Undergraduate
360+
undergraduates
95%
student job placement
6,700+
alumni
Our undergraduate programs prepare the next generation of learners, thinkers, and doers.
The Department of Community Sustainability engages with professionals, students, and members of communities to address social choices within specific environmental, economic, and cultural contexts that may conflict with local, national, or international sustainability goals.
This interdisciplinary work empowers students to create, integrate and harness new ideas to protect and improve both the lives of people and their environments.
Our programs reflect an understanding that how students learn is as important as what they learn. Courses, service-learning projects, internships, study abroad programs and other co-curricular activities combine academic content with the building of skills such as fostering dialogue and action on critical issues, decision-making, supporting diversity in communities and organizations, encouraging innovation, and fostering positive change.
Undergraduate Majors
Consistent with our mission to assist in the development of sustainable communities, the department offers three undergraduate majors linked by a common core set of courses in sustainability studies. Our three undergraduate majors are:
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Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Education (B.S.)
This program prepares students for careers as school-based agriculture, food and natural resources teachers at the secondary level, careers in education fields, or professional or graduate school program.
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Environmental Studies and Sustainability (B.S.)
Environmental Studies and Sustainability examines resource use and allocation through the lenses of community engagement, sustainability and environmental justice.
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Sustainable Parks, Recreation and Tourism (B.S.)
Sustainable Parks, Recreation and Tourism is an interdisciplinary program integrating sustainability with the study of natural, social, management and behavioral sciences related to natural resources recreation and tourism.
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Learn what CSUS students are doing in their majors.
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CSUS student aspires to work with communities to develop more sustainable food systems
Published on December 5, 2022
Environmental studies and sustainability senior Sarah Hubbard is passionate about creating sustainable solutions that support well-being and increase the resilience of our environment, our communities and our social systems. -
CSUS student brings together sustainability science and art
Published on October 5, 2022
Gianna Méndez Germán pursues their studies in Environmental Studies and Sustainability, exploring best practices in global sustainability and incorporating art and science to address environmental issues in the Dominican Republic. -
Michigan State student finds passion in helping communities with environmental concerns
Published on September 26, 2022
Environmental studies and sustainability senior Lauren Sawyer aspires to help communities with environmental concerns.