Nov 21, 2024  
University Catalog 2024-2025 
    
University Catalog 2024-2025

Resource Management and Administration, Sustainable Development and Climate Change, MS


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MS in Resource Management and Administration: Sustainable Development and Climate Change
Location:
 AU New England
Credits for Degree: 30 semester credits
Standard Mode of Instruction: Flexible
Standard time to completion: 24 months

Program Overview

The Sustainable Development and Climate Change (SDCC) is a trans-disciplinary program of study that prepares students to take a leadership role in marshaling and coordinating the required resources to address the complex environmental challenges of a changing landscape in the context of a changing climate. Students will take courses in science, policy, and management and communication to develop proficiency in system understanding, embracing and navigating complexity, just and equitable solutions, along with building a strong professional network. Students will work closely with their advisor to select electives that will help meet their professional and academic goals.

The core curriculum classes meet online in the fall and spring semesters, with a 5-6-day intensive at the beginning of the first summer term

The SDCC curriculum pathway can meet the requirements for the Professional Science Master’s (PSM) designation based on the electives the student selects. The required courses below consist of 9 of the 18 required STEM credits and 7 of the 12 required PLUS credits for PSM designation. SDCC students would need to ensure their elective courses include 9 additional STEM credits and  5 additional PLUS credits. This requires an SDCC student taking additional credits above the required 30 degree program. 

Current Tuition and Fees

University Tuition and Fees  

Plan of Study


Electives (11 Semester Credits)


Students will select their electives with guidance and consultation from the academic advisor. The student can choose from all of the courses offered in the Antioch School of the Environment Master’s degree programs. Examples of courses include: 

  • Climate Migration
  • Climate Change: Public Health
  • Climate Impacts Communication and Engagement
  • Climate Impacts Vulnerability and Adaptation Planning
  • Watershed Science & Management
  • Wetlands
  • Policy Advocacy: Climate Change
  • Stewardship and Land Protection Techniques
  • Participatory Action Research
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Participatory GIS
  • Applied Ecological Principles
  • Political Economy and Sustainability
  • Conservation Psychology
  • Available field trips
  • And more!

 

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