ARIZONA UNIVERSITY SYSTEMCHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS GUIDELINES

FORREQUESTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORIZATION

FOR NEW ACADEMIC DEGREE PROGRAM[UNIQUE PROGRAM]

Requests for Implementation Authorization must be submitted in a timely manner to receive approval by the Chief Academic Officers prior to submission to the Arizona Board of Regents for approval at a regular Board meeting. In each request, please provide the following information.

I. PROGRAM NAME AND DESCRIPTION, AND CIP CODE*

A. DEGREE(S), DEPARTMENT AND COLLEGE AND CIP CODE

Title: Ph.D. in Sustainability School: School of SustainabilityCIP code: 03.0199 Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Other

The degree program is to be implemented by a new School of Sustainability (SOS). The proposed school will embody the principles of the New American University, in particular collaborative teaching, interdisciplinary approaches, problem-oriented rather than disciplinary-based coursework, and will affect change at the local to global levels. SOS will be independent of all existing colleges at ASU, but will discharge its research and training mission by collaborating closely with existing programs. It will offer the following five degree programs in sustainability: Ph.D., M.S., M.A., B.S., and B.A.

B. PURPOSE AND NATURE OF PROGRAM

The Ph.D. in Sustainability is an interdisciplinary, problem-oriented research training program designed to enable students to explore the sustainability of human societies and the natural environment on which they depend. Thirty years ago, the Brundtland Commission defined sustainable development as “meeting the needs of present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Sustainability implies that, as human beings, we place a high value on our own quality of life and that of future generations, and that to protect the interests of future generations, we must be serious environmental stewards.

Using an understanding of the dynamics of coupled social and environmental systems, students will be expected to research alternative strategies for addressing specific problems in sustainability. These sustainability challenges include:

Rapid Urban Growth The Transition to Sustainable Energy and Materials Use Water Scarcity and Management The Conservation of Biodiversity to Maintain Ecosystem Services

**Uniqueness is determined by means of CIP codes. Please indicate to the Board office the proposed CIP code for the new program before completing this request, and Board staff will provide a list of programs (if any) which share the same code. These guidelines should be used only for programs for which there is no duplication at another Arizona public university campus. For programs which share the same code as existing programs, please use the guidelines for duplicative programs.

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Economic Development and Social Transformation Environmental Resilience and Change

The degree program is anchored by a core set of integrative courses designed to enable students to work on these problems within a systems framework, and to harness the concepts and methods of the different disciplines required to address sustainability challenges (see Figure 1 below). This core clearly distinguishes the program from conventional discipline-based courses. It will comprise integrative bridging courses along with those delivering essential methodological and decision-theoretic skills. It will bring students from a wide variety of backgrounds together to work across disciplines at a systems level, and will emphasize factors that determine the resilience of societies to internal and exogenous stresses and shocks, including both the capacity to adapt to change and to take action to mitigate change. Building on the capacity of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC) to analyze local responses to social and environmental change over long periods of time, the program will collaborate with SHESC to include a deep-time perspective on sustainability that is currently unique.

Through the elective courses students will be able to address issues at a range of spatial and temporal scales. They will also be encouraged to consider sustainability design options that include social and institutional reform, technological change, and management of the natural and built environments at the scale at which those environments are affected (e.g., local in the case of heat island effects, regional in the case of interbasin water transfers).

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Figure 1: Framework of sustainability challenges and alternate approaches to be selected by SOS students in a collaborative environment that has an integrative core of shared courses, encourages interdisciplinary approaches, and provides opportunities for students to affect change.

Consistent with the problem focus of the degree program, students will demonstrate depth by the thoroughness with which the multiple dimensions of the challenge are analyzed, and the effectiveness with which the analysis of different dimensions is integrated across the problem. Consistent with the general aims of the School, they will demonstrate relevance both through their choice of problem, through the linkages made between science and decision-making, and through the effectiveness with which they communicate results to users.

We expect SOS students to work with their faculty advisors to devise unique programs of study that will focus on important sustainability challenges. Initially, the problem foci will build on the University’s proven strengths in urban growth, water, and energy use in arid and semi-arid regions, but over time we expect it to evolve with students’ interests, added faculty expertise, and changes in the issues.

While the focus of the program will be on sustainability challenges in Arizona and the Southwest (i.e., California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and northern Mexico), students will also be exposed to the national and global trends within which local sustainability problems need to be addressed, and will be encouraged to apply lessons learned locally to the solution of sustainability problems in areas of the world that share at least some of the characteristics of the Southwest (e.g., rapid urban growth in a water-constrained semi-arid environment). In addition, students will gain a generic set of sustainability skills and knowledge that will be applicable to a wide variety of employers (local, state, and national public, non-profit, and private enterprises). A review of employers that recruit people in this field indicates that these generic skills are becoming increasingly important.

C. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS—List the program requirements, including minimum number of credit hours, required courses, and any special requirements, including theses, internships, etc.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Students will be expected to satisfy the Division of Graduate Studies general admission requirements. SOS will, in addition, require three letters of recommendation and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) test scores.

Students are expected to have demonstrated basic competency in the core sciences, social sciences, as well as in mathematics and statistics. Basic competency will be demonstrated by passing grades in introductory undergraduate courses in the relevant disciplines. Students with inadequate undergraduate preparation may be required to remove deficiencies before enrolling in graduate courses.

PROGRAM OF STUDY: Each student will formulate their program of study in consultation with their supervisory committee. The supervisory committee is formed soon after the student has been admitted to the degree program, and will reflect the interdisciplinary, problem-oriented nature of the program. Students may be admitted with either a bachelor’s or a master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution or the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree from an international institution that is officially recognized by that country. If admitted with a bachelor’s degree they are required to complete a minimum of 84 semester hours. If admitted with a master’s degree they will be required to complete a minimum of 54 semester hours, including a minimum of 12 semester hours of courses at the five hundred-level or higher.

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At least 24 hours of the approved doctoral program must be a combination of SOS 792 (Research) and SOS 799 (Dissertation). Students may not apply credit hours earned for a doctoral degree previously awarded at ASU or another institution toward their current ASU doctoral degree. At least 30 hours (which may include research credit) of the approved Ph.D. program and 24 hours research and dissertation hours must be completed after admission to a Ph.D. program at ASU. A maximum of 24 dissertation hours is permitted on the program of study. The number of semester hours students must enroll in of SOS 792 Research and SOS 799 Dissertation following the semester in which they are advanced to candidacy will be consistent with current Division of Graduate Studies policy.

In summary:

For students admitted with a bachelor’s degreeSemester Hours

Required Taught Courses (or equivalencies) 15

Required Clustered Learning Networks 6

Required Research 24 (minimum)

Elective Courses (400-level or 500-level)* 24 (minimum)

Elective Courses (500-level or higher) 15 (minimum)

Total Semester Hours Required 84

* A maximum of six semester hours of courses at the 400-level may be included as electives. This is necessary to make it possible for students to acquire skills in disciplines they may not have previously studied.

