Institute for Sustainability and Resilience

2560 Campus Road
George Hall 112
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-4975
Email: isr@hawaii.edu
Web: manoa.hawaii.edu/isr/

The Institute for Sustainability and Resilience (ISR) at UH Mānoa provides campus-wide leadership and coordination for interdisciplinary education, research, and outreach related to climate change, environmental sustainability and resilience, with a focus in Hawaiʻi.

ISR, via a collaboration with Interdisciplinary Studies, offers a BA in Sustainability. The program allows students to engage with environmental sustainability from a range of different disciplines and knowledge systems, offering courses from 35 departments across campus. Sustainability courses focus on the interconnectivity of human and natural systems. Students will develop skills to understand social and environmental implications of sustainability in the context of contemporary local, regional, and global challenges. Students can tailor their program around a particular focus of interest, including:

Sustainable Environmental Policy;
Food, Energy, and Water (FEW) Systems;
From Global Issues to Local Action;
Sustainable Island Ecosystems;
Environmental Justice, Values, and Ethics; and
Climate Change.

ISR also offers a Minor in Sustainability. The 15-credit minor is intended for degree-seeking undergraduate students looking for cross-disciplinary education in sustainability that complements their major degree.

Students who understand the basis of environmental systems and sustainability solutions will be well equipped for a wide range of careers, for example, in the fields of education, natural resources management, corporate responsibility, government and policy, and sustainability planning.

Programs

Bachelor’s

• Interdisciplinary Studies: Sustainability, BA

Undergraduate Certificate

• Sustainability, Undergraduate Certificate [requirements forthcoming]

Minor

• Sustainability, Minor

Combined