Degrees & Programs
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Description
FUSE’s Master of Sustainability aims to provide professionals of different backgrounds with an understanding of the complex and evolving concepts of sustainability, and the skills necessary to implement effective and sustainable practices in various contexts.
This applied program has four specializations – Environmental Sustainability, Corporate Sustainability and Innovation, Energy Security and policy, and Water Sustainability and Security. Students take three foundational, two core, five concentration/specialization track courses, and a capstone to complete the program. Delivered in a fully online format, the program is designed to be completed in 18 months.
- Students will have the interdisciplinary expertise to design develop, and lead sustainable projects and programs.
- This program helps students acquire tools, techniques, and knowledge to contribute to their organizations, and to the general body of knowledge in sustainability and innovation.
- Students will have the foundational and core skills to serve as subject matter expert in different domains of sustainability.
Students must be formally accepted into the MS program and meet all graduation criteria outlined in this Catalog. Matriculated students must successfully complete the total of 33 credit hours listed above and maintain a 3.0 grade point average to graduate. If the student falls below a 3.0 grade point average, the student will be required to re-take the most recent courses and to pay additional tuition. Under such circumstances, the most recent grades achieved are counted toward the cumulative GPA. Students may repeat each course only once. Students who have not been able to raise their grade point average to at least a 3.0 after re-taking a course will be dismissed from the program. Graduation is not automatic upon completion of requirements. All students are required to complete and submit an Application to Graduate to the President, along with the requisite fees.
Master of Sustainability (MS)
Total Terms:
4 Terms
School Program:
MS
Specialty Tracks:
4
What Will You Learn?
For successful completion of the program, academic coursework and a capstone report. The courses can be broken down into three foundational, four core, and three track-specific concentration/specialization courses determined by one of the three tracks a student can take: General, Construction Management, and Information Technology. The capstone report is intended to depict the dynamic terrain of managing real-world projects and is completed progressively both to utilize and reinforce the content mastered throughout the program.
Meet the minimum educational and PM experience requirement to sit for the prestigious PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam.
Rigorous coursework that simulates the complexity, dynamics, and global setting of organizations equipping graduates with knowledge, tools, and skills for managing projects.
Program participants apply the foundational and core skills of the project management profession in a real-world context.
Meet the minimum educational and PM experience requirement to sit for the prestigious PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam.
Progressive completion of a capstone report applying the content mastered.
The curriculum has been designed by “pracademics,” individuals having both academic and professional experience.
Certification
Graduates will have the training necessary to obtain the experience required by PMI and the knowledge base necessary to then sit for the Project Management Professional (PMP) credential awarded by the Project Management Institute (PMI). This is an industry-accepted credential recognized globally.* Currently, over 500,000 certified project management professionals in 175 countries are managing complex projects. PMI requires individuals to attain a certain level of project management experience before being permitted to take the PMP exam.
* Business credentials are trademarks of their respective organizations. The specific requirements and fees associated with these designations are available through the issuing organizations. FUSE cannot guarantee passage of any of these exams and individual students should prepare independently before attempting the assessments.
Courses From This Program
Semester 1
MS 500 Communication and Leadership in Sustainability : (3 credits)
MS 502 Project Management in Sustainability: (3 credits)
MS 501 Foundations of Sustainability: (3 credits)
MS 600 Sustainability Governance, Ethics, and Policy : (3 credits)
Semester 2
MS 601 Sustainable Development and Globalization : (3 credits)
MS 700 Components/principles of Environmental Sustainability : (3 credits)
MS 720 Sustainability in Business : (3 credits)
MS 740 Global Energy Policy and Governance: (3 Credits)
MS 760 Transboundary Water Management and its Challenges : (3 credits)
MS 701 Water and Energy Nexus: Conservation Planning and Management : (3 Credits)
MS 702 Environmental Governance, Law and Policy : (3 Credits)
MS 721 Sustainable Leadership : (3 Credits)
MS 722 Core Components of Sustainability and Innovation : (3 Credits)
MS 741 Energy Technology and Innovation : (3 Credits)
MS 742 Energy Storage and Grid Integration : (3 Credits)
MS 761 Water Economics : (3 Credits)
MS 762 Geo and Hydo Politics of Water Management : (3 Credits)
Semester 3
MS 703 Environmental Data Analysis and Risk/Impact Assessment : (3 credits)
MS 704 Climate Change Science and Policy : (3 credits)
MS 723 Sustainable Performance Measurement: (3 credits)
MS 724 Sustainable Innovation : (3 credits)
MS 743 The Science of Energy Sustainability: (3 credits)
MS 744 Renewable Energy Technology: (3 credits)
MS 763 Integrated Water Resource Management: (3 credits)
MS 764 Water and Climate Change: (3 credits)
MS 719 Capstone in Environmental Sustainability : (4 credits)
MS 739 Capstone in Corporate Sustainability and Innovation : (4 credits)
MS 759 Capstone in Energy Security and Policy: (4 credits)
MS 779 Capstone in Water Sustainability and Security : (4 credits)