For students admitted with a master’s degreeSemester Hours

Required Taught Courses (or equivalencies) 15

Required Research 24 (minimum)

Elective Courses (500-level or higher) 15 (minimum)

Total Semester Hours Required 54

The required core courses will bring students in the degree program together in an integrated learning environment and help them form a cadre with diverse backgrounds. The core will explore both the link between concepts of sustainability and systems approaches to knowledge, and will develop the integrative methodological tools needed to work across the disciplines required by the most pressing problems in sustainability.

Required Courses (15 hours)

All students are required to take the following courses:

SOS 510 Principles of Sustainability (4)

SOS 511 Quantitative Methods in Sustainability (4)

SOS 512 Sustainable Resource Allocation (3)

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Plus one of the following courses:

SOS 513 Science for Sustainability (4)PAF 547 BIO 515 GLG 547

Science, Technology and Public Affairs (4)

Students enrolling with a bachelor’s degree will, in addition, be required to take two of the following capstone experience clustered learning networks developed to address each of the main sustainability challenges (6 hours):

SOS 530 Sustainable Economic Development and Social Transformation (3)

SOS 531 Resilience and Sustainability (3)

SOS 532 Sustainable Urban Growth (3)

SOS 533 Sustainable Water Use (3)

SOS 534 Sustainable Energy and Material Use (3)

SOS 535 Sustainable Ecosystems (3)

Required Research (24 hours)

All students will be required to enroll in the following research courses:SOS 792 Research

SOS 799 Dissertation

SOS 792, Research, will include a workshop that serves to maintain the collaborative, interdisciplinary character of the program after students complete the sequence of core courses. It will provide a vehicle for collective review of research in progress, and evaluation of the multiple dimensions of the research topics identified by students.

Elective Courses (39 hours)

Subject to satisfying pre-requisites and co-requisites students will be able to select from a range of electives relating to the thematic areas and problem foci they have chose for their degree program. A number of potential electives are listed in Appendix A. In the student handbook electives will be grouped by the sustainability challenges and approaches to make selection of courses easier for the student. With permission from the student’s supervisory committee, other electives may be selected.

Students admitted with a bachelor’s degree will be expected to take, in passing, an M.S. or an M.A. in Sustainability, the requirements for which are specified in separate implementation plans.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS: There are no foreign language requirements.

EXAMINATIONS:

Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination: When students have completed the course work in an approved program of study, they may request permission to take the comprehensive examinations. Ph.D. comprehensive examinations are administered by the

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comprehensive examinations committee, consisting of three to five members. Ph.D. students achieve candidacy status in a letter from the dean of graduate studies upon:

Passing the comprehensive examinations; and Successfully defending the dissertation prospectus.

Dissertation Examination: A final oral examination in defense of the dissertation is required, and will be scheduled by the supervisory committee with the approval of the dean of graduate studies.

D. CURRENT COURSES AND EXISTING PROGRAMS—List current course and existing university programs which will give strengths to the proposed program.

Students will be able to select courses from a wide range of existing programs, and from some new programs currently in development. Existing programs include masters and doctoral programs in anthropology, economics, civil and environmental engineering, public affairs, life sciences, geography, geological sciences, architecture and landscape architecture and planning. Programs currently under development in the Schools of Human Evolution and Social Change (in environmental social science) and Global Studies (urban change) will be partly designed to meet the needs of the new degree programs in sustainability. See Appendix B for a list of existing courses.

E. NEW COURSES NEEDED—List any new courses which must be added to initiate the program; include a catalog description for each of these courses.

In the first phase of the implementation of the new degree programs it is planned to introduce the following new courses. Additional new courses will be added as new faculty members are hired. In the future, many of these courses may be cross-listed with relevant units.

New Core Courses

SOS 510Principles of Sustainability: Concepts of sustainability in relation to the resilience and stability of dynamical social-environmental systems at different spatial and temporal scales; philosophical, ethical and cultural dimensions.

SOS 511 Quantitative Methods in Sustainability: Mathematics, spatial and temporal statistics/econometrics for sustainability research, partial and general equilibrium modeling.

SOS 512Sustainable Resource Allocation: Microeconomic principles of resource allocation applied to environmental goods and services, external environmental effects and environmental public goods; decision-making under uncertainty, adaptation to and mitigation of environmental change.

SOS 513 Science for Sustainability: Carbon Cycle, Nutrient Cycles, Carbon & Nutrients in the Oceans, Climate Change, Oxygen and Ozone, Solid Waste Pollution’ Urban Air Pollution.

SOS 530Sustainable Economic Development and Social Transformation: A clustered learning network on the application of sustainability principles to the evaluation of economic development strategies at the national, regional, and local levels, using case studies.

SOS 531 Resilience and Sustainability: A clustered learning network on the application of resilience analysis to the evaluation and management of the sustainability of coupled social-ecological systems using case studies.

SOS 532 Sustainable Urban Growth: A clustered learning network on the sustainable development of cities covering design, materials, transport, planning, regulation and using Phoenix as a case study.

SOS 533 Sustainable Water Use: A clustered learning network on the problem of water use in water scarce regions, includes insights from hydrology, engineering, biology, economics and public policy.

SOS 534 Sustainable Energy and Material Use: A clustered learning network on the problem of energy and material use, sustainable energy systems; design principles; planning codes.

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SOS 535 Sustainable Ecosystems: A clustered learning network on the conservation and sustainable use of ecosystem services, based on particular cases.

New Elective Courses

ATE 4XX Energy Environmental Theory: Solar and other energy sources in designed and natural environments; architectural, urban, and regional implications of strategies using other renewable resources.

SOS 598 Computational Methods in Sustainability Science: Computational modeling methods, simulation modeling, computable general equilibrium modeling, agent-based modeling, scenario development.

SOS 598 Environmental Resource Economics: The economics of renewable and non-renewable natural resources, focusing on water, minerals, fisheries and forestry.

SOS 598 Economics of Pollution: The evaluation and control of air, soil and water pollution through the use of economic instruments, including property rights, taxes, user fees, access charges and penalties.

SOS 598 Economics of Ecosystem Services: The optimal provision of ecosystem services as local and global public goods; theory and applications.

SOS 598Valuation of Environmental Goods and Services: Valuation techniques to estimate willingness to pay and willingness to accept compensation for non-marketed environmental goods and services; natural resource accounting.

SOS 598 Planning and Decision-Making Under Uncertainty: Key types of uncertainty facing national and sub-national regions, approaches and methods to planning under uncertainty, e.g., scenarios, SWOT, risk analysis, contingency planning, anticipation-foresight techniques.

SOS 700 Integrative, Interdisciplinary Research Methods Techniques for integrating the concepts and methods of the social and the natural sciences; development of integrated models; integrated data sets.

F. REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCREDITATION—Describe the requirements for accreditation if the program will seek to become accredited. Assess the eligibility of the proposed program for accreditation.

Accreditation is not currently available for programs of this sort.

II. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT

A. What are the intended student outcomes, describing what students should know, understand, and/or be able to do at the conclusion of this program of study?

