Undergraduate
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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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Community Sustainability Celebrates 2026 Undergraduate Honors Award Winners
Published on May 7, 2026
The Department of Community Sustainability Honors Award Winners were announced for the 2026 graduates. These awards are given to those students who distinguish themselves in leadership, scholarship, and service during their undergraduate education. -
CANR Alumni Board announces 2025 Alumni Association student scholarship recipients
Published on August 11, 2025
Each year, the CANR Alumni Board awards scholarships a group of exceptional students who demonstrate leadership, excel in the classroom, serve their communities and articulate a clear vision for their future career aspirations. -
Community Sustainability undergraduate, Sarah Albrecht, pursues the Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Education major at MSU- aligned with her life-long love of teaching
Published on February 25, 2025
Sarah Albrecht, an Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Education major in CSUS, shares how a life-long love of teaching and welcoming student community made the major a natural fit after her degree program at Lansing Community College.
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