University Programs in Sustainability
Amana Key
Amana Key has worked with sustainability since the 1980′s and functions on the principles in the Earth Charter. We work to promote social and economic justice, elimination of all violence, and ecological integrity.
American University/University for Peace: Natural Resources and Sustainable Development
A dual-degree program in which students study at and receive degrees from both American University and the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace in Costa Rica.
Anaheim University- MBA in Sustainable Management
Online Green MBA – an MBA in Sustainable Management focused on leadership, social responsibility and sustainable practices
Antioch University- MBA in Organizational and Environmental Sustainability
You learn what you would expect in an MBA program, plus the unexpected—a curriculum that considers not only sustainable business practices, but also the natural environment, leadership, systems thinking, and collaboration.
Aquinas College
The Sustainable Business concentration is designed to provide managers with a foundation in integrative sustainable business strategies that focus on improving the natural and social environments while providing increased financial returns. Known as the triple bottom line, students will examine best practices that enhance social, environmental and economic equity.
Arizona State University- School of Sustainability
Graduates will be able to:
- Think in a holistic way about sustainability problems.
- Understand the concepts of sustainability, the issues involved, and the disciplines needed to address real-world problems.
Bainbridge Graduate Institute
BGI has pioneered a graduate curriculum for sustainable business education that infuses social and environmental responsibility into every course – not just electives but all required courses as well. We train students with the leading sustainability case studies, best practices, models, and business management tools.
Blekinge Institute of Technology – Strategic Leadership Towards Sustainability (MSLS)
The programme is founded on the basic premise that a “whole-system”, transdisciplinary approach is needed to deal with the sustainability challenge of meeting our society’s needs today and into the future. The programme is delivered in a non-traditional educational setting with experiential and holistic learning methods. Two integrated streams are the focus: 1) a framework for strategic sustainable development; and 2) organisational learning and leadership required for sustainability decision-making.
Brandeis University- MBA in Socially Responsible Business
The M.B.A. concentration in Sustainable Development is designed to educate individuals who will take on leadership or create innovative and effective organizations in domestic or international development. Courses in the main MBA program are complemented by offerings from the Programs in Sustainable International Development.
Carnegie Mellon- Architecture
The Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture graduates outstanding professionals with design creativity, historical perspective, social responsibility, technical competence, and global environmental consciousness.
Colorado State University- Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise Program
The GSSE Program seeks to provide sustainable enterprise solutions to some of the most stubborn issues of our time including poverty, disease, malnutrition and environmental degradation.
Columbia MPA in Environmental Science and Policy
About the Program: The Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy trains sophisticated public managers and policymakers, who apply innovative, systems-based thinking to environmental issues. The program challenges students to think systemically and act pragmatically. To meet this challenge, we offer a high-quality graduate program in management and policy analysis that emphasizes practical skills and is enriched by ecological and planetary science.
Dominican University of California- Green MBA program
In the Green MBA, we seek solutions that promote financial viability, ecological sustainability, and social justice.
Duquesne University- MBA in Sustainability
The “social dimension” of sustainability remains a subjective and hard to quantify concept. The MBA Sustainability program examines how corporations might apply tools and guidelines to comparably report on their social impact. We investigate key performance indicators such as:
- employee health and safety, labor policies and practices, worker safety/training
- diversity and corresponding employment/education/training opportunities
- knowledge management and innovation potential
- customer acceptance, societal product benefit and social dialogue.
This is a new, state-of-the-art, graduate sustainability program, jointly offered by FDU’s Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (ISE) and INCAE in Costa Rica, one of the world’s top international schools and a leader in sustainability research and teaching. This intensive, 5-month certificate program offers a highly-interactive design and leverages participant experience and faculty expertise. The program creates a powerful and practical, hands-on educational experience as well as a cohort-driven network of sustainability leaders. The program enables graduates to incorporate sustainability into their organizational and community strategies. Each participant will develop and execute a strategic, organizational sustainability project, and will have the benefit of working with a professional leadership as well as a project coach. Conducted at FDU’s College at Florham, Madison, NJ, classes will be held on five weekends with an eight-day, study-abroad experience at INCAE Business School in Costa Rica. Upon completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate conferring graduate level credit. Both FDU’s Silberman College of Business and INCAE have earned full accreditation from AACSB International. To learn more read our Brochure (PDF) or visit our Graduate Program in Managing Sustainability page on our ISE website (www.fdu.edu/ise). For more information contact Dan Twomey, Director, International Partnerships, ISE, at dtwomey@fdu.edu or 973-443-8802 or Jeana Wirtenberg, Senior Advisor for External Affairs, ISE at jwirtenb@fdu.edu or 973-335-6299.