All of the degree programs in Sustainability should satisfy a number of general learning outcomes, in that they:

Expose students to a broad range of methods of inquiry, and help them understand the role and effectiveness of different methods.

Include courses of study designed to help students understand the concepts and methods of different disciplines, and the way in which these can be brought to bear in the solution of sustainability problems.

Develop the critical thinking required in a problem-oriented, interdisciplinary program, students being required to evaluate critically the arguments deriving from particular disciplinary perspectives.

Encourage students to develop creative solutions to problems in environmental and social sustainability drawing on the insights from different disciplines, but transcending those disciplines.

Confront students with the intra-generational and inter-generational ethical issues associated with the conservation and sustainable use of resources.

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At the doctoral level, students will be expected to:

Understand the concepts and methods of a number of critical disciplines bearing on the sustainability of systems at different spatial and temporal scales.

Apply these concepts and methods to the development of locally sustainable strategies for water, land, and air management, and to the analysis and design of institutions, policies, regulations, and technologies to support locally sustainable development.

In addition, they should develop standard (transferable) skills including the capacity to:

Identify problems

Formulate and test hypotheses

Use statistical, econometric and geographical information systems techniques to construct and analyze data sets

Build and apply models (including analytical models for hypothesis specification, estimated and calibrated models for hypothesis testing, simulation and policy experiments)

More generally, students coming out of the program should be able to think in a holistic way about different classes of sustainability problem using a dynamic systems framework. They should have the technical skills to be able to formulate and solve problems at the appropriate scale, and they should have the breadth of vision to recognize the interconnectedness of elements of the systems under study, and the role of feedback effects. They should produce results that are policy-relevant.

B. Provide a plan for assessing intended student outcomes.

Required and elective taught courses will be evaluated using a range of assessment methods including open- and closed-book examinations, essays and project reports, laboratory assessments, and evaluated seminar presentations. The comprehensive examinations will comprise a set of written and oral examinations designed to test students’ knowledge of the field(s) within which they are working. It will be administered by a comprehensives examination committee. The Ph.D. requires a dissertation that will be evaluated by the supervisory committee in a public oral examination. In addition, it is proposed to develop a plan for monitoring and assessing student outcomes in conjunction with ASU’s Office of University Evaluation.

The assessment methods will be developed to test the degree to which students have achieved both the general and specific learning outcomes listed above. In particular, they will test for students’ capacity to:

Integrate across disciplines Demonstrate depth in the treatment of the problem under study Show the relevance of their results to decision-making Communicate their results clearly and effectively

III. STATE'S NEED FOR THE PROGRAM

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A. HOW DOES THIS PROGRAM FULFILL THE NEEDS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND THE REGION? Explain.

The wider set of degree programs, of which the Ph.D. in Sustainability is part of, is a response to the perception – widely held in both the public and private sectors in Arizona – that sustainability requires a distinctive approach to both research and training. The program is designed to prepare students to identify and solve the problems created by rapid demographic and economic growth in arid and semi-arid environments. These include both the well-recognized problems of soil, air, and water pollution, together with a set of more novel problems posed by urban growth, water scarcity, micro-climatic change, and change in cultural and biological diversity. The recent Battelle report, prepared for the Arizona Commerce and Economic Development Commission and the Arizona Department of Commerce, noted that the state “is a ‘living laboratory’ for arid and semi-arid lands, which represent more than a third of developable land in the world.” The program provides the basis for using this “laboratory” to provide insights of value to decision-makers both in Arizona and elsewhere.

A key finding from the Battelle report for workforce development was the lack of cross-disciplinary academic programs that would produce trained graduates for a sustainable systems industry – an industry that is growing in interest and size in Arizona. It was estimated that more than 900 companies in Arizona provide sustainable systems products/services, with an employment base of approximately 24,000. Despite its smaller size in comparison to other major industries, this is a good foundation on which to grow an industry. By way of comparison, in 1993 the employment base for the semiconductor industry in Arizona was only about 25,000; but, today it is a major industry cluster.

B. IS THERE SUFFICIENT STUDENT DEMAND FOR THE PROGRAM? Explain and please answer the following questions.

1. What is the anticipated student enrollment for this program? (Please utilize the following tabular format).

5-YEAR PROJECTED ANNUAL ENROLLMENT1st yr. 2nd yr. 3rd yr. 4th yr. 5th yr.

# StudentMajors

5(5)

5(10)

10(20)

19(35)

19(50)

Numbers in parentheses are cumulative totals.

2. What is the local, regional, and national need for this program? Provide evidence of the need for this program. Include an assessment of the employment opportunities for graduates of the program during the next three years.

The projections are based on the following indicators of demand:

The number of new courses that include sustainability science as an element in 4-year higher education institutions, or that include the social dimension of environmental change and environmental management

Enrollment in sustainability-related programs nationally and internationally

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The availability of interdisciplinary research assistantships under research funding initiatives, such as the Biocomplexity Program

Student inquiries

The Ph.D. in Sustainability is designed to fit students for employment in a number of areas of the global market, including:

Academic and Research Institutions Government (State, Federal, and National) Intergovernmental Organizations (the World Bank, UNDP, UNEP, etc.) International Non-Governmental Organizations (IUCN, etc.) Consultancy Corporations and Utilities

There has been a significant growth in the number and size of governmental and intergovernmental organizations with environmental research functions, and part of the anticipated growth in demand for graduates of the program involves jobs created to support new initiatives. However, a much larger section of the anticipated growth in demand stems from the fact that employers are redefining the content of existing jobs as they realize the benefits of sustainability skills. Sites advertising posts in the field of sustainability in environmental management both in the US and worldwide (e.g. www.ecoemploy.com; www. ecojobs .com ; www.greenddirectory.net) or sustainable business (e.g. www.sustainablebusiness.com), which collectively report thousands of vacancies, show that a growing number of positions are being redefined in terms of sustainability. Many of the jobs that are being redefined in this way are at the higher skill levels where advanced training is an advantage, and where the catchment for recruitment is wider.

In addition, just recently the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), one of the world’s most-cited multidisciplinary scientific journals has launched a new section dedicated to sustainability.

3. Beginning with the first year in which degrees will be awarded, what is the anticipated number of degrees that will be awarded each year for the first five years? (Please utilize the following tabular format).

DEGREES AWARDEDYear 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 5th YearNo.Degrees 4 4 9 13 13

For purposes of the proposal we have assumed a 10% attrition rate.

IV. APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE UNIVERSITY—Explain how the proposed program is consistent with the University mission and strategic direction statements of the university and why the university is the most appropriate location within the Arizona University System for the program.

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The proposed set of degree programs in sustainability is the outcome of an initiative that has already resulted in a number of developments across the campus. The degree programs in sustainability may be the most direct expression of ASU’s commitment to training and research in sustainable development, but they are not the only one. Hence they will be developed collaboratively with a number of other schools and departments at ASU.

