Curriculum

Sustainability Minor:

A new minor in Sustainability is being created at the University of Rhode Island. Our goal is to create a minor that will engage students in the most compelling issue of the 21st century and ultimately ensure that students leave this university with a commitment to sustainable practices as private citizens and professionals.

• Click here for more information on curriculum development and upcoming speakers.

Freshmen Experiential / Service Learning Projects
Emphasize Sustainability:

All freshmen in the College of the Environment and Life Science participate in a community service learning project directly related to sustainability and their prospective majors. For example, aquaculture students seeded scallops in nearby salt ponds to ameliorate the effects of the North Cape oil spill. Geology students calculated the velocity and tested the water quality of nearby streams in a threatened watershed. Landscape Architecture students helped improve a brook and pond on campus, creating a community gathering place. Another group is initiating a community bike program on campus.

• Click here for more information about URI 101

Courses throughout the Curriculum Evidence URI
Involvement in Sustainability:

• Community Planning and Landscape Architecture
• Communication Studies and Honors Program
• Natural Resources Sciences
• Geosciences

Landscape Architecture Class Develops Plans for
Sustainable Neighborhood during 2001-02:

The members of the Landscape Architecture 445 Design Studio were senior Landscape Architecture students at The University of Rhode Island during the 2001-2002 academic year. The Sustainable Neighborhood Project ran for two semesters under the direction of Professor Will Green.

• Click here for more information on the LAR Design Studio.

 

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