Goddard College
The MA in Socially Responsible Business and Sustainable Communities Program views the concerns of social responsibility, sustainability, and social justice as inextricably linked. Communities around the world continue to become increasingly interconnected around issues of human rights, the distribution of wealth, climate change, and ethical leadership. The allocation of resources, the drive of the world’s people for self-determination, and the long-term vitality of the planet require new and innovative solutions to these social, political, economic, and environmental issues.
Goucher College – MA in Cultural Sustainability
In this era of increasing homogeneity and globalization, local history, traditions, and ways of life are among our most endangered resources and precious assets. By strengthening and building on the foundations of these resources—whether artistic, linguistic, musical, economic, or environmental—we can begin to counter the powerful forces that endanger communities around the world.
Green Mountain College
Green Mountain College is Vermont’s Environmental Liberal Arts College. Vermont is known for being a sustainable place (for example, as the Boston Globe wrote, Vermont emits less carbon dioxide per capita than any other state, and puts more resources into energy-efficiency programs). At Green Mountain College, we’ve focused on teaching about sustainability for over a decade. It’s just a good place to learn about being green.
Iowa State University
Iowa State University offers master and doctoral degrees in Sustainable Agriculture.
Illinois Institute of Technology – MS in Environmental Management and Sustainability
IIT Stuart’s Master of Science in Environmental Management and Sustainability integrates law, science and business to answer the increasing demand for a uniquely trained management professional that understands the many complex dimensions of environmental issues today.
Lipscomb University – MS in Sustainability
Graduate-level courses in technical specialties such as food security and nutrition, green building principles, sustainable site practices, and renewable energy.
Marlboro College MBA in Managing for Sustainability
Brattleboro, Vermont – the Marlboro College MBA is a community of pragmatic action-oriented idealists dedicated to running a tight business, while serving humanity and the Earth. Our program has the rigor of a traditional MBA woven together with a systems-based understanding of social justice, ecological responsibility and holistic economics. Classes meet roughly one weekend per month, supported by an online component. Joining our program means access to a growing international community of thinkers and doers.
For inquiries: http://www.mba.marlboro.edu/ , http://www.facebook.com/marlborogradschool , Twitter: @MarlboroGrad @MarlboroMBA, http://www.youtube.com/MarlboroCollege
Oregon State University» Water Resources Graduate Program
The Water Resources Program at Oregon State University awards M.S. and Ph.D. degrees and brings together faculty and students from six colleges and multiple departments. The Program includes core requirements for all students with additional work concentrated in specific degree programs in Water Resources Engineering, Water Resources Science, or Water Resources Policy and Management.
Presidio World College
Presidio World College offers an MBA with a concentration in Sustainable Management.
Saint Mary of The Woods College- Earth Literacy
Earth Literacy is interdisciplinary learning that fosters the capacity to understand the world in order to promote sustainability of our planet as a habitat for life. It impacts one’s world view and way of life.
Slippery Rock University
Students study and practice sustainability through the integration of agriculture, natural resource managment and the built environment with particular emphasis on the design and management of productive systems that reflect the diversity and resilience of natural systems. The program embraces the human element in the landscape, searching for sustainable ways to satisfy food, energy, shelter and other material and non-material human needs.
University of Malta- M.Sc. in Sustainable Environment Resources Management
Integrates a strong and balanced technical programme with policy and legal perspectives. It reflects the impacts and potential of globalization through examples drawn from environmental issues across the Euro-Mediterranean region and, indeed, throughout the world.
University of Maryland at College Park – Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology
This emerging field of study is driven by the current and future demise of biodiversity, accelerating global change, environmental decay, and the complex relationship between resolving these concerns and meeting the needs of the human population.
University of Michigan, MI – Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
Our vision is to continually grow and integrate sustainable enterprise work at the University, with the ultimate goal of facilitating positive societal transformations through the knowledge and leaders we produce.
University of North Carolina (UNC)
MBA students at the Kenan-Flagler Business School can graduate with an enrichment concentration in Sustainable Enterprise. The courses required for the concentration prepare students to lead strategic approaches to stakeholder issues, value creation in untapped markets, and entrepreneurial solutions for urban renewal.
University of Saskatchewan – Master of Sustainable Environmental Management (M.SEM.)
An interdisciplinary, thesis-based program.
University of Wisconsin- Madison- M.S. in conservation biology and sustainable development
Combine a master’s degree in Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development with a degree from another program as a joint degree, dual degrees or double degrees or pursue a graduate level certificate. For more information on this, please visit our double and joint degree page, the dual Law degree page and our graduate level certificate pages.