Capstone Courses – Examples

UBC EXAMPLES:
ENVR 400 – Research Project in Environment Sciences
WebsiteLearning Outcomes

LFS 450 – Land, Food, and Community III: Food System Sustainability
Syllabus

OTHER UNIVERSITIES:

Portland State University:
Link to sustainability capstone courses:
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/search-courses?f[0]=field_theme%253Aname%3ASustainability

Check out sidebar for capstone guidelines for faculty and students:
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/?q=theme/sustainability

University of Maryland:
Environment and Policy Program Capstone Course: http://ensp.umd.edu/AdvResources/syll_ENSP400_Fa%202013.pdf

University of Arkansas
Capstone projects done by previous students:
http://sustainability.uark.edu/16938.php

Antioch University New England
Possible Capstone project topics provided at bottom of page
http://www.antiochne.edu/es/rmc/capstone.cfm

 Harvard University
Capstone Course:
http://www.extension.harvard.edu/degrees-certificates/sustainability-environmental-management/degree-requirements/capstone

Arizona State University:
Applied/Capstone Experience
http://schoolofsustainability.asu.edu/undergraduate/undergraduate-courses.php

Dalhousie University
Capstone Course for EES (Environment, Sustainability and Society Program):
http://www.dal.ca/faculty/sustainability/programs/ess/class-offerings/sust-4000.html
SUST 4000

Ryerson
Environment and Urban Sustainability (EUS):
http://www.ryerson.ca/calendar/2013-2014/pg3527.html#265472
Senior project – EUS 801

University of Colorado Denver
http://catalog.ucdenver.edu/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=8&coid=52952

Auburn University
www.auburn.edu/academic/provost/…sustainability/sust5000.docx (search in google to open syllabus….)
SUST5000- Senior Capstone in Sustainability

The University of Sydney
http://sydney.edu.au/science/sustainability/capstone/index.shtml (description and multiple videos in link)
Graduate Program in Sustainability: SUST5007 & SUST5008

MIT
Capstone Seminar in Sustainability
http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=15.878+&style=verbatim

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Capstone Course Seminar in Environmental Science and Policy
http://www.uwgb.edu/esp/courses/capstone.html

PennState
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
EME 466: Energy and Sustainability in Society
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/eme466/

University of Wisconsin
List of capstone courses through Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Managment
http://sustain.wisconsin.edu/degrees-and-certificates/bachelors-certificate/curriculum-and-courses.aspx

John Hopkins University
Through Major or Minor in Global Environment and Sustainability
Capstone Project
http://eps.jhu.edu/gecs/

Kean University
SUST 4903: Independent Practicum in Sustainability Science
http://www.kean.edu/KU/Course-Descriptions-Sustainability-Sciences

University of Washington
Sustainability Studio
ENVR 480
http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/undergraduate_programs/courses/sustainability-studio.php

Bowdoin Univeristy
ES 301 – Environmental Capstone course
http://www.bowdoin.edu/sustainability/research-education/courses.shtml

The New School, NYC
NMGM 6002 Advanced Seminar in Sustainable Change
(Graduate Level)
http://www.newschool.edu/ucc/courseDetail.aspx?id=NMGM6002&SubjectCode=NMGM&Term=Fall+2013&PageIndex=0

York University
ENVB 4700 – Environmental Biology Capstone
http://envbio.apps01.yorku.ca/courses/capstone

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nelson Institute For Environmental Science
Environmental studies 600
http://envhist.wisc.edu/undergraduate/capstone-courses.php

Georgetown University
Environmental Studies Minor – includes some capstone courses focused on sustainability
http://www1.georgetown.edu/centers/environment/courses/

University of Washington
Offered in a 3 seminar series of capstone courses
ENVIR 490, 491, 492
http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/undergraduate_programs/courses/capstone.php

University of Saskatchewan
Environmental Science Capstone Course
EVSC 485.3 – Project based course
http://ocw.usask.ca/AB/EVSC/485/

New York University
Senior Capstone Seminar
ENVST 0900
http://environment.as.nyu.edu/object/environment.courses

University of Vermont
Senior capstone course
includes senior/thesis project and internship
http://www.uvm.edu/~envprog/?Page=academics/courses.html

University of Arizona
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Environmental Science (Field Summer Camp)
http://www.cals.arizona.edu/news/new-environmental-science-capstone-course-begins-may-16

University of Delaware
Through Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science
ENSC 450: Proseminar: The Environment
https://primus.nss.udel.edu/CourseDesc/info.action?rml=Y&searchKey=2011|ENSC450

University of Hawaii
ENSC 495: Environmental Seminar for Environmental studies
http://hilo.hawaii.edu/catalog/ensc-courses.html

Carleton University
ENST 4000 Seminar in Environmental Studies
http://carleton.ca/geography/wp-content/uploads/ENST-4000-Syllabus-Fall-2013.pdf

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