Sustainability is about choices made within specific environmental, economic, social, and cultural contexts. Sustainability scholarship involves creating, integrating and harnessing new knowledge to protect and improve social and natural systems and their interactions. The Department of Community Sustainability (CSUS) is an interdisciplinary department that addresses contemporary issues of sustainability in agriculture, recreation, natural resources, and the environment. The Department of Community Sustainability (CSUS) was formerly called the Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation, and Resource Studies (CARRS).
Consistent with its mission to assist in the development of sustainable communities, the department offers three undergraduate majors linked by a common core in community sustainability. These three majors - Environmental Studies and Sustainability (ESS); Sustainable Parks, Recreation and Tourism (SPRT); and Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Education (AFNRE) – share a set of courses centered on community sustainability. The CSUS graduate program offers two graduate majors: Community Sustainability (MS and PhD) and Sustainable Tourism and Protected Areas Management (MS and PhD). In both undergraduate and graduate programs, CSUS embraces international as well as domestic applications, engagement, and opportunities.
Undergraduate
CSUS undergraduate programs are designed to educate scholars and practitioners who are able to create, integrate and harness new knowledge to protect and improve both social and natural systems. We offer a core curriculum in community sustainability that supports three majors: Environmental Studies and Sustainability (ESS), Sustainable Parks, Recreation and Tourism (SPRT), and Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Education (AFNRE).
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News
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The pest and the quest for an aromatic, smooth-tasting cup of brew
BHEARD scholar Joseph Bigirimana began his investigation into the causes of potato taste defect in African coffee beans when he won a competitive grant worth $20,000 in 2014.
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CANR's Excellence in Teaching Award Winners 2017
The Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources presented Jade Mitchell, Corey Higley, and Matt Raven Excellence in Teaching Awards during its Spring Commencement Ceremonies earlier this month.
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Mellor named outstanding agriscience teacher
The Agriscience Teacher of the Year Award will be presented to David K. Mellor.
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Mellor named Outstanding Agriscience Teacher
The Agriscience Teacher of the Year Award will be presented to David K. Mellor.
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Ryan Vroegindewey, CSUS PhD Student, Receives Environmental Documentary Film Making Grant
Ryan Vroegindewey, CSUS PhD Student, Receives Environmental Documentary Film Making Grant
Graduate
CSUS offers two graduate degree programs: one in Community Sustainability (CSUS) and the other in Sustainable Tourism and Protected Areas Management (STPAM). Both programs offer Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees. CSUS is for students who want an advanced degree related to community sustainability and are interested in interdisciplinary research. STPAM is for students who want an advanced degree related to parks, recreation and tourism with an emphasis on sustainability.
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