENVIRST 812

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  • Declared in Sustainability Graduate/Professional Certificate

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Spring 2027

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the class

Conduct research and promote solutions to real-world sustainability problems. Collaborate on a team project which must effectively integrate transdisciplinary research to address sustainability initiatives in diverse systems. With a systemic lens, work with the instructor, peers, and community partners to drive the content of the course. Through interactive class activities, reflect, share, and discuss the processes being used to complete capstone projects.

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Topics

  • Contemporary sustainability issues and their global and local importance.
  • Systemic lens applied to sustainability initiatives involving community partners.
  • Connecting sustainability problems to social, environmental, and economic systems.

Skills

  • Analyze, synthesize, and propose solutions to real-world sustainability problems connecting social, environmental, and economic systems.
  • Collaborate effectively on multidisciplinary teams integrating transdisciplinary research for sustainability initiatives.
  • Define and utilize systems thinking to support more sustainable systems.
  • Implement sustainable development goals and strategies to support best practices in sustainability initiatives.

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ENVIRST 812 · Spring 2027

Sustainability Capstone

Recorded 2026-10-14
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