The Ph.D. in Sustainability will contribute to the University mission by establishing a world reputation for research training and research in sustainability science. Through student dissertations, it will make a direct contribution to the sustainable development of the metropolitan area, and will use the results of research on urban growth in Arizona to provide insights into the sustainable development of cities in semi-arid and arid regions elsewhere in the world. It is expected that this will increase the attractiveness of the University to international and domestic students, and will develop the University’s reputation both nationally and internationally.

V. EXISTING PROGRAMS AT OTHER CAMPUSES

A. EXISTING PROGRAMS IN ARIZONA

1. For a unique (non-Duplicative) program, provide a statement to the effect that there are no existing programs at other Arizona public universities that duplicate the proposed program.

There are no existing programs at other Arizona public universities that duplicate this program.

The Ph.D. in Sustainability is designed to be unique, not just within the Arizona State System, but nationally. Although there are a number of programs that are sustainability-related, a search of programs offered at other institutions has identified none with the same focus on the development of tools for the implementation of locally sustainable strategies in conditions of global social and environmental change. Nor has it identified any programs that include a deep time perspective on social response to environmental change.

Other schools and departments at ASU share an interest in sustainability, and will contribute to the degree program, but the development of (a) new fields such as environmental economics, and (b) integrative courses is expected both to add value and to create a quite distinctive program.

2. Other Institutions—If this program is not currently offered at the same academic level by private institutions in the state of Arizona, provide a statement to that effect. If a similar program is currently offered by private institutions, list all programs and indicate whether the institution and the program are accredited. (A list of institutions will be provided by Board staff. Please utilize the following tabular format and contact Board staff for assistance, if needed).

The program is not currently offered at the same academic level by private institutions in the state of Arizona.

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PROGRAM PRIVATEINSTITUTION

NCA Accreditation?

(Yes/No)

ProgramAccreditation?

(Yes/No)1 NA2

B. PROGRAMS OFFERED IN OTHER WICHE STATES

1. Identify WICHE institutions that currently offer this program. If appropriate, briefly describe the programs. (Please use the following format).

PROGRAMS OFFERED IN OTHER WICHE STATES

PROGRAMWICHE

INSTITUTION & LOCATION

NCA Accreditation?

(Yes/No)

ProgramAccreditation?

(Yes/No)1 NA2

VI. EXPECTED FACULTY AND RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS

Please note that the following expected faculty and resource requirements are related to the proposed School of Sustainability as a whole.

A. FACULTY

1. Current Faculty—List the name, rank, highest degree, and estimate of the level of involvement of all current faculty who will participate in the program. If proposed program is at the graduate level, also list the number of master's theses and doctoral dissertations each of these faculty has directed to completion. Attach a brief vita for each faculty member listed.

There will be at least two categories of faculty associated with the proposed School:

1) One category, “School Faculty” would be those that are employed at least in part by the school, have specific obligations to teach in the school, or are strongly associated with the School through their research programs, student advising, or participation on school committees.  

2) The second category would be “Affiliated Faculty” that would include those who are not salaried by the school, but have ties to the School through teaching courses, engaging in research, or advising students. Affiliated status would be applied for and approved by a School personnel committee for three-year terms and would have to be formally acknowledged following guidelines set forth by ASU ACD Policy 505-02. 

Details of current faculty members’ potential involvement with the School follow. Those with a level of involvement of 30% or higher are imagined for the first category and those with a lower level of involvement will most likely be Affiliated Faculty.

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School Faculty

# of Master’s Theses Directed to Completion

# of Doctoral Dissertations Directed to Completion

Last Name First Name

Current Appointment

Rank Degree Level of Involvement

Chair Committee Member

Chair Committee Member

Allenby Braden CEE / LAW Professor PhD 30% 0 3 0 0

Anderies Marty SHESC / GIOS Assistant Professor PhD 50% 1 0 0 0

Anbar Ariel Geological Sciences Associate Professor PhD 10% 2 0 6 0

Boone Chris SHESC / GIOS Associate Professor PhD 50% 8 48 0 0

Briggs John SoLS Professor PhD 10% 3 7 1 2

Bryan Harvey SALA Professor PhD 10% 70 19 1 1

Corley Elizabeth Public Affairs / GIOS Assistant Professor PhD 50% 0 0 0 0

Crittenden John CEE Professor PhD 10% 18 ? 23 ?

Ellin Nan SALA Associate Professor PhD 10% 8 7 1 1

Fisher Stuart SoLS Professor PhD 30% 7 0 0 0

Gober Patricia Geography Professor PhD 30% 7 20 5 25

Golden Jay GIOS TBD PhD 50% 0 3 0 0

Grimm Nancy SoLS Professor PhD 30% 7 7 9 8

Grossman-Clarke Susanne GIOS Research Professor PhD 100% NA NA NA NA

Guhathakurta Subhro Planning / GIOS Associate Professor PhD 50% 16 0 0 0

Guston David Political Science / CSPO Professor PhD 10% 0 5 0 0

Hackett Edward SHESC Professor PhD 30% 10 6 2 4

Hall Sharon SoLS / GIOS Assistant Professor PhD 50% 0 0 0 0

Harlan Sharon SHESC Associate Professor PhD 10% 2 8 0 2

Holway Jim GIOS / CEE Professor of Practice PhD 75% 0 0 0 0

Kaloush Kamil CEE Assistant Professor PhD 10% ? ? ? ?

Kintigh Keith SHESC Professor PhD 30% 11 28 9 17

Kinzig Ann SoLS / GIOS Associate Professor PhD 50% 0 0 0 3

Larson Kelli Geography / GIOS Assistant Professor PhD 50% 0 0 0 0

Minteer Ben SoLS Assistant Professor PhD 10% 0 0 0 0

Nelson Margaret SHESC / Honors College Professor PhD 30% 12 12 4 11

Pasqualetti Martin Geography Professor PhD 10% 8 9 3 6

Perrings Charles SHESC / GIOS Professor PhD 100% 60+ 40 27 13

Phelan Patrick MAE Associate Professor PhD 10% ? ? ? ?

Pijawka David Planning Professor PhD 30% 11 13 9 5

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Pyne Stephen SoLS Professor PhD 10% 0 4 8 1

Redman Charles SHESC / GIOS Professor PhD 100% 25 30 15 20

Sarewitz Dan SoLS / CSPO Professor PhD 30% 0 0 0 0

Smith Andrew SoLS Professor PhD 10% 10 23 7 6

van der Leeuw Sander SHESC Professor PhD 30% 20 80 - 90 30 0

Webster Doug Global Studies / GIOS Professor PhD 50% 75 110 0 7

White Philip Design Assistant Professor MFA 10% 0 0 0 0

Wu Jianguo SoLS / GIOS Professor PhD 50% 4 10 2 2

Zehnder Joseph Geography Professor PhD 10% 2 3 1 4

Notes:

1) Funding for faculty positions may not be from appointed units in some instances.2) CVs are available upon request.

