可持续性科学是一个新兴领域，它探索全球，社会和自然系统之间的相互作用，以了解这些系统的可持续性。目标是在不损害子孙后代满足其自身需求的能力的前提下，满足当前的需求（例如健康，能源，食物，住所和交通）。鉴于当今世界史无前例的环境恶化，社会动荡和经济不确定性，可持续发展的程度培养了毕业生所需要的复杂知识和技能，以为所有人创造安全健康的未来。随着政府，企业和公众寻求解决方案，全球气候变化和环境恶化带来了新的挑战和新的机遇。可持续性要求整合三个核心方面：道德，公平与正义，自然科学与技术以及经济学，政策与治理。
Tomorrow needs stewards of the environment. Sustainability science and society majors study the interactions between social, environmental, and economic systems to understand and find solutions to the world's most significant environmental sustainability problems. You'll be prepared to lead the way in the creation of a more sustainable future and set yourself up for success in the emerging green economy.<br>Study sustainability at an institution featured in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges. Choose a focus area to customize your degree: environmental policy, engineering sustainability, sustainability and communities, environment and society, decision making and persuasion, or environmental health and justice. Participate in on-campus sustainability initiatives like our Sustainability Demonstration House. Get involved with the Green Campus Enterprise to improve the sustainability of the Michigan Tech campus. Land paid internships and co-ops with organizations focused on sustainability. Conduct real sustainability research. Plus, get to know your professors on a first-name basis in a department committed to personalized attention and small class sizes.<br>Students in this major will develop the interdisciplinary social science knowledge and skills needed to address the world's most significant environmental sustainability problems. Challenges in environmental sustainability involve significant social dimensions, so finding solutions and providing leadership on sustainability issues benefits from an interdisciplinary foundation in the social sciences. Students will learn that there's no single technical solution to address sustainability. We need people from many disciplines, including social scientists, engineers, and natural and physical scientists to work toward a more sustainable future.