Sustainable Urban Environments, B.S.

On Campus

SUE students testing water quality in a creek

Please Note: Applicants are no longer being accepted for this program.

Cities play a critical role in addressing the environmental challenges that face the world today. The Sustainable Urban Environments major prepares students to make cities more sustainable.

Students gain an understanding of the social and technical issues in urban environmental problems, and an appreciation of the policy and planning approaches that are necessary to create more livable, sustainable, and equitable cities. Multidisciplinary courses emphasize project-based learning, using New York City as an urban laboratory, and also examining sustainable cities in a global context.

Directed studies and capstone projects provide students with essential experience in conducting and presenting research at public forums within the School of Engineering. By the program’s end, our graduates are prepared to enter various environmental fields, including urban planning and design. They also partake in opportunities in social work, government, education, and museums.

Our students may choose to complete a 4+1 BS in SUE at Tandon/ Master's of Urban Planning (MUP) at Wagner and BS SUE at Tandon/MS in Applied Urban Science and Informatics at CUSP. Interested students should discuss these opportunities with their academic advisors prior to their junior year.

Curriculum

Sustainable Urban Environments Requirements

Core (33 credits)

CE-UY 1002 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 2004 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
HI-UY 3034W Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 2024W Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 2044 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 2054W Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 4034 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 4012 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 4022 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

And one of the following Civil Engineering courses:

CE-UY 3303 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
CE-UY 3313 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
CE-UY 4033 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
CE-UY 3363 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
CE-UY 4043 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

Tracks/SUE Electives (16 credits)

Select at least 1 course from each group

History Group

CE-UY 3353 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
HI-UY 2514W Please refer to the bulletin for more information
HI-UY 2724 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
HI-UY 4334W Please refer to the bulletin for more information

Social Science Group

PS-UY 2724 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
PS-UY 2324W Please refer to the bulletin for more information
PS-UY 3724 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
PS-UY 3754 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 2114 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 2034 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 3354 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

Environmental Group

URB-UY 2184W Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 2194W Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 2064 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 2224 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 2234 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 3034 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 3214 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 3234 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 3314 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

Other

URB-UY 3834 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 401X Please refer to the bulletin for more information

General Education Requirements

Humanities and Social Sciences General Education Requirements (24 Credits)

EXPOS-UA 1 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
EXPOS-UA 2 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

4 Humanities and Social Sciences courses, including at least one course of Level 3 and one Writing Intensive course

General Requirements (20 credits)

EG-UY 1001 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
EG-UY 1003 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

General Technical Elective 4 Credits

Statistics- Choose one of the following:

MA-UY 2414 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

MA-UY 2224 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

ECON-UA 18 Statistics 4 Credits

CORE-UA 105 Quant Reasoning: Elementary Statistics 4 Credits

PSYCH-UA 10 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences 4 Credits

SOC-UA 302 Statistics for Social Research 4 Credits

8 credits of General Science Electives:

URB-UY 2334 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

General Science Elective 4 Credits

Electives Requirements

Technical Electives (7 credits)

The technical electives requirement can be fulfilled by any course that advances the student’s knowledge of, or skills in applied science, engineering, or computer science. Students may choose 3 or 4 credit courses.

*Technical elective overload may be applied to free credits.

Free Electives (20 credits)

Choose 5 courses of free electives from any department.

Minor in Sustainable Urban Environments

This minor is open to all majors and is composed of 16 credits:

Two of the core courses in SUE:

HI-UY 3034W Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 2024W Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 2044 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 2054W Please refer to the bulletin for more information
URB-UY 2004 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

8 credits satisfied by courses chosen from the SEG electives list

Internships

Examples of Internship sites for SUE students

As a SUE student, you are required to complete an internship course that allows you to complete an internship for course credit. This is a great way to gain experience in fields of your interest, while earning credits toward graduation.

Students in our SUE program have interned at places like:

Center for Medicare Advocacy (Washington DC)
New York City Department of City Planning, GIS Team
Housing Network of Rhode Island
Shanghai World Expo 2010
Solar I
New York City Department of Mental Health & Hygiene-Built Environment Division
Maplewood, NJ-Engineering Department
Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
Recycle-a-Bicycle
New York City Department of City Planning
Big Duck NYC
New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Sample Course Schedule

SUE students can arrange their schedules in accordance with their sustainability interests in consultation with the academic advisor. The sample schedule below is one way to fulfill the requirements, and it incorporates a study away in the junior year at one of New York University's global university campuses.

First Year