CEE Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringMAE Department of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringSALA School of Architecture & Landscape ArchitectureSHESC School of Human Evolution and Social ChangeSoLS School of Life Sciences

For the school to be recognized as a world-class center for training and research in sustainability it needs to appoint faculty who have attained or who have the potential to attain that stature. At the same time, for the school to work as an interdisciplinary and socially relevant unit, it needs to appoint faculty who have an interest and capacity to work collaboratively across disciplines. These criteria will inform all appointments.

Ten faculty lines have been agreed to, and are to be appointed in the next three years. A number of new faculty lines are planned after that to enable the full development of the academic program, and the development of new research foci. The areas in which faculty are to be appointed reflect two things: the requirements of the academic program to be implemented by the school, and priorities in development of thematic areas of research. Appointments will be shared where this offers potential synergies with collaborating colleges/schools/departments. The areas in which searches are currently being contemplated include the following.

Field Specialization LevelEnvironmental Economics Urban Issues AP, AstPEcological Economics Sustainable Use of Ecological Systems P, AP,

AstPLandscape Ecology Urban and Peri-Urban Systems AP, AstPStatistics/Econometrics Spatial Statistics/Econometrics AP, AstPEpidemiological Ecology Communicable Disease AP, AstPSustainable Technology Energy P, AP,

AstPResource Economics Water Issues P, AP,

AstPTechnology and Design Urban and Industrial Design AP, AstPPublic Policy Environmental Policy AP, AstPPlanning Sustainable Cities AP, AstPLaw and Public Policy Multilateral Environmental

AgreementsAP, AstP

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Integrated Modeling Biophysical-Socio-Economic, Regional

AP, AstP

Integrated Modeling Biophysical-Socio-Economic, Global AP, AstPEthics and Justice Environmental Ethics AP, AstPConservation Biology Wildlife P, AP,

AstPHydro-Ecology Drylands AP, AstPEthics and Justice Equity and Sustainability AP, AstP

2. Current FTE Students and Faculty—Give the present numbers of FTE students and FTE faculty in the department or unit in which the program will be offered.

Since both the proposed School of Sustainability and the proposed academic program are new, there are no students at present.

3. Projected FTE Students and Faculty—Give the proposed numbers of FTE students and FTE faculty for the next three years in the department or unit in which the program will be offered.

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3FTE Faculty 8 13 18FTE Students Ph.D. 5 10 20FTE Students M.S. 10 25 35FTE Students M.A. 10 25 35FTE Students B.S. 30 60 100FTE Students B.A. 50 100 150

B. LIBRARY

1. Current Relevant Holdings—Describe the current library holdings relevant to the proposed program and assess the adequacy of these holdings.

Library holdings in the form of books, journals, data, and other media to support all of the existing courses that will contribute to the new degree program are currently adequate, and are being routinely updated. However, new library holdings to support the new research and teaching areas will be necessary.

2. Additional Acquisitions Needed—Describe additional library acquisitions needed during the next three years for the successful initiation of the program.

Library holdings to support the new research and teaching areas covered by the School will need to be expanded. Acquisitions in these areas will be driven by new faculty to support their research and the new academic programs. Many new holdings will be electronic, and so involve minimum space requirements, but will extend the demand for electronic data storage and retrieval. New teaching areas that need to be supported in this way include natural resource, environmental, ecological and development economics, institutional economics, and sustainability science and technology.

The new programs require additional resources of the following kinds:

Journals covering the developing field of sustainability science (include both paper and electronic journals)

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Books and monographs (principally paper) Data and data access (almost exclusively electronic)

C. PHYSICAL FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

1. Existing Physical Facilities—Assess the adequacy of the existing physical facilities and equipment available to the proposed program. Include special classrooms, laboratories, physical equipment, computer facilities, etc.

The new program will make use of existing facilities at the Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS), in collaborating schools/departments, and centrally provided by the university. This includes teaching space and teaching facilities, laboratory space and equipment, and IT space and equipment. All existing courses are assumed to be adequately provided with space and equipment given current numbers of students. Since the introduction of the new academic programs is expected to add to the total number of students enrolled at ASU, however, they may involve some additional space and equipment requirements.

2. Additional Facilities Required or Anticipated—Describe physical facilities and equipment that will be required or are anticipated during the next three years for the proposed program.

Expansion of existing courses and the addition of new courses will require additional teaching and laboratory space. GIOS data storage, retrieval and management facilities will be expanded to accommodate the needs of new faculty and teaching programs.

Eventually, it is expected that the proposed School will be housed in a new building somewhere on campus. In its first phase, however, the School will occupy existing space on the main Tempe campus left vacant by programs moving to the Phoenix Downtown Campus. The initial capital spending will thus be limited to the refurbishment of this space to make it fit for the proposed academic and research programs. Specific requirements are for the refurbishment to provide office, teaching, laboratory, data storage, and ancillary space for existing and new faculty, research and support staff, and for the students recruited to the new programs.

Equipment of new faculty will include both standard IT equipment and laboratory facilities for faculty whose research warrants it. Where laboratory space can be secured by collaboration with existing schools, this will be the preferred option.

D. OTHER SUPPORT

1. Other Support Now Available—Include support staff, university and non-university assistance.

Initially, existing core GIOS clerical and staff positions will be available to help support operations of the School as necessary. Those positions include:

Personnel Coordinator/Office Manager

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Receptionist and Events Coordinator Administrative Secretary Communications Manager Visual Communications Coordinator Network Administrator Technology Support Analyst Business Manager

2. Other Support Needed, Next Three Years—List additional staff needed and other assistance needed for the next three years.

New positions that will need to be added for initial operation of the new School include:

School Academic Advisor School Coordinator School Technical Coordinator School Internship Coordinator School Administrative Associate School Assistant

In addition, necessary staff to support activities of the school will be added over time as warranted through normal resource allocations processes.

VII. FINANCING

A. SUPPORTING FUNDS FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES—List.

We expect external funds may be received from a) private and foundation gifts, b) expansion of sponsored research, and c) tuition revenue.

a) Julie Ann Wrigley has committed $240,000 per year for sustainability program development. We expect that the launch of the school will generate the opportunity for significant additional private and foundation gifts.

b) Sponsored research success and growth has long been a hallmark of GIOS. We expect the infusion of new faculty and students will increase this activity resulting in a greater number of grants and contracts and a rise in the proportion of overhead that will return to the unit. While involvement in sponsored research contributes to the overall strength of an academic program, the dollars generated are directly committed to particular projects. However, sponsored dollars help build the core infrastructure of units and some facilities and administrative fees are returned to the unit to advance the research and academic agenda. In the table below we provide gross overhead amounts for GIOS sponsored research and projected growth in association with the SOS. These funds do not flow directly to the unit but give some indication of the value of the activity to ASU as a whole.

c) Tuition revenue will be generated directly from fees paid by students enrolled in the courses offered through the School of Sustainability. This tuition revenue will be distributed among SOS, collaborative units, and the University in general based on the composition of in-state and out-of-state students and other factors that go into the

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distribution of these resources. As a result we are not able to provide a reasonable estimate of what the unit may realize in revenue from this source. The figures in the following table are based on our current understanding of gross revenues to the University that could potentially be realized through SOS tuition. This is only provided to illustrate that the unit enrollment is projected at a level that will have a positive impact on revenue to both the University during the first year of enrollment and, in time, to the Unit.

