Building a Sustainable Future

Stony Brook Southampton is a new kind of school – a small, intimate campus associated with a major research university. Student life and learning are interconnected and characterized by common purpose.

The curriculum is organized not into departments but around issues related to environmental sustainability, public policy, and natural resource management. Classes are shaped around an interdisciplinary core, and you will have many opportunities to explore how political, economic, and social issues relate to the environment. You will also learn valuable skills — team building, communications, negotiation, project management, and ethics — that you can use as you continue your work after graduation.

Energy, agriculture, and the elements are fully integrated into college life. Our Long Island campus on the Atlantic Ocean — just 80 miles east of New York City — already has a wind turbine. Students help plan new "green" buildings, and take part in landscaping the campus and growing organic fruits and vegetables.