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Published on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
By Barbara Correa
Don't know much about history? Biology?
Don't worry. The hot subject for college students these days is sustainability.
Melting polar ice caps, talk of $300-a-barrel oil and increasingly violent storms are altering the university climate as much as the weather.
Law, business and economic degrees are still a draw. But more and more students are lining up for green degrees - programs that focus on environmentally friendly subjects like management of urban growth, scarce water resources and global warming.
Green studies are among the fastest-growing degree programs at some universities.
Cal State Northridge plans to open a Sustainability Institute; UCLA is hiring a sustainability czar; and USC recently introduced a new graduate program in energy, technology and society.
"It's a sign of the times," said Tom Smith, acting director of UCLA's Institute of the Environment
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