Gross Revenue2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010

Tuition $ $ $Undergraduate ProgramsB.S. in Sustainability 196,254 392,508 654,180B.A. in Sustainability 327,090 654,180 981,270Graduate ProgramsM.S. in Sustainability 106,910 267,275 374,185M.A. in Sustainability 106,910 267,275 374,185Ph.D. in Sustainability 53,455 106,910 213,820Gross Revenue from Tuition Fees 790,619 1,688,148 2,597,640Sponsored ResearchPersonnel Supported by Grants/Contracts 2,839,507 3,123,458 3,435,804Operating Expenses Supported by Grants/Contracts 863,062 949,368 1,044,305Capital/Equipment Grants 5,000 5,500 6,050Facilities and Administration fees to University 935,036 1,028,540 1,131,394Gross Sponsored Research 4,642,605 5,106,866 5,617,553Gifts, EndowmentsJulie Wrigley 240,000 240,000 240,000Total Gifts, Endowments 240,000 240,000 250,000Total Revenue 5,423,224 6,785,014 8,215,193

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B. NEW ACADEMIC DEGREE PROGRAM BUDGET PROJECTIONS FORM—Complete the appropriate budget form, available at http://www.asu.edu/provost/forms/newprogbud.xls describing the current departmental budget and estimating additional costs for the first three years of operation for the proposed program. Please note that these costs for each year are incremental costs, not cumulative costs.

See attached budget.

VIII. OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO FORMAT THE REPORT

In order to ensure consistency headings and bolding should follow the format of this guideline. Leave a one-inch margin at the top so that the Board office can paginate all documents.

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APPENDIX A

Elective CoursesIn the student handbook electives will be grouped by the sustainability challenges and approaches to make selection of courses easier for the student. A maximum of six semester hours of courses at the 400-level may be included as electives.

APH 411 History of Landscape Architecture (3)APH 414PUP 412 History of the City (3)

ASB 416 Economic Anthropology (3)

ASB 417 Political Anthropology (3)

ASB 529 Culture and Political Economy (3)

ASB 530 Ecological Anthropology (3)

ASB 531 Anthropology of Development (3)

ASB 544 Settlement Patterns (3)

ASB 546 Pleistocene Prehistory (3)

ASB 555 Complex Societies (3)

ASM 456 Infectious Disease and Human Evolution (3)

ATE 451 Building Systems I (3)

ATE 452 Building Systems II (3)

ATE 521 Building Environmental Science (3)

ATE 4XX Energy Environmental Theory

BIO 410 Techniques in Wildlife Conservation Biology (3)

BIO 411 Advanced Conservation Biology I (3)

BIO 412 Advanced Conservation Biology II (3)

BIO 424 Mathematical Models in Ecology (4)

BIO 426 Limnology (4)

BIO 428 Biogeography (3)BIO 494 BIO 591 Environmental Ethics and Policy Goals

BIO 515 GLG 547PAF 547

Science, Technology, and Public Affairs (3)

BIO 520 Biology of the Desert (2)

BIO 521 Landscape Ecology

BIO 522 Populations: Evolutionary Ecology (3)

BIO 524 Ecosystems (3)

BIO 526 Quantitative Ecology (3)

BIO 529 Advanced Limnology (3)

BIO 566 Environmental Physiology (3)

BIO 591 Environmental Ethics and Policy Goals

BIO 598 Soil Ecology

CEE 557 Geo-environmental Engineering (3)

CEE 598 Water Policy and Management

CEE 598 Earth Systems Engineering and Management

CEE 598 Sustainable Transportation Systems

CEE 598 Sustainable Infrastructure

CEE 598 Sustainable Energy

ECN 436 International Trade Theory (3)

ECN 453 Government and Business (3)

ECN 541 Public Economics (3)

ECN 760 Economics of Growth and Development (3)

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EPD 598 Special Topics

EPD 712 Current Research in Planning (3)

GCU 421 Geography of Arizona and Southwestern US (3)

GCU 425 Geography of the Mexican American Borderland (3)

GCU 441 Economic Geography (3)

GCU 474 Public Land Policy (3)

GCU 515 Human Migration (3)

GCU 526 Spatial Land-Use Analysis (3)

GLG 470 Hydrogeology (3)

GLG 481 Geochemistry (3)

GPH 405 Energy and Environment (3)

GPH 411 Physical Geography (3)

GPH 414 Climate Change (3)

GPH 481 Environmental Geography (3)

HPS 402 Technology, Society, and Human Values (3)

HST 591 Environmental History Research Seminar

HST 598 Environmental History

IEE 598MGT 594SOS 598

Introduction to Sustainability and Organizational Strategies

IEE 598MGT 594SOS 598

Supply Chain

IEE 598CEE 598 Sustainable Manufacturing

JUS 405 Economic Justice (3)

JUS 430 Social Protest, Conflict, and Change (3)

JUS 444 Environment and Justice (3)LAW 631 Environmental Law (3)

LAW 639 Natural Resource Law (3)

LAW 643 Water Law (3)

MGT 594SOS 598 Entrepreneurship / Firm Intrapreneurship

PAF 504 Public Affairs Economics (3)

PAF 530 Management of Urban Government (3)

PAF 531 Community Conflict Resolution (3)

PAF 533 Urban Growth Administration (3)

PAF 535 Urban Housing Policy (3)

PAF 536 Urban Policy Making (3)

PAF 546 Environmental Policy and Management (3)

PLB 430 Statistical Analyses in Environmental Science (3)

PLB 434 Landscape Ecological Analysis and Modeling (3)

POS 426 Elements of Public Policy (3)

PUP 425 Urban Housing Analysis (3)

PUP 434 Urban Land Economics (3)

PUP 442 Environmental Planning (3)

PUP 444 Preservation Planning (3)

PUP 445 Women and Environments (3)

PUP 461 Urban Planning IV (3)

PUP 510 Citizen Participation (3)

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PUP 542 Environmental Administration and Planning (3)

PUP 575 Environmental Impact Assessment (3)

PUP 642 Land Economics (3)

SOS 530 Sustainable Economic Development (3)

SOS 531 Resilience and Sustainability (3)

SOS 532 Sustainable Urban Growth (3)

SOS 533 Sustainable Water Use (3)

SOS 534 Sustainable Energy Use (3)

SOS 535 Sustainable Ecosystems (3)

SOS 598 Environmental and Resource Economics

SOS 598 Economics of Pollution

SOS 598 Economics of Ecosystem Services

SOS 598 Computational Methods in Sustainability Science

SOS 598 Valuation of Environmental Goods and Services

SOS 598 Planning and Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

SOS 700 Integrative, Interdisciplinary Research Methods

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APPENDIX B

Existing Courses

APH 411 History of Landscape Architecture: Physical record of human attitudes toward the land. Ancient through contemporary landscape planning and design.

