This is an interdisciplinary program that enables students to create their own course of study to address their intellectual, ethical and practical concerns. 

Among the earliest of its kind to be developed, this degree can enable students to merge the field of liberal studies with critical issues related to sustainability and community life. 

Since sustainability implies interconnectedness and a systems understanding of knowledge, sustainable communities (SUS) students study the intersections between human social structures and the natural world, paying attention to the philosophical, ethical, and practical dimensions of such study. This program is issue-based:  Rather than learn a discipline, SUS students focus on a particular issue or nexus of issues.