Academic Majors Related to Sustainability
Another measure of sustainability education is the range of majors available to students that incorporate a focus on sustainability. Due to the variance within academic program majors, this is difficult to assess with precision. Again, based on an informal survey of available majors, it appears that Florida has strength in sustainability education, as measured by the array of academic programs that focus on sustainability. These include Botany, Building Construction, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Environmental Science, Food and Resource Economics, Forest Resources and Conservation, Landscape Architecture, Natural Resource Conservation, Recreation, Parks and Tourism, Soil and Water Science, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Zoology. In addition, the creation of the School of Natural Resources (SNRE), and the degree programs SNRE has developed and successfully implemented reflect a commitment by the faculty and administration to the type of interdisciplinary study that is essential to in-depth education on sustainability.