APH 414 PUP 412

History of the City: The city from its ancient origins to the present day. Emphasizes European and American cities during the last five centuries.

ASB 416 Economic Anthropology: Economic behavior and the economy in preindustrial societies; description and classification of exchange systems; relations among production, exchange systems, and other societal subsystems.

ASB 417 Political Anthropology: Comparative examination of the forms and processes of political organization and activity in primitive, peasant, and complex societies.

ASB 529 Culture and Political Economy: Origin and spread of Western capitalism and its impact on non-Western societies. Utilizes ethnographic and historical case studies.

ASB 530 Ecological Anthropology: Relations among the population dynamics, social organization, culture, and environment of human populations, with special emphasis on hunter-gatherers and extensive agriculturalists.

ASB 531 Anthropology of Development: Theories of development and the human and environmental consequences of development, with particular emphasis on rural Southeast Asia. (Seminar)

ASB 544 Settlement Patterns: Spatial arrangement of residences, activity sites, and communities over landscape. Emphasizes natural and cultural factors influencing settlement patterns.

ASB 546 Pleistocene Prehistory: Development of society and culture in the Old World during the Pleistocene epoch, emphasizing technological change through time and the relationship of people to their environment.

ASB 555 Complex Societies: Examines structural variations in hierarchically organized societies, along with origins, dynamics, and collapse. (Seminar)

ASM 456 Infectious Disease and Human Evolution: Study of infectious disease and humanity, using evidence from anthropology, history, medicine, and ancient skeletons.

ATE 451 Building Systems I: Principles of solar radiation, heat and moisture transfer, and environmental control systems as form influences. Energy-conscious design.

ATE 452 Building Systems II: Architectural design implications of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Principles of lighting, daylighting, and acoustics, and their applications.

ATE 521 Building Environmental Science: Scientific principles relating to comfort and environmental control. Heat and moisture transfer. Solar/natural energies for heating, cooling, and lighting.

BIO 410 Techniques in Wildlife Conservation Biology: Field and analytical techniques used in evaluating population structure, viability and environmental impacts.

BIO 411 Advanced Conservation Biology I: Principles of conservation science, biology of threatened species, management principles that meet conservation goals, emphasizing North American ecosystems.

BIO 412 Advanced Conservation Biology II: Global biodiversity patterns, processes, and conservation; global environmental change; sustainable use of natural resources; emphasizing international approaches to conservation biology.

BIO 423 Population and Community Ecology: Organization and dynamics of population and communities, emphasizing animals. Theoretical and empirical approaches.

BIO 424 Mathematical Models in Ecology: Mathematical modeling of populations, communities, and ecosystems, including case studies and student-designed projects.

BIO 426 Limnology: Structure and function of aquatic ecosystems, with emphasis on freshwater lakes and streams.

BIO 428 Biogeography: Environmental and historical processes determining distributional patterns of animals and plants, emphasizing terrestrial life.

BIO 494 BIO 591

Environmental Ethics and Policy Goals: An advanced seminar exploring the moral foundations of contemporary U.S. environmental policy and management, including the ethical dimensions of biodiversity protection, land conservation, climate change policy, and the search for a sustainable society.

BIO 515 GLG 547 PAF 547

Science, Technology, and Public Affairs: Explores the political, economic, cultural, and moral foundations of science and technology policy and governance in democratic society.

BIO 520 Biology of the Desert: Factors affecting plant and animal life in the desert regions and adaptations of the organisms to these factors.

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BIO 521 Landscape Ecology: Introduction to the concepts, theory, methods, and application of landscape ecology

BIO 522 Populations: Evolutionary Ecology: Principles of population biology and community ecology within an evolutionary framework.

BIO 524 Ecosystems: Structure and function of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, with emphasis on productivity, energetics, biogeochemical cycling, and systems integration.

BIO 526 Quantitative Ecology: Sampling strategies, spatial pattern analysis, species diversity, classification, and applications of multivariate techniques to ecology.

BIO 529 Advanced Limnology: Recent literature, developments, methods, and limnological theory; field and lab application to some particular topic in limnology

BIO 566 Environmental Physiology: Physiological responses and adaptations of animals to various aspects of the physical environment.

BIO 591 Seminar: Environmental Ethics and Policy Goals

BIO 598 Soil Ecology: Explores the structure, development, and functioning of soils as they interact with the geology, water, atmosphere, biosphere of Earth.

CEE 557 Geo-environmental Engineering: Environmental site assessment, solid waste management, waste containment system design, soil and groundwater remediation, soil erosion control, brownfields development.

CEE 598Water Policy and Management: An overview of water management policy focused on Arizona and the southwest. Course covers history of water resources development in Arizona, basic hydrology and resources of the state, water law, current water quantity and quality management programs and discussions of current water management challenges.

CEE 598Earth Systems Engineering and Management: Introduces students to the conceptual and practical challenges arising from the design, operation and management of earth systems in the context of the anthropogenic earth, characterized by integrated human/natural/built complex adaptive systems at local, regional and global scales.

CEE 598

Sustainable Transportation Systems: Transportation system overview; externalities overview; transportation, land-use, and mobility needs; energy consumption, dependence, and alternative energy sources and vehicles; air quality impacts; safety impacts; noise impacts; natural resources consumption; economics; health/social impacts; and global warming and long potential climate change.

CEE 598

Sustainable Infrastructure: Explores the environmental and social context within which infrastructure is designed, built, operated, maintained and upgraded, and retired.  Areas of focus include material selection, energy efficiency in construction and maintenance, and social and environmental implications of infrastructure projects.  Students are also introduced to appropriate conceptual frameworks and methodologies, including industrial ecology, life cycle assessment, and the triple bottom line.

CEE 598Sustainable Energy: Addresses issues facing the energy sustainability of modern cities. The topics to be covered include: sustainable engineering; overall urban energy needs and impacts; basic thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics; atmospheric energy systems; field investigation; urban energy systems (current and future).

ECN 436 International Trade Theory: Comparative-advantage doctrine, including practices under varying commercial policy approaches. Economic impact of international disequilibrium.

ECN 453 Government and Business: Development of public policies toward business. Antitrust activity. Economic effects of government policies.

ECN 541 Public Economics: Economics of collective action, public spending, taxation, and politics. Impact of central governmental activity on resource allocation and income distribution.

ECN 760 Economics of Growth and Development: Economic problems, issues, and policy decisions facing the developing nations of the world.

EPD 598

Special Topics: Topics may include Arts and Crafts Movement in Design, Computational Models in Environmental Design, Ecological Assessment and Evaluation, Elderly Housing Issues in the U.S. Southwest, Ethics in Environmental Design and Planning, Human Comfort, Integral Urbanism, Issues in Environment and Behavior Studies, Issues in Industrial Design, Issues in Sustainable Design, New Evaluation Methods for the Built Environment, and Philosophy of Environmental Design Research.

