Sustainability Metrics

[Aaron Schreiber -Stainthorp]

I wanted to let everyone know I had a conversation with Dan Jacobs about adding classes to our program.  I was interested in seeing if we could add courses (like the ones below) to the program and wanted to hear if other people shared this interest.

Would other people have an interest in seeing more classes like this?

I was concerned that our program currently doesn't cover Sustainability Metrics at all.  Sustainability Metrics would cover the skills and science to conduct a product Life Cycle Analysis  calculate carbon emissions and calculate the impact of sustainability initiatives (waste, water, food, energy, social and cost) on a firm or organization.

I was checking out the Sustainability Management program that Columbia University offers and it has a lot of analytical classes.  It also has a capstone project as part of the program.

Including an Analytics program that covers:

• Sustainability Metrics
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Sustainability Management
• Energy Efficiency: Auditing & Energy Management
• Decision Models and Management
• Life Cycle Analysis: the Product Standard
• Carbon Accounting: the Corporate Standard
• Green Accounting
• Sustainability Communication Strategy and Reporting

The Curriculum

The M.S.in Sustainability Management requires the successful completion of 36 credits divided among five comprehensive content areas:

1. Integrative Courses in Sustainability Management (nine credits)
2. Economics and Quantitative Analysis (nine credits)
3. The Physical Dimensions of Sustainability (nine credits)
4. The Public Policy Environment of Sustainability Management (three credits)
5. General and Financial Management (six credits)

To learn more about our curriculum developed to train and educate sustainability practitioners for a broad range of fields and to hear from current faculty and students, watch our new video.

The following courses have been developed specifically for the Sustainability Management program:

• SUMA K4100 Sustainability Management
• SUMA K4140 Science of Sustainability
• ARCH A6170 Architecture and the Sustainable Built Environment
• SUMA K4190 Economics of Sustainability Management
• SUMA K4197 Financing the Green Economy
• SUMA K4734 Earth Institute Practicum
• ARCH A4623 Sustainable Futures
• SUMA K4200 Integrative Capstone Workshop
• SUMA K4180 Statistics for Sustainability Management
• SUMA K4230 The Earth’s Climate System
• SUMA K4270 Policy and Legal Context of Sustainability Management
• SUMA K260 Dynamics of Energy Efficiency
• SUMA K4175 Global Environmental Markets
• SUMA K4195 Green Accounting
• SUMA K4120 Environmental Conflict Resolution Strategies
• SUMA K4145 The Science of Sustainable Water
• SUMA K4170 Sustainable Operations
• SUMA K4700 Ethics and Values for Sustainability Management
• SUMA The Science of Urban Ecology
• SUMA Sustainable Cities

In addition to the courses designed specifically for the program, sustainability management students can take classes across Columbia’s graduate schools, including the School of International and Public Affairs, the Mailman School of Public Health and the Law School, as well as in the many academic departments that constitute the Graduate School of Arts and Science.

Integrative Capstone Workshop

The Integrative Capstone Workshop serves as the culminating educational experience for students in the M.S. in Sustainability Management Program, enabling them to apply the practical skills and analytical knowledge learned through the curriculum into an applied project, giving students hands-on managerial experience.  The workshop also serves the purpose of sharpening the students’ analytical and communication skills by allowing them to apply their previous experience and knowledge gained from the program to real-world problems. The workshop program is specially designed to integrate the distinct fields introduced in the program as students and faculty work to address critical sustainability management issues.

The capstone workshop is offered in the fall and spring semesters. Students will work in teams and undertake special analytic projects as consultants for public and nonprofit agencies, increasing their understanding of the real-world constraints under which sustainability managers operate.  Current and previous workshop clients include New York City Mayor' s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability,  the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the city of Philadelphia,  and GreenBlue. The required outputs for the workshop are a project control plan (PCP), a midterm briefing to the class, a final briefing to the class and the client, and a final report. The specific form of the report generated by each project is negotiated between the agency, the faculty advisor and the members of each consulting team.

[Micah]

I definitely am I interested in these types of courses

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[Mary Jo Snavely]

Agreed. Definitely interested in classes related to metrics and do see it as a weakness in our curriculum.