EPD 712 Current Research in Planning: Review and critical evaluation of contemporary literature and method in environmental planning, landscape ecology, urban design, and urban and regional planning. (Seminar, Fee)

GCU 421 Geography of Arizona and Southwestern United States: Geography of the Southwest with an emphasis on Arizona. Divided into physical geography, history, people, and economy.

GCU 425 Geography of the Mexican American Borderland: Geography of a binational and bicultural region. Examines settlement, boundary issues, ethnic subregions, population change, industrial development, and urban growth. (Field Trips, Fee)

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GCU 441 Economic Geography: Spatial distribution of primary, secondary, and tertiary economic and production activities.

GCU 474 Public Land Policy: Geographic aspects of federal public lands, policy, management, and issues. Emphasizes western wilderness and resource development problems.

GCU 515 Human Migration: Economic, political, social, and geographic factors underlying population movements. Migration selectivity, streams and counter-streams, labor migration, and migration decision making. (Lecture, Seminar)

GCU 526 Spatial Land-Use Analysis: Determination, classification, and analysis of spatial variations in land-use patterns. Examines the processes affecting land-use change.

GLG 470 Hydrogeology. Geology of groundwater occurrence, aquifer and well hydraulics, water chemistry and quality, contaminant transport, remediation. Emphasizes quantitative methods.

GLG 481 Geochemistry. Origin and distribution of the chemical elements. Geochemical cycles operating in the earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.

GPH 405 Energy and Environment: Sources, regulatory and technical controls, distribution, and consequences of the supply and human use of energy. (Fee)

GPH 411 Physical Geography: Introduces physiography and the physical elements of the environment.

GPH 414 Climate Change: Surveys three climate research areas: paleoclimatology, theories (e.g., greenhouse warming), numerical modeling.

GPH 481 Environmental Geography: Problems of environmental quality, including uses of spatial analysis, research design, and field work in urban and rural systems.

HPS 402 Technology, Society, and Human Values: Values that motivate humankind to create technology. Areas of conflict and resolution of conflict between values and technology. Readings and discussions with visiting lecturers.

HST 591 Environmental History Research Seminar: TBD – New course

HST 598 Environmental History: Surveys some of the key scholarly literature in urban environmental history.

IEE 598MGT 594SOS 598

Introduction to Sustainability and Organizational Strategies: Regulatory frameworks, globalization, urbanization, life cycle, sustainable technologies, organizational strategies, resources, supply chain and entrepreneurship. Strategic and tactical decision implications of a life cycle value proposition, modeling and analysis for strategic decisions about product / service bundles and delivery mechanisms, innovation, technology including the linkages to the firm strategy and empirical evidence, supply, demand and value chain as well as research of laws, guidelines and international agreements

IEE 598MGT 594SOS 598

Supply Chain: TBD – New Course to be developed

IEE 598CEE 598

Sustainable Manufacturing: Conceptual, ethical and practical challenges arising from the design, manufacture, and lifecycle performance of products in a global economy where environmental and social considerations are increasingly important, thereby enabling more competitive and functional product development and manufacture.

JUS 405 Economic Justice: Addresses economic issues and justice implications, including the interplay among economic conditions, race-ethnicity, class, and gender worldwide.

JUS 430 Social Protest, Conflict, and Change: Analyzes historical and contemporary protest movements advocating equality based on race, gender, and sexual orientation.

JUS 444 Environment and Justice: Explores issues of environment and justice. Topics include justice and environmental racism, future generations, nonhuman life, global/non-Western societies.

LAW 631 Environmental Law: Litigation, administrative law, and legislation relating to problems of environmental quality. Topics covered may include air and water pollution, toxic substances, pesticides, and radiation.

LAW 639Natural Resource Law: Examines the constitutional basis for federal land management and the different kinds of public lands management schemes (e.g., parks, forests, wildlife refuges), emphasizing acquisition of right to, and regulation of, the different uses of public lands and resources (e.g., mining, grazing, timber, wildlife habitat, recreation).

LAW 643 Water Law: Acquisition of water rights; water use controls; interstate conflicts.

PAF 504 Public Affairs Economics: Basics of public sector economics, microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts applied to public sector decisions and policies.

MGT 494SOS 598

Entrepreneurship / Firm Intrapreneurship: Exploration of creativity and innovation in the context of sustainable technologies for globally engaged business environment.

PAF 530 Management of Urban Government: Administrative practices and behavior within the urban political administrative environment. Functional areas such as citizen participation, urban planning, urban transportation, and the conflicts between

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urban politics and administrative efficiency.

PAF 531Community Conflict Resolution: Interdisciplinary approach to understanding the dynamics of community conflict. Strategic considerations in policy design and advocacy; potential reaction to conflict. Relevant models and research findings generated by both case studies and comparative methods.

PAF 533 Urban Growth Administration: Examines the process of urban growth and change. Emphasizes partnership roles played by public and private sectors in management.

PAF 535 Urban Housing Policy: Comprehensive consideration of the revitalization of American cities with major emphasis upon the housing process and related institutions and services.

PAF 536Urban Policy Making: Analyzes the opportunities and costs of influencing public policy and the roles of officials and bureaucracies in decision making.

PAF 546 Environmental Policy and Management: Analyzes environmental policy and planning issues and principles related to the analysis and management of natural and urban/regional resources.

PLB 430 Statistical Analyses in Environmental Science: ANOVAS, 1-way classification of factorial and partially hierarchic designs; introductory multivariate statistics.

PLB 434Landscape Ecological Analysis and Modeling: Concentration: Environmental Science and EcologyTechnical methods of landscape ecological analyses. Includes mathematical and statistical examination and modeling of landscape ecological patterns and processes.

POS 426 Elements of Public Policy: Each section may cover one of the following topics: consumer protection, natural resources, criminal justice, environmental protection, science and technology, or theories of public policy.

PUP 425 Urban Housing Analysis: Nature, dimensions, and problems of urban housing, government policy environment, and underlying economics of the housing market.

PUP 434 Urban Land Economics: Interaction between space and economic behavior. Examines the use and value of land through economic theories.

PUP 442 Environmental Planning: Environmental planning problems, including floodplains, water quality and quantity, solid and hazardous waste, air quality, landslides, and noise.

PUP 444 Preservation Planning: History, theory, and principles of historic preservation. Emphasizes legal framework and methods practiced.

PUP 445 Women and Environments: Examines the role women play in shaping the built environment; ways built/natural forms affect women's lives. Focuses on contemporary U.S. examples.

PUP 461 Urban Planning IV: Comprehensive planning: collection and analysis of economic, social, and environmental data relevant to urban planning; development of land-use plans.

PUP 510 Citizen Participation: Theory and practice of citizen participation in planning. Examines and critiques participation techniques and roles of planners.

PUP 542 Environmental Administration and Planning: Environmental administration of policies and their relationship to environmental planning practices.

PUP 575 Environmental Impact Assessment: Criteria and methods for compliance with environmental laws; development of skills and techniques needed to prepare environmental impact statements/assessments.

PUP 642 Land Economics: Land use and locational impact of economic activity and the urban real property market.

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